House investigators find evidence.

眾議院調查員找到證據

Former Florida Congressman Matt Gates spent thousands of dollars for sex and drugs, including paying to have sex with a teenager in 2017.

佛羅里達州前眾議員馬特-蓋茨（Matt Gates）花費數千美元購買性用品和毒品，包括在 2017 年花錢與一名青少年發生性關係。

This is all part of the House Ethics Committee report released today.

這些都是眾議院道德委員會今天發佈的報告的一部分。

The report finds Gates paid for sex and drugs at least 20 times, violating Florida law and the statutory rape law.

報告發現蓋茨至少 20 次為性和毒品付費，違反了佛羅里達州法律和法定強姦罪法。

Gates filed a civil complaint in federal court to try to keep the report private.

蓋茨向聯邦法院提起民事訴訟，試圖將報告保密。

He says he's innocent.

他說他是無辜的

Federal investigators declined to charge him.

聯邦調查人員拒絕對他提出指控。

This weekend, Gates hinted his political career may not be over.

本週末，蓋茨暗示他的政治生涯可能還沒有結束。

My fellow Floridians have asked me to eye the governor's mansion in Tallahassee.

我的弗羅裡達同胞們要求我關注塔拉哈西的州長官邸。

Maybe special counsel to go after the insider trading for my former colleagues in Congress.

也許特別顧問會追查我在國會的前同事的內幕交易。

It seems I may not have had enough support in the United States Senate.

看來，我在美國參議院可能沒有得到足夠的支持。

Maybe I'll just run for Marco Rubio's vacancy.

也許我可以競選馬可-盧比奧的空缺職位。

Matt Gates elected was President Elect Trump's first choice for attorney general before dropping out.

當選的馬特-蓋茨曾是候任總統特朗普的首選司法部長人選，後來放棄了。

He has signed on with One America News to host the Matt Gates show a one hour political talk show starting next month.

他已與 One America News 簽約，從下個月開始主持馬特-蓋茨的節目，這是一檔一小時的政治訪談節目。

Continuing coverage.

繼續報道。

Not everyone in Congress wanted the Gates report released.

國會中並非每個人都希望蓋茨的報告被公佈。

House Republicans blocked its earlier release this month, and then the Ethics Committee voted for it to be made public.

眾議院共和黨人阻止了本月早些時候的公佈，隨後道德委員會投票決定將其公佈於眾。

Democratic Congressman Sean Casting criticized Gates and called on the chamber to hold itself to a higher ethical standard.

民主黨眾議員肖恩-卡斯特（Sean Casting）責備了蓋茨，並呼籲議院以更高的道德標準要求自己。

You're at a party.

你在派對上。

There's a young girl who was less than half of your age who was doing drugs, and you're having sex with her and your excuses.

有一個不到你一半大的年輕女孩在吸毒，你卻和她發生了關係，還找藉口。

You didn't know she was 17.

你不知道她才17歲

Come on.

來吧

Gates says he was fully exonerated when the Justice Department did not charge him.

蓋茨說，當司法部沒有對他提出指控時，他已經完全脫罪了。

He also says the D O.

他還說，D O.

J.

J.

Had issues with the credibility of witnesses.

證人的可信度有問題。

Gates calls his past behavior embarrassing but not criminal.

蓋茨稱自己過去的行為令人尷尬，但並非犯罪。

He resigned from Congress last month while he still had hopes of becoming the U.

上個月，他辭去了國會職務，當時他仍有希望成為美國總統。

S.

S.

Attorney general.

總檢察長