WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., sought a restraining order Monday against the House Ethics Committee in an effort to halt the panel's expected release of a final report summarizing its investigation into him.

Matt Gaetz, the former Florida Congressman President-elect Donald Trump nominated to serve as U.S. Attorney General, had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017, when he was 35, and then paid her, according to multiple news reports.

After a yearslong investigation into whether the former congressman engaged in sexual misconduct and illicit drug use, the House Ethics Committee made the stunning decision to release its findings