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In 2016, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and was re-elected in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. In 2020, Gaetz was accused of child sex trafficking [a] and statutory rape. After an investigation, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) decided not to charge him.
Rep. Matt Gaetz walks up the House steps of the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Wednesday, June 5, 2024. CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images “Trump’s DOJ must be in place and ...
Yes, in theory, Gaetz could get his seat back in Congress, though his political future was uncertain as of Thursday. On Nov. 5, Gaetz won re-election to the new, 119th Congress , which begins on ...
WASHINGTON ― Some members of the House of Representatives cheered Friday when the acting House clerk announced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) wouldn’t be taking his seat in the new Congress.
The 2025 Florida's 1st congressional district special election will be held on April 1, 2025 [1] to fill a vacant seat in Florida's 1st congressional district previously occupied by Matt Gaetz, who resigned on November 13, 2024, after president-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general of the United States. [2]
PHOTO: Matt Gaetz arrives before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Nov. 14, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla. (Alex Brandon/AP)
The incumbent was Republican Matt Gaetz, who was re-elected with 67.9% of the vote in 2022. [4] Although Gaetz won re-election, just over a week later, Gaetz resigned from Congress on November 13 after being nominated to become U.S. Attorney General under Donald Trump. [5]
The House erupted into applause when a clerk in the chamber announced former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) would officially be stepping down from his Florida seat and would no longer be a member of the ...