Gaetz is viewed by many as a potential 2026 Florida gubernatorial candidate, though he’s denied he has any intention to run.
Rep. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., left, and Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listen as former President Donald Trump speaks to the press before his trial at Manhattan criminal court in New York, Thursday, May 16, 2024. A day after Matt Gaetz said on social media that the House Ethics Committee was “opening new frivolous investigations” into him, the committee released a statement offering a glimpse of its ongoing probe.
But House Ethics, which announced its own investigation into Gaetz in April 2021, pressed on last year after initially deferring to the DOJ. In the statement released Tuesday, the committee briefly described its work so far and suggested that obtaining information from Gaetz had not been easy. Gaetz is a divisive figure within the House GOP conference. The Trump loyalist, who has represented Florida’s western Panhandle since 2017, led the ouster of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy last October, triggering the motion to vacate that would hurl House Republicans into weeks of chaos, culminating with then-little-known Louisiana Republican Mike Johnson winning the gavel.
Gaetz called McCarthy a “liar” and has maintained his innocence. Asked for comment on Tuesday’s Ethics Committee release, his office referred Roll Call to the statement Gaetz posted to X on Monday.
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