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Tina Knowles is coming out swinging in defense of her daughter Beyoncé ... who has been inaccurately accused of being paid millions to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Knowles matriarch shut down the rumor as a bunch of hogwash with a pointed Instagram post Saturday, where she made it clear the singer attended the VP's Houston rally on her own accord.

She wrote ... "So this has been flagged on Instagram as fake news and taken down. It’s called False Information."

Former U.S. Representative of Florida Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. Attorney General, is continuing to combat sexual misconduct allegations ... including claims he flew 2 women to NYC to have a real-life "Pretty Woman" experience.

Florida attorney Joel Leppard, who represents the women involved, sat down with ABC News' Juju Chang ... and he revealed his clients spoke with Congressional Ethics Committee investigators about their interactions with Gaetz -- which they say included repeated paid sexual encounters.

As we told you yesterday, Leppard detailed in the interview one of his clients testified in July 2017 seeing Gaetz having sex with her friend -- when the latter was only 17 and the former Congressman was 35. Leppard also said the 2 women testified they were paid for sex by Gaetz via Venmo.

President-elect Donald Trump tapped Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Make American Healthy Again ... so you can imagine our suprise when RFK was photographed with a plate of fast food on a private jet with Trump and Elon Musk.

RFK Jr. has been railing against bad things in our food for years, so it's fair to wonder if he actually took a bite of the McDonald's burger, nuggets and fries he was given for a photo op on a plane ride to Mar-a-Lago ... and we examine it all on today's edition of TMZ TV Hot Takes.

Check out the clip from "TMZ Live" ... Harvey and Charles kick start the debate ... did RFK Jr. really eat the Golden Arches. Some of us in the office are having a hard time believing it, and the picture kinda says it all.

Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Attorney General, paid 2 adult women for sex and had sex with a 17-year-old girl in a pool ... according to the lawyer representing the women Gaetz allegedly paid for sex.

Florida attorney Joel Leppard told ABC News his clients testified before the House of Representatives ethics committee investigating Gaetz ... claiming the former Congressman used Venmo to pay them for sex.

Leppard also says one of his clients told lawmakers she witnessed Gaetz having sex with her 17-year-old friend at a July 2017 house party she attended.

Hunter Biden didn't let his pending federal sentences keep him from having a good time at Disneyland ... hitting up the Southern California theme park for an action-packed day.

Check it out ... President Joe Biden's son was all smiles while visiting Disneyland with his wife, Melissa Cohen Biden, and son Beau -- who was named after Hunter's late brother.

The First Son was joined Friday by some friends and, of course, a handful of Secret Service agents, who kept the family safe as they enjoyed everything the theme park had to offer ... including a jaunt on the Peter Pan ride and Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railroad.

Michael Moore is blasting Americans as a collective ... saying electing Donald Trump is the latest in a laundry list of problematic behavior -- and the country's populace is inherently bad.

The controversial filmmaker took to his website to share his thoughts on the most recent election ... and, he let American society have it -- saying past atrocities like slavery and the genocide of Native Americans have led directly to installing a convicted felon and alleged rapist as the next POTUS.

Moore also sees problems with Kamala Harris' campaign ... admitting they cheered when people like Dick Cheney -- someone Moore refers to as a war criminal -- endorsed her and pointing out the Biden admin's support for the War in Gaza certainly didn't help.

It's leg day at Mar-a-Lago for J.D. Vance ... with the Vice President-elect trading in his suit and tie for a polo shirt and a pair of shorts ... a vastly different look for Vance.

Check out these new photos from Donald Trump's resort in Florida ... it must be casual Friday, and J.D. is taking full advantage of the balmy weather down in Palm Beach.

We're used to seeing J.D. all buttoned up ... but now that the election is over and the Trump crew is prepping for a return to the White House, J.D. seems to be cutting loose ... by cutting his bottoms in half.

Cheryl Hines is sending a clear message -- I got you, Bobby -- based on the pics of her celebrating her hubby Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at Mar-a-Lago, months after saying Donald Trump was a thorny issue in their marriage.

Cheryl, a lifelong vocal Democrat, was happy and smiling Thursday night during the president-elect's big bash for his cabinet nominees, including RFK Jr. ... his pick for Health and Human Services Secretary.

This was the first time the couple's been seen together at a Trump event since the election, but sources with direct knowledge tell us she's been onboard all along. We're told RFK Jr. went to Mar-a-Lago the day after Trump's landslide victory, and Cheryl was with him as DT offered the HHS Sec. position.

Megyn Kelly didn’t hold back ... calling actress Rachel Zegler "a pig" after the "Snow White" star made a fiery Instagram post wishing Trump supporters would "never know peace" post-election.

Rachel's since apologized following the backlash ... but the conservative commentator ripped into her on SiriusXM Thursday, while calling for Disney to redo their entire live-action remake of the classic cartoon, which has already been filmed with Zegler in the lead role.

Megyn fumed, "Picture this, a Broadway actress who said, 'F Biden supporters, may Biden and Kamala never know peace.' That person would be fired so fast it would make your head spin."

Donald Trump may need to build Elon Musk a suite at Mar-a-Lago ... 'cause he says the billionaire entrepreneur can't get enough of the club -- and, he may never want to leave.

The President-Elect spoke at the America First Policy Institute Gala in Florida Thursday ... and, he shouted out his new co-lead of the Department of Government Efficiency -- calling him a high-IQ individual who put aside his own interests for the good of the nation.

DJT shouts out Elon stumping for him on the campaign trail in Pennsylvania instead of overseeing his SpaceX rockets.

Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena, or UAPs, are a threat to national security and, if those who built them are our enemies, then their mere existence constitutes one of the largest intelligence failures ever ... so says a former Defense Department official who testified before Congress.

Luis Elizondo -- an author and former DoD official -- appeared alongside several other UAP experts in front of Congress Wednesday to discuss the threat UAPs pose to America.

Check out the clip ... Nancy Mace -- a Republican congresswoman from South Carolina -- asks Elizondo if UAPs are made by private businesses or extraterrestrials, since he says governments do not control this tech.

A Secret Service agent got the axe after sneaking a lover into the Obamas' beachfront Hawaii home while he was supposed to be on duty protecting the former Prez back in 2022 -- that’s what the agent’s ex-GF spills in a new tell-all book.

In "Undercover Heartbreak: A Memoir of Trust and Trauma," Koryeah Dwanyen claims the agent broke protocol to impress her, even showing her photos of Barack and Michelle Obama's Hawaii home and offering her a private tour while they were away.

According to ABC News, Dwanyen used the pseudonym "Dale" to describe her ex in the book -- saying he wasn’t exactly worried about getting caught, allegedly telling her, "No one will know. If anything, I'm the one who could get in trouble."

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré says Pete Hegseth doesn't know what he's talking about when it comes to women serving on the front lines ... telling us women are essential to our Armed Forces.

The 3-star general joined us Wednesday on "TMZ Live" and we asked him about President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense claiming women in combat complicate things.

Honoré says he was at first skeptical about women serving on the front lines when he was serving in the Army -- but once the change was made back in the day it turned out to be for the best ... and all the women he knows in the Armed Forces are serving admirably, no matter their rank.

Don Lemon isn't losing sleep over Elon Musk's influence on President-elect Donald Trump ... though, he does think people should be concerned about billionaires' control of the media.

We caught up with the newsman at LAX a day before he announced his decision to exit Musk's social media site ... and he shared his 2 cents on the Tesla CEO's close relationship with the soon-to-be 47th President of the United States.

As Lemon put it ... Trump's win doesn't heighten Musk's impact, as the businessman already had a massive reach given his net worth and resources. Lemon is doubtful Musk would step into an official role in Trump's administration, theorizing the tech magnate would follow in the footsteps of billionaires before him ... influencing the prez from behind the scenes.

President-elect Donald Trump visited the White House Wednesday morning at the invitation of President Joe Biden, and the 2 sat down together in the Oval Office. Trump thanked Biden for making this transition one of the smoothest ever, so far.

After they sat down, Trump and Biden smiled for the cameras -- and were hit with a cacophony of shouted questions directed at the pair. Secret Service and staffers then ushered the yelling reporters out of the Oval Office without having any of their questions answered.

The invitational meeting is traditionally held whenever a new POTUS is elected -- although Trump didn't extend an invite to Biden as he refused to accept the 2020 election results. Despite their prior war of words, Obama invited Trump in 2016, days after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton.