Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., allegedly paid several women for sex, including a 17-year-old high school girl, and used illegal drugs such as cocaine and Ecstasy, according to a House Ethics Committee report.

The 37-page report released Monday morning concluded that Gaetz violated several Florida state laws related to sexual misconduct during his time in office.

“The Committee concluded that there was substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated House rules, state and federal laws, and other standards of conduct, engaging in prostitution, statutory rape, illegal drug use, accepting improper gifts, and granting special favors and prohibition of privilege and disability by Congress,” the report said.

Gaetz has consistently denied all allegations of wrongdoing, and a previous federal investigation into the allegations ended with no charges against him. Earlier Monday, Gaetz filed a lawsuit to prevent the report from being released.

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Representative Matt Gaetz at the Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 7, 2024, prior to President Biden’s State of the Union address. (Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

The committee’s report said Gaetz “continually attempted to distract, deter or mislead the Committee in order to prevent his actions from being discovered.”

The report alleges that, despite his denials, Gaetz made tens of thousands of dollars in payments to women “likely related to sexual activity and/or drug use” from 2017 to 2020.

According to the committee’s report, Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old minor during an alleged sexual encounter at a 2017 summer party. The report concluded that the act violated Florida’s statutory rape law, although the girl, identified in the report as “Victim A,” said she never told Gaetz her age.

“The committee received testimony that Victim A and Representative Gaetz had sex twice during the party, including at least once in the presence of other party attendees,” the draft report states.

Representative Matt Gaetz in front of the US Capitol on September 29, 2023 in Washington, DC (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The 17-year-old girl said she received $400 in cash from Gaetz, “which she understood to be payment for sex,” the report said. She said she was under the influence of ectasy at the time of the sexual encounter and claimed she saw Gaetz using cocaine.

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The committee’s report said it received no evidence that Gaetz knew the girl was underage when he allegedly had sex with her.

The report also alleges that Gaetz refused to comply with a subpoena requesting an interview and “intentionally withheld information” about a trip with women to the Bahamas.

Gaetz resigned from Congress last month after President-elect Trump appointed him as his attorney general. Gaetz later withdrew from running for the position. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, File)

The committee said it obtained text messages Gaetz allegedly sent to women in which he asked them to bring drugs “to their date” and referred to the drugs as “party favors,” “buns” or “vitamins.”

In interviews with the committee, witnesses said they observed Gaetz using marijuana, the report said.

The House Ethics Committee’s multiyear investigation into Gaetz, which included allegations of sex with a minor and illegal drug use, was abruptly closed last month after it was withdrawn hours after President-elect Trump named him his attorney general Congress resigned.

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Gaetz later withdrew from running for the post due to quiet but steady opposition from Republicans.

The House Ethics Committee lost its jurisdiction to continue investigating the allegations against Gaetz after he resigned from Congress. While the committee, as noted in the report, “does not normally publish its findings after losing jurisdiction over a matter,” a majority of committee members decided that the findings should be made public because they were in the public interest.

Gaetz filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent the committee’s report from being made public.