Justice Dept. Inquiry Into Matt Gaetz Said to Be Focused on Cash Paid to Women
Source: NY Times
The congressman and a former official in Florida sent money to the women using cash apps, receipts showed.
April 1, 2021 Updated 10:19 p.m. ET
WASHINGTON — A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz and an indicted Florida politician is focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments, according to people close to the investigation and text messages and payment receipts reviewed by The New York Times.
Investigators believe Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector in Seminole County, Fla., who was indicted last year on a federal sex trafficking charge and other crimes, initially met the women through websites that connect people who go on dates in exchange for gifts, fine dining, travel and allowances, according to three people with knowledge of the encounters. Mr. Greenberg introduced the women to Mr. Gaetz, who also had sex with them, the people said.
One of the women who had sex with both men also agreed to have sex with an unidentified associate of theirs in Florida Republican politics, according to a person familiar with the arrangement. Mr. Greenberg had initially contacted her online and introduced her to Mr. Gaetz, the person said.
Mr. Gaetz denied ever paying a woman for sex.
The Justice Department inquiry is also examining whether Mr. Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl and whether she received anything of material value, according to four people familiar with the investigation. The sex trafficking count against Mr. Greenberg involved the same girl, according to two people briefed on the investigation.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/us/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department.html
"Mr. Gaetz denied ever paying a woman for sex." - why else would a woman do so?
(Note, five "paragraphs", one a single sentence)
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I thought you wrote "office"!
This couldn't happen to a more deserving person-Gaetz is a rich, spoiled asshole who deserves scorn and ridicule. It is also looking more and more like he will be deserving of a prison sentence.
