House Ethics chair says meeting on Gaetz report has been postponed, not canceled

Chair of the House Ethics Committee Michael Guest said Friday morning the group has only postponed, not canceled, a meeting to discuss the panel's report about Matt Gaetz.

Guest (R-Miss.) declined to say whether the panel is open to sharing it with the Senate Judiciary Committee, as some senators say they want to see the report as they vet him as Donald Trump's attorney general nominee. Guest noted Ethics members need to meet first.

“We've not met as a committee, and so at this point, there's nothing that I'm sure I can't comment about,” he said, noting the meeting will be rescheduled.

Guest also dismissed suggestions that he was worried about potential retribution from Trump world if the committee released the report. And he said leadership has not lobbied him in one direction or another.

“I’ve had no conversations” with leadership about it, he said.