The US House Ethics Committee has accused Republican Representative Matt Gaetz of engaging in prostitution, statutory rape, and illicit drug use while in office. The 37-page report details parties and vacations Gaetz attended from 2017 to 2020, alleging he violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct. The committee also found Gaetz obstructed their investigation. Gaetz denies the allegations, calling the report politically motivated.
: The US House Ethics Committee has accused Matt Gaetz of “regularly” paying for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, and purchasing and using illicit drugs as a member of Congress , as lawmakers released the conclusions of a nearly four-year investigation that helped sink his nomination for attorney general.
That same year, investigators say Gaetz arranged for his chief of staff to obtain a passport for a woman he was sexually involved with, falsely telling the US State Department that she was his constituent. Rather, the committee said Gaetz learned she was a minor more than a month after the party. But he stayed in touch with her after that and met up with her for “commercial sex” again less than six months after she turned 18, according to the committee.
At least one Republican joined all five Democrats on the Ethics Committee earlier this month in voting to release the report about their former colleague despite initial opposition from GOP lawmakers, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, to publishing findings about a former member of Congress.
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