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Matt Gaetz charging $500 to make bespoke fan videos on Cameo website

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Matt Gaetz speaks at a rally for Donald Trump in Henderson, Nevada, on 31 October 2024. Photograph: Mike Blake/Reuters

The Florida Republican Matt Gaetz has made his first big move since withdrawing from consideration to be Donald Trump’s attorney general – by starting an account on Cameo, the website that lets ordinary people pay for video messages from celebrities, dubious or otherwise.

The news website Semafor first reported the move on Friday. The revelation came a day after Gaetz withdrew from the confirmation process, under fire over a House ethics committee investigation of allegations of misconduct including allegedly paying an underage girl for sex – all of which Gaetz vehemently denies.

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