Greenberg is cooperating with prosecutors. Prosecutors are investigating whether these individuals included Gaetz. Prosecutors said Greenberg met the girl online, where she was posing as an adult, paid her, and invited her to hotels where Greenberg and others would have sex with her. McGee has previously denied any wrongdoing.ĬLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGON EXAMINERĭespite his claims of an extortion scheme being validated, Gaetz has steered clear of talking about other factors that contribute to allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a minor.Īmong those is Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and associate of Gaetz who pleaded guilty to six federal charges, including sex trafficking of a child. "The leakers to the New York Times knew if their former colleague, David McGee, took that wire on March 31, the entire orchestrated campaign to destroy me would be seen for what it was: a deep state operation to take out an effective political adversary." The night before the wire transfer was supposed to take place to show McGee's connection, Gaetz said, the New York Times published an article reporting that investigators were looking into whether Gaetz paid for sex with a 17-year-old. "David McGee was the one planning to accept the wire. And McGee admitted it on tapes in possession of the FBI," Gaetz said. "Two people with strong ties to the federal government are directly linked to the exact same extortion scheme. Kent later confirmed the authenticity of the documents and the plan on CNN, as did filings from the Department of Justice charging Alford that were revealed last month. The Gaetz family went to the FBI, and Don Gaetz purportedly wore a wire during conversations discussing the transfer. The loan, the document said, should be deposited in the trust account of Pensacola-based law firm Beggs & Lane and name attorney David McGee, a former federal prosecutor and lawyer for the Levinson family. The document alleged that the FBI was aware of photos of Gaetz in a "sexual orgy with underage prostitutes" and promised to "strongly advocate that President Biden issue a Presidential Pardon, or instruct the Department of Justice to terminate any and all investigations involving Congressman Gaetz" upon Levinson's return.
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The Washington Examiner first reported and published in full documents from Gaetz that detailed a proposal by felon Stephen Alford and former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent, who sought a $25 million loan from Gaetz's wealthy father, Don Gaetz, to fund an operation to rescue FBI agent-turned-spy Robert Levinson (whom the United States has concluded is dead) from Iran.ĭon Gaetz, a former Florida Senate president, forwarded a text message to his son that he received on March 16 from Kent, who described "a plan that can make future legal and political problems go away." In a March 17 meeting, Kent and Alford presented Don Gaetz with a three-page typed document titled "Project Homecoming" detailing the plan. GRAND JURY INDICTS MAAN WHOM MATT GAETZ ACCUSED OF BEING INVOLVED IN EXTORTION SCHEME AGAINST FAMILY
The claims, he alleges, are a "deep state operation to take out an effective political adversary" and were publicized with the intention of spoiling an FBI investigation into a bizarre extortion scheme against his family. Gaetz has repeatedly denied the allegations, no woman has publicly accused him of wrongdoing, and the website in question said he never had an account. Since March, Gaetz has been battling allegations first reported by the New York Times that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old he met on a hookup website and paid her to travel with him.
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