Former Rep. Matt Gaetz is just that -- a former representative. That made the release of an investigation by the House Ethics Committee into his professional and private life -- begun during former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's 117th Congress -- highly unusual.

The House Ethics Committee found “substantial evidence” that former Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz paid women — including a 17-year-old girl — for sex and used illegal drugs while in Congress, according to a long-awaited report that was released on Monday.