House investigators find evidence.

Former Florida Congressman Matt Gates spent thousands of dollars for sex and drugs, including paying to have sex with a teenager in 2017.

This is all part of the House Ethics Committee report released today.

The report finds Gates paid for sex and drugs at least 20 times, violating Florida law and the statutory rape law.

Gates filed a civil complaint in federal court to try to keep the report private.

He says he's innocent.

Federal investigators declined to charge him.

This weekend, Gates hinted his political career may not be over.

My fellow Floridians have asked me to eye the governor's mansion in Tallahassee.

Maybe special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in Congress.

It seems I may not have had enough support in the United States Senate.

Maybe I'll just run for Marco Rubio's vacancy.

Matt Gates elected was President Elect Trump's first choice for attorney general before dropping out.

He has signed on with One America News to host the Matt Gates show a one hour political talk show starting next month.

Continuing coverage.

Not everyone in Congress wanted the Gates report released.

House Republicans blocked its earlier release this month, and then the Ethics Committee voted for it to be made public.

Democratic Congressman Sean Casting criticized Gates and called on the chamber to hold itself to a higher ethical standard.

You're at a party.

There's a young girl who was less than half of your age who was doing drugs, and you're having sex with her and your excuses.

You didn't know she was 17.

Come on.

Gates says he was fully exonerated when the Justice Department did not charge him.

He also says the D O.

J.

Had issues with the credibility of witnesses.

Gates calls his past behavior embarrassing but not criminal.

He resigned from Congress last month while he still had hopes of becoming the U.

S.

Attorney general.