House Ethics panel confirms sexual misconduct, drugs probe of Matt Gaetz

The House Ethics Committee released a rare public statement Tuesday confirming that its reopened investigation of far-right Rep. Matt Gaetz involves allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, among other claims. NY Post Politics Reporter Ryan King shares this story.

The 10-member bipartisan panel initially revealed in April 2021 it was looking into an array of allegations against Gaetz, 42, which also included accepting bribes or impermissible gifts, misuse of state identification records, and sharing of inappropriate images on the House floor.

The House probe was later put on pause while the Justice Department investigated Gaetz (R-Fla.), then restarted in May of last year after the feds declined to prosecute the congressman.

“There has been a significant and unusual amount of public reporting on the Committee’s activities this Congress. Much of that reporting has been inaccurate,” the committee said in its statement.

The panel went on to note that despite “difficulty in obtaining relevant information from Representative Gaetz and others,” it had “spoken with more than a dozen witnesses, issued 25 subpoenas, and reviewed thousands of pages of documents in this matter.”

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