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Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz's campaign spent thousands of dollars on lawyers, publicists and consultants as he deals with the fallout from his sex scandal, his latest campaign finance report shows.
Gaetz, 39, spent $25,000 on defense attorney Marc Fernich, whose past clients include Jeffrey Epstein, convicted drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman and the recently convicted head of the NXIVM sex cult, Keith Raniere.
The Florida congressman also spent over $825,000 on the public affairs firm Logan Circle Group, which has handled his media strategy since The New York Times reported he was under federal investigation as to whether he paid an under aged girl for sex.
Finally there was a payment of $20,000 in four installments to Roger Stone for 'strategic consulting.' Stone, a longtime ally of Donald Trump who was pardoned by the former president, is a Florida resident and was convicted of lying to Congress.
Rep. Matt Gaetz's campaign spent thousands of dollars on lawyers, publicists and consultants as he deals with the fallout from his sex scandal
Gaetz's campaign made a payment of $20,000 in four installments to Roger Stone for 'strategic consulting'
The Gaetz campaign paid Stone's company, Drake Ventures,
