The House Ethics Committee is mulling whether to release a report on alleged sexual misconduct by Matt Gaetz, who Donald Trump wants to run the DOJ.
The Senate Judiciary Committee asked the FBI on Wednesday for its «complete evidentiary file» of a prior investigation into the alleged sex trafficking of an underage girl by Matt Gaetz, who has been tapped as the next U.S. attorney general by President-elect Donald Trump.
The Judiciary panel’s request says that «the grave public allegations against Mr. Gaetz speak directly to his fitness to serve as the chief law enforcement officer for the federal government.»
The committee’s Democratic majority, in a letter to FBI Director Chris Wray, noted that Gaetz’s associate Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty in 2021 «to the sex trafficking charge for which Mr. Gaetz was also investigated.»
«The Senate has a constitutional duty to provide advice and consent on presidential nominees, and it is crucial that we review all the information necessary to fulfill this duty as we consider Mr.
