Gaetz came on Tucker Carlson and attempted to get in front of the allegations, and claimed that a specific DOJ employee had been attempting to extort him. And implied that the DOJ and FBI may have leaked the investigation to the NYT in order to bury the investigation.
Relatively quickly, team Blue reacted by trying to embarrass him in regards to the interview:
BUT WE HAVE TO HOLD OUR SIDE ACCOUNTABLE OR WE WILL SACRIFICE THE MORAL HIGHGROUND!
God I hate every part of being right wing in this country