Former Rep. Matt Gaetz met Wednesday with several Republican members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, some of whom said Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general should be given the opportunity at a confirmation hearing to address misconduct allegations.
The Florida Republican and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, had the meetings on Capitol Hill the same day the House Ethics Committee announced it would not release information about its probe into allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.
A nomination would go through the Judiciary Committee, and questions about the allegations, including an accusation that Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl, have become the focal point so far about whether he could win confirmation to be the nation’s top law enforcement officer.
