Form page 31, section 3 of the Ethics Committee report...

... There is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz engaged in sexual activity with a 17-year-old girl. The Committee received credible testimony from Victim A herself, as well as multiple individuals corroborating the allegation.

Several of those witnesses have also testified under oath before a federal grand jury and in a civil litigation. Representative Gaetz denied the allegation but refused to testify under oath.

He has publicly stated that Victim A "doesn't exist" and that he has not "had sex with a 17-year-old since I was 17."125 The Committee found that to be untrue and determined that there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz had sex with Victim A in July 2017, when she was 17 years old, and he was 35.

Representative Gaetz's actions were in violation of Florida's statutory rape law. ...