Matt Gaetz

U.S. representative for Florida's 1st congressional district from 2017 until his resignation in 2024.

The bipartisan House Ethics Committee's report found "substantial evidence" that Gaetz violated statutory rape law and engaged in a broader pattern of paying women for sex, and found evidence of Illegal drug use, acceptance of improper gifts, granting special favors to personal associates, and obstruction of the investigation.

A former Republican chairman of the House Ethics Committee said "Matt Gaetz has a real problem here" after the committee released a scathing report on its investigation into the former Florida GOP congressman