Posted on 11/20/2024 6:53:57 AM PST by SeekAndFind
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) has been nominated as the next attorney general, triggering all the right people in Washington. He was the subject of an ethics investigation, which has ended since he left Congress. That doesn’t mean what’s already compiled isn’t going to leak. House Speaker Mike Johnson asked for this report to be quashed. There was zero chance of that happening, as this report was likely to make its way to the media in numerous ways. For starters, a hacker is said to have obtained the damning report (via NYT):
An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general, a person with knowledge of the activity said.
The file of 24 exhibits is said to include sworn testimony by a woman who said that she had sex with Mr. Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, as well as corroborating testimony by a second woman who said that she witnessed the encounter.
The information was downloaded by a person using the name Altam Beezley at 1:23 p.m. on Monday, according to the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. A lawyer connected to the case sent an email to the address associated with Altam Beezley, only to be informed in an automated reply that the recipient does not exist.
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The documents include information that is under seal with the Justice Department, which investigated Mr. Gaetz but did not file charges, and the House Committee on Ethics, which has completed its own inquiry into the former congressman. The Ethics panel’s members are scheduled to meet on Wednesday to decide on whether to vote to release material it has gathered.
"Hacker." Sure, Jan. https://t.co/san6OlthmL— Ed Morrissey (@EdMorrissey) November 19, 2024
It's out there now. Brace yourselves. It’s going to drop at some point.
Also, a “hacker?” Is that what we’re going with here?
Hacker = Deep state operative or just Democrat.
Everyone associated with keeping those documents protected needs to be arrested and their asses thrown in jail until the so-called DNC “hacker” is found, tried and executed. The FIBBIES want a real insurrection, the DNC is in the process of making their J6 fiasco look like kid’s 4th of July parade. Damn communist state.
Hacker = the new word for “anonymous”
Weird how “Hackers” can’t seem to get ahold of epstein’s books or p-diddies books or any Democrat’s records-
An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file
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Sure.
An unspecified democrat...
Weird how “Hackers” can’t seem to get ahold of epstein’s books or p-diddies books or any Democrat’s records-
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No one knows what happened to Epsteins video collection.
Yeah, strange how that just up and disappeared-
Hmm, maybe the "hackers" are really The DOJ et al.
[[An unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file]]
Also weird is how unsecured that file was-
and also very weird is the fact that only Matt gaetz’s records were taken, and nothing else. Almost like the “hacker” knew exactly what to go after, where it was located, and how to get to it. Of all the info 9n any number of congressional people that hackers could have obtained IF they had broken in to gov records, they only get matt’s file?
Meanwhile, the age of consent in 40 of our 50 states is 17 or younger. Gaetz was 35, she 17. Creepy and inadvisable, but (depending upon where the activity took place) not illegal.
Yep- almost assuredly not illegal as the left would,have nailed him to the wall by now had it been
About Those Allegations Against Matt Gaetz Some years ago, I heard that Matt Gaetz had been accused of having sex with an underage girl. Much later, I understood that the claim had turned out to be false and had been dropped. But now, following Gaetz’s nomination as Attorney General, it has reappeared in the guise of a House Ethics Committee investigation and attendant newspaper leaks. Headlines have been full of salacious references to sex with a 17-year-old. I wondered why that was ever a matter for criminal investigation, since in most states 17 would be above the age of consent. But the age of consent is 18 in Florida, where I take the incident supposedly occurred. So, how credible is the accusation? Mollie Hemingway has the most detailed explanation of the facts that I have seen, and the answer is: not credible at all. The source of the allegation is a jailbird named Joel Greenberg: The claims arose from Joel Greenberg, “one of the most corrupt Florida politicians of all time,” according to Florida reporter Marc Caputo, who is now with the anti-Trump media outlet The Bulwark. Among many things the former Seminole County tax collector admitted to as part of a wide-ranging case for which he is currently serving 11 years in prison was falsely accusing local political opponent Brian Beute of having sex with a minor, similar to the outlandish claim he made against Gaetz. Greenberg also reportedly later attempted to frame his own attorney with pornographic images of children. … According to the Washington Post, Greenberg admitted to “fabricating allegations against a schoolteacher who was running against him to be a tax collector. Greenberg had sent letters to the school falsely claiming the teacher had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student — a similar allegation to the Gaetz case.” U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell, appointed by President Bill Clinton, said Greenberg’s actions against that innocent victim were “downright evil.” We don’t know the identity of the woman, who of course is now of age. But she apparently is a prostitute, and it was Greenberg, not Gaetz, who was sleeping with her. The crime spree Greenberg was convicted of included charges related to his ongoing sexual relationship with the 17-year-old. He met her on a site for older men with money and younger women needing money who are prepared to have sex with older men. The practice matches “sugar daddies” with “sugar babies” and is considered a form of prostitution. … The lawsuit shows that Greenberg “became insistent” that Gaetz help him obtain a pardon for his various crimes. When he was repeatedly told that wouldn’t happen, Greenberg reportedly said he would seek vengeance on those who refused to help him during his time of need. It was at this point that Greenberg began claiming without evidence that Gaetz and a variety of other Republicans and local businessmen were involved in his criminal actions, the lawsuit says. Greenberg was paying the legal bills of Gaetz’s accuser. He allegedly lied about Gaetz to “reduce his own prison sentence,” according to the lawsuit. The latter claim was supported by a September letter from Gaetz to the House Ethics Committee. Gaetz revealed a letter from a jailhouse informant who shared a holding cell with Greenberg when Greenberg admitted “making stuff up about” Gaetz as part of a plan to lighten what could have been as much as a 27-year sentence in federal prison. More at the link. The bottom line is that it is easy to understand why DOJ dropped its investigation of Gaetz two years ago. It is also easy to understand why the Democrats are seizing on such a weak reed to attack the prospective Attorney General. In their current, desperate mode, any smear is good enough for them.
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