Beattie had previously been fired as a speechwriter for the Trump administration after attending a conference associated with white nationalists. [249][250], Gaetz said his attorneys contacted the FBI, which he said informed them that Gaetz was a subject, not a target, of an investigation. [173] In lobbying for the bill, he said that the open carry of weapons was a right "granted not by government but by God. "[139][136] Ohio representative Jim Jordan said, "The members have just had it, and they want to be able to see and represent their constituents and find out what's going on. Instagram/Nestor Galban Rep. Matt Gaetz with his son Nestor Galban and Donald Trump . [141] Each side got equal time to question witnesses. It's All Part of the Plan", "Local feelings on same-sex marriage ruling mixed", Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, "Roll Call 513 | Bill Number: H. R. 8404", "House passes antitrust bill that hikes M&A fees as larger efforts targeting tech have stalled", "H.R. Battling GOP extremism just helped Democrats stop a red wave in the 2022 midterms. "[287], In June 2020, following an argument with then-Representative Cedric Richmond, Gaetz said he had been living with a 19-year-old immigrant from Cuba, Nestor Galbn, since Galbn was 12, and considered Galbn his son. Technically, being a Green Beret means: Being a high-performing individual; being part of an elite, high performing team. [7] A September 2022 Washington Post article reported that career prosecutors have recommended not to charge Gaetz in the sex-trafficking investigation, telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions about the two central witnesses. [62][63] Gaetz initially defended his tweet, saying it was part of "witness testing, not witness tampering" and "I don't threaten anybody." [55], In 2021, Gaetz and Georgia representative Marjorie Taylor Greene began a nationwide "America First Tour" on May 7, in The Villages, Florida. In both, he criticizes former House Speaker Paul Ryan for joining the board of Fox News's parent company and blames him for canceling Lou Dobbs Tonight. [185][186][187] A few days later, on March 9, Gaetz's office reported that he had been in contact with a Conservative Political Action Conference attendee who tested positive for COVID-19. He left the Florida Republican Congressman speechless and only able to shake his head. Waltz is a Green Beret in the U.S. Army. Yet new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has elevated fringe figures like Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene . But he and the other members were actually attending the Conservative Political Action Conference, which was held at the same time as their absences. [283][284][285], On December 1, 2022, thanks to his assistance with the prosecutors in a series of investigations, including those involving Gaetz, Greenberg was sentenced to 11 years in prison, plus ten years of supervised release. Leer en Espaol. 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[56] During the tour, Gaetz and Greene repeated debunked claims of fraud in the 2020 election, attacked Big Tech and, at one event, claimed that the Second Amendment was for "maintaining, within the citizenry, the ability to maintain an armed rebellion against the government, if that becomes necessary. The Pentagon has identified the two U.S. Army Green Berets killed on Wednesday during combat operations in northern Afghanistan. [169] Gaetz was one of three representatives to offer Rittenhouse a Congressional internship. Prosecutors alleged that Alford claimed he had contacts in the Justice Department who could arrange for a presidential pardon for Gaetz and directed Don Gaetz to wire the money to a trust account managed by McGee. Their plans to target health care programs follow demands from a group of conservatives that helped elect House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over the weekend. 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[4][5][6] In April 2021, the House Ethics Committee also announced an investigation. [205], Gaetz opposes sanctuary cities, which opt not to dedicate local law enforcement resources to prosecuting people solely for being undocumented. "[176][177] Immediately before his remarks on the Second Amendment, Gaetz criticized Big Tech companies for trying to "suppress us, discourage us", saying, "Silicon Valley can't cancel this movement, or this rally, or this congressman". "[159], In 2021, Gaetz was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'tat that overwhelmingly passed, for reasons reported to be unclear. He added, "it should be investigations [of Democrats] first[and] policy, bill-making, to support the lobbyists and the PACs, as a far, far diminished priority. Minute after it went online career in the department is ' Certain members of the Freedom Caucus, including Gaetz, could contribute the required margin. [292][293] They married in August 2021. Rittenhouse was arrested and charged with first-degree intentional homicide,[167][168] but was acquitted based on self-defense in November 2021. Joel Valdez, a senior communications aide to Gaetz, posted a video on Parler hours before the storming of the Capitol with the caption "From the top of the Capitol office buildings, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR! He also argued that "Providing for flights and hotel rooms for people that you're dating who are of legal age is not a crime. Master Sgt. The anti-McCarthy members withheld more than four votes through 14 ballots. Both had begun working for Gaetz when he joined Congress in 2017. [193], After a contentious House committee hearing on June 10, 2021, Gaetz claimed a Chinese whistleblower possessed text messages and documents concerning COVID-19's origins that U.S government investigators had failed to pursue. Apparently, Matt Gaetz thinks wailing about critical race theory will distract from him being under investigation for trafficking underage girls and then witness tampering about it. Asshole shouldn't even be in the room but he represents everything the modern GOP has become. This weapon has been used for years by the Green Berets and the U.S. military as a whole. [160], In June 2021, Gaetz was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002.[161][162]. [49], In January 2018, Gaetz invited alt-right Holocaust denier Charles C. Johnson to attend Donald Trump's State of the Union address. During Wednesday's House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Defense Department's proposed budget, an angrier-than-usual-looking Gen. Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,. [105] He was also the only Republican cosponsor of the bill (of 55 cosponsors) at the time of its passage. [107] Gaetz has said he has had multiple conversations with President Trump about cannabis policy. Claiming on Wednesday that teaching trainees about critical race theory would be "divisive," Florida representatives Michael Waltz and alleged sex offender Matt Gaetz demanded General Mark. "I respect your. [3] In 2016, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was reelected in 2018, 2020, and 2022. [276] Greenberg's sentencing hearing was originally scheduled for August 2021,[277] but due to his cooperation in related investigations, had been repeatedly delayed. Gaetz called the label a "badge of honor", accused Twitter of enabling Antifa, and again said that "[o]ur government should hunt [Antifa] down". [110][111][112], In April 2018, Politico called Gaetz "one of the most enthusiastic defenders of President Trump on cable news" and a "proud Trump protg". [274], Two top Washington prosecutorsa public corruption investigator with an expertise in child exploitation crimes and a leader of the public corruption unithave worked on Gaetz's case since at least mid-2021. [50], In April 2019, Gaetz hired Darren Beattie as a speechwriter. South Carolina's senior U.S. senator, Lindsey Graham, admonished the House members, calling them "nuts" for having made a "run on the SCIF. [137] The disruption delayed Deputy Assistant Defense Secretary Laura Cooper's testimony by many hours. One Of His Constituents Just Died From It", "Matt Gaetz, Who Mocked Coronavirus by Wearing Gas Mask on House Floor, Is Now in Quarantine", "Rep. Matt Gaetz wore a gas mask on House floor during vote on coronavirus response package", "Matt Gaetz gets called out on Fox News for his coronavirus gas mask stunt", "Matt Gaetz's Coronavirus Gas Mask Stunt Comes Back To Haunt Him On Fox News", "GOP Rep. 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Matt Gaetz", "Roll Call 695 Roll Call 695, Bill Number: S. 1536, 115th Congress, 1st Session", "Matt Gaetz defends lone no vote on anti-human trafficking bill", "Matt Gaetz is under investigation on suspicion of violating federal sex-trafficking laws. Gaetz had allegedly claimed to have slept with the women in the photos. Requires extreme mental and physical toughness. June 23, 2021. [40] On March 21, 2016, Gaetz withdrew from the race, choosing instead to run for the U.S. House seat representing Florida's 1st congressional district; the incumbent, Jeff Miller, had announced 11 days earlier that he would not seek reelection.[41]. [98][99] Gaetz has criticized the federal government for having "lied to the American people for a generation" about cannabis's medical benefits. "[261], On April 1, 2021, CNN reported that Gaetz had shown pictures of naked women to colleagues on the House floor. In early March 2020, Gaetz wore a gas mask during a House debate on funds to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. [61] Other members of Congress saw the tweet as an attempt to intimidate a witness. The U.S.-based EcoHealth Alliance that worked with the Institute under a grant the Trump administration approved eventually had that funding withdrawn. After Gaetz was arrested, he refused to take a breathalyzer test. [240] The next day, Trump publicly denied that Gaetz had asked him for a pardon. [88] After midnight, January 7, on the 15th and last ballot, Gaetz switched his vote to "present", lowering the number of votes McCarthy needed and allowing him to win the speakership. "Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who did not serve in the military but did smirk while General Milley was testifying," Williams said, noting that Gaetz trashed the general later in the day. On March 10, he said his test was negative, but that he would stay under self-quarantine until the 14-day period ended on March 12. What sets the . Though a financial disclosure form Gaetz filed in 2016 showed a net worth of $388,000, he donated $200,000 of his own money to his congressional campaign. Matt. ", "Fear distracts, divides and dehumanizes us. [34] After the hearings, he authored legislation to allow defendants who successfully used a stand-your-ground defense during trial to be able to expunge relevant information from their criminal records. [23] In a crowded Republican primary that included Craig Barker, Kabe Woods, Jerry G. Melvin, and Bill Garvie, Gaetz won with 43 percent of the vote. After Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) who, we must remind you, is currently under federal investigation for sex trafficking a 17-year-old asked Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin how the Department of. [192], On December 4, 2020, Gaetz attended an indoor New York Young Republicans Club conference in Jersey City, New Jersey, during a period of surging COVID-19 cases throughout the state and the country. [120][121][119] The Times also reported that aides had told Trump of the request. Jan 10 Really interesting numbers from CBS poll: 64% of GOP voters approved of the speaker turmoil last week. [263][264][265], On April 6, 2021, The New York Times reported that in the last weeks of the Trump administration, Gaetz privately requested a blanket presidential pardon for himself and others, which was reportedly denied because it would set a bad precedent. A spokesperson for Gaetz said, "not one woman has come forward to accuse Rep. Gaetz of wrongdoing" and that Gaetz had "addressed the debunked allegations against him" on his new podcast, Firebrand. In 2017, he cast the only vote against a human trafficking bill", "Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz was literally the only person to vote against an anti-human trafficking bill", "Roll Call 91 Roll Call 91, Bill Number: H. R. 1865, 115th Congress, 2nd Session", "Gaetz among 20 House Republicans who voted against anti-human trafficking bill", "Gaetz misleads in claim about immigrants, crime", "Matt Gaetz runs for U.S. Congress, blasts 'illegal immigrants' and 'Muslim terrorists', "GOP Lawmaker Matt Gaetz Slams Haiti: 'Sheet Metal And Garbage' Everywhere You Look", "Did Democrats, or George Soros, Fund Migrant Caravan? We do not teach critical race theory. [225] Evidence including mobile payment receipts reportedly suggesting Gaetz had illegally exchanged money for sex, such as May 2018 Venmo transaction records showing Gaetz sending $900 (with a memo referring to a woman) to Greenberg, who then relayed the money (with the memos "tuition" and "school") to three women, one of whom was 18. [210][211], Gaetz voted against Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. [67][70] After the hearing, Gaetz reportedly texted an apology to Cohen, who thanked him for it. [78], In July 2020, Politico reported that its investigation had found expenditures by Gaetz that appeared to violate the House ethics rules: spending tens of thousands of dollars for a speech-writing consultant and having a private company install a television studio in his father's home in Niceville, Florida, which Gaetz uses when he appears on television. He claimed that the decision was an example of "judicial activism" that posed "a threat to our democracy". "[171] Gaetz is a lifetime member of the NRA,[171] and has an A+ rating from it. "If Democrats want to defund the police, they should start with the FBI," wrote . [202][203], On February 27, 2018, Gaetz voted against the Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act, which had by then been combined with the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act. 77: Opposing the decision to end certain United States efforts to prevent Turkish military operations against Syrian Kurdish forces in Northeast Syria", "Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul, Ro Khanna, and a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent a letter to Trump imploring him to end US support for Saudi Arabia in Yemen", "Twitter Places Warning on Congressman's Tweet for Glorifying Violence", "Rep. Matt Gaetz on Twitter: "The mob wants to destroy America. Let us all endeavor to keep it that way." -Congressman Matt Gaetz Goddess, please clear the way for Matt Gaetz to be indicted ASAP. "[95], Gaetz has introduced legislation to reclassify cannabis from Schedule I to Schedule III under the Controlled Substances Act. [150] He acknowledged that the bill's pass-through tax deduction would benefit Trump, but added, "so many Americans benefit when commercial real estate becomes easier and more accessible. Gaetz's grandfather, Jerry Gaetz, was the mayor of Rugby, North Dakota, and a candidate for lieutenant governor of North Dakota at the 1964 North Dakota Republican Party state convention, where he died of a heart attack. 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[125][126] Gaetz said he did not trust Mueller to lead the investigation because of Mueller's alleged involvement in approval of the Uranium One deal and alleged close relationship with dismissed FBI director James Comey, a probable person of interest in a proposed new investigation. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) tweeted about defunding the FBI on Wednesday, then appeared to think better of it. "[213] Gaetz later deleted the tweet. At the meeting, he was questioned about his relationship with Trump, his stance on repealing the Affordable Care Act, and his proposal to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency. The sender demanded millions of dollars to help secure the release of U.S. federal agent Robert Levinson (who had disappeared in Iran in 2007 and had already been presumed and declared dead),[245][246] proposing that President Joe Biden would pardon Gaetz as a reward for freeing Levinson. Investigators were reportedly exploring whether the escorts were sexually trafficked for Gaetz and whether Gaetz accepted the offer as a political favor to Pirozzolo, who at the time chaired the board of the Medical Marijuana Physicians Association. I got the Florida variant. [14][15] Gaetz was admitted to the Florida Bar on February 6, 2008. [278][279] In January 2022, an ex-girlfriend of Gaetz's testified before a grand jury after being granted immunity;[280] she reportedly had information relevant to two of three criminal charges being considered for Gaetz: sex trafficking a minor and obstruction of justice. In several commercials during his 2016 congressional campaign, Gaetz promised to "kill Muslim terrorists and build the wall". [21], In March 2010, after Republican state representative Ray Sansom's resignation on corruption charges in February 2010,[22] Gaetz ran in the special election to succeed Sansom in the 4th district, which included southern Santa Rosa County and Okaloosa County. [206] Upon announcing his run for Congress in 2016, he said that illegal immigrants were "sucking us dry. [208], In October 2018, Gaetz falsely claimed that George Soros paid for a caravan of migrants from Central America to the United States. "[241] By the end of the Trump administration, Greenberg was under indictment, investigators had been questioning some Gaetz associates, and federal agents had seized the phone of one of Gaetz's former girlfriends. Anglin later reported that Gaetz fumbled for his license and . [225] According to CNN, a person briefed on the matter said investigators also examined whether Gaetz used campaign money in his relationships with young women for travel and expenses and whether cash and drugs were involved. [217], After the U.S. Supreme Court decided Obergefell v. Hodges in 2015, legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, Gaetz said he disagreed with the court's ruling. As a result, Gaetz was placed under self-quarantine for 14 days. Luis F. Deleon-Figueroa, 31, and Master Sgt. [46][47][48], Gaetz served as a top campaign adviser to Ron DeSantis during his 2018 gubernatorial campaign. [83], In August 2022, Gaetz criticized President Joe Biden for forgiving up to $10,000 of student loan debt for eligible borrowers. 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