Product between two non-square permutation matrices

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Given a $n \times m$ permutation matrix $X$ (with $0 < n <= m$), I would like to show that $X'X$ must be diagonal and $XX'=I$. How can I prove that?

Note that a permutation matrix is a square (0, 1)-matrix, all of whose columns and rows each have exactly one nonzero element. Here, I am focussing on a non-square version in which each row has exactly one nonzero element (i.e., removing the condition on the columns).