The panel has previously released reports on lawmakers who resigned. In 1987, the committee published its report on former Rep. William Boner (D-Tenn.) after he resigned from the House, and did the same to former Rep. Donald Lukens (R-Ohio) in 1990 after he resigned.

There is nothing in the Ethics Committee’s rules that bars publication or voting to share a report simply because the subject is no longer a member of the House. While the jurisdiction for punishment ends with membership, sharing information already gathered in a probe is up to the committee. The long pattern of not releasing reports is a courtesy rather than a rule.

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/11/15/ethics-panel-gaetz-report-00189863

The "private citizen" we are talking about is being nominated for Attorney General. All I'm saying is vet him, which means any and all information about him should be fair game.