CBS News, the BBC's news US partner, obtained a copy of a congressional ethics investigation that alleges he paid numerous women, including a 17-year-old girl, for sex and violated multiple state laws related to sexual misconduct while in Congress. Gaetz has repeatedly denied all wrongdoing.

Gaetz made a futile effort in federal court to prevent the release of the committee's report into allegations that have dogged the Floridal Republican for years. Gaetz has strenuously denied sexually abusing a minor,