In a statement Gaetz released on X last week after CNN reported that the committee had voted to release the report, Gaetz denied having sex with a minor or paying women for sex. “Nearly every young woman that the Committee interviewed confirmed that she was paid for sex by, or on behalf of, Representative Gaetz,” the panel wrote. “Victim A recalled receiving $400 in cash from Representative Gaetz that evening, which she understood to be payment for sex. The committee wrote that Gaetz did not appear to negotiate specific payment amounts for sex with the women he paid. At least two women saw Representative Gaetz using cocaine and ecstasy at different events,” the committee wrote.

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