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Aug 24, 2020 · But his mugshot was published online. After becoming a Florida congressman, Gaetz supported efforts to have mugshots of unconvicted people removed from private websites. Nothing was...
- Erin Laviola
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 ...
- 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...
Oct 27, 2019 · Tampa Bay Times, In House mug-shot debate, Gaetz recalls his brush with the law, Feb. 12, 2014 Tampa Bay Times, Lawsuit accuses Senate President Don Gaetz's former company of Medicaid fraud , May ...
Apr 8, 2021 · And Gaetz’s activities with Greenberg, who was arrested nearly a year ago, did not exactly seem to have been a closely held secret among Florida insider Republican circles. For now, Gaetz ...
- Andrew Prokop
Apr 2, 2021 · The Matt Gaetz Investigation: What We Know. The Justice Department is said to be investigating the congressman’s encounters with women recruited online for sex and whether he had sex with a 17 ...
Feb 15, 2023 · The Justice Department decided not to bring charges against Rep. Matt Gaetz, his lawyer said. Gaetz had been under investigation for alleged sex trafficking, which he denied. Federal investigators ...
