The House Ethics Committee made clear on Tuesday that it’s still investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz.
In addition to the long-standing sexual misconduct allegations, the panel said it’s now looking into whether the controversial Florida congressman has “sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.”
The rare public statement came after Gaetz, who led the charge to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy, denounced the committee and blamed the former speaker for the ongoing probe in a Monday post on X.
Government agencies love it when people they’re investigating try to publicly delegitimize them