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:
Regardless of what he's said or done, I presume people are innocent unless there's actually evidence of them being guilty.
So far, this seems like a hit job by the uniparty