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Aug 24, 2020 · Matt Gaetz DUI Arrest: What Led to His Mugshot. 11.5K Shares. By Erin Laviola. Updated Aug 24, 2020 at 7:59pm. Getty Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was arrested in 2008 on suspicion of DUI,...
- Erin Laviola
- The Mug Shot
- Seven Duis
- 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...
Gaetz was arrested in 2008 for driving under the influence, though he was never convicted. Back in D.C., Rep. Hank Johnson, a Georgia Democrat, responded to Gaetz’s poke at Biden by suggesting ...
Dec 1, 2022 · Dec. 1, 2022, 8:34 PM UTC. 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,...
Apr 8, 2021 · They also claimed the FBI was investigating Gaetz and had photos showing him in a “sexual orgy with underage prostitutes,” a document obtained by the Washington Examiner shows. So, the ...
- Andrew Prokop
Dec 1, 2022 · Published 11:05 AM PDT, December 1, 2022. ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A former Florida tax collector whose arrest led to a federal probe into U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sex trafficking of a minor and other offenses.
May 2, 2023 · CNN —. A 41-year-old woman was arrested over the weekend for allegedly throwing a drink at Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz at a wine festival. The woman, Selena Chambers, has been charged...
