Tonight, the scathing new report about President-elect Trump's first pick for Attorney General.

The House Ethics Committee revealing Florida Republican Matt Gates may have violated state laws on prostitution,

statutory rape and illicit drug use. Inside the pages of texts, checks,

financial statements, testimony, the former congressman forcefully pushing back tonight.

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boy fighting for life. This is NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. Good evening and welcome. He was

once the president-elect surprise pick for Attorney General, but tonight a year's long report lays

out in lower detail accusations

against former Congressman Matt Gates, accusations that ultimately derailed his bid to lead the Justice

Department. Over the course of dozens of pages of chat logs and financial transactions,

the Ethics Committee found that Gates paid tens of thousands of dollars for sex,

including in Florida, where it is illegal, had sex with an underage woman and took illicit drugs.

The DOJ investigated Gates for similar accusations, but in the end did not bring charges.

Gates has denied breaking the law throughout, and as Ryan Noble's reports, remains defiant

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