Gaetz Admits To Paying Women and ‘Playing Hard’ as Ethics Committee Reportedly Votes To Release Report on Alleged Drug Abuse, Sex with Minors

‘It’s embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank, and smoked more than I should have earlier in life,’ Mr. Gaetz writes.

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Matt Gaetz talks before President-elect Donald Trump speaks during an America First Policy Institute gala at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., November 14, 2024. AP/Alex Brandon

Congressman Matt Gaetz, who resigned from Congress last month when he was tapped to lead the Justice Department before pulling out due to a lack of Senate support, is now admitting to paying some of his former girlfriends and “playing hard” before he was married.

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