It is extremely important that we not obsess too much about Gaetz' criminal conduct. Because we've seen this movie before. It didn't sink Kav and it won't sink Gaetz in this Senate.
What we need to emphasize is his supreme lack of qualifications for the role he's being given, his incompetence, his world-historical unseriousness and his desire to "break fuckin heads in the department" (which is actually NOT a good thing for an AG).
If Trump wants to get rid of crime, why would he appoint an AG who has zero courtroom experience? How is it going to help fight crime for half the department to resign, to be filled with people who also have no real experience? How will the DOJ actually obtain convictions of guilty people when it's a clown show?
These are the real problems. The ethics stuff is just icing.