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Embattled former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz — who’s promoting movies on Cameo after withdrawing his title from consideration to change into Donald Trump’s lawyer basic — is now eyeing a Senate run.

Gaetz informed the gang at Turning Point USA’s occasion in Phoenix Sunday forward of an look byTrump that he was contemplating working for the seat of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, Trump’s nominee for secretary of state.

“Many have asked which perch I will be fighting from next,” he mentioned.

“It seems I may not have had enough support in the United States Senate,” he famous, referring to lack of backing to change into the nation’s subsequent lawyer basic. “Maybe I’ll just run for Marco Rubio’s vacant seat in the United States Senate and join some of those folks,” Gaetz added.

Gaetz resigned from the House shortly after being nominated after he was met with mounting considerations within the Senate over wide-ranging allegations, together with sexual misconduct and illicit drug use claims. He has denied all wrongdoing. The Florida Republican finally withdrew his title from consideration after he realized he wouldn’t have sufficient help to be confirmed by the Senate.

The former Florida congressman floated his newest concept forward of the discharge of the highly-anticipated House Ethics Committee’s report into sex-trafficking allegations towards him.

The House panel quietly voted earlier this month to launch the report, which is anticipated to be made public Monday, CBS News reported.

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A girl reportedly testified to the committee that she had sexual encounters with Gaetz at a celebration in 2017 — when she was simply 17 years outdated. Records additionally present that Gaetz paid greater than $10,000 to girls, ABC News reported. Gaetz allegedly labeled these Venmo and Paypal funds to girls for “being awesome” and “being my friend,” however a few of them had been allegedly utilized in transactions for intercourse.

Earlier this week, Gaetz admitted that he “probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked” greater than he ought to have in his 30s and that he despatched cash to “women he dated.” However, he mentioned that he “NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18.”

Gaetz’s suggestion that he might make a run for the Senate comes as Lara Trump, the previous Republican National Committee co-chair and the president-elect’s daughter-in-law, mentioned she was dropping her bid for Rubio’s seat.

“After an incredible amount of thought, contemplation, and encouragement from so many, I have decided to remove my name from consideration for the United States Senate,” she wrote Saturday in a put up on X.

At the Phoenix convention, Gaetz revealed different options that individuals had for his political future.

Some individuals have urged he “eye the governor’s mansion in Tallahassee” whereas nonetheless others urged him to change into “special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in Congress,” Gaetz revealed.

While Gaetz has spent current weeks making movies on Cameo for $325 a pop, One America News Network (OAN) introduced in December that Gaetz will likely be becoming a member of the conservative channel in January. He will likely be internet hosting “The Matt Gaetz Show,” a one-hour political speak present each weeknight at 9 p.m. E.T., the community mentioned in a launch.

In but one other occupation Gaetz is contemplating, the controversial Republican has been speaking with John Morgan, the founding father of regulation agency Morgan & Morgan a couple of potential new job, Politico first reported.