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In this file photo, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin speaks during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the fiscal year 2023 defense budget, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

‘You’re embarrassed by your country’: Pentagon’s Austin, Rep. Gaetz in fiery hearing clash

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

Hunter Biden (Associated Press/File)

Rep. Matt Gaetz enters Hunter Biden’s hard drive into Congressional Record

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., listens during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. A former employee in the office of a Florida tax collector whose arrest triggered an investigation into U.S. Rep. Gaetz has pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges. Court documents showed that Joseph Ellicott pleaded guilty on Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Gaetz friend asks for sentencing delay as he works with feds

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In this image from House Television, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks on the House floor during debate on the Democrats' expansive social and environment bill at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021, in Washington. (House Television via AP)

McCarthy confronts GOP grumbling, backbiting in his quest for speaker’s gavel

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., address attendees of a rally, Friday, May 7, 2021, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

California venues cancel Marjorie Taylor Greene, Matt Gaetz ‘America First’ event

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., raise their arms after addressing attendees of a rally, Friday, May 7, 2021, in The Villages, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)

Anaheim intervenes ahead of ‘America First’ rally with Greene, Gaetz, says venue won’t host event

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this April 14, 2021, file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions a witness during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Gaetz champions #FreeBritney to stop conservatorship ‘abuse that’s happening all over America’

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., right, walks at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge grants sentence delay for cooperating Gaetz associate

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

FILE — In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. Greenberg has been charged with trafficking a minor, stalking a political opponent, producing fake IDs, identity theft, embezzlement and bribery. But it's his friendship with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that is attracting the most attention now as federal investigators have launched a sex trafficking probe into the Republican congressman from the Florida Panhandle. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Judge delays sentencing of Matt Gaetz associate so he can cooperate in sex trafficking probe

By Curt Anderson - Associated Press

In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz’s associate, pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., arrives as the House Republican Conference meets to elect a new chairman to replace Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., who was ousted from the GOP leadership for her criticism of former President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Matt Gaetz’s former associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking

By Seth McLaughlin - The Washington Times

In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz’s associate, expected to plead guilty in federal case

By Michael Balsamo and Mike Schneider - Associated Press

FILE — In this Sept. 30, 2019, file photo, Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg talks to the Orlando Sentinel during an interview at his office in Lake Mary, Fla. Greenberg has been charged with trafficking a minor, stalking a political opponent, producing fake IDs, identity theft, embezzlement and bribery. But it's his friendship with U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz that is attracting the most attention now as federal investigators have launched a sex trafficking probe into the Republican congressman from the Florida Panhandle. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel via AP, File)

Gaetz friend was lightning rod for controversy in Florida

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., attends a House Judiciary committee markup at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Court of public opinion about Matt Gaetz and Hunter Biden needs to take a recess

By Sean-Michael Pigeon

House Republican Minority Whip Steve Scalise is shown in this undated file photo. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Steve Scalise says GOP would ‘take action’ against Matt Gaetz if DOJ charges Florida congressman

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Congressman Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at "Women for American First" event, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Doral, Fla. The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation of Rep. Gaetz, citing reports of sexual and other misconduct by the Florida Republican. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier)

Matt Gaetz calls allegations ‘wild conspiracy theories’ as GOP congressman faces ethics probe

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux) ** FILE **

Matt Gaetz matter flags hypocrisies of Democrats who sexualize youth

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off the House floor as House of Representatives takes up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

House Ethics Committee opens investigation into Matt Gaetz

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this March 6, 2019, photo, Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks to the media at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) **FILE**

Adam Kinzinger calls for Matt Gaetz to step down amid sex trafficking probe

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 27, 2019, photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) **FILE**

Gaetz vows to fight, tries to stay on offensive amid scandal

By WILL WEISSERT and ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON - Associated Press