Since 2021, when the House was controlled by Democrats, the ethics panel has been investigating allegations that Gaetz had “engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.”
Gaetz was also previously investigated by the Department of Justice over allegations that he trafficked and engaged in sex with a minor, although charges against the congressman were later dropped and he has continued to maintain his innocence.
Gaetz on Monday suggested that the Republican-controlled committee had launched new investigations against him in a post to X, formerly Twitter, while predicting that the matter would end in his “exoneration.”
Newsweek reached out for comment to the offices of Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Representative Susan Wild, via email on Monday evening.
McCarthy has claimed that Gaetz’s motion to vacate the speakership, which resulted in his October 2023 removal, was a “personal thing” motivated by his refusal to end the ethics committee investigation.
Gaetz has been a highly divisive figure in the House, including among his GOP colleagues, some of whom reportedly floated the idea of expelling him from the chamber at the time that he moved to oust McCarthy.
The original article contains 447 words, the summary contains 191 words. Saved 57%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Since 2021, when the House was controlled by Democrats, the ethics panel has been investigating allegations that Gaetz had “engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.”
Gaetz was also previously investigated by the Department of Justice over allegations that he trafficked and engaged in sex with a minor, although charges against the congressman were later dropped and he has continued to maintain his innocence.
Gaetz on Monday suggested that the Republican-controlled committee had launched new investigations against him in a post to X, formerly Twitter, while predicting that the matter would end in his “exoneration.”
Newsweek reached out for comment to the offices of Ethics Committee Chair Michael Guest and the panel’s ranking Democrat, Representative Susan Wild, via email on Monday evening.
McCarthy has claimed that Gaetz’s motion to vacate the speakership, which resulted in his October 2023 removal, was a “personal thing” motivated by his refusal to end the ethics committee investigation.
Gaetz has been a highly divisive figure in the House, including among his GOP colleagues, some of whom reportedly floated the idea of expelling him from the chamber at the time that he moved to oust McCarthy.
The original article contains 447 words, the summary contains 191 words. Saved 57%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!