Ethics Committee report on Gaetz casts a huge shadow as GOP senators face the music
1 month, 1 week ago

Ethics Committee report on Gaetz casts a huge shadow as GOP senators face the music

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Matt Gaetz leaves the House GOP conference meeting on Wednesday; hours later, he was named the president-elect’s pick to run the Justice Department The Ethics Committee will meet on Friday to determine the official fate of that investigation. “I think there should not be any limit on the Senate Judiciary Committee’s investigation,” John Cornyn, who sits on the panel which will vote on whether to advance Gaetz’s confirmation, said on Thursday. open image in gallery John Thune, the new Republican majority leader in the Senate, gave a noncommital answer on whether Gaetz’s nomination would succeed John Thune, the incoming majority leader and successor to Mitch McConnell, had a more measured response to questions about whether Gaetz could win enough votes for confirmation on Thursday. Trump made good on a campaign promise to nominate Robert F Kennedy Jr., vaccine skeptic and conspiracist, to lead America’s largest public health agency on Thursday, prompting further groans from a Senate GOP caucus already unhappy to face journalists’ questions in the hallway.

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