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msfiddlestix

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2. If Gaetez isn't one of the "additional ones" expected to be prosecuted "in the coming month"

Reply to Jose Garcia (Original post)

Thu Dec 1, 2022, 01:27 PM

Dec 2022

who among us will be surprised?

we were so hopeful at the time this case became a matter under investigation. . at the time it seemed quite evident Gaetez was involved in the sex trafficking per venmo or paypal payments etc. seems like there were other evidence, but I no longer remember what they were.

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Gaetz friend gets 11 years for sex crime, other counts [View all] Jose Garcia Dec 2022 OP

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+1000 Hiawatha Pete Dec 2022 #11

If Gaetez isn't one of the "additional ones" expected to be prosecuted "in the coming month" msfiddlestix Dec 2022 #2

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Matt will walk free as a bird. Two systems of justice is what we have. BComplex Dec 2022 #6

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But there are some possibilities moniss Dec 2022 #7

I'm so old I remember when it was a sure thing Gaetz would be indicted. mn9driver Dec 2022 #12