Monday, August 23, 2021

Gaetz marries. Now prosecutors cannot make her testify to what she knows, if anything, about his past conduct.

 Installation of the marital testimonial privilege reported here. In part -

The controversial 39-year-old Republican, who is under investigation as part of a sex trafficking probe, announced the wedding on his personal Twitter page. He exclaimed “I love my wife!” along with a photo of them together — he in a sport coat, she in a white dress.

Vanity Fair reports that Sergio Gor, a former staffer for Sen. Rand Paul, performed the ceremony that was attended by about 40 people. The couple had previously announced they would marry next year.

 Not that she had any first-hand experience of any wrongdoing, but who knows what the loving couple might have discussed, with any such hearsay testimony now foreclosed. Wishing them a long and loving marriage. Even Gaetz can turn over a new leaf.