House ethics panel to meet Wednesday to discuss Gaetz investigation: Report
By
Cami Mondeaux
November 18, 2024 10:37 am
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The House Ethics Committee will reportedly meet this week to discuss its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz as questions swirl about whether the panel should still release its findings after he resigned from Congress.
The committee is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, five days after it was initially slated to hold a meeting to discuss the report. However, that meeting was later postponed after Gaetz abruptly left Congress last week when President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for attorney general.
A spokesperson for the Ethics Committee declined to comment on its meeting schedule when asked by the Washington Examiner.
The timing of Gaetz’s nomination and resignation raised eyebrows across Capitol Hill. Republican leaders were also quick to distance themselves from the postponement, telling reporters they have nothing to do with the Ethics Committee’s decisions or timing on its reports.
It remains unclear how the committee will move forward with the report as it typically refrains from publishing its findings of lawmakers after they have left office. However, it is not completely unprecedented. At least three members of Congress have had their ethics inquiries published after leaving: former Reps. Bill Boner and Mark Foley and former Sen. John Ensign.
Still, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has asked that the report be kept under wraps even after initially telling reporters he would not get involved.
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