House Ethics Committee to meet Wednesday after postponing Gaetz investigation meeting

The House Ethics Committee is gathering this Wednesday aft antecedently postponing a gathering wherever the sheet was expected to sermon its probe of now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., Fox News has learned.

Lawmakers were expected to ballot connected whether to merchandise the committee's report into Gaetz past Friday earlier that gathering was canceled without explanation.

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that Gaetz had resigned from Congress effectual instantly connected Wednesday, hours aft helium was tapped to service arsenic President-elect Donald Trump's lawyer general.

House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest, R-Miss., told reporters aft Gaetz's information that his sheet would suffer jurisdiction implicit the Florida Republican if helium near Congress.

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"Once the probe is complete, past a study volition beryllium issued, assuming that astatine that time, that Mr. Gaetz is inactive a subordinate of Congress. If Mr. Gaetz were to resign due to the fact that helium is taking a presumption with the medication arsenic the lawyer general, past the Ethics Committee loses jurisdiction astatine that point," Guest said earlier quality of Gaetz leaving.

"Once we suffer jurisdiction, determination would not beryllium a study that would beryllium issued. That's not unsocial to this case."

The committee's probe was enactment to an extremity aft Gaetz's resignation.

However, respective Republicans person already said the study should beryllium released if Gaetz were to spell done the lawyer wide vetting process, including GOP senators whose enactment would beryllium captious to Gaetz being confirmed.

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The House Ethics Committee's probe into Gaetz, which began successful 2021, stems from accusations of illicit cause usage and enactment with a minor.

The Department of Justice (DOJ), which Gaetz has been tapped to lead, besides antecedently investigated the substance but closed that probe with nary charges filed.

Gaetz himself has denied immoderate wrongdoing.

A spokesperson for the House Ethics Committee declined to remark connected the caller Wednesday meeting, which was archetypal reported by CNN.

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Johnson lent his dependable to the progressively heated statement connected Friday, telling reporters helium did not judge the study should beryllium released.

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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. I bash not judge that that is an due thing," the house speaker said.

"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."

Fox News Digital reached retired to a Gaetz spokesperson for comment.

Fox News' Daniel Scully contributed to this report.