After meeting behind closed doors on Wednesday, the House Ethics Committee did not agree to release a report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who was nominated by President-elect Donald Trump for attorney general.
Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest (R-MS) told reporters following the meeting, “There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,” POLITICO reported. Guest added that the committee agreed to “reconvene as a committee on Dec. 5 to further consider this matter.”
The committee’s investigation into Gaetz is over alleged sexual misconduct, but Guest has said that the report has not yet been finalized. While most of the committee members did not reveal any details about the meeting, the top Democrat on the Ethics Committee, Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, said that her party did not agree with the decision to withhold the report from the public.
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