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House Ethics Committee finally dropped its highly anticipated report detailing the misconduct allegations perpetrated by former Rep. Matt Gaetz. The report concludes that “there is substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz 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.” To supplement the report, the committee shared a bevy of screenshots of text communications between Gaetz and the young, college-age women he and his associate Joel Greenberg allegedly paid for sex and companionship, and… I hope you’re ready for some second-hand embarrassment! The different appendixes attached to the report feature extensive evidence of Gaetz flying women across state lines, arranging hotel visits, seeking illicit drugs, and generally being a creep. The evidence also includes text messages between the women about Gaetz and Greenberg not paying them sufficiently, not paying them at all, or detailing the women’s reluctance to use drugs. The committee’s report notes that “at least one woman felt that the use of drugs at the parties and events they attended may have ‘impair(ed their) ability to really know what was going on or fully consent.’” The report continued, “One woman said, ‘I think about it all the time … . I still see him when I turn on the tv and there’s nothing anyone can do. It’s frustrating to know I lived a reality that he denies.’”