He wants the Ethics Committee for 2 reasons: one, he’ll be immediately cleared by others who are just as scuzzy as he, and two, he’ll then be able to brandiithe fact that he went through the committee so everyone else has to. Of course, any Repubs will get the harshest punishment, and the dems will get their filthy -who-knows-where-it’s-been hand slapped.
Remember the so-called ethics truce was informally in force on the Hill for years?
Congressional ethics is an oxymoron.