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.

There was no guarantee that a long-awaited House Ethics Committee report on former Rep. Matt Gaetz would ever see the light of day, especially once the Florida GOP lawmaker abruptly quit his job last month in Congress.

The release of the report finding evidence that Gaetz possessed illegal drugs and regularly paid for sex follows a yearslong investigation into allegations about his behavior while in Congress.

The report found “substantial evidence” Gaetz had sex with a 17 year-old, paid women for sex and did illicit drugs.

The highly anticipated report concluded that the former lawmaker paid for sex, violated Florida’s statutory rape law and used illegal drugs.

Investigators also said the Florida Republican solicited prostitutes, used illegal drugs, took improper gifts and tried to obstruct their probe.