A report detailing the investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) by the U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee will not be released after the congressman’s resignation, the panel’s chairman said on Nov. 14.
“What happens in Ethics is confidential. We’re going to maintain that confidentiality,” Rep. Michael Guest (R-Miss.), the chairman, told reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington.
President-elect Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he is choosing Gaetz to be the attorney general once his second administration starts.
Gaetz then resigned from Congress. His resignation letter was read during a House session on Thursday.
Before the resignation, Guest had said the Ethics Committee would meet after the Gaetz probe was completed and then report its findings. But if a resignation occurred, he said, then the probe would immediately stop….