Matt Gaetz's Female Staffers Defend Him In Letter — With One Glaring Omission

Female staff members of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) came out in his defense on Thursday without actually coming out in his defense.

The congressman is currently being investigated for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old girl and paying for her to travel across state lines.

So far, most of the GOP hasn’t publicly supported Gaetz, except for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and, tepidly, former President Donald Trump.

On Thursday, as reports circulated that Joel Greenberg, a key figure in the Gaetz investigation was considering a plea deal, a group calling itself the “Women of U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz’s office” released a statement defending him as “a principled and morally grounded leader.”

Gaetz posted the statement as a series of tweets, but it was also sent to reporters from Gaetz chief of staff Jillian Wyant’s email.