The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions, including paying a 17-year-old girl for sex in 2017. The investigation will likely have important non-legal implications in the coming years— Gaetz career as an elected official is likely over, according to a political analyst.
The bombshell report concluded that Gaetz violated Florida state laws, including the state's statutory rape law, as the GOP-led panel chose to take the rare step of releasing the report, which they had previously decided not to do.
