Matt Gaetz asked Britney Spears to speak to Congress about how she’s been ‘mistreated by America’s legal system’

• Florida lawmaker Matt Gaetz penned a letter to singer Britney Spears inviting her to testify in Congress.
• “You have been mistreated by America’s legal system. We want to help,” Gaetz wrote.
• The letter was also signed by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene and other GOP lawmakers.
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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has extended an invitation to singer Britney Spears to testify in Congress about her conservatorship battle and to tell the tale of how her “life, liberty, and happiness” was taken from her.

Penning a letter co-signed by other GOP lawmakers, including Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Utah Rep. Burgess Owens, and Arizona Rep. Andy Biggs, Gaetz invited Spears to tell her story in Congress.

“You have been mistreated by America’s legal system. We want to help. The United States Congress should hear your story and be inspired to bipartisan action,” Gaetz wrote. “What happened to you should never happen to any other American. Congress can make things better, and you can inform our policy decisions. If you will speak to Congress, we are ready to listen.”

“The federal courthouse door was closed to you and too many Americans,” Gaetz continued, noting that Spears could give “hope to millions” by talking about her struggles.

“Please take advantage of the empowerment that public congressional testimony can unlock,” he added in the letter.

There has been an outpouring of support for Spears after she addressed a Los Angeles Court on June 24 in a plea to end her legal guardianship. Speaking for around 24 minutes, Spears described the controls the conservatorship imposed on her life, including being unable to remove an IUD implanted in her body.

On July 1, a judge denied Spears’ request to remove her father, Jamie Spears, from her conservatorship. However, Bessemer Trust, the wealth-management firm acting as the co-conservator of Spears’ estate, asked on Thursday to withdraw from the guardianship arrangement in light of the star’s testimony.

Spears has now found another ardent champion in Gaetz, who seems intent on having her speak in the House. In a further attempt to get his message about Spears out, Gaetz went on conservative news network OAN on June 30 to say that “Britney Spears wants to tell her story.”

“She’s not someone who wants to just crawl under a rug and pretend this didn’t happen. She wants accountability and justice, and I can think of no better place than the United States Congress to really tackle this problem and bring people together from all sides of politics to solve it,” Gaetz said in his interview with OAN.

Gaetz has attempted to champion the “Free Britney” movement in the past. In March of this year, he called for a hearing on court-ordered conservatorships with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan.

Gaetz is the subject of an ongoing investigation into whether the Florida politician paid underage girls for sex.