Gaetz, who has served in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2016, is a Trump loyalist who supported Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Gaetz resigned from Congress abruptly Wednesday hours after Trump’s announcement, effectively ending a wide-ranging probe by the House Ethics Committee over alleged sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. The Ethics Committee had been set to vote this week on the release of a “highly damaging” report on its investigation into Gaetz, Punchbowl News reported. Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) has called on the committee to release the report regardless. If appointed, Gaetz will head the Justice Department, which last year decided not bring to charges against him over sex trafficking allegations, including that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl.