Ooops

Faced with an onslaught of accusations that he engaged in underage sex trafficking—and bracing for criminal charges—Gaetz allowed his license to practice law in his home state of Florida to lapse this month.

On Friday, The Daily Beast revealed that Gaetz had not paid the fees he owes to The Florida Bar, which regulates lawyers there. That mistake prompted the organization to deem him “delinquent” and “not eligible to practice law in Florida.”

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Gaetz’s office initially chalked it up to a career change.

“Congressman Gaetz is no longer actively engaged in the practice of law.

  Daily Beast

That sounds like a very flimsy excuse. Why would you allow your law license to expire ever?

Instead, attorneys taking a hiatus normally pay a smaller $175 fee to remain “inactive” but still a “member in good standing.”

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[A]fter our story published, Gaetz on Friday morning rushed to file a signed petition to get reinstated and pay the $265 fee—plus another $200 in late fees, according to the professional association.

Yeah, that's more like it. On the other hand, was he just not paying attention? Not reading his mail?

The Daily Beast has learned that the Florida Bar has branded Gaetz as “delinquent” twice in the past two years. The organization temporarily cut him off in 2019 and again in 2020, because Gaetz failed to affirm that he is properly handling and protecting any clients’ money in trust accounts.

That's even worse.

In 2019, he also ran afoul of the professional organization’s “standards of civility” for serving the role of Trump attack dog. Gaetz threatened Trump Organization attorney-turned-whistleblower Michael Cohen on the eve of his tell-all congressional testimony, tweeting at him: “Do your wife & father-in-law know about your girlfriends?”

Are you fucking kidding me? The guy who's being investigated for sex-trafficking underage girls is drawing attention to a girlfriend problem? (And, hey, we're talking about Michael Cohen here. I have no doubt his wife knew about "girlfriends".)

The Daily Beast has previously revealed how Gaetz befriended a local Florida tax official and allegedly used him to arrange paid sex with college girls. The Daily Beast also obtained a confession letter from his wingman, Joel Greenberg, noting how Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women—as well as a girl who was 17 at the time.

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The New York Times reported Thursday night that two top federal prosecutors had joined the legal team investigating the child sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz.

Uh-oh, Matt.

Gaetz had failed to pay his $265 annual dues before the Oct. 1 deadline. He could have sent in a paper check or paid online via credit card with a Visa, MasterCard, or American Express.

“I don’t think they take Venmo, so maybe that was the problem,” Uhlfelder said.

Oh, zing! Venmo is how Matt allegedly paid his "girlfriends".

How is Marge T Greene going to get along without Matt when he's doing time?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.