While there are loud voices calling for the release of former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ethics report, there is a larger consensus among GOP members that a report allegedly containing testimony about Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old needs to remain private.
It might seem like pertinent information about a nominee for the nation’s highest law enforcement position, but Republicans are arguing that it comes down to one word: precedent.
“I would hate to break the precedent of the integrity of the Ethics Committee for the U.S. House of Representatives,” Rep. Mark Alford told NOTUS. “I think we should play out the course, let the Senate do its job and let the chips fall where they may.”