Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican who was briefly President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for attorney general, was found by congressional ethics investigators to have solicited numerous women – including a 17-year-old girl He allegedly bought and used illegal drugs, including in his Capitol Hill office, according to a final draft of a comprehensive investigative report obtained by CBS News.

Those were among the findings of the House Ethics Committee’s long-running investigation into Gaetz, which concluded that the former Florida congressman violated several state laws related to sexual misconduct during his time in office.

“The Committee concluded that there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution, statutory rape, illegal drug use, improper gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress.” , the 37-page report concludes.

Gaetz resigned from Congress in November after Trump resigned announced plans to appoint him Attorney General. But in the face of opposition from some fellow Republicans, Gaetz withdrew out of consideration a week later. The Publication of the ethics reportexpected on Monday, ends – at least for now – Gaetz’s inflammatory tenure on Capitol Hill, where he became one of the most vocal and provocative members of the pro-Trump caucus in Congress.

Gaetz denied any inappropriate behavior and claimed the claims were a “slander” concocted by his political enemies. The committee said the congressman refused to give a sworn statement despite providing written answers to some of the committee’s questions.

The report gives a new voice to the allegations of misconduct that have circulated around Gaetz for years, despite his strong denials. It relies on testimony from witnesses who told the committee that they were paid to have sex with Gaetz, text messages discussing the transactions, and receipts from Venmo and PayPal.

Among the report’s scariest findings were allegations of sex and drug parties and travel, including a 2018 report Trip to the Bahamas where witnesses say he took ecstasy and had sex with four women.

“From 2017 to 2020, Rep. Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women who the committee determined were likely related to sexual activity and/or drug use,” the report said, totaling payments More than $90,000 to twelve different people listed are women.

The committee said it also received testimony that Gaetz had sex twice at a party in 2017 with “Victim A,” who was then 17 and had just completed his freshman year of high school.

“Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she viewed as payment for sex,” the committee wrote. “Victim A said that she did not inform Representative Gaetz that she was under 18 at the time, nor did he inquire about her age.”

In his written answers to the committee, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor. The Ministry of Justice previously examined Gaetz was charged with violating sex trafficking laws, but did not press charges. The committee said it found insufficient evidence that Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking law because although he transported women across state lines for the purpose of sex, those women were all 18 years old or older at the time.

The report said that while all of the women who testified said the sexual encounters with Gaetz were consensual, one woman told the committee that drug use at the parties and events they attended may have “improved her ability.” “Really knowing what was going on affected” or “completely agree.”

Another woman told the committee: “When I look back on certain moments, I feel hurt.”

The report found “significant evidence” that Gaetz was involved in rampant illegal drug use. The committee said it received text messages sent by him in which he referred to drugs as “party favors,” “buns” or “vitamins.” It also said he created a fake email from his Capitol Hill office “to purchase marijuana.” The report noted that Gaetz had denied using illegal drugs in his written answers to the committee.

In addition to sexual misconduct and illegal drug use, the report also accused Gaetz of accepting luxury trips as gifts that went beyond permissible limits, including a trip to the Bahamas in 2018. And it was said he arranged for his chief of staff to help a woman with whom he had had sexual activity obtain a passport, falsely implying to the State Department that she was one of his constituents.

Gaetz told conservative figure Charlie Kirk last month that he planned to spend the coming years “fighting for President Trump.”

“I think eight years is probably enough time in the U.S. Congress,” Gaetz said, although he floated the idea of ​​running again for House speaker in a post on X last week.

The House Ethics Committee had initially agreed to keep the report secret, but reverse course in a secret vote earlier this month. Two Republican members of the committee were among those who voted for the release, according to two sources familiar with the vote. The committee consists of ten members, an equal split of Republicans and Democrats.