Gaetz sex probe suddenly threatens a speedy Washington rise

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 2, 2018, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks during a news conference outside of the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks off the House floor as House of Representatives takes up articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2019, file image made from video Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks as the House of Representatives debates the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at the Capitol in Washington. (House Television via AP, File)

FILE - In this May 1, 2014, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, answers questions about the medical marijuana bill during session in Tallahassee, Fla. A strain of low-THC marijuana would be legal in Florida for medical use under a bill passed by the House. (AP Photo/Steve Cannon, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012, file photo State Sen. Don Gaetz, R-Niceville, left, is sworn in as Senate president by his son, state Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, as his daughter, Erin, holds the family bible on Tuesday, Nov. 20, in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Bill Cotterell, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 27, 2019, file photo President Donald Trump, right, accompanied by Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., left, arrive for Game 5 of the World Series baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - In a Feb. 27, 2019 file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, walks past the House Oversight hearing with Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

FILE - In this March 9, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., steps off Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - In this Jan. 6, 2021, file image from video, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks as the House reconvenes to debate the objection to confirm the Electoral College vote from Arizona, after protesters stormed into the U.S. Capitol. (House Television via AP)

FILE - In this March 7, 2020, file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., fourth from right, and others stand before a dinner with President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

FILE - In this Dec. 11, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., gives his opening statement during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., addresses the crowd during a President Donald Trump campaign rally at the Ocala International Airport in Ocala, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File)

FILE - In this March 5, 2014, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach answers a question during discussion of House Bill 843 - Cannabis at a Criminal Justice Subcommittee meeting in the House Office Building in Tallahassee, Fla. (AP Photo/Phil Sears, File)

FILE - In this June 17, 2020, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks with White House chief of staff Mark Meadows during a House Judiciary Committee markup of the Justice in Policing Act of 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger/Pool via AP, File)

FILE - In this July 24, 2019, file photo Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., asks questions to former special counsel Robert Mueller, as he testifies before the House Judiciary Committee hearing on his report on Russian election interference, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2021, file photo, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.,, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)