The House Ethics Committee has accused Florida Republican Matt Gaetz of engaging in sex work with a minor and using illicit drugs while in Congress. Gaetz denies the allegations.
The House Ethics Committee in the US has accused Florida Republican Matt Gaetz of 'regularly' paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs all while he was a member of Congress . Mr Gaetz has denied all wrongdoing. The 37-page report by the bipartisan panel includes explicit details of sex-filled parties and holidays that Mr Gaetz, now 42, allegedly took part in from 2017 to 2020 while representing Florida's western panhandle.
The findings conclude that he violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct while in office. 'The committee determined there is substantial evidence that representative Gaetz violated House rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favours or privileges, and obstruction of Congress,' the report states. The report brings to a close a nearly four-year investigation into Mr Gaetz, who spent the majority of his time in Washington enmeshed in scandals, which ultimately derailed his nomination by President-elect Donald Trump as attorney general. His political future is uncertain, although Mr Gaetz indicated recently that he would be interested in running for the open Senate seat in Florida. The long-anticipated release of the report comes after at least one Republican joined all five Democrats on the panel earlier this month in a secret vote to release the report about their former colleague despite initial opposition from Republican politicians, including House speaker Mike Johnson, to publishing findings about a former member of Congress. While ethics reports have previously been released after a member's resignation, it is extremely rare. Mr Gaetz objected to its release, saying last week that he would have 'no opportunity to debate or rebut' the findings as a former member of the Hous
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