Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) spoke on the House floor Tuesday night to condemn former Trump attorney Michael Cohen. On the eve of a Congressional hearing where Cohen will testify as a witness, Gaetz said he should be questioned about financers in his family.



Gaetz courted controversy earlier in the day when he tweeted, "Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot..."



UPDATE (2/26 at 11:55pm): Gaetz deletes tweet; apologizes











"Speaker, I want to get the truth too. While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry," Gaetz tweeted late Tuesday night.





REP. MATT GATEZ (R-FL): I guess tomorrow, we will find out if there is anyone that Michael Cohen hasn't lied to. We already know he lied to Congress, we already know he lied to law enforcement, lied to the IRS, lied to three banks and he's going to prison for his lies.



So I guess it will be relevant for us to determine like, does he lie to his own family? Does he lie to his financiers? Does he lie to his financiers who are members of his family? And it will be one heck of an inquiry for us because this is someone who has tangled such a web of lies that he is not to be believed.



I think it is entirely appropriate for any member of this body to challenge the truthfulness and veracity and character for the people who have a history of lying and have a future that undoubtedly contains nothing but lies. That is the story of Michael Cohen. We'll sell it play out tomorrow and I for one can't wait to get to the bottom of things and can't wait to get to the truth.

Hey @MichaelCohen212 - Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends? Maybe tonight would be a good time for that chat. I wonder if she’ll remain faithful when you’re in prison. She’s about to learn a lot... — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 26, 2019

Speaker, I want to get the truth too. While it is important 2 create context around the testimony of liars like Michael Cohen, it was NOT my intent to threaten, as some believe I did. I’m deleting the tweet & I should have chosen words that better showed my intent. I’m sorry. https://t.co/Rdbw3sTQJD — Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) February 27, 2019

Gaetz's apology tweet: