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Matt Gaetz: “It usually depended on an individual United States Attorney…”

Featuring: Matt Gaetz, Republican | Former U.S. House, Florida's 1st District

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Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 19:22

At times the FBI and the Department of Justice would investigate and charge those. At times they wouldn't. It usually depended on an individual United States Attorney and how they viewed these very vicious threats. Sometimes they targeted me, sometimes they targeted my parents, sometimes they targeted my wife. It usually went along with swatting where people would call 911 in my community, where I … (19:22–19:30)

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Asserts that the decision to investigate and charge threats depended on the discretion of individual U.S. Attorneys.

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