Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) could potentially return to Congress after withdrawing as a candidate for attorney general in President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration.
Gaetz, 42, resigned from his position in Congress on Nov. 13, the same day that Trump announced Gaetz as his selection for attorney general. Gaetz said in a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives that he was resigning “effective immediately.”
“I do not intend to take the oath of office for the same office in the 119th Congress to pursue the position of attorney general in the Trump administration,” Gaetz said.
Gaetz on Nov. 21 withdrew himself from consideration as attorney general….