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.
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.