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Gaetz, the chairman of the Criminal Justice Subcommittee, was tasked with reviewing the legislation he announced before hearings that he would not support changing 'one damn comma', but said he would listen to both sides' testimony.

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ДЇollowing George Zimmerman's trial for the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Florida House Speaker Will Weatherford announced that he would order hearings on the stand-your-ground law that was a focal point of the trial. Gaetz was one of two members to vote against a Florida bill against revenge porn in 2015, after having successfully blocked the bill previously. He also joined State Senator Greg Evers in proposing legislation to eliminate the federal ethanol content mandate that 10 percent of gasoline sold in Florida contain ethanol Governor Rick Scott signed the legislation in May 2013. While serving in the state house, Gaetz and State Senator Joe Negron proposed legislation that would hasten the execution of many inmates on Florida's death row by requiring the governor to sign a death warrant for those who had exhausted their appeals. In 2012, following the reconfiguration of Florida House of Representatives districts, Gaetz's district no longer contained any of Santa Rosa County.

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Gaetz was unopposed for a full term in 2010. During his campaign, Gaetz received almost $480,000 in contributions, about five times more than anyone else in the field, and almost 50 times more than Fernald, including $100,000 of his own money. In the special general election, Gaetz defeated Democratic nominee Jan Fernald with 66 percent of the vote. Melvin, and Bill Garvie, Gaetz won with 43 percent of the vote. In a crowded Republican primary that included Craig Barker, Kabe Woods, Jerry G. In March 2010, after Republican state representative Ray Sansom's resignation on corruption charges in February 2010, Gaetz ran in the special election to succeed Sansom in the 4th district, which included southern Santa Rosa County and Okaloosa County. Gaetz with Governor-elect Rick Scott in 2010 ДЄfter graduating from William & Mary Law School, Gaetz worked at the law firm Keefe, Anchors & Gordon (now AnchorsGordon) in Fort Walton Beach. Gaetz's grandfather, Stanley Jerome (Jerry) Gaetz, was the mayor of Rugby, North Dakota, and a candidate for lieutenant governor of North Dakota at the 1964 North Dakota Republican Party state convention, where he died of a heart attack. Gaetz's father represented parts of Northwest Florida as a member of the Florida State Senate from 2006 to 2016 and was Senate president from 2012 to 2014. In October 2021, the Florida bar suspended Gaetz from practicing law due to unpaid fees. Gaetz was admitted to the Florida Bar on February 6, 2008. He graduated from Florida State University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Science in interdisciplinary sciences and from the William & Mary Law School in 2007 with a Juris Doctor. Gaetz grew up near Fort Walton Beach, and graduated from Niceville High School. Matthew Louis Gaetz II was born on May 7, 1982, in Hollywood, Florida, to Victoria (nГ©e Quertermous) and Don Gaetz, who later became a prominent local politician.

5.2.1 Defense and counter-claim of extortion.

5.2 Federal investigations into sex trafficking.

4.2.3 Second impeachment of Donald Trump.4.2.2 First impeachment of Donald Trump.

In April 2021, the House Ethics Committee also announced an investigation. In late 2020, the Department of Justice opened an investigation into allegations that Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl in violation of federal sex trafficking laws, which Gaetz denied. House of Representatives, and was reelected in 20. He served in the Florida House of Representatives from 2010 until 2016, and received national attention for defending Florida's controversial ' stand-your-ground law' during the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. After graduating from the William & Mary Law School, he briefly worked in private practice before running for state representative.

The son of prominent Florida politician Don Gaetz, Gaetz was raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. A Republican, he has been described as an ally of former president Donald Trump and a proponent of far-right politics. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district since 2017. Matthew Louis Gaetz II ( / Л€ ЙЎ eЙЄ t s/ GAYTS born May 7, 1982) is an American lawyer and politician who has served as the U.S.

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