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The scandal of US Republican Federal Congressman Matt Gates paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl is still burning. According to the US "Capitol Hill" news, on April 2, local time, a Republican lawmaker revealed that Gates could not stay in Capitol Hill for too long.
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The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Gates, a close ally of former President Trump, paid a 17-year-old girl to travel with him and have sex. Although he himself said he had no plans to resign from Congress, a growing number of Republican colleagues predicted that his days on Capitol Hill were getting shorter.
"Actually, yes, he's not going to be here for long." A Republican lawmaker told Capitol Hill on April 2.
The report mentioned that former Republican Congressman Barbara Konstock directly called out to Gates and asked him to resign.
Us media broke the news on March 30 that the US Department of Justice is investigating whether Republican Rep. Matt Gates, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, paid a 17-year-old girl to travel with him and have sex. The New York Times reported, citing multiple people familiar with the matter, that Gates met the girl two years ago, when she was believed to be 17 years old, and it was unclear how the two met. Justice Department officials are investigating whether Gates violated federal sex trafficking laws.
Under a number of federal regulations, it is illegal to induce a person under the age of 18 to travel across states and have sexual relations with a person under the age of 18 with money or other benefits. The Ministry of Justice regularly prosecutes such cases, and offenders are often severely punished. Gates confirmed to Axios News On the 30th that he was under investigation by the Ministry of Justice, but denied ever interacting with underage girls.