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Matt Gaetz associate pleads guilty to six federal crimes, including sex trafficking of teen
Just The News ^ | 05/17/2021 | Nicholas Sherman

Posted on 05/17/2021 12:13:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

An associate of Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and a key figure into the federal probe against him pleaded guilty Monday to multiple crimes, including sex trafficking of a 17-year-old, according to news reports.

The associate, Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector, pleaded guilty to six federal counts in a case that sparked a federal investigation into Gaetz. The congressman has denied any wrongdoing.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: associate; fakenews; joelgreenberg; justfakenews; mattgaetz; mattgaetzsexscandal; pleadsguilty; sextrafficking; theassociate
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1 posted on 05/17/2021 12:13:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What’s an “associate” ?


2 posted on 05/17/2021 12:19:19 PM PDT by lerker
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To: SeekAndFind

Infiltration. SWAMP IS DEEP


3 posted on 05/17/2021 12:19:33 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Well, you can bet they’re working overtime trying to flip him.


4 posted on 05/17/2021 12:21:50 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: SeekAndFind

Hunter Biden - nothing to see here.


5 posted on 05/17/2021 12:21:52 PM PDT by cotton1706
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To: SeekAndFind
So because Gaetz knew him, Gaetz is guilty too?

If we use this type of justice it'll help clean up court backlog.
6 posted on 05/17/2021 12:22:30 PM PDT by John 3_19-21 (I'll get the jab, if they make me. But it'll take more than one or two of them to do it.)
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Flip him?

To flip him they’d he’d have to have something to flip over on.

You mean they are trying to get him to lie.


7 posted on 05/17/2021 12:23:57 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (Cancel Culture IS fascism...Let's start calling it that!)
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To: PGalt

No excuse for falling for an under age honey trap, That is deep state 101.


8 posted on 05/17/2021 12:25:29 PM PDT by teevolt
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What’s an “associate” ?

Apparently someone who procures young birds for you.

9 posted on 05/17/2021 12:25:38 PM PDT by Rightwing Conspiratr1
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This has the stench of a Wray and his FBI goons’ entrapment about it.


10 posted on 05/17/2021 12:26:04 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: hardspunned

Hard to argue your point.


11 posted on 05/17/2021 12:29:25 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To flip him they’d he’d have to have something to flip over on.

Did you read the article? He pled guilty to 6 federal crimes. Now comes sentencing. Or not.

12 posted on 05/17/2021 12:30:13 PM PDT by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: SeekAndFind
pleaded guilty Monday to ... sex trafficking of a 17-year-old

This is the big scandal that was leaked to the press. If, as they claimed, they have money transfers from Gaetz to the teen, airline tickets, and now a witnesses to testify against Gaetz, he's in deep dung. Gaetz seems willing to fight, but the DOJ rarely loses.

13 posted on 05/17/2021 12:30:24 PM PDT by ETCM
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What’s this....a 17 yr old? This sounds more like a call girl arrangement or madam hookup.


14 posted on 05/17/2021 12:30:37 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: PGalt

Yep!
And hope you are well.


15 posted on 05/17/2021 12:30:55 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If I wanted to live in China, I would move there!)
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To: Rightwing Conspiratr1

Sounds like a fancy way to smear someone who did nothing wrong. Since they don’t mention how he was “associate” of Gaetz, I assume he once valet parked his car or something.


16 posted on 05/17/2021 12:30:58 PM PDT by lerker
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To: lerker
Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg...


17 posted on 05/17/2021 12:33:53 PM PDT by caww ( )
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To: SeekAndFind

If they’ve got enough on you to force a plea on child sex trafficking - a crime that comes not only with a lengthy sentence attached to it, but a requirement to register as a LIFELONG sex offender as well - they must have the goods.

The uncomfortable reality is ignorance is not a defense to statutory rape and the crimes associated with it, like the Mann Act. I knew Gaetz was in trouble the night he gave that interview to Tucker Carlson and essentially made the argument in his own defense of: Tucker, she was 17. She was 18.

Really? That’s what you’re going with? Here’s a pro-tip: When you’re a thirtysomething politician, perhaps it’s best to not date teenagers, just in case. If this chick was 17 at the time she was traveling with Gaetz, particularly if she’s a cooperating witness, he’s screwed no matter what age he though she was. That’s not a ‘deep state honeytrap,’ or whatever other ridiculous descriptions are being used. Instead, that’s a guy who should have known better not knowing better.


18 posted on 05/17/2021 12:35:22 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: ETCM

Assuming any of this is true at all, it could be as simple as this “associate” asking Gaetz if he could do him a favor by covering some travel expenses for him until he can pay him back. In fact, something like that would be a perfect setup for entrapment.


19 posted on 05/17/2021 12:35:29 PM PDT by noiseman (The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.)
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To: Freedom56v2

thanks...so far so good.


20 posted on 05/17/2021 12:36:15 PM PDT by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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