The new President of the United States of America (USA), Donald Trump, announced on Wednesday that he plans to nominate Florida congressman Matt Guetz to be the Secretary of Justice.
"Met will put an end to instrumentalized government, protect our borders, dismantle criminal organizations, and restore Americans' badly damaged trust in the Department of Justice," Trump said in a statement.
Getz was nominated at a time when the House Ethics Committee was investigating allegations that the congressman from Florida was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, AP reports.
The board said it is looking into whether Goec was responsible for sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, and whether he accepted inappropriate gifts and attempted to obstruct a government investigation of his actions. Goec denied all charges before the board.
However, after the announcement of the nomination, Goec submitted his resignation to the Congress, which took effect immediately, and there are still eight weeks to fill his place until January 3, when the new convocation of the Congress takes place. This concludes the investigation into the congressman from Florida.
House Republican Leader Mike Johnson, who will run for the position again, welcomed Gaetz's decision to resign and said it helps fill his seat as soon as possible. Republicans will have a majority in the House of Representatives.
However, the resignation raises questions about the long investigation into Goec, which was led by a bipartisan committee - because the committee now no longer has jurisdiction over him, so the investigation and the report that would have resulted from it are practically dead.
In 2023, the Secretariat for Justice ended the case against Geco, related to sex trafficking, without indicting the Republican congressman.
Reuters reports that Trump, who faces two federal criminal indictments after his four-year term ends in 2021, has opposed the Justice Department for years and has vowed to radically overhaul it when he returns to power on January 20.
Reuters also states that Getz publicly considered abolishing the FBI, a unit of the Department of Justice, on Wednesday.
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