
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz said he will stop voluntarily cooperating with an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into the possibility that he had sexual relationships with minors in parties that involved drug use.
In a lengthy letter posted on his X account, Gaetz said the investigation only seeks to smear him and remove him from his post. "Your correspondence of September 4 asks whether I have engaged in sexual activity with any individual under 18. The answer to this question is unequivocally NO. You can apply this response to every version of this question, in every forum," reads a passage of the letter. He also denies using illegal drugs.