House Ethics Committee says no agreement reached on releasing Matt Gaetz report

The House Ethics Committee has not reached an statement to merchandise its study connected now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., the panel’s president told reporters connected Wednesday.

The bipartisan sheet met down closed doors for implicit 2 hours. Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., the past to permission the room, said, "There was not an statement by the committee to merchandise the report."

Other members who near said little, with Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., telling reporters that deliberations were ongoing but helium "can’t discuss" them.

The Wednesday meeting comes the aforesaid time that Gaetz, R-Fla., is visiting Senate offices connected Capitol Hill to footwear disconnected the confirmation process to pb the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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Rep. Matt Gaetz has been the taxable of aggregate investigations (Photo by Kent Nishimura/Getty Images)

The House Ethics Committee's enquiry into Gaetz abruptly ended past week erstwhile helium resigned from Congress hours aft being named President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for lawyer general.

"Matt volition extremity Weaponized Government, support our Borders, dismantle Criminal Organizations and reconstruct Americans’ badly-shattered Faith and Confidence successful the Justice Department," Trump said successful his announcement past Wednesday.

The probe began successful 2021 and stems from accusations of illicit cause usage and enactment with a minor. 

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump tapped Gaetz to beryllium lawyer general. (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)

The DOJ, which Gaetz has been tapped to lead, yet did not property charges. Gaetz himself has consistently denied each wrongdoing.

But unit has been gathering connected the usually secretive morals sheet to merchandise its report, with senators who volition beryllium cardinal to Gaetz getting the lawyer wide relation expressing involvement successful seeing it earlier making their judgments.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., notably, has said helium does not believe the study should beryllium released.

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U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson said the study should not beryllium released. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

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"The Speaker of the House is not progressive with those things. I americium reacting to media reports that a study is presently successful immoderate draught signifier and was going to beryllium released connected what is present a erstwhile subordinate of the House," Johnson said Friday.

"I bash not judge that that is an due thing. It doesn't travel our rules and traditions and determination is simply a crushed for that. That would unfastened up Pandora's container and I don't deliberation that's a steadfast happening for the institution, truthful that's my position."

Meanwhile, Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., announced helium plans to present a privileged solution to unit a House ballot connected releasing the Gaetz report.

"The allegations against Matt Gaetz are serious. They are credible. The House Ethics Committee has spent years conducting a thorough probe to get to the bottommost of it,"Casten said successful a statement. "This accusation indispensable beryllium made disposable for the Senate to supply its constitutionally required proposal and consent."