Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress on Wednesday night after President Trump announced his nomination for US Lawyer Common.
“It’s my Nice Honor to announce that Congressman Matt Gaetz, of Florida, is hereby nominated to be The Lawyer Common of the US. Matt is a deeply gifted and tenacious lawyer, skilled on the William & Mary Faculty of Regulation, who has distinguished himself in Congress via his deal with reaching desperately wanted reform on the Division of Justice,” Trump stated.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson introduced Matt Gaetz resigned from Congress.
“I believe out of deference to us, he issued his resignation letter efficient instantly,” Speaker Johnson said. “That caught us abruptly a bit bit. However I requested him what the reasoning was, and he stated, properly, you may’t have too many absences.”
Johnson stated Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has about 8 weeks to fill Gaetz’s emptiness.
In the meantime, the Home Ethics Committee’s years-long investigation into Matt Gaetz over allegations of sexual misconduct ended after the lawmaker resigned from Congress.
The Gateway Pundit reported on the Ethics Committee’s revival of the junk allegations towards Gaetz, even after the Biden DOJ exonerated Gaetz of legal wrongdoing and dropped the costs in February 2023.
The investigation was reopened in 2023 as Gaetz ramped up challenges to former Home Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who was later ousted by Gaetz’s Movement to Vacate the chair. Later, when Gaetz threatened to convey a Movement to Vacate towards McCarthy in October 2023, McCarthy’s RINO allies started threatening to expel Gaetz primarily based on the Committee’s investigation.
Matt Gaetz has denied the allegations.
“This investigation exists to do what the voters of my district received’t – take away me from workplace,” stated Gaetz in September.
My last response to the Ethics Committee: pic.twitter.com/iCBR3fyB6D
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) September 26, 2024
The Home Ethics Committee was going to launch a “damaging” report on Matt Gaetz on Friday however as a result of he resigned from Congress, the committee misplaced jurisdiction.
