"Former Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC), who is reportedly planning a political comeback, was arrested for failing to appear in court. Cawthorn was first elected to the House in 2020 at the age of 25, but lost his 2022 Republican primary after he ran afoul of congressional GOP leadership. He was arrested on Wednesday in Cape Coral, Florida on a warrant issued in Collier County."
"The former lawmaker was due to appear in court after he was cited by police in Naples for driving without a license on Aug. 19. Cawthorn was released on $2,000 bond. The arrest comes less than a week after Axios reported that Cawthorn was angling to return to Congress, this time as a representative from Florida's 19th district. The seat is currently occupied by Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), who is leaving Congress to run for governor of Florida."
"In March 2022, he alleged that other members of Congress invited him to a cocaine-fueled orgy in Washington, D.C. In April 2022, police body camera video showed a pulled-over Cawthorn insisting he was unaware that he did not own the vehicle he was driving. Later that month, he was busted for carrying a gun at an airport for the second time in nine months. In May 2022, Cawthorn admitted that a video showing him dry-humping another man in bed was authentic."
Madison Cawthorn was arrested in Cape Coral, Florida, on a warrant from Collier County after failing to appear in court. He had been cited on Aug. 19 in Naples for driving without a license and was released on $2,000 bond. The arrest occurred shortly after reports that he sought a political comeback as a candidate in Florida's 19th district, a seat opening because Rep. Byron Donalds is running for governor. Republican leadership soured on Cawthorn during his lone term amid multiple controversies, including allegations of an orgy, vehicle ownership disputes, airport gun incidents, and an explicit video he acknowledged.
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