The House Ethics Committee released the report on its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R, FL-1) yesterday. Read the 37-page document here (click "Committee Report").
The committee found Gaetz obstructed Congress and violated other ethics rules while in office, paying over $90K to 12 women for sex or drugs—including marijuana, ecstasy, and cocaine. One of the girls allegedly paid for sex was 17 years old at the time; multiple women were transported over state lines for the purpose of sex.
The committee cited text messages, travel receipts, financial records, and testimonies from over two dozen witnesses. They found Gaetz violated state laws but not federal ones; the Justice Department dropped a related investigation in 2023.
Gaetz denies all wrongdoing and resigned from Congress last month in a since-dropped US attorney general bid. Committee member Rep. Michael Guest (R, MS-3) included a dissenting statement in the report, finding it a violation of precedent to release a report on a former congressman.
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