Tonight on the readout.

Well, the finding, the substantial evidence findings with respect to statutory rape in Florida,

that was sex with a girl who was 17, I thought was certainly deeply concerning.

And the illegal use of illicit substances, you know,

I think ecstasy and cocaine, if I remember correctly, was concerning as well.

Ethics Committee member Glenn Ivy on Matt Gates.

Donald Trump's initial pick to be the Attorney General of the United States.

The bombshell Ethics Committee Report is now released, and it's every bit as bad and revolting as you knew it would be.

Also tonight, Trump's territorial ambitions demanding the return of the Panama Canal and that Denmark handover Greenland.

This is the same man who promised voters no more wars.

Plus, President Biden's historic announcement commuting almost all federal death sentences.

Good evening. I'm Katie Fang in for Joy Reid. and we begin tonight with the rise and fall of Matt Gates.

Today, the House Ethics Committee revealed that it found substantial evidence that the former Republican Congressman had sex with a 17-year-old girl in 2017,

and that he regularly paid women for sex while he was in Congress.

The 42-page report concluded that the committee, quote, determined there is substantial evidence

that Representative Gates violated House rules and other standards of conduct prohibiting

prostitution, statutory rape, illicit drug use, impermissible

gifts, special favors or privileges, and obstruction of Congress. Committee investigators said

they tracked 12 different women from 2017 to 2020. The committee concluded that most of the payments were likely connected

to sexual activity and or drug use. Gates has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, and on Monday,

in a series of posts on X, he denied paying for sex. Earlier this morning, Gates filed a lawsuit,

seeking to get federal court to block the Ethics Committee from releasing the damning report.

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