Gut-wrenching details about allegations of paying a 17-year-old for sex that derailed Matt Gaetz’s political career have finally been brought to light.

The former Republican lawmaker was accused of taking advantage of a “vulnerable” 17-year-old who lived in and out of a homeless shelter, newly unsealed court documents show.

Gaetz has denied having sex with a 17-year-old girl when he was in his 30s, but the allegation was enough to end his nomination to be Donald Trump’s attorney general.

Many of the details of the allegations had, however, been secret until now. They are being revealed because lawsuit by the McClatchy newspaper chain to have the files unsealed was upheld by a federal judge in Florida.

That allowed her attorney, Laura B. Wolf, to disclose sickening details of the alleg

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