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Florida Bar won’t dismiss complaint over Rep. Gaetz tweet

Florida Bar won't dismiss complaint over Rep. Gaetz tweet | iNFOnews.ca
FILE - In this April 3, 2019 file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., voices an objection to a resolution by House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., to subpoena special counsel Robert Mueller's full report, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Florida Bar has decided a disciplinary investigation will continue into a tweet sent by Gaetz about President Donald Trump's former lawyer, Michael Cohen. Bar officials said in a statement Wednesday, May 8, 2019, that the matter is being examined by a grievance committee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A Florida Bar disciplinary investigation will continue into a tweet sent by Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz about President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen.

Bar officials said in a statement Wednesday the matter is being examined by a grievance committee. Gaetz represents the Panhandle and is an attorney and Florida Bar member.

The potentially intimidating tweet came in February on the eve of Cohen’s testimony criticizing Trump before a House committee. Cohen is imprisoned after pleading guilty to several crimes.

Gaetz tweeted: “Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot…”

Gaetz said in an email he’s confident in the investigation’s outcome.

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