Category: Matt Gaetz

Capitol Report (Aug. 9): Unprecedented Raid at Trump’s Estate; Midterms in Spotlight Following Raid

Former President Donald Trump’s home was raided Monday night, and a federal judge issued search warrants days ahead. Former Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers are weighing in. A Trump-era Department of Justice official joins us to weigh in on the FBI raid of the former president’s home. His house, too, was recently searched by…


IRS Stockpiles More Than 5 Million Rounds of Ammunition

Apparently, the IRS needs a little firepower to help with those audits. The IRS has stockpiled five million rounds of ammunition and spent $725,000 on bullets this year, according to Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, who has introduced a bill to block future ammunition purchases by the agency. The Republican lawmaker announced his sponsorship of the…


California Man Sentenced for Threatening to Kill Rep. Matt Gaetz: DOJ

A California man has been sentenced to six months of home confinement for leaving a voicemail in which he threatened to kill Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in early 2021. It was not the first time 59-year-old Eugene Huelsman, who is from Thousand Oaks in California, made threats of violence, when he called Gaetz’s district office…


LIVE 10:30 AM ET: Americans’ Ancestral Kit DNA Used to Create Bioweapons; Rep. Matt Gaetz on Justice and Hunter Biden’s Laptop

U.S. officials are warning that DNA data collected by ancestral kits can be used by China and Russia to create targeted bioweapons. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) warned about this during a recent speech at the Aspen Security Forum. The threat goes beyond just ancestral DNA kits, however. Previous warnings also pointed to COVID test kits…


LIVE: Americans’ Ancestral Kit DNA Weaponized for Bioweapons; Rep. Matt Gaetz on Justice and Hunter Biden’s Laptop

U.S. officials are warning that DNA data collected by ancestral kits can be used by China and Russia to create targeted bioweapons. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) warned about this during a recent speech at the Aspen Security Forum. The threat goes beyond just ancestral DNA kits, however. Previous warnings also pointed to COVID test kits…


LIVE Q&A at 10:30AM ET: Americans’ Ancestral Kit DNA Used to Create Bioweapons; Rep. Matt Gaetz on Justice and Hunter Biden’s Laptop

U.S. officials are warning that DNA data collected by ancestral kits can be used by China and Russia to create targeted bioweapons. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) warned about this during a recent speech at the Aspen Security Forum. The threat goes beyond just ancestral DNA kits, however. Previous warnings also pointed to COVID test kits…


House Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Ban IRS From Buying Ammunition

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) on Friday introduced a bill in the House to bar the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from acquiring ammunition. The bill (pdf), known as the “Disarm the IRS Act,” stipulates that the IRS is “prohibited from acquiring ammunition” and “notwithstanding any other provision of law.” Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green (R-Ga.), Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.),…


Biden Urges Congress to Act After Latest Mass Shooting

President Joe Biden has urged Congress to ban assault weapons after the latest mass shootings in America as Democrats position gun control as a central platform of the 2022 midterm elections. Speaking from the Cross Hall of the White House, the president repeated claims that the Second Amendment was “not absolute” while urging lawmakers to strengthen…


Rep. Gaetz Accuses US Military Leadership of Pandering to ‘Wokeism’ in Heated Exchange With Defense Secretary

A hearing on the Biden administration’s proposed defense budget turned rancorous on April 5, with Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin verbally sparring over the state of America’s hypersonic weapons capabilities. Gaetz said that the hypersonic capabilities of the U.S. military had fallen behind those of the Chinese military, and cited…


Matt Gaetz Enters Hunter Biden Laptop Data Into Congressional Record

“I seek unanimous consent to enter into the record on this committee the contents of Hunter Biden’s laptop, which I am in possession of.” This request from Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) briefly brought the House Judiciary Committee to a standstill March 29, before chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) relented and allowed the laptop data to become…