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Matt Gaetz Floats a Run for Florida Governor in 2026
Read Latest News Former Representative Matt Gaetz, who withdrew as President-elect Donald J. Trump’s nominee for attorney general ahead of the release of a House Ethics panel report that accused him of “regularly” paying for sex and using drugs, said that he was “starting to think about running for governor” next year in Florida. The…
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Will Matt Gaetz Participate in the House Speaker Vote?
Read Latest News As Speaker Mike Johnson labors to lock down enough support to be re-elected to his post, every vote is critical. That has prompted speculation that former Representative Matt Gaetz, the Florida Republican who engineered the ouster of Mr. Johnson’s predecessor, could play a role in the outcome this time as well. Mr.…
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Matt Gaetz Finds Support in His Former District in Florida
Read Latest News Republicans in the Panhandle district he represented before stepping down last month said Mr. Gaetz had done good work in Congress and criticized the report as partisan. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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Takeaways from the Matt Gaetz Ethics Report
Read Latest News A 37-page report detailed the findings from a yearslong investigation into allegations that Mr. Gaetz engaged in a range of illegal conduct. He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking…
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Matt Gaetz sex, drug report released by House Ethics Committee
Read Latest News U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) listens to testimony during a U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “Undue Influence: Operation Higher Court and Politicking at SCOTUS”, looking into allegations that the former anti-abortion leader Rev. Robert Schenck got advance word of the outcome of a major 2014 U.S. Supreme Court case involving contraceptives…
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House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release Matt Gaetz report
Read Latest News Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., talks with a staffer before the start of the House Armed Services Committee hearing on “An Update on Afghanistan in Washington on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. Caroline Brehman | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release a report on its investigation…
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House Ethics Panel Voted to Release Matt Gaetz Report
Read Latest News Lawmakers agreed the report would come out after the House has completed legislative business for the year and once they have left Washington to return to their districts. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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House Blocks Release of Matt Gaetz Ethics Report as Republicans Close Ranks
Read Latest News In largely party-line votes, the House turned back two measures that would have forced the Ethics Committee to make public the results of its investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to…
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House votes against releasing Matt Gaetz ethics report for now
Read Latest News House lawmakers voted Thursday against releasing an Ethics Committee report on an exhaustive, yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a close ally and confidant of President-elect Donald Trump. Democrats had forced the votes and Republicans responded by voting to return the matter to the Ethics Committee, ending the fight over the…
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Trump Doubles Down on Defiance After the Collapse of the Matt Gaetz Selection
Read Latest News President-elect Donald J. Trump’s decision to install Kash Patel as F.B.I. director indicates that he remains undaunted by Washington resistance as he appoints ideological warriors, conspiracy theorists and even relatives. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest…
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Matt Gaetz Joins Cameo, Following the George Santos Playbook
Read Latest News Matt Gaetz, who was Donald Trump’s former pick for attorney general, will wish you a happy birthday. For $500. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t…
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Why Matt Gaetz Called His Attorney General Bid a ‘Distraction’
Read Latest News The former representative from Florida said he had become a “distraction.” Perhaps that was the point. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds Are Here! Don’t miss out on…
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Trump Picks Pam Bondi for Attorney General After Matt Gaetz Withdraws
Read Latest News In Ms. Bondi, who served on his legal team during his first impeachment, the president-elect turned to a loyal ally to put his stamp on a Justice Department that he sees as hostile to him. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites!…
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Matt Gaetz Withdraws as Trump’s Pick for Attorney General
Read Latest News Mr. Gaetz has consistently denied the allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use, but his prospective nomination ran into trouble in the Senate. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved…
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Trump announces Pam Bondi as new attorney general pick hours after Matt Gaetz withdraws
Read Latest News Florida’s Former Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on February 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that his new pick for attorney general is Pam Bondi. The announcement came just hours…
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Matt Gaetz, Trump’s Pick for Attorney General, Withdraws From Consideration
Read Latest News The former Florida congressman said in a statement that his confirmation “was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition.” Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s…
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Trump AG pick Matt Gaetz says he’s withdrawing
Read Latest News US Representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) speaks to members of the media after speaking on the House floor about a possible Motion to Vacate to oust US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, outside the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on October 2, 2023. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Matt Gaetz…
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Ethics Committee deadlocks on releasing Matt Gaetz sex, drug probe report
Read Latest News Vice President-elect, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) (L) and former Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) leave the U.S. Capitol after meeting with Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The bipartisan House Ethics Committee deadlocked Wednesday on whether to release a report…
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House Ethics Panel Deadlocks on Whether to Release Gaetz Report
Read Latest News Senators in both parties have demanded to see the committee’s investigative report into sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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Senate seeks evidence in Matt Gaetz FBI sex trafficking probe
Read Latest News Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside a meeting of the House Republican Conference in the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, January 3, 2023. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Wednesday for its “complete evidentiary file” of the closed investigation into the…
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JD Vance Courts Senators With Gaetz and Hegseth, Two Controversial Cabinet Picks
Read Latest News Vice President-elect JD Vance was on Capitol Hill with Matt Gaetz, picked for attorney general, and Pete Hegseth, the Fox News host who is up for secretary of defense. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks…
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Hacker Is Said to Have Gained Access to File With Damaging Testimony About Gaetz
Read Latest News The computer file is said to contain testimony from the woman who said she had sex with Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general, when she was 17. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the…
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Group Sues Justice Department for Gaetz Investigation Documents
Read Latest News The nonpartisan watchdog group American Oversight has been trying since last year to get the documents related to the sex-trafficking investigation into Matt Gaetz. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s…
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Lawyer Says His Client Testified That She Saw Gaetz Having Sex With Underage Girl
Read Latest News The lawyer told multiple news outlets about the testimony, before the House Ethics Committee, in which the client described witnessing Matt Gaetz having sex with the girl at a party in 2017. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see…
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Gaetz May Not Be Confirmed, Trump Admits. He’s Pushing Him and Others Anyway.
Read Latest News The president-elect is taking a flood-the-zone approach to his cabinet nominations, betting that the Senate won’t dare to turn them all down. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved Finds…
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House Speaker Johnson says Gaetz ethics report shouldn’t be released
Read Latest News U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) speaks to reporters as House Republican leaders hold a press conference at the U.S. Capitol House in Washington, U.S., November 12, 2024. Nathan Howard | Reuters House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that House Ethics Committee’s probe into Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for U.S. attorney general, is…
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Gaetz Report Drama Brings a House Republican Feud Full Circle
Read Latest News A vendetta over the congressional ethics investigation into Matt Gaetz helped sink the last speaker. The new speaker has moved to quash it. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s Most-Loved…
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Matt Gaetz, Master of Insults, Now Needs Support From Senators He Bashed
Read Latest News The right-wing mudslinger built his brand on mercilessly trolling his adversaries, including some Republican senators, on TV and social media. Now he needs their votes to be confirmed. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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A majority of Senate Republicans doubt Matt Gaetz will be confirmed as attorney general, sources say
Read Latest News More than half of Senate Republicans, including some in senior leadership positions, privately say they don’t see a path for former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., to be confirmed as attorney general and would not support him to lead the Department of Justice, according to multiple people who spoke to NBC News on…
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Woman told House Ethics Committee she saw Gaetz have sex with minor, her lawyer says
Read Latest News US representative Matt Gaetz (R-FL) attends the second day of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on July 16, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon | AFP | Getty Images A woman told the House Ethics Committee that she saw Matt Gaetz, who is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick…
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Johnson Doesn’t Want Gaetz Ethics Report Released
Read Latest News The House speaker said revealing the findings of a yearslong inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct and drug use would be a ‘terrible breach of protocol’ because Matt Gaetz had resigned. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the…
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Trump’s Matt Gaetz Pick Concerns Both Right- and Left-Leaning Media
Read Latest News President-elect Donald J. Trump selected Matt Gaetz, a former Florida congressman, as his attorney general, a pick that drew a rare bipartisan rebuke from both conservative and liberal media outlets. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest…
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House Ethics Panel Was Set to Vote to Release Report Critical of Matt Gaetz
Read Latest News The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney general, engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~…
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Lawmakers Demand Ethics Report on Gaetz, Trump’s Attorney General Pick
Read Latest News Republicans and Democrats alike insisted that the findings of the House Ethics Committee, which has been investigating the Florida Republican for years over sexual misconduct and other charges, be made public. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the…
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What a Matt Gaetz Justice Department Would Mean for Business
Read Latest News The Trump loyalist supports an “aggressive” antitrust approach and has called for breaking up Big Tech. But can the controversial nominee win Senate approval? Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s talking about! ~ AliExpress’s…
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Trump’s Matt Gaetz Pick Unnerves an Already Jittery Justice Department and FBI
Read Latest News Senior law enforcement officials face a wave of uncertainty as Donald J. Trump moves to nominate a fierce partisan and a longtime ally to fill one of the most powerful cabinet posts. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see…
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How Trump Picked Gaetz for Attorney General on a 2-Hour Plane Ride
Read Latest News President-elect Donald J. Trump appeared to have gained some clarity on what he wanted in an attorney general while he was in Washington, the city he left in 2020 after weeks of his election lies. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites!…
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The Investigations Into Matt Gaetz: What to Know
Read Latest News Federal prosecutors scrutinized claims that Donald Trump’s choice for attorney general had sex with an underage girl, but did not charge him. The House Ethics Committee had its own inquiry. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest…
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Trump picking Matt Gaetz for AG puts House sex, drug probe in focus
Read Latest News Multiple Republican senators gave a chilly reception to President-elect Donald Trump‘s selection of Matt Gaetz for U.S. attorney general, putting the former Florida congressman’s odds of being confirmed by the Senate in question. The surprise announcement Wednesday, and Gaetz’s swift resignation from Congress, also drew attention to a House Ethics Committee probe…
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Senate Republicans Alarmed by Trump Nominating Matt Gaetz for Attorney General
Read Latest News Many Republican senators were stunned that Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, had been chosen as the nominee, and expressed skepticism that he could secure enough votes for confirmation. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks…
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Matt Gaetz Is Trump’s Pick for Attorney General
Read Latest News President-elect Donald J. Trump has made clear his view of the Justice Department’s importance and has complained that his past attorneys general fell far short of his expectations. Source Link ~ Read More News like this ~ Don’t Miss Amazon’s Top Treasures & Fan Favorites! Click to see the hottest picks everyone’s…
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Trump taps Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general
Read Latest News Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is seen outside the U.S. Capitol after the last votes before the August recess on Thursday, July 25, 2024. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday said he will nominate Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida to serve as U.S. attorney…