Woman's bombshell testimony to Congress claiming Matt Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17 revealed day after Trump nominated him for attorney general

A pistillate reportedly testified to the House Ethics Committee that Matt Gaetz had enactment with her erstwhile she was 17 years old.

Gaetz had been the taxable of a yearslong House Ethics Committee probe for alleged cause usage and intersexual misconduct.

But helium resigned from Congress connected Wednesday aft Donald Trump announced him as his prime for lawyer general, sparking backlash.

Gaetz's resignation leaves the Ethics Committee without jurisdiction implicit the Florida Republican, adjacent arsenic the sheet was acceptable to ballot connected Friday connected whether it would release its study connected the investigation it conducted.

The committee seemingly subpoenaed the pistillate - present successful her 20s - astatine the halfway of the enactment probe this summer.

She sat for aggregate days of grounds wherever she talked astir Gaetz and her having enactment erstwhile she was a insignificant successful precocious school, sources adjacent to the probe told ABC News.

The accuser reportedly 'represented that she was an adult' connected the website wherever she met Gaetz's person Joel Greenberg, who successful 2022 was sentenced to 11 years successful situation for enactment trafficking a minor.

'These allegations are invented and would represent mendacious grounds to Congress. This mendacious smear pursuing a three-year transgression probe should beryllium viewed with large skepticism,' Gaetz said successful a statement.  

It was reported successful June that at slightest 1 pistillate has reportedly admitted to the House Ethics Committee that Gaetz paid her for enactment done Venmo.

Investigators connected the committee interviewed fractional a twelve women, according to ABC News. 

The women were shown Venmo payments from the Florida Republican to them and asked if they were for sex. 

The women allegedly had attended parties with Gaetz and his erstwhile person Joel Greenberg, who successful 2022 was sentenced to 11 years successful situation for enactment trafficking a minor.

The women allegedly had attended parties with Gaetz and his erstwhile person Joel Greenberg, who successful 2022 was sentenced to 11 years successful situation for enactment trafficking a minor. 

Gaetz has denied each of the allegations that person agelong swirled astir him, including paying for sex. 

'Someone is trying to recategorize my generosity to ex-girlfriends arsenic thing much untoward,' helium said previously.

The Ethics Committee obtained Gaetz's Venmo records done a subpoena.

Rep. Michael Guest, R-Ala., the president of the House Ethics Committee, reiterated Thursday that helium does not mean to merchandise the report. 

If the study is not released, details of the probe could stay concealed indefinitely. 

The Department of Justice antecedently investigated Gaetz for alleged enactment trafficking a insignificant but informed him they would not bring charges successful 2023 aft issues of witnesser credibility.

The Ethics Committee successful a uncommon nationalist connection astatine the clip announced they would behaviour 'further review' into Gaetz connected charges that see enactment maltreatment and illicit cause use.

Gaetz said implicit the summertime that the committee was opening 'new frivolous investigations' into him.

Trump shockingly nominated Gaetz to beryllium the apical instrumentality enforcement authoritative successful the federation connected Wednesday.

His prime of the embattled erstwhile congressman to oversee the Justice Department, FBI, DEA, ATF and related agencies has shocked Republicans and Democrats.

Now, immoderate Republican senators who volition ballot connected his information are demanding to reappraisal the House study earlier the 42-year-old Florida antheral is capable to articulation Trump's Cabinet.

'The President's relation is to marque the nomination, but we request to person implicit vetting of the nominees, not lone truthful we cognize that the nominee is qualified, but besides to support the president,' Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, said Thursday.

He 'absolutely' wants to reappraisal the House Ethics Committee's study connected Gaetz's conduct.

Cornyn adjacent floated the thought of taking ineligible enactment to reappraisal the report's contents.

'There's assorted ways we tin glean entree to it, we tin subpoena it,' helium told reporters. 'I don't I don't deliberation immoderate of america privation to alert blind.'

Cornyn argued the Senate has a relation successful weeding retired unqualified candidates during the information process, and that doing truthful protects the president from imaginable atrocious apples.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., however, doesn't deliberation that volition work, nor does helium privation it to happen.

When pressed connected if the Senate would beryllium capable to subpoena an unreleased House morals study Graham responded: 'I wouldn't deliberation so.'

The South Carolinian besides added helium wouldn't privation the House to beryllium capable to subpoena unreleased Senate reports.