Home Republicans on Thursday defeated an effort by their Democratic counterparts to pressure the discharge of a bombshell Ethics Committee report into intercourse and drug allegations towards ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz.
Illinois Democratic Rep. Sean Casten had launched a invoice to push the discharge, arguing that Republicans had been “sweeping credible allegations of sexual misconduct under the rug” by not releasing the findings of a long-running investigation into the previous Florida lawmaker’s alleged intercourse trafficking of a minor on at the least one event.
Gaetz has denied any wrongdoing.
Divided nearly totally alongside occasion traces, the chamber voted on Thursday 206-198 to shoot down Casten’s proposal — however that doesn’t imply the Gaetz report won’t ever be seen.
In accordance with the Hill, the proposal was despatched it again to the Ethics Committee panel, who reportedly met behind closed doorways for greater than two hours on Thursday, and stated they’d proceed having conversations relating to the report.
Gaetz resigned from Congress in mid-November, simply earlier than the Ethics Committee stated it deliberate to launch its findings. Every week later, he withdrew his bid for consideration to grow to be the nation’s high legislation enforcement officer after being nominated for lawyer common by President-elect Donald Trump.
The 42-year-old MAGA loyalist has indicated he doesn’t plan to return to Congress.
