It’s unclear if the committee voted to release the report or not. The committee adjourned after two hours, with lawmakers emerging from the closed-door meeting declining to comment.

“There was not an agreement by the committee to release the report,” Guest told reporters.

The 10-member committee’s deliberations come as Gaetz is being considered as the next attorney general under the incoming Trump administration. Gaetz resigned on Nov. 13 just hours after his nomination was announced, raising eyebrows across Capitol Hill. 

Still, even as the committee has failed to reach an agreement as pressure mounts on both sides about whether or not the report should be released, one Democrat has already threatened to explore alternative options if the committee voted against publishing the report, with Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL) planning to introduce a privileged motion on Wednesday that would force the Ethics Committee to release its findings.

“The allegations against Matt Gaetz are serious. They are credible. The House Ethics Committee has spent years conducting a thorough investigation to get to the bottom of it,” Casten said in a statement. “This information must be made available for the Senate to provide its constitutionally required advice and consent.”

A privileged resolution would force a vote on the matter within two legislative days, meaning lawmakers may not consider the matter until they return after Thanksgiving. Casten’s threat comes just one day after he led 97 House Democrats in a letter demanding the release of the report.

The committee met days after ABC News interviewed Joel Leppard, the Florida attorney representing the two women who appeared before the House Ethics Committee, who revealed on Monday that his clients testified they were both paid by Gaetz to have sex. One of the women also told investigators that she witnessed Gaetz having sex with a third woman who was underage at the time, according to Leppard.

“She testified [that] in July of 2017, at this house party, she was walking out to the pool area, and she looked to her right, and she saw Rep. Gaetz having sex with her friend, who was 17,” Leppard told the outlet.

Gaetz stopped having sexual relations with the 17-year-old girl when he realized she was underage, Leppard said.

“Her understanding was that Matt Gaetz did not know that she was a minor, and that when he learned that she was a minor, that he broke off things and did not continue a sexual relationship until she turned 18,” Leppard told the outlet.

Leppard also said the adult women testified that Gaetz paid the two women through Venmo and that they presented the receipts to the women while they were testifying.

“The House was very clear about that and went through each,” Leppard said. “They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, ‘What was this payment for?’ ‘That was for sex.’”

Trump transition spokesman Alex Pfeiffer stood by Gaetz, who has denied all allegations of wrongdoing. The Justice Department also investigated sex trafficking but did not bring charges.