House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday he will “strongly request” that the chamber’s ethics committee not release its sexual misconduct report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), falsely claiming it’s “not the way we do things” and dismissing concerns from both parties.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Friday that he will urge the House Ethics Committee to suppress its report into former congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) and block the Senate Judiciary Committee from viewing the investigation, an unusual intervention that could shape a divisive nomination fight.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is urging the House Ethics Committee not to release its yearslong investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), reversing course from earlier this week when he told reporters he would not get involved.