Mike Johnson urges Ethics panel to keep Matt Gaetz misconduct report confidential

House Speaker Mike Johnson has requested that the House Ethics Committee keep a report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz's alleged misconduct confidential. Johnson argues that releasing the report would set a bad precedent, as it traditionally applies only to current members. Gaetz resigned from Congress after Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate him as attorney general. The Ethics Committee had planned to vote on the report but canceled the meeting shortly before. Democratic Senator Dick Durbin and other lawmakers have called for the report to be made public, citing its potential relevance to Gaetz's confirmation hearings. They argue that the timing of Gaetz's resignation raises questions about the investigation's findings.