Kevin McCarthy says he was forced out of House speakership over ethics inquiry

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Former speaker says Matt Gaetz led charge to remove him to quash charges that Florida representative ‘slept with a 17-year-old’

The far-right Florida Republican Matt Gaetz forced Kevin McCarthy out as House speaker last year “because he slept with a 17-year-old” and wanted a congressional ethics investigation to end, McCarthy charged on Tuesday.

“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker,” McCarthy said, at an event at Georgetown University in Washington.

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