By Fox News (Politics) | Created at 2024-11-14 22:15:15 | Updated at 2024-11-15 01:32:32
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A woman reportedly told the House Ethics Committee that she had sexual relations with Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., when she was 17 years old.
ABC News reported on Thursday that the woman testified to the committee in its investigation into Gaetz, which has now ceased after House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., announced that Gaetz resigned from Congress on Wednesday.
The resignation announcement came hours after President-elect Trump tapped Gaetz to be his attorney general.
The chief counsel for the House Ethics Committee declined to comment when asked by Fox News Digital.
Fox News Digital also reached out to Gaetz's Congressional office for comment.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) had previously spoken to the woman, now in her twenties, according to ABC, as part of its years-long investigation into Gaetz related to accusations of sex trafficking and obstruction of justice.
The DOJ ultimately did not press charges, and Gaetz has consistently denied all wrongdoing.
The woman was subpoenaed by the House Ethics Committee over the summer, the report said.
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