It is uncertain whether the probe will continue because Gaetz resigned his seat in the Republican-controlled House
The U.S. House of Representatives Ethics Committee is expected to discuss next steps on Wednesday in its investigation into President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney-general pick Matt Gaetz, two sources with knowledge of the panel’s plans said.A growing number of Trump’s fellow Republicans in the U.S.
An attorney who said he represented two women who testified to the committee told ABC News on Monday that Gaetz had paid his clients, who were adults, for sex and that one of his clients witnessed Gaetz having sex with a 17-year-old girl. The Department of Justice, which the attorney-general leads, investigated Gaetz for nearly three years over sex trafficking allegations involving the teenager.A Gaetz spokesperson referred a request for comment to a spokesman for Trump’s transition office, who dismissed Leppard’s claim.
Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin on Sunday told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the panel should share its report with the Senate.
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