House panel's secret Gaetz report creates waves in Trump's AG pick process

The House Ethics Committee plans a mid-week meet-up to talk about their Matt Gaetz findings (a topic thats gotten extra hot since he became Trumps pick for attorney general)

The bi-partisan group whose inner-workings stay behind closed-doors‚ will gather on wed to figure out what to do with their almost-done report. Gaetz who is 42-years old stepped down from his House seat right after Trump named him AG pick; this timing raised some eye-brows

The Senate should have access to that

Senate Republicans are pushing hard to see whats in the report since they need to ok Trumps cabinet picks. House Speaker Mike Johnson doesnt think it should go public now that Gaetz isnt in Congress anymore. The whole thing gets more complex because Gaetz was checked out by DOJ for about 3 yrs - but they told him last yr they wouldnt charge him

The pick of Gaetz fits into Trumps pattern of choosing people who dont have the usual background for top govt jobs. If Trump wins next yr‚ Gaetz would run the same department that looked into him - plus the one thats dealing with Trumps legal stuff now

• Previous DOJ probe into Gaetz ended with no charges
• Ethics Committee almost finished their work when he quit
• Senate needs to approve the AG pick
• Speaker thinks report should stay private

This whole situation comes while Trump deals with his own court problems and says heʼll use DOJ to go after enemies if he gets back in office next January