Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn told reporters on Thursday that he "absolutely" wants to review an unreleased congressional ethics report on Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general.

The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick for attorney general, engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.

House Ethics Chair Michael Guest said that if Rep. Matt Gaetz is successfully appointed to be attorney general, the committee will close its case into his alleged sexual misconduct. This is because the ethics committee only has jurisdiction over sitting members of Congress,

The House Ethics Committee was due to meet this week to vote on releasing a report about Matt Gaetz, who resigned from Congress on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate the Florida congressman to serve as attorney general,

Fla., who President-elect Trump tapped to become Attorney General, resigned from the House before an ethics report could have dropped.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said Gaetz’s resignation was “effective immediately” and caught fellow Republicans “by surprise a little bit.”

The committee has been investigating allegations that Mr. Gaetz, President-elect Trump’s pick for attorney general, engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.