A former US lawmaker who was Donald Trump’s first pick to run the Justice Department regularly paid for lurid sex sessions at drug-fuelled parties, including with a 17-year-old schoolgirl, according to a scathing congressional report released Monday.

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,

According to the Ethics Committee report there is "substantial evidence" that Gaetz used prostitutes and illegal drugs.