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So Rep. Matt Gaetz is unlikely to be charged in sex-trafficking probe...
American Thinker ^ | 24 Sep, 2022 | Rajan Laad

Posted on 09/24/2022 5:10:48 AM PDT by MtnClimber

... and an extended campaign of smears and innuendo comes down to ... 'no charges.'

The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the case, reported yesterday that prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation

The prosecutors informed the Justice Department that a conviction is unlikely because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses.

These two witnesses are a 17-year-old girl and Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector and one-time associate of Gaetz.

Greenberg pleaded guilty to multiple crimes such as sex trafficking of a child, aggravated identity theft, wire fraud, and defrauding a government loan program.

While investigating Greenberg’s conduct that investigators allegedly discovered evidence potentially implicating Gaetz in sex trafficking.

Greenberg has been providing investigators with information about Gaetz since last year.

The investigation of Gaetz’s alleged involvement with a 17-year-old girl several years earlier began in late 2020 with the approval of then-Attorney General Bill Barr.

SNIP

Back in 2021, the FBI charged a Florida resident Stephen M. Alford for attempting to extort $25 million from Gaetz’s father Don to secure a presidential pardon for the younger Gaetz amid the ongoing sex-trafficking probe.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; gaetz; hoax; joelgreenberg; sextrafficking
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To: MtnClimber

Charlie Kirk summarized it well:

THE PROCESS IS THE PUNISHMENT.

DOJ-FBI targets political opponents filing bogus charges, leaking to paid surrogates in their fake media who attempt to convict in the court of public opinion, aiming to end the opponent’s power and influence, waging lawdare to burden the opponent with overwhelming legal bills, delighting in any destruction of the opponent’s relations with family or supporters, thinking no accountable consequences will be returned.

What has happened to Matt Gaetz has happened to many, many others including Donald Trump.

The enemy understands we are holding fire until we see the whites of their eyes this November at which time Hell will be unleashed upon them and will not stop until they are brought to justice.

Because of our resolve, the enemy will nod to Beijing’s foray into Taiwan and prod nuclear confrontation in the Ukraine while it attacks American “Insurrectionists” as domestic terrorists.


21 posted on 09/24/2022 6:51:28 AM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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To: MtnClimber

WasPos got their headline. Gaetz -sex trafficking


22 posted on 09/24/2022 6:51:28 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: newzjunkey

Rules? How’d that work out for Trump during election year in 2020? NY AG, rape allegations, many more.

Hunter/Biden should have been investigated when the laptop was turned over to FBI in summer of 2019 for national security reasons, bribes, etc.


23 posted on 09/24/2022 6:52:27 AM PDT by Engedi
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To: Travis McGee

They found him in a Burger King waiting for an adolescent girl. No one put him in his car at gunpoint.

L


24 posted on 09/24/2022 6:58:10 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Travis McGee

Thanks for the post.


25 posted on 09/24/2022 7:09:50 AM PDT by AuntB (Trump is our Ben Franklin - Brilliant, Boisterous, Brave and ALL AMERICAN!)
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To: Travis McGee

Excellent re-post.

My only suggestion is to change “woke up to” to “awakened”.

Because Sharyl isn’t woke. She is awakened. One of the few real journalists out there.


26 posted on 09/24/2022 7:09:59 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Lurker
Ritter was charged, tried, and convicted.

Has that ever happened to an innocent man?

27 posted on 09/24/2022 7:14:46 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump WON!!! The Gestapo closes ranks.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

They arrested him in a Burger King while he was waiting for an adolescent girl to show up. The FBI didn’t drive his ass there. He did.

L


28 posted on 09/24/2022 7:16:51 AM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: MtnClimber

I can’t recall the guy’s name, but the biggest credibility problem with this case stems from the involvement of a Florida Democrat lawyer, formerly of the DoJ, who was heavily involved in setting up the anti-Gaetz operations. I bet the current prosecutors don’t want that coming out in court in Florida (it wouldn’t matter in DC) that their case is basically a Hillary Clinton-style dirty trick.


29 posted on 09/24/2022 7:41:42 AM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve seen far more that supports Joe Biden messed with underaged children than Gaetz ever did. We know his son Hunter did — his 14 year old niece. He actually videoed it.


30 posted on 09/24/2022 8:41:16 AM PDT by boycott
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To: newzjunkey

That’s strange; they had evidence from the “non-politician” Hunter’s business partners that he had paid off his father with millions from the Ukraine and communist China. His father was running for President; I find this a bit more compelling for investigation than who a congressman dated when he was a 17 year old and so was she. But I guess in your neocon world, you have an explanation for everything, as long as its a warmongering libera.


31 posted on 09/24/2022 8:58:26 AM PDT by laconic
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To: MtnClimber

The FBI the KGB of America... Refund thee FBI!!!!


32 posted on 09/24/2022 8:58:57 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: MtnClimber

Media Memo
Be sure to use the words “Matt Gaetz” and “sex trafficking” in close proximity to each other no matter the outcome. Do it again and again.


33 posted on 09/24/2022 9:27:10 AM PDT by Demiurge2 (Define your terms!)
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To: MtnClimber

whatever the corporate media claims, I automatically assume the exact opposite is true.


34 posted on 09/24/2022 10:48:11 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: MtnClimber

sex trafficking . . . and . . . probe

Good choice of words.


35 posted on 09/24/2022 10:50:28 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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