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:
GI Road Gaurd: "Hey, hold up for a second, Mac"
GI: "What's up?"
GI Road Guard: "Just gotta do a quick inspection."
GI: "Don't normally have to do inspections around these parts."
GI Road Guard: "Yeah! It's a new policy, but a job's a job, right?"
GI: "Yeah... Hey, can I ask you a question?"
GI Road Guard: "Sure, what's up?"
GI: shows picture of squirle "I'm forgetting, what do you call that little critter right there."
GI Road Gaurd: ...
GI: ...
GI Road GuardNazi solider: Shkvierrlegunfire errupts