House Ethics chair says speaker is not influencing him or committee on Gaetz report
The chair of the House Ethics Committee reiterated on Tuesday that Speaker Mike Johnson is not influencing his panel as it weighs releasing a report detailing allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general.
“I was answering a question when I was asked…did Speaker Johnson try to do anything to try to influence either me or my committee and my response to that was no,” Rep. Michael Guest said.
He also previously said that Johnson wouldn’t have any impact on how things go during the committee’s expected meeting on Wednesday. The scheduled meeting could get cancelled, as it did last week, sources told CNN.
Johnson has said he’ll “strongly request” that the committee not release the report.
Guest told reporters that a process exists where any member can direct the committee to release its findings using a privileged resolution.
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