OAN Staff Blake Wolf
2:17pm – Wednesday, November 20, 2024
A recently recorded clip of “The View” has gone viral again. Co-host Sunny Hostin appeared dissociated when forced to read out a legal disclaimer regarding allegations surrounding former Congressman Matt Gaetz.
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She previously lashed out at Gates, even though the allegations of sexual misconduct against him were dropped by the Justice Department and he was never indicted.
Gaetz (R-Fla.), who was nominated by President-elect Trump to be attorney general, is accused of having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paying another woman for sex while he was speaker of the Florida House of Representatives. is facing suspicion of
Gaetz has denied all related allegations, and the Justice Department investigation ended without charges being filed against the former lawmaker.
“The Department of Justice has a sex crimes unit, and I was part of it. Child sex crimes and child trafficking. Child trafficking, cross-state trafficking, sex acts with 17-year-olds. How can you name someone who is suspected of something?'' Hostin asked on an episode that aired Tuesday ahead of “Legal Memo.''
Meanwhile, the show's other co-host, Whoopi Goldberg, also spoke during the segment, saying: ” and they say, “It's no big deal.'' You know, all the little kids that are being abused, they have no recourse right now because this is the person responsible. ”
Shortly afterward, Hostin was asked to read a legal disclaimer by Goldberg, visibly furious.
“Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations,” Hostin said. “Calling the claims 'fabricated', they said in a statement: ABC News “This false defamation, following a three-year criminal investigation, should be viewed with great skepticism.” That Justice Department investigation ended without charges. ”
Users took to social media to comment on Hostin's disappointed look as she was forced to verbally deliver the legal disclaimer, with one user commenting: “That must have been excruciating for her.”
Another user speculated: potential litigation ABC I would have faced it if Hostin hadn't provided a disclaimer.
“ABC He was clearly told that if he did not state that the Department of Justice had found that Matt Gaetz had done nothing wrong, he would be sued for defamation. Hostin read the statement as if he were being threatened. that[s] How bigoted these old mean girls are,” one user commented.
Despite a separate Justice Department investigation, the House Ethics Committee conducted its own investigation, which resulted in no charges.
The Ethics Committee was scheduled to vote on whether to release its findings against Gaetz, but could not reach an agreement to release the findings, even though Gaetz is not an active member of Congress.
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