House Ethics chair: Panel's decision on Gaetz report won't be influenced by Johnson

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Source: politico



House Ethics chair: Panel’s decision on Gaetz report won’t be influenced by Johnson

Chair Michael Guest also said Monday that all members of the panel currently have access to the report.
Olivia Beavers

Olivia Beavers
11/18/2024, 4:17pm ETUpdated: 11/18/2024, 7:32pm ET

House Ethics Chair Michael Guest said Monday that his panel will make its own decision about releasing the report into Matt Gaetz, regardless of Speaker Mike Johnson’s opinion that it should be kept under wraps.

Guest (R-Miss.) told POLITICO in a brief interview that he and Johnson had spoken over the weekend. He added that all Ethics Committee members can now review the report, when only he and Rep. Susan Wild, the top Democrat on the panel, previously had a copy of it, according to two people familiar with the matter.

“We did talk this weekend,” Guest said, noting Johnson shared the same views he has publicly — that the panel should not release the report. Guest has not heard from anyone in the Trump administration, he added.

“I appreciate Mike reaching out,” Guest said. “I don't see it having an impact on what we as a committee ultimately decide.”

The panel, which is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, is slated to meet Wednesday, potentially to vote on whether to publish the report.


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[Fiendish Thingy]

1. All it takes is one Republican member to vote "yes" to release the report...

I bet there’s more than one Republican on the ethics committee that hates Gaetz’s guts.

Johnson may not have any influence on the committee’s vote; let’s hope Trump doesn’t either (there is at least one Republican on the committee who is retiring at the end of this term, IIRC).

[Skittles]

2. it's quite a quandary for them

they may hate Gaetz but they feel obligated to goose step to Trump

[Richi in Gerenwich]

3. Time for secret ballots in all of Congress

If the vote is private, the report will be released. If the vote is public, it's toast.

[Martin68]

4. I suspect if the committee doesn't officially release the report it will be leaked.

[maxsolomon]

5. IOW, the fix is in.

We'll never hear a word of it.