Matt Gaetz resigns from Congress after Attorney General nomination
After nearly eight years, Republican Matt Gaetz is a Congressman no more.
Mere hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced he was nominating Gaetz to serve as his Attorney General, the self-described “conservative firebrand” resigned his seat representing Florida’s 1st Congressional District.
During a Wednesday news conference, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson announced that Gaetz had stepped down “effective immediately.” He said the quick resignation was in “deference” to House lawmakers.
“That caught us by surprise a little bit, but I asked him what the reasoning was, and he said, ‘Well, you can’t have too many absences,’” Johnson said.
Johnson added that Florida law provides eight w...
