Two women testified before the House Ethics Committee that former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) paid them to have sex, according to the attorney representing them.

Joel Leppard, a Florida-based attorney, made the disclosure in an interview with ABC News that was published Monday. The article does not include the identities of his clients, both of whom are older than 18.

Leppard said the House Ethics Committee and his clients went one by one through a series of Venmo transactions.

“That’s correct,” Leppard told ABC News's Juju Chang when asked if both his clients testified that they were paid by Gaetz to have sex. “The House was very clear about that and went through each. They essentially put the Venmo payments on the screen and asked about them. And my clients repeatedly testified, ‘What was this payment for?’ ‘Well that was for sex.’”

The revelation marks the latest piece of information Leppard has disclosed since President-elect Trump nominated Gaetz to serve as attorney general and the Florida Republican subsequently resigned from the House.

Last week, Leppard told ABC News that one of his........

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