The House Ethics Committee is expected to release its report into the conduct of former Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, as early as Monday, bringing to a close its yearslong investigation of the man President-elect Donald J. Trump initially chose to lead the Justice Department.

The disgraced former Florida representative now faces the blunt reality of his own political irrelevance. T he normal rules of public disgrace may no longer apply to Donald Trump. But at least some expectation of good behavior remains, it seems, for a politician in Trump’s orbit.

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Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with Your Day. The House Ethics Committee found evidence that former Rep. Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars to women for sex or drugs on at least 20 occasions,

The Ethics Committee accused the former congressman and AG pick of spending thousands on illegal drugs and sex, including with a 17-year-old girl.

Gaetz on Monday tried to block the report's official release, filing for a restraining order in Washington, D.C., federal court.

Alyssa Farah Griffin was not thrilled with Donald Trump ‘s attorney general pick, Matt Gaetz. According to The View co-host and former Trump staffer, she once caught the controversial politician trying to feed her former boss a “malicious” conspiracy theory.

Hours after the publication of a bombshell report revealing “substantial evidence” that Matt Gaetz paid tens of thousands of dollars for sex, including with a 17-year-old girl, the former congressman issued a fundraising plea through his recently launched political action committee.

Legal experts have told Newsweek that former Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz could be charged with taking drugs and having sex with a minor. It follows a House Ethics Committee report alleging that the Republican potentially committed crimes, including statutory rape. Statutory rape occurs when a person is too young to legally give consent to sex.

While some GOP senators have indicated they are all-in for Trump’s picks, others have withheld support, for now, especially on some of his more controversial nominees.

The Wall Street Journal praised Republican senators who helped to tank President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of ex-Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) for attorney general. The Journal published a Monday editorial,