The House Ethics Committee released the results of its years long investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), claiming Monday to have found “substantial evidence” the Florida lawmaker committed statutory rape, solicited prostitutes, and used illegal drugs. Gaetz denies the accusations.
The Ethics Committee said in its report:
The Committee concluded there was substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House Rules, state and federal laws, and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, acceptance of impermissible gifts, the provision of special favors and privileges, and obstruction of Congress.
Ethics investigators claimed that Gaetz “knowingly and willfully sought to impede and obstruct” the committee’s investigation.
The report’s release follows after Gaetz resigned from Congress, preventing the panel…
