Will the House ethics panel release report on Gaetz misconduct allegations?
Al Jazeera
The House speaker is against the release of the report that looks into the sexual misconduct allegations against Gaetz.
Whether Matt Gaetz serves as US attorney general during President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration depends on several factors, including what senators make of a House committee investigation into alleged sexual misconduct by the former US House Representative from Florida.
The House Ethics Committee is scheduled to meet on November 20, when it could decide whether to release a bipartisan report on the allegations against Gaetz.
Ahead of Senate confirmation hearings, senators, including some Republicans, have urged the House panel to release the report. Gaetz resigned from Congress on November 13.
US House Speaker Mike Johnson has said he does not want the committee’s report released because doing so would set a “terrible precedent”.
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