The House Ethics Committee gathered evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida paid multiple women for sex, including a 17-year-old high school junior, used illegal drugs like cocaine and ecstasy and obstructed efforts by Congress to investigate his conduct, according to a draft of its findings obtained by Just the News.
“The Committee determined there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress," stated the draft of the report slated to be released this week.
The draft report also said it did not find evidence that Gaetz had
engaged in sex trafficking as some had alleged, concluding that all the
women who traveled with Gaetz out of their home states did so
voluntarily even if they accepted payments for sex. ...
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"Tens of thousands of dollars" were involved 2017-2020.
