Gaetz’s Sexual Misconduct Report Release Blocked by House GOP

Republicans on the House Ethics Committee voted Wednesday to keep confidential its findings on the sexual misconduct probe into Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, the panel’s top Democrat said.

The 10-member panel met behind closed doors for more than two hours, with all five GOP members voting to block the report’s release ahead of the Senate’s consideration of Gaetz’s nomination, Democrat Representative Susan Wild of Pennsylvania said after the deliberations. Democrats calling to disclose the findings needed at least one Republican to have crossed over, she said.

The Ethics Committee, which typically operates in ...