Paula Reid
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Now, another important piece of context here is that in the first Trump administration, under then Attorney General Bill Barr, the Trump Justice Department looked
CNN chief legal affairs correspondent Paula Reid is with us now.
Paula, what are you learning about this?
That's exactly right.
We firmed up our reporting earlier today.
I reached out to his team around 1130 this morning.
We made it clear that we would go with this news story at 1230.
And we offered them the opportunity to weigh in.
And instead of getting a response or a comment just about a minute before we were about to go live on CNN, he notified the world that he is withdrawing from consideration as attorney general.
And this news story is that the Ethics Committee was told of a second
sexual encounter with a woman who was just 17 years old.
Now, she told the woman who was just 17 at the time, she testified to the committee that this second sexual encounter, which has never been reported before, also included another adult woman.
And I want to note that she testified about both sexual encounters, not only to the House Ethics Committee, but also in a civil deposition down in Florida, and that her testimony has been consistent.
Now, the Congressman, of course, was investigated by the Justice Department over these allegations.
They did not charge him.
I will also note that the adult woman who was allegedly part of this encounter has also denied that she had sex with the minor.
But this was an important piece of reporting.
Because not only is it a second alleged sexual encounter with someone that was underage, it's also something that we didn't know before.
I have covered the investigations into Congressman Gates for four years.
We've broken so much news on the criminal investigation.
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