At least one Republican senator decried the scrutiny as a 'lynch mob' forming against Gaetz, who if confirmed would become the nation's top law enforcement official.
Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday against releasing a report on the panel's long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the committee said. Democratic Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania said the ethics panel, which is evenly split between the two parties, voted at a lengthy closed-door meeting, and no Republican joined Democrats who wanted to release the report.
It follows a meeting Gaetz had at the start of the week with his allies on the hard-right House Freedom Caucus, whose members have expressed enthusiasm for his approach to wholesale changes, which have instilled a climate of anxiety and dismay at the department. Vance told the GOP senators that Trump's presidential victory had coattails that boosted their ranks to the majority.
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