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Matt Gaetz Twitter Keeps Giving, and Getting Zinged On News That His Buddy Will Plead Guilty and Help Prosecutors

Towleroad May 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

 
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By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former Florida official central to the federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz committed sex trafficking of a minor will cooperate with investigators as part of a plea agreement, a court document submitted by prosecutors showed.

The former official, Joel Greenberg https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/friend-us-congressman-gaetz-expected-plead-guilty-sex-trafficking-case-court-2021-05-13, is set to plead guilty to crimes including sex-trafficking a minor – a relationship he described online as being a “sugar daddy” – and to introducing the minor to other adult men who engaged in sex acts with the minor in Greenberg’s presence, court papers show. The papers do not identify the other adult men.

According to the plea agreement, Greenberg will admit to spending more than $70,000 in 150 transactions to pay for sex with the minor and others, who were 18 or older, as well as to giving the minor and others the illegal drug Ecstasy.

A plea hearing for Greenberg, a former tax collector in Florida’s Seminole County, is scheduled for Monday in federal court in Orlando, Florida.

The plea deal marks a turning point in the sprawling federal investigation, which has roiled Florida politics and ensnared Gaetz, 39, one of former President Donald Trump’s staunchest defenders in Congress.

Investigators are seeking to determine whether Gaetz had sex with the same 17-year-old Greenberg was accused of trafficking, according to news reports and a law enforcement source who spoke with Reuters.

Gaetz has not been charged with any crimes and has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.

“Congressman Gaetz doesn’t seem to be named nor referenced in Mr. Greenberg’s plea,” said Harlan Hill, a Gaetz spokesman. “Congressman Gaetz has never had sex with a minor and has never paid for sex.”

Greenberg’s lawyer, Fritz Scheller, suggested to reporters last month that Greenberg cooperating with federal investigators could have implications for Gaetz.

“I’m sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today,” Scheller said in April, after a court hearing where prosecutors signaled a plea deal was imminent.

In a column published last month on the Washington Examiner website, Gaetz declared he had no plans to resign from Congress.

“There are exactly zero credible (or even non-credible) accusers willing to come forward by name and state on the public record that I behaved improperly toward them,” Gaetz wrote.

Representative Steve Scalise, the No. 2 House Republican, said last month that the party would take action against Gaetz if the Justice Department formally charges him.

(Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball in WashingtonEditing by Bill Berkrot and Matthew Lewis)

Matt Gaetz Twitter responses And Damning Old Tweets

The two Venmo stories this morning really shine a light on our two political parties:

Joe Biden: money sent to grandkids, probably some $ spent on ice cream.

Matt Gaetz: Escorts, cocaine, hotels, underage girls. #MattGaetzIsGuiltyAF

— Nick Knudsen 🇺🇸 (@NickKnudsenUS) May 15, 2021

Remember when Matt Gaetz was the only 'no' vote in the entire Congress against legislation that targeted human trafficking? pic.twitter.com/yztC5T4Vcj

— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) May 15, 2021

1/There's much speculation surrounding #MattGaetz & Nestor Galban. Locals here know more about the story, but #DaddyGaetz keeps a tight lid on things.

The more interesting part is timing of the "son" announcement, June 18th 2020.#JoelGreenberg initial arrest: June 23rd 2020. pic.twitter.com/cHIofpwy6T

— MINDF©️K (@gal_suburban) May 15, 2021

Note from a former criminal defense attorney to @MattGaetz: when a guy who's looking at a 10-year minimum flips on you, it's time to think about info you have on any folks more important to prosecutors than a high-profile U.S. congressman

(That's a short list, so I'd think fast)

— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 14, 2021

Or this… pic.twitter.com/I0nHUBumVP

— Todd Lytle (@ToddLytle) May 14, 2021

I strongly support drug-testing Members of Congress. https://t.co/sUpUIyIBaB

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) May 14, 2021

Adam Kinzinger is the first Republican to call on Matt Gaetz to resign because all the other ones are busy deleting their Venmo histories.

— Jake Lobin (@JakeLobin) April 9, 2021

.@mattgaetz, your tweet below not going to age well. Looks like you have been a very bad boy. https://t.co/tsvXihGcVO pic.twitter.com/iQBakRRpA4

— Fred Guttenberg (@fred_guttenberg) May 15, 2021

How it started How it ends😂 pic.twitter.com/Sr9Bib4tl3

— Dena Grayson, MD, PhD (@DrDenaGrayson) May 14, 2021

Turns out Gaetz was giving lawyer recs… https://t.co/CQmENqgvpF pic.twitter.com/P4OmxDo662

— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) May 15, 2021

ICYMI, a zinger from earlier in the week

Holy Shit! 😳 That's gonna leave a mark.
Adam "Putting the Zinger in" Kinzinger 🔥🔥🔥s Matt Gaetz a new one.#MattGaetzIsAPervert pic.twitter.com/l5FDiH2WlJ

— James 🇺🇸 💉🏳️‍🌈 Ƨtiffler (@Lyve_Wire) May 12, 2021

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