Gaetz Taps Trump Defense Lawyer for Sex-Trafficking Probe
- Marc Mukasey is representing Trump in two N.Y. investigations
- Lawyer’s hiring comes as Gaetz ally expected to plead guilty
Rep. Matt Gaetz
Photographer: Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner/Bloomberg
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U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz hired one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys amid a federal probe into the lawmaker’s relationships with women recruited online for sex, including possibly a 17-year-old girl.
Marc Mukasey confirmed in an email Friday that he’d been hired by Gaetz, a Florida Republican and staunch Trump supporter. The New York-based Mukasey is also one of the lawyers representing the former president in a separate criminal investigation by Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance as well as another probe by New York Attorney General Letitia James.