# Matt Gaetz being investigated for sex with 17 year old girl (DOJ declines to charge 2023-02-15) **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [March 30, 2021, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052 "2021-03-30T22:13:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 28
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/544 "2021-09-01T15:56:07Z")
$10 says that trump just assumed she did porn based on the name. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/545 "2021-09-01T16:30:44Z")
Trump champagne. Ooo, Mr. Big Spender. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/546 "2021-09-01T17:02:35Z")
He likely wrote off the champagne as a charitable contribution. Or snuck it back into their bill somehow. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/547 "2021-09-01T17:05:32Z")
And I bet that champagne from a Trump company tastes like shit, probably super-sweet. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/548 "2021-09-01T17:06:42Z")
@EinsteinsHund : but, Trump champagne pairs well with hamberders! ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/549 "2021-09-01T18:45:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > The Florida Republican, 39, and Luckey, 26, met at a dinner at Mar-a-Lago in March 2020 and the two got engaged at the same Trump-owned resort on December 30, 2020. Ginger seems a little old for Matt now, don’t you think? ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/550 "2021-09-01T19:58:11Z")
Don’t forget the steaming cup of covfefe to end the night. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/551 "2021-09-01T19:59:59Z")
Steaming something, in any event. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/552 "2021-09-01T20:24:37Z")
“I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now grab the bride’s &#@%.” ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2021, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/553 "2021-09-01T23:42:46Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > Ginger seems a little old for Matt now, don’t you think? But she makes a convincing beard so he can continue satisfying his nubilophilia on the DL. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2021, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/554 "2021-09-02T06:18:24Z")
> [@BobLibDem quoting Insider](#): > > Trump called him and his then-fiance “a dynamic duo” and sent a bottle of his company’s champagne to their table Trump must really hate that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/555 "2021-09-10T10:09:11Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > I find that particularly disturbing. Just throw your very young sister under the bus to defend your predator boyfriend. To be fair, Roxanne Luckey is 20, Ginger is 26. That’s not a big age difference… unlike the age difference between Ginger and Matt. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2021, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/556 "2021-09-10T20:42:14Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > but, Trump champagne pairs well with hamberders! Nah, that’s low class. If you’re fancy, you drink it with a steak that has the texture and consistency of a roofing tile, smothered in ketchup. ---
**Author:** ![DMC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dmc/32/18049_2.png) [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/557 "2021-09-30T04:52:24Z")
Other than [hiring the kinds of lawyers you want if you’re about to be nailed as a pedophile](https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/09/matt-gaetz-investigation-defense-team), ol’ Matt and his two bagger (it’s mutual, I’m sure) fuck buddy Marjorie Taylor Greene have been railing on our military leadership. After posing for 2022 campaign photos… [![](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wg1htkD-Ozo/WfJwwaxwtVI/AAAAAAAACho/LekVgqjbGqgH-84FqqUe3qrbVY34FiUTwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20171025_225001.jpg) ](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wg1htkD-Ozo/WfJwwaxwtVI/AAAAAAAACho/LekVgqjbGqgH-84FqqUe3qrbVY34FiUTwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20171025_225001.jpg) [![](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/scifindr/articles/image2s/000/002/347/large/neanderthal_woman-4x3.jpg?1465000909) ](https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/scifindr/articles/image2s/000/002/347/large/neanderthal_woman-4x3.jpg?1465000909) … they found another target for their verbal vomit. > **[Matt Gaetz Is Determined to Surpass His Own High Standards for Being a...](https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a37794174/matt-gaetz-general-milley-question-hearing/)** > > Meanwhile, Ronny Jackson's contribution to Wednesday's House Armed Services Committee hearing can best be described as "sub-Gaetzian." > **[Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls for Mark Milley to Face Court-Martial](https://www.newsweek.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-mark-milley-face-court-martial-china-1629361)** > > Greene is the latest Republican to call for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to face a military trial over reports about conversations with a Chinese general. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/558 "2021-09-30T10:47:36Z")
I’m a little confused as to where they’re going to find officers superior to the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff for this court martial. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/559 "2021-09-30T13:12:06Z")
That’s a good point, actually. How _would_ they do that? Now I’m genuinely curious. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/560 "2021-09-30T14:10:34Z")
Easy. They’d use… Shit. That is a _very_ good question. Since a general court martial has to be called by a commanding officer, I guess that would be Biden. The officers on the court could be any officer, duly sworn, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/561 "2021-09-30T14:23:00Z")
[Secretary Of Defense?](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure_of_the_United_States_Armed_Forces) ---
**Author:** ![Akaj](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/akaj/32/145_2.png) [@Akaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Akaj)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/562 "2021-09-30T14:30:20Z")
Y’all are way overthinking this. MTG doesn’t have a clue how a court martial works. Her “thought” process here is: 1. Milley said/did something that reflects negatively on Trump 2. He’s in the military 3. Military people who do the wrong thing get court-martialed 4. He should be court-martialed! ---
**Author:** ![StraightTalk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/straighttalk/32/9982_2.png) [@StraightTalk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StraightTalk)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052/563 "2021-09-30T14:34:04Z")
I think she actually said he should be “court marshalled”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052.md?page=27) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/matt-gaetz-being-investigated-for-sex-with-17-year-old-girl-doj-declines-to-charge-2023-02-15/939052.md?page=29)