Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz Gaetz submitted his resignation from Congress, effective immediately.
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla.-- House Speaker Mike Johnson confirms that Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz has resigned from Congress. This ends an ethics probe into allegations of sex trafficking, sexual misconduct and drug use after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general.
Meanwhile, Republicans and Democrats are awaiting the outcome of crucial U.S. House races in California, as the GOP is within one win of maintaining control of the chamber next year. Gaetz submitted his resignation from Congress, effective immediately, launching an eight-week clock to fill his seat Johnson said, possibly in time for the start of the new Congress on Jan. 3. It also ends a long-running ethics investigation into the Florida congressman.
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