Wednesday was a whirlwind day for Matt Gaetz of Florida. President-elect Donald Trump announced he will be the next attorney general and he announced his resignation from Congress. With the latter, he fell out of the grasp of the House Ethics Committee, which is currently investigating him.
Previously Audacy reported on a probe into Gaetz by the U.S. Department of Justice and a fight between Gaetz and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) over the ethics investigation.
In a June press release, the committee said that it announced that a review into allegations that Gaetz may have engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift, in violation of House Rules, laws, or other standards of conduct in April 2021. That investigation was reauthorized last year following a withdrawn referral request from the U.S. …