President-elect Donald Trump nominated former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida firebrand who has been investigated by the Justice Department on allegations of sex trafficking and obstruction of justice, to lead the nation's top law enforcement agency as U.S. Attorney General on Wednesday.

Gaetz, a four-term congressman from Florida’s Panhandle, has little experience as a practicing attorney and has carved out a reputation for himself in both Tallahassee and Washington as a right-wing provocateur who’s highly critical of federal agencies and deeply loyal to Trump.

"I think out of deference to us, he issued his resignation letter effective immediately," said House Speaker Mike Johnson of Gaetz