{"id":2395587,"date":"2025-01-27T12:27:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-skeptical-over-gaetz-sex-allegations\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T12:29:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T17:29:38","slug":"bill-maher-skeptical-over-gaetz-sex-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-maher-skeptical-over-gaetz-sex-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Maher skeptical over Gaetz sex allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbill-maher-skeptical-over-gaetz-sex-allegations%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2395587&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/riverside-county-sheriff-not-requiring-vaccine-for-employees\/\" title=\"Riverside County sheriff not requiring vaccine for employees\">recent podcast episode<\/a> of &#8220;Club Random with Bill Maher,&#8221; \u200dthe \u2063comedian \u200cand talk\u200d show host Bill Maher conversed with Matt Gaetz, a former \u200dcongressman facing accusations\u2062 of sexual\u2064 misconduct, including with a minor.Maher \u2063expressed skepticism about\u200c the lack\u200c of serious legal action taken by\u200b the Biden\u2063 management&#8217;s Justice Department,which had \u200dconcluded there was \u200dinsufficient \u2063evidence\u200c to pursue charges \u2063against Gaetz after a lengthy examination that began\u2063 in 2024. During\u2064 the discussion, gaetz \u2062staunchly denied the allegations \u2063and\u2063 criticized media portrayals \u200bof\u2062 his character. Maher  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Bill Maher skeptical over Gaetz sex allegations in talk with conservative firebrand<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1931623\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Talk show host and comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/bill-maher\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Bill Maher<\/a> delved into the accusations against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> in a discussion with the former congressman, during which Maher was perplexed why the Biden administration&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justice-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice Department<\/a> did not pursue serious legal action against the ex-lawmaker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The House Ethics Committee released <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3267103\/gaetz-ethics-report-substantial-evidence-paid-sex-drugs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">a report on Gaetz<\/a> in December 2024 after four years of investigating allegations of sexual misconduct with several women, including a minor, and use of illicit drugs. Gaetz reiterated his denial of the allegations when discussing them with Maher on his podcast, and the host defended his discussion with Gaetz, saying he wanted to find the truth about the allegations and anyone who does not desire to know the truth is a &ldquo;hack.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Justice Department, this is Biden&rsquo;s Justice Department, declined &mdash; I can&rsquo;t believe Biden&rsquo;s Justice Department wouldn&rsquo;t have wanted to get you if there was something,&rdquo; Maher said on his podcast, <em>Club Random with Bill Maher<\/em>. &ldquo;So the fact that they said &lsquo;We got nothing&rsquo; tells me something, that they had nothing. Now, I don&rsquo;t know what anybody does behind closed doors, there&rsquo;s lots of scandals about lots of people, but I got to go with &hellip; that.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/McTZCb4WeY4?si=Z_Ynul1InTGxSKnh\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>Gaetz&rsquo;s attorneys issued a statement in February 2023 revealing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/doj-decides-not-charge-rep-matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation-rcna70839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/doj-decides-not-charge-rep-matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation-rcna70839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Justice<\/a> Department would not bring any charges against him after concluding its investigation into his allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz also denied accusations that he had met with women on websites Seeking Arrangements or Sugar Dating, stating he had &ldquo;never had a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">dating profile&#038;rdquo<\/a>; online. He also pointed to Seeking Arrangements&rsquo;s statement declaring that Gaetz had never used its website, to which Maher revealed he &ldquo;never read that&rdquo; when looking into the stories on Gaetz.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/billmaher?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@billmaher<\/a> asked me about meeting women on Seeking Arrangements, because media reports led him to believe I had. <\/p>\n<p>I reminded him I never have, as confirmed by Seeking Arrangements. <\/p>\n<p>It was quite a moment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4mCQKW1FHG\">https:\/\/t.co\/4mCQKW1FHG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sB3FmL8lI\">pic.twitter.com\/1sB3FmL8lI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1883616847326838900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 26, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Maher then suggested that it was possible the media had left this information from Seeking Arrangements out when covering this story, which the comedian described as &ldquo;one of my biggest complaints&rdquo; with the news media. He described it as lying &ldquo;by omission&rdquo; when an outlet will &ldquo;cherry-pick&rdquo; what information to include in a story, forcing him to read &ldquo;both sides&rdquo; when researching the news, a process he said &ldquo;just sucks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3229931\/matt-gaetz-resignation-congress-replacement-florida-seat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Since leaving Congress last year<\/a> after being nominated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3229178\/trump-nominates-matt-gaetz-as-attorney-general\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">to be President Donald Trump&rsquo;s attorney general<\/a> before withdrawing his name, Gaetz has started his own show on One America News Network, simply titled <em>The Matt Gaetz Show<\/em>. The former congressman has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/3301115\/gaetz-launching-podcast-latest-post-congress-career-move\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced the launch of a new podcast titled <em>Over the Line with Matt Gaetz<\/em><\/a>, which aims to discuss entertainment and current events.<\/p>\n<p>The former lawmaker has also hinted at launching a gubernatorial bid in Florida&rsquo;s 2026 election, as Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) is term-limited. Gaetz confirmed earlier this month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3280689\/gaetz-starting-think-florida-governor-run-compelling-vision\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">he is &ldquo;starting to think&rdquo; about the possibility<\/a>, claiming that he is &ldquo;the most <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-gaetz-says-hes-starting-to-think-about-a-new-run-for-office\/\" title=\"Matt Gaetz Says He&#039;s &#039;Starting to Think About&#039; a New Run for Office\">pro-consumer candidate<\/a> on the Republican side.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1931623\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1931623\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Maher questions Gaetz allegations, puzzled by lack of DOJ action<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2395588,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gaetz-with-Bill-Maher-scaled-1024x683.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32100,3624,5894,49274,8703],"class_list":["post-2395587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bill-maher","tag-gaetz","tag-politics","tag-sex-allegations","tag-skepticism"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gaetz-with-Bill-Maher-scaled-1024x683.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2395587"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395592,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2395587\/revisions\/2395592"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2395588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2395587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2395587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2395587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}