Reports claiming that Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene removed all content from her Twitter feed about fellow Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz is false. A law enforcement source told Reuters Gaetz is being investigated over allegations of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use. Greene has several tweets on her Twitter page that Gaetz supports during the publication of this article.
Examples can be seen here and here.
The reports contain a photo of Greene and Gaetz, tweeted by Gaetz on February 7, 2020 here .
The text in the reports reads: “Funny…. Marjorie Taylor Greene just scrubbed her Twitter feed of ALL the things that Gaetz scrubbed. No more GaetzLove in Greeneville. It’s a pity that this photo was saved. If I did not know of better, I would say that she is trying to distance herself from someone she is guilty of. It would be a SHAME if this photo was shared on social media. ”
The Department of Justice is investigating whether Gaetz may have violated sex trafficking laws by paying travel expenses for a 17-year-old woman, according to a U.S. law enforcement source who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The ethics committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is also investigating Gaetz for allegations including possible sexual misconduct and illegal drug use (here).
Gaetz is not charged with any crimes, called the accusations false and has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing (here).
There are several tweets on Greene’s Twitter page twitter.com/mtgreenee at the time of publication of this article showing that she expresses her support for Gaetz. Recent tweets about Gaetz’s innocence posted in April 2021 can be seen here , here , here , en here .
Older tweets from Greene about Gaetz from 2020 can be seen here , here and here .
VERDICT
Untrue. Marjorie Taylor Greene did not remove the content supported by Congressman Matt Gaetz from her Twitter page due to the allegations against him of sexual misconduct and illegal drug use.
This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work here.