House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) have become the latest key Republicans in Congress to say that a report detailing the investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) by the House Ethics Committee should not be released.
Gaetz resigned from Congress after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him to serve as U.S. attorney general in his administration. Johnson told reporters on Nov. 15 that Gaetz’s resignation puts him outside of the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee, whose investigation into the former Congressman included sexual misconduct, drug use, misuse of campaign funds, and accepting improper gifts. Gaetz has categorically denied all the allegations.
