Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) says she will expose every “sexual harassment and assault claims” against Republican members of Congress if the ethics report against former congressman Rep. Matt Gaetz is made public.
Greene’s threat comes amid increased pressure on Republicans to release the House Ethics committee report of their investigation of alleged sex trafficking, sexual misconduct and illicit drug by Gaetz as the senate considers his nomination to lead the Department of Justice.
“For my Republican colleagues in the House and Senate, If we are going to release ethics reports and rip apart our own that Trump has appointed, then put it ALL out there for the American people to see,” Greene wrote on X.
Greene continued: “Yes.. all the ethics reports and claims including the one I filed all your sexual harassment and assault claims that were secretly settled paying off victims with tax payer money the entire Jeffrey Epstein files, tapes, recordings, witness interviews but not just those, there’s more, Epstein wasn’t/isn’t the only asset If we’re going to dance, let’s all dance in the sunlight. I’ll make sure we do.”
Gaetz resigned from Congress shortly after President-elect Donald Trump nominated him for the role of attorney general in his second administration.
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) have signalled he is willing to bury the Ethics report on Gaetz arguing that it would be unprecedented to release the report since Gaetz is no longer a member of Congress.
Despite Johnson’s claim, there is precedent for releasing ethics reports after a lawmaker leaves Congress. According to NBC News, ethics report for former Rep. Bill Boner, D-Tenn., was released two months after he resigned in 1987 to become Nashville’s mayor, and former Rep. Buz Lukens, R-Ohio, on the day he resigned in 1990.
House Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) said Monday that his panel will make its own decision about releasing the report into Gaetz, regardless of Johnson’s opinion that it should be buried.
Several Republican senators have said they want to see the details of the House Ethics investigation as they weigh Gaetz’s nomination to lead the Justice Department.
Sen. John Cornyn, a senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, that will oversee Gaetz’s nomination for attorney general, says he is open to issuing a subpoena for the evidence that the Ethics committee collected if the report is not released.
“We need to have a complete vetting of the nominees, not only so we know that the nominee is qualified, but also to protect the president,” Cornyn said according to NBC News.
“I’m sure it’s not in his best interest to have any surprises in the House Ethics Committee report,” he added referring to Trump.
