Former Rep. Katie Hill: Gaetz must resign if misconduct allegations proven true

For the record: Gaetz has continued to deny allegations of sex trafficking, sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old girl and claims he shared naked images of women to other Congress members.

• He doubled down on his denials Monday, slamming the Department of Justice in a Washington Examiner op-ed for its investigation into the claims, saying he's "absolutely not resigning."
• "I am a representative in Congress, not a monk, and certainly not a criminal," wrote Gaetz, who was a Rising star in the Republican Party and close ally of former President Trump.

Of note: Hill noted that Gaetz "spoke out" on her behalf after a "malicious nude-photo leak" she says involved her former husband following the inappropriate relationship allegations "upended" her life.

• "If true, Matt had engaged in the very practice he'd defended me from," Hill wrote.
• "Sharing intimate images or videos of someone without their consent should be illegal, plain and simple. It shouldn’t matter if it was done to hurt someone, as with revenge porn, or to brag about your sexual conquests, like Matt has been accused of doing."