Trump Cabinet | House Speaker Mike Johnson Pushes Ethics Committee To Keep Matt Gaetz Report Secret

Trump Cabinet | House Speaker Mike Johnson Pushes Ethics Committee To Keep Matt Gaetz Report Secret | N18GRepublican House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday he will request the House Ethics Committee not release a potentially damaging report on the conduct of former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general.“I'm going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,” Johnson told reporters in comments first reported by Politico and CNN. “And I think that would be a terrible precedent to set."Gaetz, a firebrand conservative and trusted Trump ally, resigned Wednesday from Congress shortly after his nomination to lead the Justice Department and two days before the Ethics Committee was set Friday to consider the release of a report on the panel's three-year investigation into Gaetz.The probe, which effectively ended with Gaetz's resignation, covered allegations of sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, accepting “improper gifts” and giving out special favors to individuals with whom he had relationships. Source: Reuters & APShow more