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Section sizes Section size for Matt Gaetz (49 sections) Section name Byte count Prose size (words) Header Total Header Total (Top) 5,214 5,214 362 362 Early life and career 8,900 8,900 240 240 Florida House of Representatives 12,289 12,289 448 448 U.S. House of Representatives 34 46,171 0 1,607 Elections 3,449 3,449 232 232 Tenure 13,247 38,196 417 1,371 2023 speakership election 2,936 2,936 183 183 Removal of Kevin McCarthy as Speaker of the House, ethics committee investigation 4,257 4,257 105 105 Ethics controversies 17,756 17,756 666 666 Committee assignments 1,324 1,324 4 4 Caucus memberships 3,168 3,168 0 0 Nomination for attorney general 6,287 6,287 151 151 One America News Network 502 502 24 24 Political positions 9,245 115,644 212 3,958 Cannabis 10,604 10,604 225 225 Donald Trump 12,319 28,871 458 1,120 Mueller investigation 7,902 7,902 295 295 First impeachment of Donald Trump 6,345 6,345 292 292 Second impeachment of Donald Trump 2,305 2,305 75 75 Support for impeaching President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas 5,254 5,254 158 158 Economy 1,898 1,898 58 58 Environment 5,565 5,565 162 162 Foreign policy 146 11,076 11 404 Myanmar 713 713 28 28 Middle East 8,586 8,586 263 263 Niger 1,104 1,104 78 78 Ukraine 527 527 24 24 George Floyd protests 3,824 3,824 135 135 Gun policy 5,925 5,925 214 214 Health care 2,682 14,860 144 707 COVID-19 9,803 9,803 462 462 Abortion 2,375 2,375 101 101 Human trafficking 4,233 4,233 123 123 Immigration 5,307 5,307 149 149 Law enforcement 2,810 2,810 78 78 LGBTQ rights 5,117 5,117 184 184 Big tech 1,055 1,055 29 29 Legal issues and controversies 1,323 68,756 89 2,895 Federal investigations into child sex trafficking and statutory rape 16,191 65,375 681 2,605 Defense and counter-claim of extortion 12,484 12,484 446 446 Response and other developments 21,371 21,371 843 843 Conclusion of DOJ investigation 1,290 1,290 74 74 Re-opening of investigation by House Ethics Committee 14,039 14,039 561 561 Driving offenses 2,058 2,058 201 201 Firebrand book and podcast 1,234 1,234 88 88 Personal life 4,090 4,090 72 72 Footnotes 30 30 0 0 References 28 28 0 0 External links 2,462 2,462 0 0 Total 271,607 271,607 9,845 9,845

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Change: The sworn testimony of the woman who said she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, along with corroborating eyewitness testimony to that sexual encounter, was obtained by a hacker on November 18. A lawyer on the case noticed the suspicious download. The hacker did not immediately leak the material.[365]

To: See also: Record_sealing#Cybersecurity_incidents_involving_sealed_records The sworn testimony of the woman who said she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, along with corroborating eyewitness testimony to that sexual encounter, was obtained by a hacker on November 18. A lawyer on the case noticed the suspicious download. The hacker did not immediately leak the material.[365] AxiomGaming (talk) 13:21, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done TarnishedPath^talk 13:39, 12 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Please change "has" to "had" in "A woman on the Bahamas trip—a Capitol Hill intern who did not work in Gaetz's office but who was dating him—reportedly agreed in May 2021 to cooperate with investigators, who believe she has information about Gaetz's financial transactions on the trip.[291][292]" JoshP1984 (talk) 00:42, 17 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done TarnishedPath^talk 00:53, 17 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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I've listed this article for peer review because I would appreciate guidance on improvements to the article quality prior to a nomination for GA.

Thanks, TarnishedPath^talk 00:04, 16 June 2026 (UTC)Reply

Comments after a quick skim:

• At over 9700 words, this article is quite large. WP:SS (which is linked in 3b of the GA criteria) says "What constitutes "too long" varies by situation, but generally 50 kilobytes of readable prose (8,000 words) is the starting point at which articles may be considered too long." Longer articles take longer to get reviewed at GAN and readers have a more difficult time discerning the most important information from added detail. I recommend that a copyedit be conducted on the article and information be spun out, summarised more strictly, or removed if it is added detail.
• Continuing from above: the article highlights various bills that Gaetz did or did not vote for: I think most of these can be removed as routine coverage and instead summarised, trimmed and merged to create a larger narrative of his political beliefs and voting habits. For example, "In 2021, Gaetz was one of 14 House Republicans to vote against a measure condemning the Myanmar coup d'état that overwhelmingly passed, for reasons reported to be unclear" and "In April 2024, Gaetz voted against the $60 billion military aid package for Ukraine, although much of the money would have gone to his constituency" could be removed as too much detail: the article does not need to highlight Gaetz's votes on every major issue, but rather create a narrative around the overall philosophy he has in regards to foreign policy, highlighted with examples as appropriate.
• I added a "duplicate citations" yellow banner to the article, which highlights sources that can potentially be merged.
• I added a "citation needed" tag to the article.

I hope this helps. Z1720 (talk) 16:23, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply

@Z1720, cheers for your feedback. TarnishedPath^talk 23:08, 18 July 2026 (UTC)Reply