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.

The House Ethics Committee is expected to release its report into the conduct of former Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, as early as Monday, bringing to a close its yearslong investigation of the man President-elect Donald J. Trump initially chose to lead the Justice Department.

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