Less than 24 hours after Matt Gaetz announced he was giving up his bid to become the next attorney general, the Northwest Florida Republican made clear that he will not return to Congress in the next session beginning in January.

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    10 hours ago

    I imagine it more like the DOJ offered to make any potential consequences go away if he rejected the job offer. They don’t have a master plan or anything, they are just doing damage control at this point.