Several former Matt Gaetz staff have reportedly erased any mention of him from their resumes amid the two ongoing investigations into his conduct.
The anti-gay congressman is currently at the center of a federal investigation into possible child sex trafficking as well as an ethics committee investigation into alleged sexual misconduct in Congress.
Now, Insider reports that at least 25 of its former staff have removed his name from their LinkedIn profiles, including his former chief of staff, Dan McFaul, who now says he worked for an unidentified “congressman” for two months.
Two other former legislative directors have also removed his name from their CVs and several others no longer mention him in their biographies on social media.
“There is literally no benefit to putting Gaetz on your resume,” a former staff member told Insider. “You wouldn’t want to say, ‘Hey future employer, I worked for a guy who was a potential sex trafficker. It is very wise to leave this name aside.
But longtime Democratic Senate aide Jim Manley called it “really weird.”
“In a city where people spend all day and night bragging about the fact that they work on Capitol Hill, it’s really weird,” he said.
Public relations firm Gaetz hired to handle claims for damage control, with no evidence, of course, that people erase his name from their resumes because “corporate media stalkers keep harassing them in a mess. continued partisan effort to undermine Rep Gaetz. “
the initiate A report on Gaetz’s former staff follows another report on his former law classmates circulating a petition calling on him to resign from Congress.
“Every time The Daily Beast publishes another story on a Friday, it’s like ‘Oh my God, go check Twitter’,” a former classmate said, adding that there are now three alumni group chats. students devoted to sharing updates on the disgraced congressman. .
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing and has not yet been charged with any crime.
Graham Gremore is editor and editor at Queerty. Follow him on Twitter @grahamgremore.
