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Could Matt Gaetz return to Congress? He says he won’t do that.
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Could Matt Gaetz return to Congress? He says he won’t do that.

Gaetz will not return to Congress


Gaetz on not returning to Congress after withdrawing from Trump attorney general consideration

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Former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz says he has no plans to return to Congress in January after resigning his seat and retiring as U.S. attorney general.

Gaetz announced his intake Thursday, citing the distraction his upcoming nomination caused, and President-elect Donald Trump said shortly afterward the former Florida attorney general Pam Bondi would be his new choice for the job. But Gaetz was re-elected to his U.S. House seat earlier this month, so there were some questions about whether he was considering a return to Congress in January.

But Gaetz told conservative personality Charlie Kirk on Friday that he has no plans to return to Congress, although he vowed to keep fighting for Trump and “do whatever he asks of me.”

“I’ll still be in the fight, but it’ll be from a new position,” Gaetz told Kirk. “I have no intention of serving in the 119th Congress. Charlie, I have served in elected office for fourteen years. I was first elected to the state House when I was 26 years old, and I am now 42. and I I have some other goals in life that I would like to pursue with my wife and my family, and so I’m going to fight for President Trump, I’m going to do what he asks of me just like I always have years is probably enough time in it United States Congress.”

But it may not be the end of his political career. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who was first elected in 2018, will not run again in 2026 because he is limited by law to two terms as the state’s CEO.

Gaetz resigned from Congress as the House Ethics Committee considered whether to release the report from Congress years of research to sexual misconduct and allegations of illegal drug use. The committee there was not enough votes to release the report earlier this week, but will meet again on December 5 to “further consider” the matter, according to Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania.