Ex-Florida congressman and onetime US Attorney General hopeful Matt Gaetz has launched a Cameo account, where he is raking in cash by cutting videos for the public.
The far-right pol, accused in a sex scandal, was charging $525+ a pop as of 3 p.m. Sunday and enjoying a five-star rating on the platform, where users can pay for videos from famous celebrities.
“Now listen, I may not be the Attorney General, the most powerful law enforcement officer in the land — for now,” said the GOP former rep in a message on the platform — following in the footsteps of fellow Cameo celeb and lying Long Island ex-Congressman George Santos (R-NY).
“We actually got a great one in Pam Bondi,” Gaetz said, referring to President-elect Donald Trump’s AG replacement pick for him.
“And so I can’t — like — order Predator strikes on my enemies, as much as I would like to. For now,” he added jokingly. “But I can order you to have as much fun as possible.”
Gaetz, 42, later clarified that he was pretty sure attorney generals can’t actually order Predator drone strikes on their enemies, anyways.
The Sunshine State Republican, who has denied any wrongdoing in the allegations against him, was initially tapped by Trump to serve as attorney general and upon the announcement, resigned from Congress to pursue the AG post.
Then news of his previous sex scandals resurfaced, and it quickly became clear that he’d face an uphill battle trying to clear confirmation in the Senate, so he dropped out of consideration last week.
Gaetz has since said he does not intend to take his place in the 119th Congress despite winning reelection Nov. 5. His wife has described him as “unemployed.”
But he has apparently been earning at least some of his keep on Cameo.
In one clip on the site, Gaetz wished happy holidays to someone named “Lisa,” presumably for a price.
“I know you were bummed out when the news broke that I wouldn’t be the next Attorney General,” he said. “Also, say hello to your mother Carol for me.”
Santos, 36, whom Gaetz has defended, took to Cameo himself after famously getting the boot from Congress for rampant lying and and fraud.
Santos briefly crashed Congress on Wednesday seeking to support Gaetz for AG.
Gaetz previously alienated many of his Republican colleagues in both chambers of Congress by spearheading the ouster campaign against former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the fall of 2023.
Many of his House Republican peers are still vexed by that ordeal, and after Trump announced him as his AG pick, several Republican senators also expressed reticence about the sex allegations against him.
The Justice Department previously initiated and then closed a sex-trafficking investigation into Gaetz.
Before Gaetz’s resignation from Congress, the House Committee on Ethics was still probing accusations against Gaetz, but the panel deadlocked last week over whether to release its report.
Two women allege that Gaetz paid them for sex, and a third woman reportedly claims he had sex with her when she was a minor during a July 2017 house party.
Orlando-based lawyer Joel Leppard says a client who claims to have witnessed the ordeal testified to the House Committee on Ethics that “her understanding was that Matt Gaetz did not know that [the 17-year-old] was a minor.
“When he learned that she was a minor, that he broke off things and did not continue a sexual relationship until she turned 18,” Leppard said.
Besides Cameo, Gaetz has not said exactly what his next steps will be. The Floridian has teased “I’m still going to be in the fight, but it’s going to be from a new perch.”
He’s also dropped hints about a possible run for Florida governor in 2026. Incumbent Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is term-limited.
