Matt Gaetz just pulled his name from consideration for AG. See his wife’s cryptic post
After former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for the attorney general spot, he immediately got support from someone close to home.
On Instagram, wife Ginger Luckey posted a picture of the couple on the steps of Capitol Hill, writing, “The end of an era. No one loves America more than this guy.”
Gaetz’s withdrawal wasn’t a huge shock. The former congressman had been facing major roadblocks to be in president elect Donald Trump’s incoming cabinet due to allegations that he slept with minors and paid women for sex.
Though the Justice Department investigated the accusations and the case was closed with no charges filed, questions remained about the pol.
The House Ethics Committee will continue looking into the allegations that Gaetz paid two women more than $10,000 via Venmo for sex between July 2017 and January 2019.
“It is clear that my confirmation was unfairly becoming a distraction to the critical work of the Trump/Vance Transition,” the Hollywood native wrote on X, formerly Twitter. “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle.”
For the time being, Luckey appears to be standing by her man, possibly because the purported misconduct occurred before their relationship began.
The two met in March 2020 during a fundraiser for then No. 45 at Mar-a-Lago; Gaetz popped the question in the very same place just nine months later.
They married about a year later.
This story was originally published November 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM.
