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Documents detail wild alleged $25 million Gaetz extortion scheme
Washington Examiner ^ | 03/31/2021 | Emily Brooks

Posted on 03/31/2021 2:34:16 PM PDT by ScubaDiver

Rep. Matt Gaetz possesses text message screenshots, an email, and a typed document that purportedly support his claims that a federal investigation into his relationship with a 17-year-old is related to an extortion scheme against him.

On Tuesday, the New York Times reported that the Justice Department is investing whether Gaetz had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old and paid her to travel with him. Gaetz has called the report "totally false." Gaetz told Axios that his lawyers told him that he "was not a target but a subject of an investigation regarding sexual conduct with women."

The Florida Republican countered the report on Twitter and in statements to Axios and Fox News with a claim that his family is being extorted for $25 million and that the people pushing stories about an investigation into his relationships with women are the people extorting him and the subjects of an FBI extortion investigation over the last few weeks.

The documents in Gaetz's possession detail an alleged scheme that revolves around attempts by former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent and Beggs & Lane attorney David McGee, a former federal prosecutor, to free ex-FBI agent-turned-private investigator Robert Levinson from imprisonment in Iran.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alford; axios; beggsandlane; beggslane; bobkent; cia; davidmcgee; emilybrooks; extortion; fbi; florida; gaetz; greenberg; hoax; iran; kent; kishisland; levinson; mattgaetz; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkslimes; newyorktimes; projecthomecoming; robertkent; robertlevinson; stephanalford; stevealford; twitter; witchhunt
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To: ScubaDiver
It wouldn’t take the FBI 6-months to indict him if he really had been banging a 17-year old.

You never know. Look at what the FBI did with the allegations about Epstein. I doubt this story about Rep. Gaetz, but I don't doubt the corruption and incompetence that seems rife in the FBI today.

21 posted on 03/31/2021 3:33:08 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: Tucsonican

I would like to know if Gaetz is connected in some way to that sleazy Greenberg guy. This whole thing is bizarre.


22 posted on 03/31/2021 3:33:53 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX ("War is the health of the state." Randolph Bourne)
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To: conservative98

McGee has been representing the Levinson family since the beginning of the abduction. He worked with Trump when the WH was arranging to get all the other US citizens released by Iran. All were released except Levinson, who was presumed dead. McGee, from what I have read so far, is a straight-shooter and not involved in politics.


23 posted on 03/31/2021 3:34:20 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: Oshkalaboomboom

Rep. Gaetz’s father reportedly sold a business for more than $400 million, so they do have the kind of money sitting around.


24 posted on 03/31/2021 3:34:59 PM PDT by freeandfreezing
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To: TankerKC


DG = Don Gaetz, the Father.

No doubt, this was a scheme to get the Father to obfuscate during subsequent questioning by those playing the good guys.

He obfuscates, Boom, Felony one.

Then the use that as leverage to get Matt Gaetz to resign.


25 posted on 03/31/2021 3:35:37 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: Oshkalaboomboom


It’s not about $$$, it’s a sting.

FBi show up the next day to help him and he makes a statement that allows them to charge Felony one.


26 posted on 03/31/2021 3:37:21 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: romanesq

The Supreme Slimes will avoid the entire case.


27 posted on 03/31/2021 3:40:02 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: freeandfreezing


They moved quickly on Stone, Papadopolous, and Manafort.

When they kicked down Trump’s Lawyer’s offices they told a Federal Judge they couldn’t wait 24 hours to examine what they had confiscated.

It was in their possession, and they couldn’t wait 24 hrs.


28 posted on 03/31/2021 3:40:30 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: ScubaDiver
Okay.... what is the skinny on this angle?


29 posted on 03/31/2021 3:41:57 PM PDT by ptsal (Vote R.E.D. >>>Remove Every Democrat ***)
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To: romanesq

Who praises Pence on FR these days?


30 posted on 03/31/2021 3:44:37 PM PDT by Sans-Culotte (11/3-11/4/2020 - The USA became a banana republic.)
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This is right from Strzok’s playbook.

Jim Comey leaked his memos to his guy - a retired FBi guy to do the dirty work and Comey claimed it was a client / Lawyer relationship.

They were targeting Dad’s emotional reaction to aid his son.


31 posted on 03/31/2021 3:46:04 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: ScubaDiver

Is his family extremely wealthy?


32 posted on 03/31/2021 3:46:31 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: AnthonySoprano
DG = Don Gaetz, the Father.
Yeah, but the article says this was a text received by Don.

The graphic indicates it was sent by Don.

Standing by to be corrected...

33 posted on 03/31/2021 3:46:43 PM PDT by TankerKC (Be first with the truth. )
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To: Sans-Culotte

Someone was praising Pence on women meetings and comparing it to Gaetz.

It was a poor analogy.


34 posted on 03/31/2021 3:47:30 PM PDT by romanesq (TRUSTY THE PLAN! ChiCom Joe is the Plan? Que magnificent! 👹)
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To: All
B3-EFB80-B-AC31-4524-9-AFC-7-DAF97-A03-DF2

Former


35 posted on 03/31/2021 3:47:38 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: romanesq

The people here praising Mike Pence.....


Anyone here praising Mike Pence, other than ‘at least his dog rode in the car’ should be banished to BogeyLand forever.


36 posted on 03/31/2021 3:48:08 PM PDT by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: All

https://www.nwfdailynews.com/article/20151125/NEWS/151129480

Stephen Alford, part of the McGee team.

McGee, proud, award winning DOJ Prosecutor.


37 posted on 03/31/2021 3:54:58 PM PDT by AnthonySoprano (‘’’)
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To: TankerKC

The DG at the top of the screen is the iPhone account holder’s initials. It’s a gray text box on the left-hand side of the phone so it’s likely an inline reply; IOW, a reply to DG not from DG.

It looks a little strange because the right and left edges of the screen shot have been ‘cut off’ a bit. Perhaps on purpose or purpose it’s an artifact of the Examiner publishing the image file. Hard to say, for sure.


38 posted on 03/31/2021 4:12:22 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: leaning conservative

Millionaires but not hundred-millionaires. So yeah wealthy but not ‘I can pay you $25M and not feel it a lot’ wealthy, if you know what I mean.


39 posted on 03/31/2021 4:14:49 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: ScubaDiver

conmen/extortionists running a Get Flynn


40 posted on 03/31/2021 4:17:21 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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