WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Republican U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for attorney general.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Sunday “of course” the House Ethics Committee should release its report on the misconduct allegations against former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned from Congress last week when President-elect Trump tapped him to be attorney general.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) defended calling for the House Ethics report into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) not to be released, praising him as a good pick for attorney general. On Friday, Johnson urged the House Ethics Committee not to release the report on its yearlong investigation into alleged sexual impropriety from Gaetz,