GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz's tweet insinuating a threat toward Michael Cohen got him in trouble with the Florida Bar Association

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• US Representative Matt Gaetz has come under Florida state bar scrutiny for a Twitter message that critics said was meant to intimidate President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen.
• The tweet came the night before Cohen's public testimony on Capitol Hill.
• The now-deleted message from Gaetz, a second-term Republican from Florida's Panhandle who is closely allied with Trump, suggested that compromising information about Cohen's private life might soon be released.
• A spokeswoman for the Florida Bar said the organization was examining the matter.

(Reuters) - U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz has come under Florida state bar scrutiny for a Twitter message that critics said was meant to intimidate President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer Michael Cohen, the night before his public testimony on Capitol Hill.

The tweet posted by Gaetz, a second-term Republican from Florida's Panhandle who is closely allied with Trump, suggested that compromising information about Cohen's private life might soon be released.See the rest of the story at Business Insider

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