WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House Ethics Committee has found that former Florida congressman Matt Gaetz violated state law by paying a 17-year-old girl for sex and illegal drug purchases, CBS News reported on Monday, citing a final draft of the panel’s report.

Gaetz, who has denied wrongdoing, resigned from the House of Representatives last month after being chosen as attorney general by President-elect Donald Trump. Facing an uphill battle for confirmation in the Senate, he withdrew from consideration.

Reuters could not immediately reach Gaetz for comment.

The report, expected to be released Monday, found that Gaetz paid more than $90,000 to 12 different women. The ethics panel found the payments were likely related to sexual activity and drug use, CBS reported.

The ethics panel received testimony that Gaetz had sex twice at a party in 2017 with a 17-year-old girl, described in the report as “Victim A,” CBS reported.

“Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she viewed as payment for sex,” CBS quoted the report as saying. “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.”

Gaetz was the subject of a three-year FBI investigation into sex trafficking allegations that resulted in no criminal charges.

The ethics panel said there was insufficient evidence that the three-term congressman violated federal sex trafficking law, CBS reported.

According to CBS, all of the women who testified said the sexual encounters with Gaetz were consensual.

However, one woman told the committee that drug use at the parties and events they attended may have “impaired their ability to truly know what was going on or to fully consent.”

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

The report found that Gaetz violated house rules and other standards of conduct that prohibit prostitution, statutory rape and drug use, CBS reported.

According to CBS, “significant evidence” was also found that Gaetz was involved in illegal drug use. He was accused of accepting luxury travel gifts that exceeded allowable limits during a trip to the Bahamas in 2018, CBS added.

(Reporting by Jasper Ward; Editing by Rami Ayyub and Mark Porter)