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Matt Gaetz Hit With a Bar Complaint Following Allegations That He Attended a Sex Party With a Teenager

A Florida activist accused Gaetz of violating rules enforced by the Florida Bar.

Matt Gaetz
The path ahead could be difficult given investigators’ reluctance to wade into politics. Alex Brandon/AP

Just hours after court filings were released claiming that witnesses saw Rep. Matt Gaetz attend a drug-fueled sex party in 2017 with a 17-year-old girl, the Florida Bar received a formal complaint that could threaten the congressman’s legal credentials.

Friday morning, Florida activist Chaz Stevens pointed the Florida Bar to reporting from NOTUS about the sudden turn in the Gaetz’s alleged underage sex scandal, asking the organization to intervene.

Stevens accused Gaetz, who is a lawyer himself, of violating three rules enforced by the organization that prevent licensed lawyers from engaging in “criminal conduct,” “deceit” and “conduct that is prejudicial to the administration of justice.”