Close to 100 House Democrats signed a letter on Tuesday urging the House Ethics Committee to release their draft report on allegations of misconduct by former Rep. Matt Gaetz.
The letter was sent to committee Chair Michael Guest, R-Miss., and was led by Rep. Sean Casten, D-Ill., and ranking member Susan Wild, D-Pa. “Given the seriousness of the charges against Representative Gaetz, withholding the findings of your investigation may jeopardize the Senate’s ability to provide fully informed, constitutionally required advice and consent regarding this nomination,” the lawmakers wrote. “Representative Gaetz’s abrupt resignation from Congress should not circumvent the Senate’s ability to fulfill its constitutional responsibilities.”
Gaetz resigned from Congress last week immediately following his nomination to be attorney general by President-elect Donald Trump. The end of Gaetz’s term in Congress also ended the committee’s investigation that began in April of 2021 over allegations the congressman engaged in sexual misconduct with a 17-year-old, accepted improper gifts, and sought to obstruct the government investigation into his behavior.
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