Rep. Matt Gaetz is out of Congress, Speaker Johnson said, after he was tapped to be the next attorney general.

Asked by one reporter if he thought Gaetz had the character and experience to be attorney general, Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho) stared at them incredulously, waited six seconds to answer and then said, laughing: “Are you shittin’ me, that you asked that question? No. But hell, you’ll print that and now I’ll be investigated.”

Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has issued his resignation letter from Congress "effective immediately," House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Wednesday.Why it matters: President-elect Trump announced his plans to nominate the controversial right-wing firebrand as attorney general – which will likely lead to a contentious and uncertain fight in the Senate.