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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The scandal-ridden former representative was tapped by the Florida House speaker to help steer an organization doling out recovery funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

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The appointment would be Gaetz's first step into public service since his nomination to serve as President Donald Trump's attorney general flopped amid a House Ethics probe.

The report that investigation yielded " released after Gaetz resigned from Congress in November 2024 " alleged that the Florida Republican committed statutory rape, solicited prostitution and used illegal drugs.

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"On the Triumph Gulf Coast board, Gaetz would be responsible for overseeing the administering of 75 percent of the $2 billion that British Petroleum has been paying the state since 2016 as part of a settlement agreement between the two parties.

Those payments, just over $100 million each year, are expected to continue through 2033.

The cash is meant to be directed to the eight Northwest Florida counties that were most affected by the oil spill, according to the organization's website.

The group was created in 2013 through the state Legislature, with Gaetz's father, then-state Senate President Don Gaetz, as a supporter.

The elder Gaetz chaired the organization from 2018 to 2022, after the nonprofit was formally incorporated and the first payment from BP was received."

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What could possibly go wrong?

At least we see that Corrupt Nepotism is still alive and well in Floriduh.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2026-06-23 07:07 PM | Reply

Matt Gaetz is thoroughly revolting, soup to nuts, top to bottom, A to Z.

Blech!

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-06-24 05:58 AM | Reply

A perfect Republican swamp creature.

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-06-24 06:13 AM | Reply

help steer an organization doling out recovery funds from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

I can just see him now, slaving away.

$1 for you, $2 for me.

$1 for you, $5 for me.

$1 for you, $10 for me.

#4 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 06:53 AM | Reply

It's Florida, did you expect anything less than pure rampant corruption?

#5 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-06-24 06:55 AM | Reply

GOP loves pedos

#6 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-06-24 09:01 AM | Reply

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