<div class="m"><picture><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/07/735/414/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/07/1470/828/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"><source media="(min-width: 767px)" srcset="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/07/931/524/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/07/1862/1048/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x"> <img src="https://a57.foxnews.com/static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2022/07/640/320/GettyImages-1239671184.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1" alt="Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,&nbsp;" width="100%" height="auto"></picture></div> <div class="info"><div class="caption"><p><span>Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,&nbsp;</span> <span>(Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)</span></p></div></div>

<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/matt-gaetz-maintains-his-innocence-sex-trafficking-probe"><strong>MATT GAETZ MAINTAINS HE IS INNOCENT AMID SEX TRAFFICKING PROBE: 'THIS WAS AN OPERATION TO DESTROY ME'</strong></a>

Gaetz has <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/matt-gaetz-maintains-his-innocence-sex-trafficking-probe" target="_blank">maintained his innocence </a>in the matter since it was first reported in March of 2021 that Gaetz was under investigation over whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid her to travel with him.

<div class="author-bio"><p>Brianna Herlihy is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.</p></div>

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