The shock announcement Tuesday afternoon that President-elect Donald Trump had tapped former Rep. Matt Gaetz as his nominee for attorney general has left a wide open question about who will replace him in Congress.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) announced on Wednesday that Gaetz resigned from Congress, effective immediately, to speed up the process of filling the seat and protecting his very slim House majority.

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