{"id":126403,"date":"2024-11-16T06:16:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:16:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126403"},"modified":"2024-11-16T06:16:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-15T23:16:20","slug":"speaker-johnson-says-matt-gaetz-ethics-report-should-not-be-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=126403","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Johnson says Matt Gaetz ethics report should not be released"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 House Speaker <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mike-johnson\/\">Mike Johnson<\/a><\/span> said Friday that he will \u201cstrongly request\u201d that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/who-is-matt-gaetz-trump-attorney-general-21a399a8563ce80ec682505a1f5b9ca2\">ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz<\/a><\/span>, rebuffing senators who are demanding access now that Gaetz is President-elect <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/span> \u2018s nominee for attorney general.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s intervention is highly unusual, as the Ethics panel has traditionally operated independently. His move seems certain to add the growing <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-gaetz-rfk-nominations-senate-59a69fe1758f5fb106d574895c70eba5\">furor on Capitol Hill<\/a><\/span> over Gaetz\u2019s nomination to become the nation\u2019s top law enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to strongly request that the Ethics Committee not issue the report, because that is not the way we do things in the House,\u201d Johnson told reporters at the U.S. Capitol. \u201cAnd I think that would be a terrible precedent to set.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Ethics reports have previously been released after a member\u2019s resignation, though it is extremely rare. <\/p>\n<p>Johnson\u2019s comments were a reversal from Wednesday, when he suggested a hands-off approach to the Gaetz report. The \u201cSpeaker of the House is not involved in that and can\u2019t be involved in that,\u201d he previously said of the Ethics committee. <\/p>\n<p>The bipartisan Ethics panel is under enormous pressure as it weighs what to do about its years-long probe into sexual misconduct and other allegations against Gaetz, who resigned from Congress on Wednesday after Trump announced him as his nominee for attorney general.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Infobox\" data-module=\"\" data-gtm-region=\"What to know about Trump's second term: High food prices: Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. But many economists think Trump\u2019s plans could make food prices rise. Staffing the administration: Here are the people Trump has picked for key positions so far. Plus, a look at recess appointments and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.Follow all of our coverage as Donald Trump assembles his second administration.\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Infobox-items RichTextBody\">\n<p><b>What to know about Trump\u2019s second term:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><b>High food prices:<\/b> Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. But many economists think Trump\u2019s plans <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-grocery-prices-inflation-economy-b69a367ebb7dafe416b8f99b94256cf5\">could make food prices rise<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Staffing the administration:<\/b> Here are the <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-staff-picks-stefanik-wiles-stephen-miller-tom-homan-243d73610b03a3ee18c4d5f68756af7c\">people Trump has picked<\/a><\/span> for key positions so far. Plus, a look at <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/recess-appointments-trump-cabinet-gop-senate-f484a152e152e8495254d1f83877c71a\">recess appointments<\/a><\/span> and how could Trump use them to fill his Cabinet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>Follow all of our coverage as <\/i><span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/donald-trump\"><i>Donald Trump<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> assembles his second administration.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>It is standard practice for the Ethics Committee to end investigations when members of Congress depart on the grounds that they lack jurisdiction to continue. But the circumstances with Gaetz are hardly standard, given his potential role in Trump\u2019s Cabinet. Senators saying the panel\u2019s material must see the light of day so that they can fully vet his nomination. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sequence and timing of Mr. Gaetz\u2019s resignation from the House raises serious questions about the contents of the House Ethics Committee report,\u201d Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/richard-durbin\">Dick Durbin<\/a><\/span>, D-Ill., chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Thursday. \u201cWe cannot allow this valuable information from a bipartisan investigation to be hidden from the American people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has vehemently denied any wrongdoing <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-united-states-government-matt-gaetz-donald-trump-florida-6398693b203e38dbdabefb23d8377ac1\">and said last year<\/a><\/span> that the Justice Department\u2019s separate investigation against him into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls ended with no federal charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rules of the House have always been that a former member is beyond the jurisdiction of the Ethics committee,\u201d Johnson added. \u201cAnd so I don\u2019t think that\u2019s relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Republican and Democratic senators alike on the Judiciary Committee that would review Gaetz\u2019s attorney general nomination have called for the report to be made available to them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be material in the proceedings,\u201d said Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/thom-tillis\">Thomas Tillis<\/a><\/span>, a North Carolina Republican.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/john-cornyn\">John Cornyn<\/a><\/span>, a Texas Republican, said, \u201cI think there should not be any limitation on the Senate Judiciary Committee\u2019s investigation, including whatever the House Ethics Committee has generated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, the chairman of the Ethics panel, Rep. Michael Guest, R-Miss., says he doesn\u2019t know if the committee could provide the report to the Senate: \u201cThat is something that staff is looking into and trying to provide some guidance to members.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked if he would at least discuss the report with members of the upper chamber, Guest said \u201cthat is a decision for the committee as a whole to take up at some point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s attorney general is expected to oversee radical changes to the Justice Department, which has been the target of Trump\u2019s ire <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/projects\/trump-investigations-civil-criminal-tracker\/\">over two criminal cases<\/a><\/span> it brought accusing him of <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-indicted-jan-6-investigation-special-counsel-debb59bb7a4d9f93f7e2dace01feccdc\">conspiring to overturn the 2020 election<\/a><\/span> and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-classified-documents-smith-c66d5ffb7ba86c1b991f95e89bdeba0c\">hoarding classified documents<\/a><\/span> at his Mar-a-Lago estate. Trump, who cast himself as the victim of politically motivated prosecutions, vowed repeatedly on the campaign trail <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-retribution-indictment-documents-biden-american-democracy-5a8ec37b359fee85d0f0956139d79f51\">to carry out retribution<\/a><\/span> against his political enemies if returned to the White House. <\/p>\n<p>In a statement Wednesday announcing his pick, Trump said Gaetz would root out \u201csystemic corruption\u201d at the Justice Department and return the department \u201cto its true mission of fighting crime and upholding our democracy and constitution.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The federal sex trafficking investigation into Gaetz began under Attorney General <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/william-barr\">Bill Barr<\/a><\/span> during Trump\u2019s first term and focused on allegations that Gaetz and <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/us-news-orlando-florida-01334259e79bfd2e602c472925103a7a\">onetime political ally Joel Greenberg<\/a><\/span> paid underage girls and escorts or offered them gifts in exchange for sex. <\/p>\n<p>Greenberg, a fellow Republican who served as the tax collector in Florida\u2019s Seminole County, admitted as part of a <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-government-and-politics-baabc0bc60d898cacab299e7ff2c0ea4\">plea deal<\/a><\/span> with prosecutors in 2021 that he paid women and an underage girl to have sex with him and other men. The men were not identified in court documents when he pleaded guilty. <span class=\"LinkEnhancement\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/crime-arrests-florida-congress-government-and-politics-d657eda08a857f4c0a07d293bb109308\">Greenberg was sentenced<\/a><\/span> in late 2022 to 11 years in prison. <\/p>\n<h2>___<\/h2>\n<p>Associated Press writers Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro and Alanna Durkin Richer contributed to this report. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n      FB.init({\n              appId : '870613919693099',\n          xfbml : true,\n          version : 'v2.9'\n      });\n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/matt-gaetz-ethics-attorney-general-nomination-5960df4fe88bdc39bb9a413f92c38bf8\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that he will \u201cstrongly request\u201d that the House Ethics Committee not release the results of its investigation into ex-Rep. 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