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House Ethics Committee to release Matt Gaetz report. The House Ethics Committee voted in secret earlier in December to release the long-awaited ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, according to a person familiar with the vote. The move by the bipartisan panel raises the possibility that the allegations against the Florida Republican, who was President-elect Donald Trump’s first choice for attorney general, could be made public in the coming days. Most Republicans have argued that any congressional investigation into Mr. Gaetz ended when he resigned from the House. 

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