Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that he has offered to represent Donald Trump in the former president’s second impeachment trial, asserting that he would be willing to resign from his seat in the House of Representatives “if the law requires it.”
In an interview on FoxNews on Wednesday, Gaetz said he offered to represent Trump “weeks ago” but has not been asked to join Trump’s legal team.
Gaetz stated he communicated the offer through two separate intermediaries: Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mark Meadows, Trump’s former chief of staff.
Gaetz said that “the conversations ceased” once “ethics advised that sitting House members couldn’t do it.”