The House Ethics Committee secretly voted to make public the Matt Gaetz report.

• The House Ethics Committee has decided to make public its findings on sexual misconduct and drug use accusations against ex-Republican congressman Matt Gaetz, according to NBC News.
• The report may be released this week.
• Last month, the bipartisan ethics committee was unable to reach a decision on whether to release the report due to Gaetz's resignation from Congress to become President-elect Trump's attorney general pick.

On Wednesday, NBC News reported that the House Ethics Committee secretly voted to release a report on its investigation into sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against former Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz.

The report may be released this week, following the House's final vote of the current Congress and the end of the session, according to two sources.

Last month, the bipartisan ethics committee was unable to reach a decision on whether to release the report due to Gaetz's resignation from Congress.

After being appointed by President-elect Donald Trump to serve as U.S. attorney general, Gaetz withdrew less than two weeks later due to allegations of past sexual misconduct and other impropriety, which he has denied.

The Ethics panel's ranking Democrat, Rep. Susan Wild of Pennsylvania, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman for Ethics Chair Michael Guest, R-Miss., referred CNBC to a committee spokesperson who declined to comment. CNN first reported the vote to release the Gaetz report.

In an X post on Wednesday morning, Gaetz criticized the vote.

As a former member of the House Ethics Committee, Gaetz stated that he has no chance to respond or challenge the report that will be published online by the committee.

He wrote that he often sent money to women he dated, even some he never dated but who asked. He dated several of these women for years, but he never had sexual contact with anyone under 18.

In my 30s, I worked hard and played hard. Although it's not a crime, I regret how much I partied, womanized, drank, and smoked during that time. Now, I live a different life.

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