ethic

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., had pressured the House Ethics Committee not to release its ethics report on Gaetz on the grounds that he was no longer under their purview.

The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s head honcho delivered half a minute of praise for Trump’s resilience, work ethic and other character traits that he very obviously doesn’t possess.

As Marcotte points out, the pressure was mounting from the public and press over Gaetz's egregious ethics violations and details from the House ethics committee were starting to leak out.

Republicans were sullenly falling into formation behind this pick, as evidenced by the suppression of the ethics report.

But his resignation triggered a drip feed of leaks in subsequent days as the ethics panel wrangled over what to do about the report.