Ginger Gaetz Hints Husband Not Coming Back to Congress After Withdrawing From AG Nomination

Ginger Gaetz_11212024_1 — Matt Gaetz's wife hinted he won't be returning to Congress. Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

Minutes after Matt Gaetz announced he is withdrawing his nomination as President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general, his wife, Ginger, hinted that her husband may not be returning to Congress.

"The end of an era," she wrote in an X post on Thursday, alongside a picture of the couple on the U.S. Capitol steps.

The end of an era ✨ https://t.co/AdXGRnfpq9 pic.twitter.com/K04Jf29hEf
— Ginger Gaetz (@GingerLGaetz) November 21, 2024

Trump announced he was nominating Gaetz for attorney general on Nov. 13, leading the Florida congressman to resign from the House of Representatives, a position he has held since 2017.

His shocking withdrawal from the coveted role was allegedly spurred by CNN informing Gaetz that they were planning on reporting on a testimony heard by the House Ethics Committee about a sexual encounter he had with a minor in 2017, amid an ongoing sexual misconduct probe.

.@PaulaReidCNN says Matt Gaetz withdrew from the AG nomination after CNN told Gaetz's office that they were going to report on testimony heard by the Ethics Committee of a second sexual encounter between Gaetz and a 17-year-old in 2017. pic.twitter.com/6n2vB3o7gc
— Republican Voters Against Trump (@AccountableGOP) November 21, 2024