'Given my experience': Gaetz waiting to 'render judgment' on GOP Chair accused of rape

U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is urging his fellow Florida Republicans to wait to "render judgment" on Christian Ziegler, the Trump-endorsed state Republican Party chairman accused of rape by a woman he and his wife allegedly had a consensual sexual relationship with.

“Given my experience I tend to wait for the facts to come out before rendering judgment,” Gaetz told Florida Politics. The far-right Florida GOP lawmaker has faced both DOJ and House Ethics Committee investigations into a variety of possible crimes...