What's in the House ethics report on Matt Gaetz

The report gives fresh details about the former Florida congressman's alleged payments for sex and drugs.

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From at least 2017 to 2020, the committee concluded that the former Florida congressman regularly paid women for "engaging in sexual activity", had sex with a 17-year-old girl, used or possessed illegal drugs, accepted gifts beyond House limits and helped a woman obtain a passport, according to the report.

The 42-year-old was first elected as a Republican member of the US House of Representatives in 2016.

He resigned in November - days before the report was scheduled to be made public and after Trump announced him as his pick for US attorney general. Gaetz withdrew from consideration a week later.

He denied the committee's findings and has accused it of conducting an unfair investigation.

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