{"id":2371364,"date":"2024-11-20T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-ethics-committee-doesnt-release-gaetz-report-after-two-hour-closed-door-meeting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T15:51:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T20:51:14","slug":"house-ethics-committee-doesnt-release-gaetz-report-after-two-hour-closed-door-meeting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-ethics-committee-doesnt-release-gaetz-report-after-two-hour-closed-door-meeting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"House Ethics Committee doesn\u2019t release Gaetz report after two-hour closed door meeting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-ethics-committee-doesnt-release-gaetz-report-after-two-hour-closed-door-meeting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371364&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The \u200bHouse \u2064Ethics \u2063Committee\u200d recently held \u2063a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-gov-cuomo-shunned-experts-embraced-lobbyists-drove-top-health-officials-to-quit-over-pandemic-response-report\/\" title=\"NY Gov. Cuomo Shunned Experts, Embraced Lobbyists, Drove Top Health Officials To Quit Over Pandemic Response: Report\">closed-door meeting<\/a> regarding a report on \u200bformer Rep.\u200c Matt Gaetz&#8217;s\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-investigation-into-juul-could-vaporize-e-cigarette-giant\/\" title=\"FDA Investigation Into Juul Could Vaporize E-Cigarette Giant\">multi-year investigation<\/a>. No decision \u200dwas reached on whether to release the report,\u2063 leaving questions about a potential vote in the air. The committee&#8217;s chair, Michael Guest, confirmed that there was no agreement to publish the findings. Tensions are high\u2064 as Gaetz, who resigned just hours \u200cafter \u200dbeing nominated as attorney general\u2062 under a potential incoming Trump administration, faces serious allegations, including claims that he paid women for sex and engaged with an underage individual. In response to the non-release of the report, Rep. Sean Casten has threatened to introduce a motion to force disclosure, emphasizing the need for public access to the findings. If passed, \u2063this resolution would highlight the urgent\u2064 nature of the situation and bring more scrutiny to the committee&#8217;s actions as the Senate \u200bneeds the report for its confirmation advice.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">House Ethics Committee doesn&rsquo;t release Gaetz report after two<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">-hour closed door meeting<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1886110\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"House\">House<\/a> Ethics Committee did not come to an agreement about whether to release its report detailing the yearslong investigation into former Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/matt-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Matt Gaetz\">Matt Gaetz<\/a> (R-FL), Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS) said Wednesday after the committee met for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/footage-released-of-violent-myanmar-protests-after-at-least-38-people-killed\/\" title=\"Footage Released Of Violent Myanmar Protests After At Least 38 People Killed\">closed-door session<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>It&rsquo;s unclear if the committee voted to release the report or not. The committee adjourned after two hours, with lawmakers emerging from the closed-door meeting declining to comment.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,&rdquo; Guest told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The 10-member committee&rsquo;s deliberations come as Gaetz is being considered as the next attorney general under the incoming Trump administration. Gaetz resigned on Nov. 13 just hours after his nomination was announced, raising eyebrows across Capitol Hill.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Still, even as the committee has failed to reach an agreement as pressure mounts on both sides about whether or not the report should be released, one Democrat has already threatened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/these-6-reasons-could-be-the-cause-of-your-brain-fog-according-to-doctors\/\" title=\"Doctors list 6 reasons for brain fog.\">explore alternative options<\/a> if the committee voted against publishing the report, with Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) planning to introduce a privileged motion on Wednesday that would force the Ethics Committee to release its findings.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The allegations against Matt Gaetz are serious. They are credible. The House Ethics Committee has spent years conducting a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of it,&rdquo; Casten said in a statement. &ldquo;This information must be made available for the Senate to provide its constitutionally required advice and consent.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A privileged resolution would force a vote on the matter within two legislative days, meaning lawmakers may not consider the matter until they return after Thanksgiving. Casten&rsquo;s threat comes just one day after he led 97 House Democrats <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3234893\/democrats-letter-house-ethics-committee-release-gaetz-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"in a letter\">in a letter<\/a> demanding the release of the report.<\/p>\n<p>The committee met days after ABC News interviewed Joel Leppard, the Florida attorney representing the two women who appeared before the House Ethics Committee, who revealed on Monday that his clients testified they were both paid by Gaetz to have sex. One of the women also told investigators that she witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman who was underage at the time, according to Leppard.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17,&rdquo; Leppard told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz stopped having sexual relations with the 17-year-old girl when he realized she was underage, Leppard said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Her understanding was that Matt Gaetz did not know that she was a minor, and that when he learned that she was a minor, that he broke off things and did not continue a sexual relationship until she turned 18,&rdquo; Leppard told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Leppard also said the adult women testified that Gaetz paid the two women through Venmo and that they presented the receipts to the women while they were testifying.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The House was very clear about that and went through each,&rdquo; Leppard said. &ldquo;They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, &lsquo;What was this payment for?&rsquo; &lsquo;That was for sex.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump transition spokesman Alex Pfeiffer stood by Gaetz, who has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. The Justice Department also investigated sex trafficking but did not bring charges.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1886110\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1886110\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Ethics Committee delays Gaetz report after meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2640,"featured_media":2371365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Matt-Gaetz-ggxxg7.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34379,45406,45069,45068,32076],"class_list":["post-2371364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-closed-door-meeting","tag-congressional-oversight","tag-gaetz-report","tag-house-ethics","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Matt-Gaetz-ggxxg7.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371364"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371364\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371368,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371364\/revisions\/2371368"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}