Matt Gaetz Signals Return to Public Service—Timeline of Political Career

After a nearly two-year absence from elected office, former Congressman Matt Gaetz announced on Tuesday that he is "returning to public service."

Gaetz made the announcement in a post to X on Tuesday afternoon, in which he shared a screenshot of a document from Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez appointing him to the Triumph Gulf Coast board of directors. Triumph is a Florida nonprofit that oversees distribution of billions of dollars in Deepwater Horizon oil spill settlement funds. The appointment represents Gaetz's first formal public role since leaving Congress.

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