Gaetz ethics report shows 'substantial evidence' he paid for sex and drugs

A long-awaited House Ethics Committee report on former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz determined there was “substantial evidence” the onetime lawmaker paid several women, including at least one minor, to have sex with him.

The report was published in full by the House Ethics Committee on Monday morning after the panel secretly voted earlier this month to release it. Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump‘s former nominee for attorney general who resigned from Congress last month, was investigated for four years by the committee over allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor and use of illicit drugs.