Gaetz tried to sue House Ethics Committee to kill panel releasing damning report

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Former Rep. Matt Gaetz tried to sue the House Ethics Committee to prevent the release of its report on him after it had been leaked to several news outlets.

On Monday, CNN reported that a final draft of the House Ethics Committee’s report into allegations of sexual misconduct alleged it had found evidence of Gaetz paying women for drugs or sex on at least 20 occasions while a member of Congress, including one woman who was 17 years old. Gaetz sued the committee the same day, seeking to block the report’s release.

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