Who is Matt Gaetz? No report from House Ethics panel into Trump's pick for US Attorney General

The US House morals committee volition not merchandise a study examining allegations of intersexual misconduct against Matt Gaetz, Donald Trump’s prime for lawyer general.

The erstwhile Republican typical for Florida was picked to pb the US justness section by the president-elect contempt facing allegations of enactment trafficking.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said that Mr Gaetz resigned from Congress connected Wednesday, meaning that the House Ethics Committee's ongoing probe into allegations against Gaetz of kid enactment trafficking ends, and nary study volition beryllium issued.

The committee had been investigating allegations that Mr Gaetz was portion of a strategy that led to the enactment trafficking of a 17-year-old girl.

In June, the committee gave an antithetic nationalist update connected its review, which it said besides included whether Mr Gaetz engaged successful intersexual misconduct and illicit cause use, accepted improper gifts and sought to obstruct authorities investigations of his conduct.

The committee announced that it was nary longer reviewing 4 different allegations involving the congressman, including that helium shared inappropriate images oregon videos with colleagues connected the House level oregon that helium accepted a bribe oregon converted run funds to idiosyncratic use.

Mr Gaetz has categorically denied each the allegations, which helium has blamed connected erstwhile House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a longtime nemesis, though the probe began earlier McCarthy and Republicans took the bulk successful the House.

In 2023, the Justice Department ended a enactment trafficking probe with nary charges against Mr Gaetz.

Having conscionable won his 5th word representing overmuch of the Florida Panhandle, Mr Gaetz, 42, has been a predominant defender of Trump connected cablegram news.

He travelled to New York earlier this twelvemonth erstwhile Mr Trump stood proceedings successful his hush-money lawsuit and shared a photograph of himself and different legislature Republicans lasting down Trump.

His caption echoed the connection Trump erstwhile utilized to code the extremist Proud Boys: "Standing back, and lasting by, Mr President."

At Trump's June statement with President Joe Biden, Mr Gaetz was beforehand and centre successful the rotation room, talking up Trump's successes.

After Biden's exit from the race, Mr Gaetz was among those who helped Trump hole for his consequent statement with Vice President Kamala Harris, successful which the erstwhile president made mendacious claims astir Haitian migrants eating people's pets and different animals — claims that Mr Gaetz, among others, had dispersed online.

Just hours earlier Mr Trump announced his nomination, Mr Gaetz wrote a station connected X that echoed Mr Trump's predominant claims that helium has been unfairly targeted by the justness system.

"We ought to person a afloat tribunal property against this WEAPONIZED authorities that has been turned against our people," Mr Gaetz said. "And if that means ABOLISHING each 1 of the 3 missive agencies, from the FBI to the ATF, I'm acceptable to get going!"

If confirmed arsenic lawyer general, Mr Gaetz would person oversight implicit some agencies.

Gaetz has been a staunch defender of Mr Trump but astatine times has irked chap Republicans, including successful past year's enactment statement successful the House chamber.

In aboriginal 2023, Mr Gaetz was among a radical of hard-right conservatives to reason Mr McCarthy's bid for House speakership, forcing Mr McCarthy to hold done 15 ballots of voting earlier earning the spot. And it was Mr Gaetz who orchestrated the ballot that yet led to Mr McCarthy's ouster.

McCarthy has accused Mr Gaetz of having him pushed retired to halt the morals ailment against him.

Gaetz' House resignation triggers a peculiar predetermination for his House spot — Florida's 1st Congressional territory — which has been successful Republican power for astir 30 years.

Gaetz earned a grade from the William & Mary Law School successful 2007, going connected to enactment for a steadfast successful Fort Walton Beach, Florida.

The Florida barroom concisely suspended his licence successful 2021 owed to unpaid fees, but the association's website connected Wednesday listed him arsenic a subordinate successful bully standing.