The controversial Florida congressman, currently under scrutiny following investigations by the Department of Justice and the House Ethics Committee, comes from a wealthy lineage.
Donald Trump fired his first attorney general in 2018. His second resigned in the waning days of Trump’s administration after breaking with the defeated president over false claims of election fraud. Now, the president-elect has potentially found his third: Florida congressman Matt Gaetz, who resigned from his North Florida seat on Wednesday shortly after Trump announced his nomination (and, reportedly, two days before the House Ethics Committee was to vote on releasing a report about alleged misconduct by Gaetz).
Now out of a job, Gaetz is likely betting his unemployment doesn’t last long. If he manages to become attorney general, he’ll earn over $200,000 a year, more than his previous $174,000 salary as a member of the House. While the conservative firebrand has made a name for himself in plenty of areas—most famously leading a group of Republicans in ousting former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in October 2023—the 42-year-old hasn’t made an enormous amount of money. On his most recent federal financial disclosure, he reports owning assets worth between $230,000 and $675,000. His wife, Ginger, a manager at accounting giant KPMG who he married in 2021, reports a 2023 salary of $157,000 and additional assets worth between $345,000 and $750,000, potentially pushing the couple into the seven-figure range.
