Matt Gaetz is a Republican politician who represented Florida in the U.S. House of Representatives (2017–24). He is known for his ultraconservative positions, support of Donald Trump, and role in ousting Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.
One of the women who spoke to CNN said she did so in part because the picture of Gaetz as potentially connected to sex trafficking that has emerged in recent days does not align with what she saw. Both women said that they never saw anyone at the parties who appeared to be underage. ...
Matt Gaetz announced Thursday he is withdrawing his name from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s pick as attorney general, noting in a social media post that his nomination had become a distraction. Gaetz held multiple meetings with GOP senators over the past couple of days as he ...
Federal prosecutors were investigating whether Gaetz and onetime political ally Joel Greenberg paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex, according to two people familiar with the case who were not authorized to publicly discuss the investigation and spoke on ...
As is customary for MAGA fixtures like Gaetz, the campaign paid its tributes to Donald Trump, tithing more than $2,200 to Trump properties in 2021. More than half of it came during the final months—$729 on Nov. 2 for lodging at Mar-a-Lago, and $445 for a late-October meal...
The House Ethics Committee released its long-awaited report into former Rep.Matt Gaetzon Monday, putting a bookend on the panel’s roughly 3 1/2-year investigation into the firebrand Florida Republican. The report — which spans 42 pages and includes several more in exhibits — found “substan...
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and said last year that the Justice Department's separate investigation against him into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls ended without federal charges. His onetime political ally Joel Greenberg, a fellow ...
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar)March 31, 2021 After returning from commercial break, a stunned-looking Carlson remarked on his strange conversation with Gaetz. “You just saw our Matt Gaetz interview. That was one of the weirdest interviews I’ve ever conducted,” he said. “That story ju...
Matt Gaetz was a lawyer before he ran for Congress. I have no idea why he believes he can talk his way to innocence in apending criminal investigationinvolving alleged sex trafficking of a minor, but it seems he's intent on trying. ...
In a statement to CBS News on Wednesday, Gaetz's office said he "has never paid for sex, nor has he had sex with an underage girl. What began with blaring headlines about 'sex trafficking' has now turned into a general fishing exercise about vacations and consensual relationships with adul...