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Rep. Matt Gaetz exonerated, Fla. developer charged with extortion
One America News ^ | September 2, 2021

Posted on 09/02/2021 7:07:33 AM PDT by Navy Patriot

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has been exonerated and the Department of Justice’s sex trafficking investigation has been shut down as the man who made the false allegations is now behind bars. Florida developer and convicted fraud, Stephen Alford, faced a judge on Tuesday after he was indicted for extortion.

According to a newly unsealed indictment, the 62-year-old spread lies about Gaetz as part of a complex scheme to defraud Gaetz’s father of $25 million.

“Alford is alleged to have been involved in a scheme to obtain money based upon false promises or guarantees he made to the victim that Alford could deliver a presidential pardon for a family member of the victim,” said the Justice Department in a statement.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: alford; bidenvoters; extortion; fl; florida; fraud; gaetz; levinson; liar; mattgaetz; mccabe; mikeflynn; robyngritz; stephenalford
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To: Navy Patriot

Bump


41 posted on 09/02/2021 8:13:03 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: Navy Patriot

The guy has been smeared by the lefties up and down as being a pedophile.


42 posted on 09/02/2021 8:25:22 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman!)
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To: TexasGator

SHOCKING! Makes we wonder what they have up their sleeves.


43 posted on 09/02/2021 8:26:23 AM PDT by FrankRizzo890
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To: HighSierra5
Here's the creep who went after Gaetz.....now arrested for extortion!


44 posted on 09/02/2021 8:31:44 AM PDT by caww ( )
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To: HighSierra5

Maybe he will be on TV again...I’ve missed his input


45 posted on 09/02/2021 8:32:06 AM PDT by Karoo
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To: Navy Patriot

Personally, if I was under investigation by the DOJ for trafficking underage women, I would not call that exonerated. This is just confirmation that he was blackmailed for his alleged crimes.


46 posted on 09/02/2021 8:53:23 AM PDT by ready2brd
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Yes, they are not done with Gaetz, I expect. Anything he does now, or if/when he runs for office in the future, will be reported with the opening line that “... he was once investigated for several charges, including sex trafficking.....” with nothing said to indicate that he was exonerated.

That is all they need in this day and age. Then, per the MSM, they can all start their stories with “.... according to reports.....”.

If the public ever wakes up to this manipulation, we might have a chance.


47 posted on 09/02/2021 9:18:45 AM PDT by NEMDF
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To: j.havenfarm

Truth is frequently stranger than fiction.


48 posted on 09/02/2021 10:38:45 AM PDT by Valpal1
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To: Yardstick
It's good to see Gaetz prevail here

Except Gaetz hasn't prevailed...and he is still the subject of a DOJ investigation due to his ill advised association with disgraced Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, who has already pled guilty to six Federal charges including one count of soliciting sex from a minor.

The fact someone tried to extort his father by dangling the promise of a Trump pardon in exchange for cash is a separate matter.

49 posted on 09/02/2021 11:02:05 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: rlmorel

“93,998,663,209,876,098”

Is that years, decades, centuries or millennium?


50 posted on 09/02/2021 12:49:23 PM PDT by oldvirginian (I’m getting tired of being part of a major historical event.)
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To: Karoo

I can recall seeing Gaetz, Jordan, and Gohmert on the news in the past and thought they sounded like FReepers. But alas, I haven’t watched the news for a single second since 11-6-20.


51 posted on 09/02/2021 12:57:26 PM PDT by Quilla
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To: oldvirginian

LOL, those are defined as “Single Universe Existence” intervals...


52 posted on 09/02/2021 1:12:42 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: G Larry

There were a few, no doubt. Seems to be how things roll these days...


53 posted on 09/02/2021 1:13:12 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: G Larry

“Not I,” said the Bat!


54 posted on 09/02/2021 1:38:39 PM PDT by BatGuano (Ya don't think that I would go into battle with change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: ready2brd
Personally, if I was under investigation by the DOJ for trafficking underage women, ...

I would be certain you are NOT a Democrat ...

55 posted on 09/02/2021 2:17:02 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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To: Little Pig

I hope he puts them on blast. People were putting out such malicious gossip! Weeks of allegations about underage girls, drugs, weekend trips outside the country, misdirected campaign funds - I hope he fights back and calls out the critics by name.


56 posted on 09/02/2021 11:01:05 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: Navy Patriot

Bravo!


57 posted on 09/05/2021 6:57:15 PM PDT by NetAddicted ( Just looking)
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To: mac_truck

The Greenberg case involves the missing FBI former FBI agent Levinson, who died in Iranian hands. The disgraced FBI official Andrew McCabe is tied to that...apparently McCabe, who now works for CNN, blocked the investigator Robyn Gritz who was trying to find and get Levinson back. McCabe allegedly harassed Fritz, and a certain General Flynn came to her defense against McCabe. McCabe then later set up Flynn ...recall McCabe saying “First we f### Flynn, then we f### Trump.” Pretty sure this Gaetz case is not as it seems, there is too much going on behind the scenes.


58 posted on 09/06/2021 10:18:38 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: piasa
The Greenberg case involves the missing FBI former FBI agent Levinson, who died in Iranian hands.

It takes less than a minute of research to show that statement is 100% false.

Please...just take a minute and look up Joel Greenberg.

59 posted on 09/07/2021 9:09:02 AM PDT by mac_truck (aide toi et dieu t'aidera)
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To: mac_truck

You seem to have an agenda against Gaetz as it doesn’t seem like he’s done anything wrong


60 posted on 09/07/2021 1:49:00 PM PDT by Lod881019
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