Steve Bannon urged the former congressman to return to Congress, calling the report a “nothingburger.” Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s reputation and political prospects may take a nosedive in the wake of the release of the House Ethics Committee’s report , but several MAGA figures are standing by the Florida Republican. On his “War Room” podcast hours after the report’s release Monday, Steve Bannon, a former Trump White House aide, dismissed the report as a “nothing burger” and urged Gaetz to return