Posted on 08/24/2022 5:47:49 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
As The Gateway Pundit reported in March 2021 — The New York Times published a hit piece targeting popular Trump-supporter Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL). The NY Times said the Florida Congressman was under investigation for dating a 17-year-old girl.
The Gateway Pundit later spoke with a source close to Matt Gaetz who told us this NY Times report was completely false. Gaetz is not the target of the investigation. We were also told none of the women he was seeing were underage.
It’s not a surprise the left went after Gaetz since he is such an effective communicator and a staunch Trump supporter.
Rep. Gaetz told Axios “the allegations were as searing as they are false.”
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Matt Gaetz was right.
In August 2021 federal prosecutors accused Stephen Alford of trying to defraud US Rep. Matt Gaetz’s father Don Gaetz out of $25 million.
Stephen Alford, 62, pleaded guilty in an attempt to extort $25 million from Matt Gaetz’s father.
According to The Washington Examiner, the announcement by the Justice Department marks a turnaround as Alford initially entered a not guilty plea. A charge of tampering with evidence was tossed, according to Northwest Florida Daily News .
Every media outlet that smeared @mattgaetz should spend equal time apologizing to Matt & his family for lying.
It’s been obvious from the start it was all a lie, & an attempt to take down one of the strongest fighters in Congress.
Truth wins.https://t.co/CP9C4OMiKJ
— Marjorie Taylor Greene 🇺🇸 (@mtgreenee) November 28, 2021
On Monday U.S. District Judge Casey Rodgers sentenced Stephen Alford, 62, to 63 months plus three years supervised release after he pleaded guilty last year to one count of wire fraud, according to federal court documents.
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Gates rep took a hit from this, and a lot of people still think he is guilty with what he was accused.
Well, he won easily last night.
His constituents continue to love him, unlike Liz Cheney who is hated by her constituents.
The only people that believed that crap are people that wouldn’t have voted for him anyway.
Are you one of those people?
Yes, we all saw the Gaetz Derangement Syndrome sufferers on FR post their confident predictions of doom.
“a lot of people still think he is guilty with what he was accused”
Because thst lie is still being repeated.....I heard it as late as yesterday.
He needs to start going after people for slander and defamation of character.
An Alford plea.
The slander seemed incredible from the start.
There were Freepers jumping on the bandwagon, condemning Gaetz, when this story first came out.
If punishment included sawing off an extremity for each malicious act, a lot fewer crimes would be committed.
This should read...there were FReepers able to separate the extortion attempt on Gaetz's father from the underlying story about Gaetz and his friends partying with prostitutes including one who was underage.
Gaetz party pal Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to numerous felonies last year, including trafficking an under-aged female, and has been cooperating with prosecutors since then. He will be sentenced in December.
There were FR members who wanted him to step down.
A FOX news reporter said it YESTERDAY!!
Hey, if the FBI can’t set you up, then hire a democrat who knows the family.
5.56mm
I believe it....fox is bad as the rest of ‘em
They pulled it on Moore, who just won a lawsuit. They pulled it with Kavenaugh. The ‘Paper Of Record” jumps on it every time.
It’s a tired play at this point.
Hey, I was/have been wondering myself if this charge was in fact completely untrue.
I have not seen definitive proof either way. Mostly “silence” on the subject.
He continued on, still has Trump’s support, so I figured his denials were sincere.
So, I am glad to see a more definitive story on his innocence.
Well they are not “pulling it” with Gaetz. They are going to prison instead and Gaetz easily won his primaries, and will comfortably win in November too.
That's NOT how it works. You don't get to make fakr sh*t up then ask people to disprove it.
Mostly “silence” on the subject.
Gaetz was NOT silent at all.
He strongly denied this nonsense and sued them.
You got any more nonsense?
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