Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is likely to face an uphill battle in his confirmation hearings to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, as several prominent senators from both parties are demanding the release of the congressman’s ethics report, the Washington Examiner reported.

Gaetz resigned from Congress on Wednesday immediately following his nomination.

The House Ethics Committee had been investigating allegations that Gaetz was part of a scheme that led to the sex trafficking of a 17-year-old girl, a probe that ended Wednesday with Gaetz’s resignation from the House.

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