Matt Gaetz's Surprising Family Wealth (2021)
www.forbes.com

... Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz -- who is reportedly facing a Justice Department investigation into whether he had a sexual relationship with a minor -- countered this week, tweeting Tuesday: "[M]y family and I have been victims of an organized criminal extortion involving a former DOJ official seeking $25 million while threatening to smear my name."

If that sounds like a lot of money, that's because it is. But the Gaetz family, prominent in Florida politics, has it. Forbes estimates that Gaetz and his parents are worth about $30 million, based on financial disclosures filed with the state of Florida and the United States House of Representatives. ...

Papa' Gaetz on his son's AG pick: I have someone in Washington on speed dial'
www.politico.com

... "Matt has been investigated by the House Ethics Committee, the Department of Justice, the Federal Elections Commission and probably the Rotary Club," Don Gaetz said. ...

The Family Of Scandal-Plagued Matt Gaetz Controls A Florida Real Estate Empire. Here's What's Inside
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... Matt Gaetz (left) and Don Gaetz (right) both served in the Florida state legislature, even overlapping while the elder was Senate president.

The congressman's father Don, a powerful Florida politico, is worth $33 million. Most of that fortune is tied up in real estate -- including the house from "The Truman Show." ...

UPDATE November 13, 2024: President-elect Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he was nominating Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz as the United States Attorney General. A controversial figure in Congress, the Trump loyalist is often making headlines, including when he led a group of Republicans in ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023. In recent years, he was investigated by the Department of Justice over allegations of sexual misconduct with teenage girls, drug use and other ethics violations. Gaetz, who denied the accusations, was not prosecuted.

His father, on the other hand, has built a reputation for making money. Here is a June story on the family's fortune including their extensive real estate portfolio.

Ethics Be Damned
www.apmreports.org

... More than half of Trump's 20-person Cabinet has engaged in questionable or unethical conduct ...

Carly Simon - It Was So Easy (1972)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

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...
I remember a time, rompin' through the woods
Sun against our skin instead of clothes
When we felt hungry we would eat, when we felt glad we'd dance
And whenever we felt drowsy we would doze

It was so easy then, never takin' any stands
It was so easy then, holdin' hands

I remember a time when our fears could be named
And courage meant not refusing dares
I remember when we took such cares to step never on the cracks
Not only in the squares
Or else we'd be abducted by the bears

It was so easy then, never makin' any plans
It was so easy then, holdin' hands
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