The disgraced former Florida representative now faces the blunt reality of his own political irrelevance. T he normal rules of public disgrace may no longer apply to Donald Trump. But at least some expectation of good behavior remains, it seems, for a politician in Trump’s orbit.

Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions,

The Ethics Committee accused the former congressman and AG pick of spending thousands on illegal drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl.

Gaetz on Monday tried to block the report's official release, filing for a restraining order in Washington, D.C., federal court.

Alyssa Farah Griffin was not thrilled with Donald Trump ‘s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz. According to The View co-host and former Trump staffer, she once caught the controversial politician trying to feed her former boss a “malicious” conspiracy theory.

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.

Mr Gaetz, who denies any wrongdoing, had sought a restraining order against the House Ethics Committee in a bid to halt the release of its report.

A former US lawmaker who was Donald Trump’s first pick to run the Justice Department regularly paid for lurid sex sessions at drug-fuelled parties, including with a 17-year-old schoolgirl, according to a scathing congressional report released Monday.

Hours after the publication of a bombshell report revealing “substantial evidence” that Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, the former congressman issued a fundraising plea through his recently launched political action committee.

The House Ethics Committee released a damning report accusing former Congressman Matt Gaetz of paying women, including a 17-year-old, for sex, using illicit drugs, and participating in sex-filled parties while in office.

The House Ethics Committee released a long-awaited report on its investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.