{"id":128984,"date":"2024-11-23T01:12:49","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128984"},"modified":"2024-11-23T01:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T18:12:49","slug":"matt-gaetz-says-he-doesnt-plan-to-rejoin-congress-after-withdrawing-as-trumps-pick-for-attorney-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=128984","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz says he doesn&#8217;t plan to rejoin Congress after withdrawing as Trump&#8217;s pick for attorney general"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said Friday that he doesn&#8217;t plan to rejoin Congress after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/justice-department\/matt-gaetz-withdraws-bid-attorney-general-sexual-misconduct-allegation-rcna181206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrew his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s attorney general<\/a> amid sexual misconduct allegations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;I&#8217;m still going to be in the fight, but it&#8217;s going to be from a new perch. I do not intend to join the 119th Congress,&#8221; Gaetz said in an interview with conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThere are a number of fantastic Floridians who stepped up to run for my seat, people who have inspired with their heroism, with their public service. And I\u2019m actually excited to see Northwest Florida go to new heights and have great representation,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gaetz, who was first elected to Florida\u2019s state House when he was 28 years old, noted he has been in elected office for 14 years,  <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI\u2019m 42 now, and I\u2019ve got other goals in life that I\u2019m eager to pursue \u2014 my wife and my family \u2014 and so I\u2019m going to be fighting for President Trump,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I\u2019m going to be doing whatever he asks of me, as I always have. But I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gaetz said it seems like \u201ca pretty poetic time to allow that great new blood to come in, to allow my district to have high-quality representation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">He also alluded to playing a continued role in Trump&#8217;s plans, without getting into specifics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">&#8220;We need a leadership structure under President Trump that\u2019s going to allow for durability of our movement and the ability to continue this great realignment of our politics, and so I\u2019ll play a part in that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I plan to be a big voice, but maybe not as an elected member of the government.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">NBC News reached out to Gaetz&#8217;s former House aides for comment. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">After Gaetz removed his name from consideration to be Trump\u2019s attorney general on Thursday, there was some<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gaetz-decide-keep-house-seat-complicated-rcna181292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> question <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gaetz-decide-keep-house-seat-complicated-rcna181292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as to <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gaetz-decide-keep-house-seat-complicated-rcna181292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whether the Florida Republican would choose to rejoin Congress<\/a> since he had just been re-elected this month to another two-year term.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If he were to rejoin Congress, there was also the question about whether the House Ethics Committee would proceed with releasing its report on its investigation into the sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The panel had been investigating him over allegations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/woman-told-house-ethics-committee-saw-gaetz-sex-minor-lawyer-says-rcna180435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">that he <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/woman-told-house-ethics-committee-saw-gaetz-sex-minor-lawyer-says-rcna180435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">paid a minor <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/woman-told-house-ethics-committee-saw-gaetz-sex-minor-lawyer-says-rcna180435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/woman-told-house-ethics-committee-saw-gaetz-sex-minor-lawyer-says-rcna180435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nd an adult woman for sex a<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/woman-told-house-ethics-committee-saw-gaetz-sex-minor-lawyer-says-rcna180435\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">t a party in 2017<\/a>. During the probe, the committee was informed that the minor, who was 17 years old, had had two sexual encounters with the then-congressman at the party, NBC News reported Thursday, citing a source familiar with the discussions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Department of Justice had also been investigating Gaetz on sex trafficking allegations, but chose not to pursue charges against him. Gaetz has denied those allegations as well. <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gaetz&#8217;s forthcoming nomination was on shaky ground because of the allegations. On Friday, he told Kirk that the allegations are false and an attempt to \u201csmear\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cLike if the things that the House Ethics report [said] were true, I would be under indictment and probably in a prison cell,\u201d Gaetz said. \u201cBut of course, they&#8217;re false, because when you test them against other records, when you test them against other testimony, it all falls apart very quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gaetz resigned from Congress last week after Trump announced he had selected him to serve as attorney general. Gaetz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/gaetz-decide-keep-house-seat-complicated-rcna181292\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cannot return <\/a>to the current Congress because of his resignation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">The congressman joined the U.S. House in 2017 and was disliked by some members of the House Republican Conference because of his role leading the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-engage-spat-republican-convention-floor-rcna162250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-engage-spat-republican-convention-floor-rcna162250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">succ<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-engage-spat-republican-convention-floor-rcna162250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-engage-spat-republican-convention-floor-rcna162250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ssful e<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2024-election\/kevin-mccarthy-matt-gaetz-engage-spat-republican-convention-floor-rcna162250\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ffort<\/a> to the ouster of Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., as House speaker last year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline-contributors articleBylineContainer\">\n<div class=\"expanded-byline article-expanded-byline\" data-activity-map=\"expanded-byline-article-bottom\">\n<div class=\"byline-thumbnail byline-thumbnail--has-image expanded-byline__thumbnail\" data-testid=\"byline-thumbnail\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/rebecca-shabad-ncpn854016\"><picture data-testid=\"picture\"><source media=\"(min-width: 320px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_avif,q_auto:eco,dpr_2\/newscms\/2023_08\/3595832\/rebecca-shabad-byline-jm-1.jpg 2x, https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2023_08\/3595832\/rebecca-shabad-byline-jm-1.jpg 1x\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_focal-60x60,f_auto,q_auto:best\/newscms\/2023_08\/3595832\/rebecca-shabad-byline-jm-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"48\" width=\"48\"\/><\/picture><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"byline-name expanded-byline__name\" data-testid=\"byline-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/author\/rebecca-shabad-ncpn854016\">Rebecca Shabad<\/a><\/span><span class=\"byline-social expanded-byline__social\"><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rebeccashabad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-twitter\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/mailto:Rebecca.Shabad@nbcuni.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" class=\"byline-social--link\"><span class=\"icon icon-email\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"expanded-byline__bio-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"byline-bio expanded-byline__bio\">Rebecca Shabad is a politics reporter for NBC News based in Washington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jake Traylor<!-- -->, <!-- -->Kyle Stewart<!-- --> and <!-- -->Sarah Fitzpatrick<!-- --> <!-- -->contributed<!-- -->.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/matt-gaetz-says-doesnt-plan-rejoin-congress-withdrawing-name-attorney-rcna181378\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Former Rep. 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