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Matt Gaetz withdraws from attorney general consideration (ground.news)

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[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He transported a girl from Florida, where age of consent is 18, to Georgia, where age of consent is 16, in order to have sex with her. This is a form of interstate child sex trafficking and is a federal crime. Not going to cite the specific statute because I suspect you aren't asking in good faith.