Last updated: November 22, 2024 4:26pm
The House Ethics Committee did not agree to release the Matt Gaetz ethics report, so House Democrats are preparing to force a vote to release it.
CNN’s Melanie Zandona reports.:
Democratic Rep. Kasten reportedly plans to force a vote on a privilege resolution that would require the House Ethics Committee to release its report on Matt Gaetz.
If the panel does not make it public, there could be a high-stakes vote in the House of Commons.
There is precedent here.
John Lewis proposed a privilege resolution in 1996 calling on the Committee on Standards and Official Conduct to release a report on Chairman Newt Gingrich.
House Ethics Committee Chairman Michael Guest said there was no agreement among the committee to release the Gates report.
Even if the Ethics Commission doesn’t make an announcement, Democrats aren’t going to shrug their shoulders and move on with their day. Information about what the committee found, including that Gates had sex with a 17-year-old girl and that he was trying to pay for his silence, is slow to emerge.
If Trump If they intend to keep Gates as their nominee for attorney general, they need to be prepared for a long and ugly process.
Senate Republicans and Democrats want access to the Ethics Committee report and intend to somehow obtain information about President Trump’s nominees, and Democrats will take to the floor to challenge House Republicans to defend Gaetz. I’m going to force a vote.
