Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz on Monday shared a note that he purportedly received from President-elect Donald Trump, posting a photo of the message online after the House Ethics Committee said it found evidence that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use while in Congress. The image — shared on X, formerly Twitter […]
The House Ethics Committee’s investigation into Matt Gaetz found “substantial evidence” that the former Florida representative had engaged in illicit drug use and sexual misconduct while in office. The evidence includes an allegation that he paid a 17-year-old for sex in 2017, according to a draft of the report obtained by CBS News and other […]
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 written by conservative […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz violated state laws by paying a 17-year-old girl for sex and purchasing drugs illegally, CBS News reported on Monday, citing a final draft of the panel’s report. Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from the House of Representatives last […]
Naturally, Gaetz said he was “so excited to be part of the One America News family” in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Although OANN enjoyed some publicity from Donald Trump and his allies in 2020, it also promoted Trump’s election lie that he didn’t actually lose to Joe Biden. The bipartisan mockery of Gaetz […]
WASHINGTON — In a normal presidential transition, the president-elect spends weeks carefully considering candidates for the most important jobs in his Cabinet. Potential nominees undergo rigorous private vetting by trusted aides and lawyers, then by the FBI. It’s a painstaking process that often consumes the entire three months between the election and the inauguration. But when […]
Right now we are in the wilderness, an uneasy time between the end of Joe Biden’s term and the start of the second Donald Trump presidency. None of us knows exactly how an emboldened Trump will govern, or if Republican senators will take their role to advise and consent seriously. But we can glean quite […]
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) called out President-elect Donald Trump for nominating Matt Gaetz to be attorney general after the pick prompted widespread backlash. Trump tapped Gaetz as his choice to head the Department of Justice earlier this month amid the House Ethics Committee’s open investigation into the congressman over allegations of sexual […]
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role — just a day after Gaetz spoke with Republican senators on Capitol Hill about the nomination process. Trump has named Pam Bondi, the former attorney general of Florida, as his new pick for the […]
WASHINGTON — Republican senators were shocked last week when President-elect Donald Trump announced Matt Gaetz would be his nominee for attorney general. Republicans seemed far less shocked Thursday by news Gaetz had withdrawn himself from consideration. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said he was “grateful” because the Senate could move on. And Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) […]
