Rep Casten To Introduce Privileged Resolution Requiring House Vote to Release Gaetz Report

[Dennis Donovan]

November 20, 2024 - Casten To Introduce Privileged Resolution Requiring House Vote to Release Gaetz Report

Washington, D.C. — Today, U.S. Congressman Sean Casten (IL-06) will introduce a privileged resolution forcing a vote to require the House Ethics Committee to release its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz.

“The allegations against Matt Gaetz are serious. They are credible. The House Ethics Committee has spent years conducting a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of it,” said Rep. Sean Casten. “This information must be made available for the Senate to provide its constitutionally required advice and consent.

“If the Ethics Committee chooses to withhold this information, later today I will introduce a privileged resolution to require a vote by the full House of Representatives on the release of the Gaetz report,” said Rep. Casten.

Yesterday, Rep. Casten led 97 House Democrats in a letter to the House Ethics Committee requesting the immediate release of its report into allegations of serious misconduct by former Congressman Matt Gaetz.

[Autumn]

1. Was the vote to not release it by all of the republicans in the House?

[Dennis Donovan]

2. only in the ethics committee.

ABC News - Ethics Committee won't release Gaetz report after multiple rounds of votes: Source

Top Democrat and Republican dispute what happened in the meeting room.

ByJohn Parkinson, Lauren Peller, Will Steakin, and Chris Boccia
November 20, 2024, 5:56 PM

After members of the House Ethics Committee deadlocked along party lines whether to release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz, two Democrats introduced privileged resolutions to make the report public.

Reps. Steve Cohen of Tennessee and Sean Casten of Illinois introduced resolutions to try to force the committee to release the report. Under House rules, once a privileged resolution is introduced, the House must take it up within two legislative days. Republicans have the majority in the House and leadership will decide when the resolution is brought up for a vote. Republicans will attempt to block the effort but it's not yet clear how this could play out.

The Ethics Committee was investigating allegations that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift.

Gaetz resigned from Congress last week after President-elect Donald Trump announced he planned to nominate Gaetz to be his attorney general. The Ethics Committee generally drops investigations of members if they leave office, but Republicans and Democrats have argued whether to break that precedent to allow the Senate to perform its role of vetting presidential nominations.

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[Autumn]

3. Was it deadlocked? From another article the Ranking Member

on the Dem side is Susan Wild. She was upset that the Ranking Republican discussed the vote.