House Democrat files motion to force vote on releasing Gaetz ethics report

A House Democrat filed a privileged resolution that would force the Ethics Committee to release its ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), using a procedural tool that would force GOP leadership to bring the motion to the floor within two legislative days.

Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) filed the resolution on Wednesday evening shortly after the Ethics Committee failed to come to a consensus on whether to publish the findings of its yearslong investigation. The committee met for more than two hours behind closed doors to deliberate but no decision was made, according to committee Chairman Michael Guest (R-MS).

But before that decision was announced, Casten threatened he would take action even if the panel didn’t — putting Republicans on the clock to

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