{"id":102799,"date":"2021-04-14T17:10:11","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T22:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102799"},"modified":"2021-04-15T10:56:20","modified_gmt":"2021-04-15T15:56:20","slug":"matt-gaetzs-indicted-former-associate-is-cooperating-with-the-justice-department","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102799","title":{"rendered":"Matt Gaetz\u2019s Indicted Former Associate Is Cooperating with The Justice Department"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- RSR AD 1 --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1545664804358300\" data-ad-slot=\"7759247395\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102799\" rel=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=102799\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-102800 size-medium\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EKZK7NRI5ZD7RKOBXYSJSTR54U-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EKZK7NRI5ZD7RKOBXYSJSTR54U-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EKZK7NRI5ZD7RKOBXYSJSTR54U-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EKZK7NRI5ZD7RKOBXYSJSTR54U-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/EKZK7NRI5ZD7RKOBXYSJSTR54U.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>By Nikki Slusher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It appears that Joel Greenberg has decided to cooperate with the Justice Department on their current investigation into the onetime former Seminole County, FL. tax collector and everybody\u2019s least favorite congressman, Rep. Matt Gaetz (Q-FL).<\/p>\n<p>Sources familiar with the discussions said Greenberg disclosed to investigators that he and Gaetz had multiple encounters with young women who were provided cash or gifts in exchange for sex with the two. Investigators claim the two creepers recruited the women online, including focus on if they had sexual encounters with a 17-year-old which also violates federal sex-trafficking statutes. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Greenberg claimed to have introduced Gaetz to the young women and provided details of firsthand accounts of their activities. Although his cooperation is helpful in their case against Gaetz, his credibility as a witness may be hard to keep considering he is facing dozens of various other charges including sex trafficking of a minor, stalking a political rival and corruption, according to a report by the NY Times.<\/p>\n<p>The speculation over Greenberg\u2019s potential cooperation with authorities started drawing national attention last week, after Greenberg\u2019s defense lawyer and a federal prosecutor both said in court that it was likely he would agree to plead guilty in the forthcoming weeks. \u201cI\u2019m sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today,\u201d Fritz Scheller, Greenberg\u2019s attorney, told reporters after the proceedings took place.<\/p>\n<p>The Times report also indicates that Greenberg decided to cooperate to secure some leniency after he realized investigators had an \u201coverwhelming\u201d amount of incriminating evidence against him. Both Gaetz and Greenberg ran in Florida\u2019s high-profile Republican political circles and were proud supporters of former Pres. Donald Trump. Often the pair was a vocal set of allies for each other and were a part of an elite network of the GOP\u2019s power brokers.<\/p>\n<p>Now it seems they are joining the growing list of the GOPs most disgraced, powerless, and broke. #WeLoveToSeeIt<\/p>\n<p>[si-contact-form form=&#8217;2&#8242;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Nikki Slusher It appears that Joel Greenberg has decided to cooperate with the Justice Department on their current investigation into the onetime former Seminole County, FL. tax collector and everybody\u2019s least favorite congressman, Rep. Matt Gaetz (Q-FL). Sources familiar with the discussions said Greenberg disclosed to investigators that he and Gaetz had multiple encounters [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22247,18030],"tags":[26262],"class_list":["post-102799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-political-columns","category-world-news","tag-matt-gaetzs-indicted-former-associate-is-cooperating-with-the-justice-department"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=102799"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=102799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=102799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=102799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}