WASHINGTON – Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said he will not rejoin Congress in January after dropping his bid to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general. "I'm still going to be in the fight ...

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida says he doesn't intend to return to Congress in January, after resigning from his seat and withdrawing from consideration as U.S. attorney general.

Matt Gaetz says he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

Matt Gaetz says he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general.

But Gaetz, who has been in state and national politics for 14 years, said he's done with Congress. “I think that eight years is probably enough time in the United States Congress," he said.

Former Republican congressman Matt Gaetz and his wife Ginger Luckey announced that they are expecting their first child together.

Can Matt Gaetz return to Congress after withdrawing as AG pick? A special election to fill the expected vacancy has not yet been scheduled.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz said Friday he will not be part of the new Congress when it convenes early next year — despite handily winning re-election earlier this month.

Gaetz, first elected to his House seat in 2016, has been a nuisance to his party’s leadership throughout his time in Washington, though he’s cultivated and maintained a close rapport with Trump.

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Friday he will not return to Congress after resigning his House seat last week, despite having withdrawn from consideration to be President-elect Trump’s ...