© REUTERSGaetz speaks ahead of a visit by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump during the AmericaFest 2024 conference sponsored by conservative group Turning Point in Phoenix, Arizona, on Dec. 22, 2024.
Gaetz filed the lawsuit after denying allegations published in a leaked draft of the report ahead of its official release in full.
He railed against the committee's intentions to release its report "after explicitly acknowledging it lacks jurisdiction over former members, its failure to follow constitutional notions of due process, and failure to adhere to its own procedural rules and precedent represents an unprecedented overreach that threatens fundamental constitutional rights and established procedural protections."
The former rep. argues in the 40-page filing that if the report were made public, there would be "immediate, severe and irreversible" damage to his reputation.
© Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockRepublican Chairman of the House Ethics Committee Michael Guest
Gaetz resigned from Congress on Nov. 13, hours after President-elect Donald Trump tapped him to be the next US attorney general, but sexual misconduct allegations from the congressional ethics probe and an earlier Justice Department investigation eventually led to him withdrawing his nomination.
The 42-year-old has denied all allegations against him.
Comment: The scandal surrounding Gaetz is a wild tale, being pumped up by a massive amount of innuendo and outright lies. His chief accuser is in prison for just such lies. If the Ethics Committee actually had any real on Gaetz, he would have been charged and jailed a long time ago.
Gaetz' first interview on Tucker Carlson Tonight in 2021:
A thread on Florida's charming Mr. Greenberg, who set this dumpster fire in motion:
Read the consolidated thread here (see actual X thread for receipts). It's a page turner!