Matt Gaetz Would Resign to Defend Donald Trump in Impeachment Trial If The Ex-President Asked On 2/3/21 at 1:56 PM EST told War Room Pandemic, a podcast hosted by Steve Bannon, that he would give up his seat in Congress if Trump requested he be part of his legal defense. If the president called me and wanted me to go defend him on the floor of the Senate, that would be the top priority in my life, Gaetz said. He continued, I would leave my House seat, I would leave my home, I would do anything I had to do to ensure that the greatest president in my lifetime one of the greatest presidents our country has ever had, maybe the greatest president our country has ever had got a full-throated defense that wasn t crouched down, that wasn t in fear of losing some moderate Republican senator but that was worthy of the fight that he gave to the great people of this country for four years.