MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) is pushing the House Ethics Committee to preserve and release the findings from its investigation into Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz.

Gaetz, a former congressman representing Florida, has been under investigation by the committee since 2021. Allegations against him include sexual misconduct, illicit drug use, sharing inappropriate videos on the House floor, and other violations of House rules, Cohen says.

Cohen introduced a resolution Wednesday urging the Ethics Committee to preserve and make public the records from the investigation.

House Ethics Committee Republicans voted Wednesday against releasing the panel's long-running investigation into President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz, the top Democrat on the panel said.

The outcome, however, is only a temporary reprieve for Gaetz, who faces allegations of sexual misconduct, as he works to personally secure his embattled nomination to be the nation's top law enforcement official.

The House panel expects to meet again Dec. 5 to reconsider releasing its findings.

"I prepared a privileged resolution calling for the release of the Ethics Committee Report in the event that the Ethics Committee didn't act. Today, the Ethics Committee failed to act and I filed the Privileged Resolution," Cohen said in a statement Wednesday.

Gaetz has said the department's investigation into sex trafficking allegations involving underage girls, separate from the House committee's probe, had ended with no federal charges against him.

Cohen serves on the House Judiciary Committee and also served on the House Ethics Committee.