Report Claims Trump Advisors Are Urging The Ex-President To “Please Keep Your Mouth Shut” Regarding Matt Gaetz Scandal

Trump isn't very good at keeping his mouth shut.


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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-MAGA) has said that he will not step down amid the flurry of accusations he faces, but the scandals keep exploding in the media. The Department of Justice is investigating Gaetz over an alleged inappropriate relationship with a minor and a possible violation of sex trafficking laws. There are allegations of illegal drug use and a sex contest of sorts to add to his mounting problems.

Gaetz has few friends on his side of the aisle to defend him, aside from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio.) and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-Bonkers). Even Gaetz’s God-Emperor-King, former President Donald Trump, has failed to come to his sidekick’s defense, but there is a reason for that, according to The Daily Beast.

“In the days following revelations about the federal investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz’s alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl, advisers to Donald Trump have consistently offered him a simple message: Please, please keep your mouth shut,” Asawin Suebsaeng reports.

According to the report, two people familiar with the matter told the outlet that “the former president has closely been monitoring the scandal engulfing one of his favorite allies on Capitol Hill. The ex-president has, in his typical fashion, casually quizzed several confidants about what they think of the situation and if there’s anything that he should do about it.”

Loyalty with Trump, though, is a one-way street.

“But multiple people close to Trump have flatly advised him to stay out of it—refrain from publicly defending Gaetz, they are telling him, at least for the time being,” the report states.

“The two sources said that, in all of the conversations they’re aware of, Trump has appeared to ultimately agree with the recommendations to keep quiet,” the report continues. “One of the sources added that the former president has lamented that the whole thing seems “really bad” for Gaetz, while also mentioning that the allegations could be a “smear” against the Trump uber-loyalist.”

Sure, the old smear defense. Trump has tried that with himself after numerous accusations from women, and of course, with the investigations into his business dealings. However, that won’t work for the scandal-plagued Congressman, and it’s not going to work for Trump, either, since he no longer has the presidency to protect him.

You can read the full report here.

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