US House Speaker Johnson seeks to keep Gaetz ethics report confidential

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has requested that a report on sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Gaetz not be released. Gaetz, who resigned from Congress, is President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for U.S. attorney general. Johnson stated that the House Ethics Committee should not issue the report, citing a rule that former members are beyond its jurisdiction. He emphasized that releasing the report would set a bad precedent. The Senate Judiciary Committee, which will review cabinet nominees, has expressed interest in the report. Gaetz has denied wrongdoing and was not charged after a nearly three-year investigation into sex-trafficking allegations.