Future of Gaetz ethics report in House uncertain following attorney general nomination withdrawal

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz‘s (R-FL) surprise withdrawal from consideration as attorney general in President-elect Donald Trump‘s Cabinet has thrown the future of the House ethics report against him into uncertainty.

The release of the House Ethics Committee’s yearslong investigation into the Florida Republican has been the subject of debate on Capitol Hill, with Trump and his allies pushing for the report not to be released to the public as Gaetz was being considered as the next attorney general under the incoming Trump administration.

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