to matt sapolsky, national security reporter for the washington post. good morning. caller: thank you for having me. host: give us the lay of the land. one of the allegations against representative gaetz? guest: it is important to note that he is not charged with anything. this is just an investigation and he has been very eager to say, or staff is been eager to say that no women have publicly come forward and accused him but we know the justice department is investigating that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl that may have violated federal trafficking laws. he may have paid women for sex, including in ways that violated federal trafficking laws because the crossed state lines. investigators have focused on a trip he took to the bahamas on a private plane that had some women on it and another florida political hand surgeon in orlando. that is the broad strokes of what they are looking at. generally speaking they are looking at whether he violated sex trafficking laws and whether he had sex with a minor at the time. host: who was investigating all these charges? is

for more information return to matt sapolsky, national security reporter for the washington post.ood morning. caller: thank you for having me. host: give us the lay of the land. one of the allegations against representative gaetz? guest: it is important to note that he is not charged with anything. this is just an investigation and he has been very eager to say, or staff is been eager to say that no women have publicly come forward and accused him but we know the justice department is investigating that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl that may have violated federal trafficking laws. he may have paid women for sex, including in ways that violated federal trafficking laws because the crossed state lines. investigators have focused on a trip he took to the bahamas on a private plane that had some women on it and another florida political hand surgeon in orlando. that is the broad strokes of what they are looking at. generally speaking they are looking at whether he violated sex trafficking laws and whether he had sex with a minor at the time. host: who was investigating all these