Is Matt Gaetz married? Congressman confirms federal investigation but denies allegations

May 2024 · 3 minute read

Is Matt Gaetz married? The Republican congressman’s personal life is center-place after he confirmed that he is under federal investigation.

Congressman Matt Gaetz confirmed to Axios that he is currently under investigation over whether he had relations with a teenager, which falls under sex trafficking laws. However, Matt has outright denied the allegations.

He told The New York Times that his past “generosity to ex-girlfriends” is being twisted into “something more untoward”, and denies that any of said ex-girlfriends were underage.

As it stands, the investigation is still ongoing and the Department of Justice have not yet responded to Gaetz’s statement.

Is Matt Gaetz married?

Matt Gaetz is not yet married, but he is set to be. The Republican congressman is engaged to fiance Ginger Luckey.

The pair got engaged in December in Mar-a-Lago, after meeting at a political fundraiser there in March 2020. Gaetz proposed at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, but it doesn’t seem the wedding is expected any time soon. “It’ll be between now and 2024,” said Ginger to The Daily Mail. “We are flexible and have no timespan yet.”

Gaetz’s proposal was shared in a video on Twitter, making it only the second post of the pair. Days prior, the Republican posted a selfie of him and Ginger at the White House on Twitter.

Who is Ginger Luckey?

26-year-old Ginger Luckey is a food analyst at Apeel, a company which creates coatings to keep produce fresh.

According to her LinkedIn page, Matt Gaetz’s fiance currently resides in Santa Barbara, California. She also told The Daily Mail that since March 2020, she’s been travelling with Gaetz “full-time” after her company went remote.

Her brother, Palmer co-founded Oracle, a virtual reality headset company. Oracle was sold to Facebook in 2014 for a reported $2billion.

Brother Palmer Luckey left both Facebook and Oracle in 2017, months after his financial contributions to Nimble America, a pro-Trump “internet trolling group” came to light. However both parties have denied the cause for leaving was his political views or activity.

Matt Gaetz and son Nestor

19-year-old Nestor is not Matt Gaetz’s biological son and is instead the brother of an ex-girlfriend. However, the pair have had a father-son relationship since he moved to America aged 12.

Appearing on Fox News on Thursday, June 18th, the Congressman revealed that Nestor has lived with him for the last six years. 

Matt told Fox News presenter Tucker Carlson: “I’ve raised him [Nestor] for the last six years and he is just the most remarkable young man.

He continued:

“I’ve raised Nestor to believe that in our family we treat everyone equally. It doesn’t matter what their background is, what their race is. We treat every American the same and with respect.”

After the interview, Matt took to Twitter to share a picture with Nestor and said that raising him has been “the best, most rewarding thing” in his life.

For all those wondering, this is my son Nestor. We share no blood but he is my life. He came from Cuba (legally, of course) six years ago and lives with me in Florida.

I am so proud of him and raising him has been the best, most rewarding thing I’ve done in my life. pic.twitter.com/JB96wzOzYU

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) June 18, 2020

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