BREAKING NEWS: Democrats are going to take action to release the ethics report into former Representative Matt Gaetz—aka Trump's pick for attorney general of the United States

Rep. Sean Casten will introducing a procedural move to push for the House of Representatives to vote on releasing the Ethics Committee report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz.

DIAL 855-971-2474 to call your representative and ask them to vote YES to release the ethics report on former member of the House of Representatives Matt Gaetz, AKA Trump's pick for attorney general of the United States.

Dear MoveOn member,

BREAKING NEWS: Representative Sean Casten will introduce a procedural move to push for the House of Representatives to vote on releasing the Ethics Committee report on former Representative Matt Gaetz.¹

This is BIG. The American people deserve to know the truth about Matt Gaetz, the person that Trump is set to nominate to be the United States Attorney General.

Gaetz's shady record and behavior are nothing new, but in case you didn't know:

• There are claims that he assaulted a teenager.²
• Gaetz was investigated by the Department of Justice for sex trafficking of a minor.³
• He was also being investigated by House Republicans for illicit drug use, misuse of campaign funds, and accepting bribes.⁴

The House Ethics Committee voted not to release the Gaetz report yesterday, and Democrats are now pushing to introduce a privileged resolution forcing a vote of the full House to require the panel to release the full ethics report.⁵ The ethics panel is evenly split between Democrats and Republicans, and not a single Republican voted with the Democrats who wanted to release the report.⁶

Call 855-971-2474 to demand your representative push for transparency and, more importantly, accountability for former Rep. Matt Gaetz by voting to release the ethics report into his behavior.

In case you missed it, Gaetz conveniently left his position as a member of the House of Representatives last week, pausing the investigation into his activity as a member of Congress, when Trump announced Gaetz as his pick for attorney general.⁷

The new ethics report could include damning information on Matt Gaetz and now Republicans on the House Ethics Committee are refusing to release it? We cannot let this information go unseen by the public, especially as Gaetz has the potential to step into one of the most powerful positions in the country as attorney general in Trump's new administration in 2025. 

If Democrats show up in full force, and we can get just eight Republicans to vote with us, we can force the report to be released. Call 855-971-2474 to demand your representative vote for the ethics report on Rep. Matt Gaetz be released to the American public as soon as possible.

What's worse is that Trump knows all about the speculation on Gaetz's past indiscretions, and he still wants him to be attorney general of the United States. But that's just to be expected from Trump and his future extremist administration. If Trump wants Gaetz to be the next attorney general, why not let it all out in the open now and free Gaetz of any rumors of corruption? And if Republicans have nothing to hide, why wouldn't they vote for full transparency about what's in this report? Call 855-971-2474 to demand your representative take action and vote YES to release the ethics report into Gaetz' behavior.

Thanks for all you do.

–Nakia, Mia, Jaira, Alex, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. ""House Democrat pledges to force a vote to release the Gaetz report," Politico, November 20, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200449?t=2&akid=416933%2E53570607%2Ei9QnmF

2. "Here's what we know about the investigations into Matt Gaetz," The 19th, November 20, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200451?t=4&akid=416933%2E53570607%2Ei9QnmF

3. Ibid.

4. Ibid. 

5. "Democrats try to force Ethics Committee to release Gaetz report," ABC News, November 20, 2024 https://act.moveon.org/go/200462?t=6&akid=416933%2E53570607%2Ei9QnmF

6. "Republicans on the House Ethics Committee reject releasing report on Matt Gaetz," Associated Press, November 20, 2024
https://act.moveon.org/go/200450?t=8&akid=416933%2E53570607%2Ei9QnmF

7. Ibid. 

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