Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who left Congress during a short-lived bid to become President-elect Donald Trump‘s attorney general, delivered a fiery response on Wednesday after it was revealed that the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to publicize a report on his alleged sexual misconduct.
The news came as a surprise as the panel was previously said to have voted against disclosing the report after Gaetz withdrew from consideration to become attorney general last month, leading to former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi getting the nomination. A release is expected to happen after the final votes of the year, possibly later this week.
“The Biden/Garland DOJ spent years reviewing allegations that I committed various crimes,” Gaetz said in a post to X, adding, “I was charged with nothing: FULLY EXONERATED. Not even a campaign finance violation. And the people…
