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    Matt Gaetz’s wife, Ginger Luckey, says AG role will ‘suit him well’

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    Congressional oversight of President Donald Trump’s attorney general-elect, former Florida U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, continues as some Senate Republicans call on the House Ethics Committee to reconsider its investigation into sexual assault allegations share misconduct.

    Gaetz, who has represented Florida’s 1st Congressional District since 2017, has been the focus of several investigations into his conduct since taking office. The Justice Department, which he would lead if confirmed, conducted its own three-year investigation into sex trafficking allegations by then-lawmaker, which resulted in no criminal charges.

    The presumptive AG nominee has the support of Trump’s allies and his wife, Ginger Luckey Gaetz, who posted on X, formerly Twitter, on November 13 to congratulate her husband: “Attorney General will be a great fit for you, my love.”

    How did Matt and Ginger meet?

    Gaetz and Luckey Gaetz first met at a fundraiser at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in 2020, when Luckey Gaetz was 26. The couple became engaged nine months later.

    In an interview with the Daily Mail in December 2020, the then-fiancée said she was initially hesitant to attend the March gathering because it coincided with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. Despite their 12-year age difference, she immediately hit it off with the Republican congressman and accompanied him to a birthday party for Kimberly Guilfoyle, who is engaged to Donald Trump Jr.

    They married in August 2021 and eloped in a small ceremony on Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California.

    The background of Ginger Luckey Gaetz

    Luckey Gaetz grew up in California and studied accounting at UC Santa Barbara, according to her LinkedIn profile. She served as skipper on the school’s varsity sailing team. After graduating in 2016, she attended the University of California-Berkeley to study business administration.

    Luckey Gaetz also worked as a financial analyst for Apeel, a sustainable food technology company, and KPMG, a multinational accounting firm. She currently works as manager of KPMG’s Enterprise Innovation, Partnerships and Commercialization department.

    She is the younger sister of Palmer Luckey, the billionaire founder of Oculus VR, which produces virtual reality headsets. Palmer sold the company to Facebook in 2014 for $2 billion, with another $1 billion going toward retention bonuses and other incentives.

    Has Gaetz’s wife addressed his scandals?

    To date, Luckey Gaetz has not spoken out about her husband’s scandals. When sharing her husband’s nomination for attorney general at X, she said, “A fantastic choice, Mr. President.”

    But her sister, Roxanne Luckey, has had a lot to say about the allegations against her brother-in-law over the years. In a series of Roxanne’s TikTok videos reviewed by The Daily Beast, she called the former congresswoman “weird and creepy” and a “literal pedophile.”

    Discussing the investigation into Gaetz in another video, Roxanne said, “I saw the character and type of person that he is, and when everything about him came out, I was honestly, unfortunately, not surprised.”

    When reached for comment by The Daily Beast, Luckey Gaetz said her sister was “unwell” and “estranged” from the family at the time, claiming, “She has been in therapy for years and our family hopes that after receiving the information When a patient receives mental health treatment, she will overcome the tendency she has repeatedly shown to engage in destructive behavior.”

    Gaetz has repeatedly denied all allegations against him.

    Melissa Cruz is an elections reporter who focuses on voter access issues for the USA TODAY Network. You can reach her at [email protected] or on X, formerly Twitter, at @MelissaWrites22.

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