The House Ethics Committee met Wednesday but did not release its report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), resisting significant pressure to release its findings after President-elect Trump selected the controversial Florida Republican to be his attorney general.

“There is not an agreement by the committee to release the report," Ethics Chair Michael Guest (R-Miss.) told reporters following a roughly two-hour meeting.

The development caps a week of speculation regarding the committee’s work, with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle pushing for its publication, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) vigorously advocating for it to remain a secret, and Trump’s team charging ahead with the selection of Gaetz despite the drama.

Details from the report still could make their way to the public — or to senators considering Gaetz's nomination — anyway.

Some of the evidence and testimony reportedly on file with the committee has been leaked to ABC News, and a lawyer for two women who he says spoke to the Ethics Committee has been publicly saying that they told the panel they saw Gaetz “having sex with a minor” at a........

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