In reversal, key House panel votes to release Matt Gaetz ethics report

[groundloop]

Source: CNN

The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report into the conduct of former Rep. Matt Gaetz before the end of this Congress, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter.

The report is now expected to be made public after the House’s final day of votes this year as lawmakers leave Washington for the holidays, those sources said.

The vote, which has not previously been reported, amounts to a stark reversal for the panel after it had voted along party lines in late November not to release the results of the investigation. The decision to release the report suggests that some Republicans ultimately decided to side with Democrats on the matter, and it is unclear if the committee will once again change course now that it has voted.

When the committee voted last month to shelve the report, Gaetz was President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to be attorney general. Since then, Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration for the Senate-confirmed post, though he maintains frosty relations with many in his party and is still active in GOP politics.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/18/politics/matt-gaetz-ethics-report-committee/index.html

[BumRushDaShow]

1. So none of the (D)s on there were willing to "leak" this result?

I guess we'll see if this actually happens.

[FakeNoose]

2. I hope it's released, and it should prevent him from ever running for public office again

[Walleye]

6. I don't know, this is the Republican party we're talking about. They kind of like this bullying stuff.

[uncledad]

7. prevent him from ever running

Why this country just elected a convicted felon and a man found liable for sexual assault to the highest office in the country. what could possibly prevent Gaaetz from ever running again?

[sop]

3. Kevin McCarthy probably made a few calls to his former colleagues in the House.

[Walleye]

4. Either they cleaned all the bad stuff out of it, or it is so bad they can't sit on it any longer.They know it would leak

[dutch777]

5. Gaetz made it a habit of stabbing fellow Reps in the back. Welcome to payback, Matt! Good riddance.

I am sure he is doing fine on Cameo. Who needs a political career? And he is a lawyer and in Florida so there is always the ambulance chasing.

[uncledad]

8. I think he got a gig on Newsmax?

Wing-nut welfare!

[HereForTheParty]

16. Remember how he twisted them in knots at the McCarthy speaker voting

Most MAGAts despise him, imo.

[Prairie Gates]

9. Spoiler alert: It either won't actually be released, or will be so redacted that it's meaningless

[SpankMe]

12. Yep - this was my first thought

Or, worse, that it's a dummy report that's exculpatory. I hope Dems have access to the full *real* report so they can notify the public if the released report is fake or altered.

[SupportSanity]

14. Yes. I was also thinking that it would be about the redactions making it useless.

And if that wasn't the plan all along.

[Freethinker65]

10. Will it get Loudermilked?

Or do they hate Gaetz that much?

[republianmushroom]

11. Much rather see an Un-redacted Mueller report or the Smith report, myself.

Smith report count down, 33 days and counting.

[Bo Zarts]

13. I smell a rat.

I'll believe it when I see it.

[Akakoji]

15. Someone does not like this guy

I am so here for this.