The Ethics panel mentioned there was not ample proof that the three-term congressman violated the federal intercourse trafficking statute, CBS reported.
All the girls who testified mentioned the sexual encounters with Gaetz have been consensual, in keeping with CBS.
Nevertheless, one girl advised the committee that using medicine on the events and occasions they attended might have “impair[ed their] capability to actually know what was occurring or absolutely consent.”
One other girl advised the committee: “Once I look again on sure moments, I really feel violated.”
Gaetz argued in his lawsuit that the panel had violated his constitutional rights to due course of beneath the legislation “by means of the threatened launch of an investigative report containing doubtlessly defamatory allegations”.
The panel’s report discovered that Gaetz violated Home guidelines and different requirements of conduct banning prostitution, statutory rape and drug use, CBS reported.
It additionally discovered “substantial proof” Gaetz engaged in illicit drug use, CBS reported. It accused him of accepting items of luxurious journey in extra of permissible limits with a 2018 journey to The Bahamas, CBS added.
