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News Articles: Matt Gaetz

Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks during a committee hearing on July 23, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

House panel releases report on sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz

Among other accusations, the committee found Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl and used or possessed illegal drugs on multiple occasions. Gaetz fiercely denied the allegations.

December 23, 2024
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl
Former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference meeting on Feb. 23 in National Harbor, Md.

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  • Politics

Trump names former Florida AG Pam Bondi as his new pick for U.S. attorney general

After former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration, President-elect Donald Trump named Pam Bondi, a former attorney general of Florida, as his next pick for U.S. attorney general.

November 21, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who President-elect Donald Trump had nominated to be attorney general, walks alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance as they arrive for meetings with senators at the U.S. Capitol on Nov. 20, 2024 in Washington, DC.

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  • Politics

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdraws as Trump's attorney general pick

Allegations of sex trafficking and drug use had stirred controversy over Matt Gaetz being attorney general.

November 21, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore,
  • Deirdre Walsh,
  • and 1 more
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., (left) is seen on Capitol Hill Wednesday to discuss with senators his nomination to be attorney general under President-elect Donald Trump. He is escorted by Vice President-elect JD Vance.

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  • Politics

House Ethics Committee is deadlocked on whether to release Gaetz report

The U.S. House Committee on Ethics is deadlocked on whether to release its report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, whose nomination to serve as Trump's attorney general has been plagued by controversy.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Deirdre Walsh and
  • Lexie Schapitl
President-elect Donald Trump greets supporters on election night. Trump has repeatedly threatened his perceived enemies.

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  • Investigations

Targets of Trump's threats brace for the new administration

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived enemies during his campaign. Now, some of his targets are preparing.

November 15, 2024
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  • Tom Dreisbach
Rep. Matt Gaetz arrives to speak during the third day of the 2024 Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, Wisc., on July 17.

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  • Politics

Trump to nominate Florida's Matt Gaetz to be attorney general

In a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination of Gaetz, Trump said: "Few issues in America are more important than ending the partisan Weaponization of our Justice System." Gaetz said he would resign from the U.S. House of Representatives, effective immediately.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas and
  • Barbara Sprunt
Then-Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions Attorney General Merrick Garland during a hearing by the House Judiciary Committee on June 4, 2024. President-elect Donald Trump had picked Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general, but Gaetz withdrew from consideration on Thursday.

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  • Politics

'I was shocked': Lawmakers react to Gaetz pick to be Trump's attorney general

Trump intends to nominate Matt Gaetz as attorney general and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard as director of national intelligence, surprising many lawmakers who will have to confirm them.

November 14, 2024
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl,
  • Claudia Grisales,
  • and 2 more
Sen. Raphael Warnock praises President Joe Biden’s debate performance in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder.

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  • Elections

Georgians react to Biden-Trump debate

Democrats at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion faced a crowd of dozens of reporters from around the world shouting questions about President Joe Biden’s debate performance and whether he should remain the party’s candidate.

June 28, 2024
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  • Ross Williams and
  • Jill Nolin
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. Gaetz introduced a Motion to Vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that led to the first ouster of a sitting Speaker in American history.

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  • Politics

Jeered in Washington by his fellow Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz gets cheers back home

The Florida congressman is proud to be the one to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That move hasn't won him any prizes with House Republicans but his constituents want to see more just like it.

October 07, 2023
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By:
  • Greg Allen
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., has begun the process to remove Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the House.

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  • Politics

Rep. Matt Gaetz launches effort to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker but the road ahead is still unclear.

October 03, 2023
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By:
  • Claudia Grisales and
  • Kelsey Snell
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., pauses as he addresses reporters about efforts to pass appropriations bills and avert a looming government shutdown at the U.S. Capitol on Friday. He is joined at right by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green, R-Tenn., and Rep. Monica de la Cruz, R-Texas.

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  • Politics

How the far right could remove McCarthy and why his fate could be in Democrats' hands

At least one House Republican, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, is publicly threatening to offer a resolution to try to remove the speaker. Here's how that procedural motion would work.

September 30, 2023
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By:
  • Susan Davis
Political activist Olivia Julianna, 19, was publicly shamed by Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz after the congressman said women who are fat or ugly don't need to worry about getting pregnant or having an abortion. She started raising money for abortion funds across the country after Gaetz attempted to humiliate her, and has since raised over $700,000.

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  • Politics

A Texas teen raises over $700k for abortions after Rep. Matt Gaetz mocked her

Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told a crowd in Tampa that "nobody wants to impregnate you if you look like a thumb," launching him into an online battle with a teenage activist.

July 28, 2022
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By:
  • Dustin Jones

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