The House Ethics Committee secretly voted earlier this month to release its report on its three-year investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., a a person familiar with the vote confirmed to The Associated Press.

The panel’s findings are expected to be made public after the House’s final votes before their holiday recess, according to CNN, which was the first to report on the vote Wednesday. In a social media post, Gaetz addressed the reports about the vote and denied any wrongdoing, while acknowledging his "30s were an era of working very hard - and playing hard too."

"It’s embarrassing, though not criminal, that I probably partied, womanized, drank and smoked more than I should have earlier in life," Gaetz wrote. "I live a different life now."

The committee's reported decision is a reversal from an earlier vote along party lines in late November in favor of keeping the report secret.

The investigation explored whether Gaetz “engaged in sexual misconduct and/or illicit drug use, shared inappropriate images or videos on the House floor, misused state identification records, converted campaign funds to personal use, and/or accepted a bribe, improper gratuity, or impermissible gift, in violation of House Rules, laws, or other standards of conduct,” the Ethics Committee said in June.

Allegations that Gaetz paid for sex and had sex with an underage girl resurfaced in November after President-elect Donald Trump announced he was nominating Gaetz for attorney general. Gaetz withdrew from consideration Nov. 21, saying that his nomination “was unfairly becoming a distraction.”

Gaetz, 42, had resigned from the House immediately after Trump announced his nomination.

A separate Justice Department investigation into Gaetz ended with no charges being filed. In the post on X on Wednesday, Gaetz again vehemently denied any wrongdoing, citing the Justice Department’s decision not to prosecute him. 

“Then, the very ‘witnesses’ DOJ deemed not-credible were assembled by House Ethics to repeat their claims absent any cross-examination or challenge from me or my attorneys,” he wrote. “I’ve had no chance to ever confront any accusers. I’ve never been charged. I’ve never been sued.”

“In my single days, I often sent funds to women I dated - even some I never dated but who asked,” Gaetz continued. “I dated several of these women for years. I NEVER had sexual contact with someone under 18.  Any claim that I have would be destroyed in court - which is why no such claim was ever made in court.”

The Ethics Committee’s decision to release a report on a former member of Congress is rare but not unprecedented.