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Matt Gaetz

Where's Matt Gaetz? Not in his Florida Panhandle district; 'He's everywhere but here'

Campaign records show Gaetz cutting checks to crisis communication consultants and defense attorney that represented Gotti and Epstein

Portrait of Tom McLaughlin Tom McLaughlin
Northwest Florida Daily News
  • Federal authorities are said to be looking at Gaetz's ties to former close friend Joel Greenburg.
  • Gaetz has been roaming the country since April, often with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga..
  • How is Gaetz spending his cash? Records show it covered his Put America First tour, and more.

NICEVILLE, Fla. - Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz stood in front of hometown supporters March 29 and declared that he didn't need to worry whether congressional leaders of either party liked him or not, because the people in his district had his back.

"You" he told the cheering crowd, "give me the ability to approach this job in a much different way."