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“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 Friday. “The rules of the House have always been that a former member is beyond the jurisdiction of the Ethics Committee, and so I don’t think that’s relevant.”
Questions began to swirl about whether the committee should release its findings into Gaetz after President-elect Donald Trump nominated the Florida Republican for attorney general,from his House seat right away. The Ethics Committee was reportedly scheduled to meet this week to vote on releasing the report, raising eyebrows about whether the timing of Gaetz’s
“I’m not talking to anybody about what I’ve said to Trump,” Johnson told reporters when asked if the president-elect played a role in his comments. “What happens in ethics is confidential,” Committee Chairman Michael Guest told reporters on Thursday. “We’re going to maintain that confidentiality.”
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