WASHINGTON – The House Ethics Committee has voted to publicly release a report detailing the results of an investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., two sources familiar with the matter told NBC News – one U-turn from last month, when the panel deadlocked over whether to release the report.

The committee’s year-long investigation included examining allegations that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, accepted improper gifts, granted special favors to people with whom he had personal relationships and obstructed House investigations.

The Florida Republican resigned from the House of Representatives last month after President-elect Donald Trump said he planned to nominate Gaetz to be the next U.S. attorney general.

Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration for the position just eight days after Trump’s announcement, after he faced scrutiny from senators and details about the testimony of women who spoke before the ethics committee became public knowledge. He has denied any wrongdoing.

CNN was first to report the committee’s vote.

The lawyer for a woman interviewed by the panel alleged that Gaetz paid for sex in Florida, a state where prostitution is illegal. The same woman told the panel that Gaetz had sex with her then 17-year-old girlfriend.

Shortly before Thanksgiving, the ethics panel met behind closed doors for hours about Gaetz but could not agree on releasing the report. Earlier this month, a majority of the House of Representatives voted against a resolution that would have forced the Ethics Commission to release the report.

The Gaetz ethics question appeared to be dead until Wednesday’s development. The release of the report is significant because Gaetz remains a close ally of Trump and is in regular contact with him and has flirted with a run for governor of Florida in 2026.

The House Ethics Committee typically does not release reports stemming from investigations of former members of Congress, but has done so a few times before. For example, Rep. Bill Boner, D-Tenn., resigned on Oct. 5, 1987 to become mayor of Nashville. The Ethics Commission released an initial staff report the following December investigating allegations that Boner misused campaign funds, failed to disclose gifts and accepted bribes.

Gaetz was also investigated by the Justice Department over allegations of sex trafficking. That investigation ended without charges.

In a lengthy post on He once again denied any criminal wrongdoing.

“I have NEVER had sexual contact with anyone under the age of 18,” he said.

He added: “It’s embarrassing but not criminal that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life,” he said. “I live a different life now.”