The former member of Congress has hinted at a possible run for elected office down the line. His allies urged him to fight.

After a multiyear investigation, the House Ethics Committee reported today that former Representative Matt Gaetz paid “tens of thousands of dollars” to various women, including one 17-year-old girl, “for sex and/or drugs” on at least 20 occasions.

Bannon threw his weight behind Matt Gaetz, telling him to go back to Congress and expose lawmakers' "sexual depravity."

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.

A former Republican chairman of the House Ethics Committee said "Matt Gaetz has a real problem here" after the committee on Monday released a scathing report on its investigation into the former Florida GOP congressman who was President-elect Donald Trump's initial pick to be attorney general.

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.

After a yearslong investigation into whether the former congressman engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, the House Ethics Committee made the stunning decision to release its findings

Matt Gaetz responded to news that the House Ethics Committee will ... the report in November after Gaetz resigned during his brief time as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be U.S. Attorney General. The 10-member committee is equally divided ...

The much-anticipated report follows a yearslong investigation into allegations against Gaetz, including that he paid for sex in Florida, where prostitution is illegal.

The House Ethics report confirms that Matt Gaetz paid women—and an underage girl—to have sex with him while he was in office.

Matt Gaetz is freaking out ahead of the expected release of the House Ethics report into his sexual misconduct and illicit drug use.