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2021-05-18 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Friend of Representative Matt Gaetz pleads guilty to sex trafficking

[Aljazeera] A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Republican Representative Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.

Joel Greenberg, a longtime associate of Gaetz, appeared in federal court in Orlando, Florida. He pleaded guilty to six of the nearly three dozen charges he faced, including sex trafficking of a minor, and he admitted that he had paid at least one underage girl to have sex with him and other men.

Gaetz, an ardent supporter of former President Donald Trump, was not mentioned in the plea agreement or during the court hearing.

But Greenberg’s cooperation — as a key figure in the investigation and a close ally of Gaetz — may escalate the potential legal and political liability that the firebrand Florida lawmaker is facing.

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-05-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 Guilt by association. Bad when Sen. McCarthy did it in the 1950s, good now apparently.

Posted by Tom 2021-05-18 11:03|| 2021-05-18 11:03|| Front Page Top

#2 And what has Gaetz's 4th cousin twice removed been up to? Enquiring minds want to KNOW.

Posted by Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 2021-05-18 12:10|| 2021-05-18 12:10|| Front Page Top

#3 He pleaded guilty to six of the nearly three dozen charges he faced

Three dozen charges is a lot. Has Joel been a bad little boy or is the FedGov trying to get some leverage? Let's ask Mike Flynn!
"Plead guilty to the overtime parking and help us out with the investigation and we'll drop all that sex-trafficking stuff"

Posted by SteveS 2021-05-18 12:27|| 2021-05-18 12:27|| Front Page Top

#4 Funny how DoJ was never interested when Bill Clinton was boinking little girls.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-05-18 13:32|| 2021-05-18 13:32|| Front Page Top

#5 Guilt by association.

Still waiting on any fallout for the Epstein 'Family & Friends' group.

I'll be waiting for a bit I presume.

Posted by Mullah Richard 2021-05-18 14:00|| 2021-05-18 14:00|| Front Page Top

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