After Matt Gaetz spent hours defending his tweet threatening Michael Cohen the Florida congressman has deleted the message and apologized to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) for what he now says was a poor choice of words.

On Tuesday afternoon, Gaetz threatened Cohen with unsubstantiated allegations, tweeting “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…”

That tweet, which may have violated the law, was met with immediate condemnation from many of Gaetz’s fellow House members, as well as a stern rebuke from Pelosi, who issued a statement that suggested the House Ethics Committee look into Gaetz’s remark.

That message apparently got through to Gaetz, who posted a tweet late Tuesday night apologizing to Pelosi, and promising to delete the tweet:

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

Here’s a screenshot of Gaetz’s now-deleted tweet:

Unfortunately for Gaetz, he can’t delete the legal liability that some experts say he may have incurred.

[Image via screengrab]

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