Rep. Matt Gaetz was caught on mic telling former Trump advisor Roger Stone that Trump would pardon him.
The Florida Republican made the comments to Stone at Trump’s Doral Golf Course in October 2019 before his trial,“The boss still has a very favorable view of you,” Gaetz said, according to the recording. “I don’t think the big guy can let you go down for this.”
The emails were hacked by Russia before they were published in 2016. Trump and Stone said they didn’t have prior knowledge of the leaks, but were contradicted by other aides.Getty ImagesWhen Gaetz made the remarks to Stone, he was reportedly apparently unaware that they were being followed by a camera crew filming a documentary on the self-proclaimed “dirty trickster,” who cut his teeth working as an operative for former President Richard Nixon.
“Since there are many, many recording devices around right now, I do not feel in a position to speak freely about the work I’ve already done on that subject,” he reportedly said of the potential pardon. “They’re going to do you, because you’re not going to have a defense,” Gaetz said, according to the Washington Post.
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