JUST IN: Matt Gaetz has resigned from Congress catching Speaker Johnson "by surprise," after Trump nominated Gaetz to be the next Attorney General.
"[Gaetz] issued his resignation letter effective immediately..."
"That caught us by surprise a little bit, but I asked him what the reasoning was and he said, 'Well, you can't have too many absences.'"
"Under Florida State law, there's about an eight-week period to select and fill in a vacant seat."
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