CNN’s Anderson Cooper pumped the brakes when his guest sounded optimistic that Matt Gaetz will not be confirmed as attorney general.
President-elect Donald Trump nominated Gaetz last week even though the former Florida congressman was investigated by the House Ethics Committee for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old and using illicit drugs. The committee was supposed to vote Friday on whether to release its report, but postponed the meeting after Gaetz resigned on Wednesday. Committee members will convene on Wednesday to decide how to proceed.
Appearing on Tuesday’s AC360 , Cooper asked former congressman and House Ethics Committee Chair Charlie Dent (R-PA) whether he believes the committee will release its report.
“Do you think if the committee’s meeting proceeds as scheduled tomorrow that the Gaetz report will be released?” the host asked. “We should remind people the Ethics Committee is pretty unique. It’s evenly split between Republicans and Democrats.”
Dent replied that it’s unclear to him what the committee will do, but said it should release its report: