The co-founder of the conservative The Federalist news site, Benjamin Domenech, lit into Rep. Matt Gaetz Thursday, calling him a “sex trafficking, drug addicted piece of s—t” — and warning senators that they’ll have to live with themselves if they confirm him as attorney general.

One influential right-winger, however, went a bit further in his assessment. “Matt Gaetz is a sex trafficking drug addicted piece of shit,” wrote Ben Domenech in a Substack po

Republican senators say Gaetz is not ‘a serious’ nominee who doesn’t have the ‘moral authority’ to lead the Department of Justice

Another report by ABC said that a woman who was at the centre of the investigation into sex trafficking allegations on Gaetz revealed that the former congressman had sex with her when she was just 17.