Washington (CNN) A former Florida Democratic House candidate recently admitted to lying about removing 77 bullets from dozens of victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, a claim that led to her being cited with violating state law, according to documents released last week.

The documents, released by the Florida Department of Health , say Catherine Elizabeth McCarthy admitted to a state investigator that she lied about being a doctor, including when she said she was one of the doctors who treated victims of the June 2016 massacre, which left 49 dead at a gay nightclub in Orlando. McCarthy was a registered nurse in the state until her license expired in 2005, but has never been a licensed doctor, according to the Washington Post

"That night of Pulse, I personally removed 77 bullets from 32 people," McCarthy said at an event hosted in March by Florida Democratic Rep. Darren Soto, according to a recording of the event from CNN affiliate WESH in Orlando.

"The night of Pulse, I was working at Orlando Health. And we're -- you're never prepared for it. We've never experienced something like that," she said at the event.

The documents, however, state that a department investigator found that "since '2014 (or) 2015' (McCarthy) had knowingly been holding herself out as a Medical Doctor" and that she misled the public as she prepared for her campaign.

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