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[greenjar_01]

1. When a reputable source confirms, I'll take this more seriously

[msfiddlestix]

9. I'm with you..

Thought the Daily Mail was considered trash, like on the level of the Enquirer?

As in a David Pecker type of "journalism"

[FBaggins]

15. Gaetz himself is the source here

This just repeats what he claims was being used to extort him. He mentioned the document in that first interview

[greenjar_01]

18. Not in my view

That both Gaetz and the DM mention this does not constitute anything like confirmation. For all I know, the clowns at the DM simply concocted this article for clicks based on what Gaetz said in the interview.

[FBaggins]

23. Did you read the article?

It includes the reported documents and says that they came from him

[IL Dem]

30. That was my thought when I saw the link.

Isn't the Daily Mail a tabloid rag?

[Miguelito Loveless]

2. Daily Mail is a highly unreliable source

that occasionally gets things correct.

[Lovie777]

3. Oh my, they have pictures . . .

any guesses who the "unidentified" lections office is?

[Sanity Claws]

7. Could it just be Greenberg again?

He was elected and partied with Gaetz.

[rickyhall]

4. Perp walk?

[sop]

5. Another "elected official"? Did Trump visit Maitland during the last four years?

[marble falls]

6. I bet he has an excuse. I can't wait until he resigns later today.

[Fullduplexxx]

8. Well he'll suddenly remember that god has forgiven him and that he needs to spend more time with his

Family

[marble falls]

13. "..... I need to spend more time with my family, yadda,yadda, yadda. I will be back ...

... after I fight to clear my name, thank you - no questions!"

[malaise]

10. THIS

[dsc]

16. He will resign so he can spend more time with other people's children

[marble falls]

20. Bazinga!

[JohnnyRingo]

40. Killed it.

Good one!

[uponit7771]

11. Need more credible source, looks like someone sending out stink bomb to confuse

[TheRealNorth]

19. Yes - gotta keep our guard up

Republican's are not above voting fake stories with the hope that the MSM will latch on to them in the feeding frenzy so that they can discredit the MSM and the entire story.

[634-5789]

12. Maybe, but the Daily Mail is a rag...

[Borchkins]

14. Sex-trafficked children

they are not underaged, or minor, prostitutes. They have been trafficked.

[blogslug]

17. Ah, the Daily Fail

Sure, Matt, sure. All extortionists send hard-copy plans, printed from a deskjet, with mission titles like "Operation Homecoming".

[EarlG]

21. The headline is misleading

Gaetz himself released this information -- his story is that the men trying to extort him were the ones claiming that the FBI had pictures of him in an orgy.

That doesn't mean that this ISN'T simply spin by a flailing imbecile who has been caught with his pants down and is now trying to cover his ass -- the FBI investigation and photos may actually exist -- but the sensational headline doesn't really represent the facts of the story.

[tulipsandroses]

24. Yeah I was about to post this, this is not info that the Daily Mail made up - its from info Gaetz

himself gave. He mentioned that " people are saying there are pics" in his bizarre interview with Tucker.

Whether they exist or not, we do not know. But this information was obtained from his " evidence of extortion"

As it has been said by legal experts, both things can be true.

Gaetz is guilty of sex trafficking - and someone may have very well been trying to extort him. (Although whether this is extortion - by definition of the law is questionable)


Two very separate issues. What we should not get caught up in is him wanting us to focus on the extortion. That's a separate issue.

He knows that its hard for people to hold 2 thoughts in their head.

[Tanuki]

22. The Orlando Sentinel has previously noted his alleged propensity for "sex games"

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/breaking-news/os-ne-joel-greenberg-matt-gaetz-investigation-sex-trafficking-20210330-moyyt73tbzhrlmpjcwkqv2oeyq-story.html

..."In January 2020, state Rep. Chris Latvala accused Gaetz of having created a “game” during his time in Tallahassee that gave out points for “sleeping with aides, interns, lobbyists, and married legislators.” The allegation echoed a Miami Herald story in 2015 that reported that such a game was played by younger state representatives. Gaetz denied involvement in any such game."

[Victor_c3]

25. Really, what is with republicans and their sex offenders?

Roy Moore, Michael Allan Letts, George Nader, Acosta, Jim Jones and now Gaetz??

[Baitball Blogger]

27. It's that whole locker room nonsense.

[Baitball Blogger]

26. Something I learned about Central Florida, back in the eighties when lapdances were legal.

One of the first things the good buddies in our office would do when home office came down to visit, was to take the men down to OBT where they would get them drunk and treat them to lapdances. It was an attempt to soften them up, but also provided blackmail opportunities. If you include the men who worked in our office, very few men were really good family people.

So, here we are forty years later. Will these idiots never learn? This is what Florida is all about. The most reckless advance because they're promoted by the very people who can blackmail them.

And who is the other elected official? Maitland. Hmmm... Wish it was a city attorney.

[IronLionZion]

28. If that were true, they would have arrested him by now

[Botany]

29. Didn't Gaetz himself bring this up?

Unprompted he said something like, "Well there are no pictures of me with underage prostitutes."

[ananda]

31. Oh dear, it's dailymail.

We need more and better sources for this.

[Yorkie Mom]

32. The most surprising part to me was that Bob Levinson is mentioned.

The Daily Mail does get some scoops, but people dismiss them because it's the DM. I dismiss nothing out of hand any more.

It will be interesting to see how much of this is verified.

[appmanga]

33. A statement from Matt Gaetz

"None of those prostitutes were underage".

[SheltieLover]

34. And both are not behind bars why?

[JohnnyRingo]

35. Please don't show them to me.

Just the guy's misshapen face is bizarre enough with the horse teeth and Gumby hair.
I can only imagine how much sex must cost him.

[PatSeg]

36. Matt Gaetz looks like a cheesy 1960s game show host

That said, I know The Daily Mail is a rag, but I'm inclined to believe some of the story is likely to turn out to be true. Whatever the truth is, being it involves Matt Gaetz, it is probably really raunchy and sleezey. It is still hard to believe this fool got reelected.

[AllyCat]

37. Ummm...the Daily Mail is not really reputable.

[SheilaAnn]

38. April Fools? Just sayin' n/t

[Kid Berwyn]

39. Gee. Just the other day Gaetz was a rising star of the Republic Party.

Gaetz’s relentless flattery and gift for political performance put him high on Trump’s buddy list—which allows him to play a surprisingly complicated game. “I view the Trump presidency not as a condition to be managed, but as an opportunity to be seized,” he said.

Source: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/03/donald-trump-matt-gaetz-cpac-2020

[Baltimike]

41. There is NO such thing as an "underaged prostitute". There is a child being trafficked and raped. n