In June, the committee said it was investigating whether Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, accepted improper gifts, and sought to obstruct government investigations of his conduct.

The Justice Department’s three-year investigation into Matt Gaetz uncovered a web of payments to women that testified they were paid for sex by the ex-Florida lawmaker. Gaetz sent roughly $10,000 to at least two women who were involved in sex parties he attended between 2017 and 2020,

The House Ethics Committee, which was investigating Gaetz, was told that a 17-year old girl had two sexual encounters with Gaetz at a 2017 party, according to a source familiar.