Why so much coverage and interest from the left and DOJ on a relatively routine offense Its not that they have a chance of winning the district I believe its the mindset to punish, extremely ,anyone who was a Trump advocate....like sending FBI swat to arrest Rodger Stone in his pajamas....Just over the top showboating to exact revenge ( a weird reality show)....Its a release for TDS To scare people from working with Trump in the future
Ask Matt nicely and he may give sloppy seconds with his next underage prostitute. I'm sure the bracing guilty pleas of his tax collector friend dragging him in were all just a plan eh?
I've not been following this. Has Gaetz been indicted? I seem to remember we were told it was "coming soon". the very first post of this thread had him being investigated back in March. Still going on?
On Thursday, the Beast reported that investigators have added two more lawyers with experience in public corruption cases and child exploitation crimes to the sex-trafficking involving Gaetz. Matt Gaetz suspended from practicing law: According to a report from the Daily Beast's Jose Pagliery, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) is no longer entitled to practice law in his home state after having his license pulled by the Florida Bar. "He clearly doesn't take his law license very seriously when he doesn't take the time to pay the $265 dues," said Daniel Uhlfelder who lives in Gaetz's district. "He's not a serious lawyer. He's not a serious congressman. He's not a serious person. This is one small but symbolic example of that."
Anyone defending Gaetz is probably a pedo. Just sayin'. NYT: DOJ ADDS PROSECUTORS TO GAETZ INVESTIGATION
Matt Gaetz Is Screwed Six Ways From Sunday Two top prosecutors have been added to the DOJ’s investigation, and the sentencing of the congressman’s former wingman has been delayed because of the volume of dirt the guy has shared with the Feds. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2021/10/matt-gaetz-doj-investigation-developments If you’ve been keeping tabs on the legal drama surroundingMatt Gaetz,you probably noticed that the last month seemingly brought a lull in headlines concerning the Justice Department investigation into whether he paid women for sex and, separately, slept with a minor and transported her across state lines. Some might have taken that pause to mean the Republican congressman was in the clear, and that the only thing he had to worry about was how deeply awkward Thanksgiving with the in-laws would be this year. But unfortunately for the Florida representative, that does not appear to be the case. In fact, multiple developments in the scandal that he has asked us to refer to as “Gaetzgate” suggest the guy should be extremely worried about his future as a free man. The most worrisome, if one is worried about Gaetz potentially doing a decade in prison, is a report from The New York Times that the Department of Justice has added a pair of top prosecutors to its investigation, “a sign of the complex and high-stakes nature of the inquiry.” According to Pulitzer Prize–winning reporters Katie Benner and Michael Schmidt, one of the prosecutors is a public corruption investigator who specializes in child exploitation crimes. The other,Todd Gee,is a deputy chief of the Public Integrity Section, which is part of the DOJ’s Criminal Division, a department that is “involved in nearly all major criminal investigations into alleged misconduct by federal, state, and local officials.” Among other cases, Gee served as a lead prosecutor on the 2020 conviction of an ex-Navy commander at Guantánamo Bay, who was found guilty of covering up a fight with a commissary worker who was subsequently found dead. How bad is this news for Gaetz, who has denied any and all allegations against him? As Elie Mystal, attorney and justice correspondent forThe Nation put it on Thursday: Another person who seems to know how concerning this development is? Matt Gaetz, hence his decision to use a congressional hearing with Attorney General Merrick Garland to smear DOJ prosecutors. Per the Times: During a congressional hearing on Thursday, Mr. Gaetz asked Attorney General Merrick B. Garland whether the department imposed any special vetting processes before it hired former lobbyists or former congressional staffers to work as federal prosecutors, specifically in the Public Integrity Section. “Is there any prohibition against people who’ve been lobbyists, partisan committee staff, or political consultants actually going in and serving in the Public Integrity Section, or is that allowed?” Mr. Gaetz asked. He later added, “If someone has been a political operative, to then put them in charge of election crimes, it’s kind of like having the fox guard the henhouse.” Mr. Garland noted that it was against Justice Department policy to consider a person’s political affiliations or views during the hiring process for career civil servants. “There is a requirement that, once somebody becomes a prosecutor, just like when somebody becomes a judge, that they get rid of whatever preconceptions they had before,” Mr. Garland said. Mr. Gaetz asked Mr. Garland for a list of former lobbyists, former political consultants, and former congressional staffers who now worked in the Public Integrity Section. Mr. Garland said that he did not intend to create a list of career officials and their previous jobs. Meanwhile, the addition of the two prosecutors is far from the only thing Gaetz should be soiling himself over at the moment. During a hearing in Orlando federal court on Monday, a judge granted a request for a delay in the sentencing of Gaetz’s former wingman, Joel Greenberg,who has apparently been providing the department with so much dirt that it could use extra time to go through it all. In a hint of just how uniquely horrifying said dirt may be,Roger Handberg,an assistant U.S. attorney, told the judge that Greenberg has made allegations to investigators that “take us to some places we did not anticipate.” Greenberg himself had originally been hit with a whopping 33 charges, but ended up pleading guilty to just six, including sex trafficking of a child, which seemingly suggests prosecutors believe he will be able to prove uniquely helpful to them. Per CNN: As part of his plea agreement, [Greenberg] was required to give “substantial assistance” to investigators as they build out related cases. His lawyer has said that Greenberg has held a series of proffers, or meetings, with the Justice Department. Handberg did not say what investigations Greenberg was providing new information to authorities about, although CNN has reported that Greenberg has told the Justice Department about encounters he and Gaetz had with women who were given cash or gifts in exchange for sex. According to theTimes,Greenberg has told investigators that he saw Gaetz and others have sex with the same 17-year-old he pleaded guilty to sex trafficking. In court on Monday, Handberg called Greenberg a “prolific criminal,” ominously adding, “Mr. Greenberg was not alone.”
Matt Gaetz was just dealt a double whammy of no good, very bad news https://www.queerty.com/matt-gaetz-just-dealt-double-whammy-no-good-bad-news-20211025
Look who Matt is losing ground to in the polls in his very red district... Matt Gaetz’s crappy year keeps getting crappier with another dump of bad news https://www.queerty.com/matt-gaetzs...tting-crappier-another-dump-bad-news-20211112 Embattled antigay congressman Matt Gaetz is running low on campaign funds. Now, he’s tanking in the polls, as well. According to a recent report from Florida Politics, Gaetz’s campaign has been burning through cash since that whole teen sex trafficking scandal exploded in the spring. As of last month, the campaign had about $1.5 million on hand, but it’s been operating at a loss for most of 2021. In the third quarter, which has been his weakest all year, Gaetz raised just $527,150, but he spent $627,129. Now, a new poll of likely voters in Florida’s 1st Congressional District has found that his Democratic challenger, Rebekah Jones, is within “striking distance” of beating him, if the election were held today. The poll was conducted by The Listener Group and found that Gaetz’s popularity is in a freefall. Of the 532 people surveyed, less than 50% said they viewed him favorably, marking the first time he’s dropped below the 50% line in two years. Meanwhile, over 30% view him either unfavorably or very unfavorably. As for Jones, her popularity appears to be on the up and up, which is actually kind of crazy given her alleged criminal past, which includes charges of stalking, felony robbery, trespass, criminal mischief, and contempt of court in one case, battery on a police officer and resisting arrest in another, and computer hacking in a third. Jones has denied any wrongdoing in all of the cases. Also crazy are some of Jones’ campaign platforms. She claims to be both pro-LGBTQ and pro-religious freedom, two things that many consider to be diametrically opposed. She also says she is for smaller government, despite being a Democrat. Regardless, pollsters found that, if the election were held today, 34% of voters would cast their ballots for her, and fewer than 42% would vote for Gaetz. Meanwhile, 24% of voters are still undecided. That puts Jones within 8 percentage points of unseating the three-term incumbent, with plenty of votes still up for grabs. Florida Politics reports: An eight-point spread may still be a lot of ground to secure, especially for a Democrat and first-time candidate running in Pensacola. But pollsters say she actually holds a lead in two of the three counties within the district. It’s a rule of thumb in politics that incumbents seeking reelection want to poll above 50%. For Gaetz, these latest numbers indicate remarkable vulnerability. But it’s not just Jones who Gaetz needs to keep an eye on. Not one, not two, but three different Republicans appear to be eyeing his House seat and laying the groundwork to mount primary challenges against him.