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Oct 27, 2019 · Gaetz had one DUI arrest in 2008, and the case was dropped. The post also includes a sloppy reference to a hospice company that Matt Gaetz’s father, Don Gaetz, previously owned. Don Gaetz sold ...
Aug 24, 2020 · Gaetz was arrested on suspicion of DUI on October 30, 2008, when he was 26 years old. He was driving home from a nightclub and was pulled over for driving 48 in a 35 mile-per-hour zone, according ...
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- Death of College Roommate
The fact blended into these memes’ fictions is that a mug shot stemming from Gaetz's arrest for driving under the influence is real, as has been acknowledged by the congressman himself and was reportedby the Tampa Bay Times in 2014: A controversy ensued when charges against Gaetz, whose father was a member of the Florida State Senate at the time, w...
In terms of what is accessible via public records, the 2008 arrest is Gaetz’s only recorded DUI. Despite that, several memes and articles make the claim that Gaetz has had at least seven DUI arrests. The earliest iteration of this claim appears to stem from an August 29, 2016, post written by conspiracy theoristWayne Madsen, who stated: "Matt Gaetz...
Mentions of a “suspicious” death of Gaetz’s roommate during his four years at Florida State University between 1999 and 2003, like the claims of seven DUIs, did not exist online prior to Madsen’s August 2016 piece, in which he stated: Madsen's being the only source for this claim merits suspicion on its own: He has a history of making wholly basele...
Oct 31, 2019 · Tampa Bay Times, Feb. 18, 2014: Near midnight, Okaloosa County Deputy Chris Anglin clocked Gaetz going 48 in a 35 mph zone. Anglin later reported that Gaetz fumbled for his license and ...
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, in Washington.
Nov 4, 2019 · Gaetz’s DUI case was dropped. Matt Gaetz was arrested for DUI in 2008. ... The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read ...
Dec 1, 2022 · Dec. 1, 2022, 12:34 PM PST. By Alicia Victoria Lozano and Associated Press. The ex-Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal investigation into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a former friend, was ...
