Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is continuing to deal with legal fallout from his representation of Donald Trump after the 2020 election.

Giuliani's lawyers filed a motion to withdraw from his $148 million civil defamation case in federal court on Wednesday.

Gaetz’s departing his seat means that the House Ethics panel has lost its jurisdiction over him and must end its investigation. Representative John Rutherford, who sits on the committee, said Thursday that the ethics report “can’t” be released but did not explain why.