Matt Gaetz wingman Confessed They Sex Trafficked a Minor.

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4-29-2021

Matt Gaetz wingman penned confession letter
admitting they sex trafficked a minor.

The shocking and salacious scandals surrounding Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) escalated on Thursday.

"confession letter written by Joel Greenberg in the final months of the Trump presidency claims that he and close associate Rep. Matt Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women—as well as a girl who was 17 at the time,"

The Daily Beast reported Thursday evening.
The Beast obtained a copy of the confession letter.

"On more than one occasion, this individual was involved in sexual activities with several of the other girls, the congressman from Florida's 1st Congressional District and myself,"

Greenberg wrote in reference to the 17-year-old. "From time to time, gas money or gifts, rent or partial tuition payments were made to several of these girls, including the individual who was not yet 18.

I did see the acts occur firsthand and Venmo transactions, Cash App or other payments were made to these girls on behalf of the Congressman."

The letter was reportedly written as Greenberg was seeking help from Roger Stone in obtaining a pardon from Donald Trump.

"In late 2020, Greenberg was out of jail and in communication with Stone. A series of private messages between the two—also recently obtained by The Daily Beast—
shows a number of exchanges between Greenberg and Stone conducted over the encrypted messaging app Signal, with communications set to disappear.
However, Greenberg appears to have taken screenshots of a number of their conversations,"
The Beast reported.

Greenberg was reportedly prepared to pay Stone $250,000 in Bitcoin.

"As part of the effort to obtain a pardon, Greenberg wrote multiple drafts of his confession letter.
The Daily Beast obtained two typed versions and an earlier handwritten one.
Certified forensic document examiner and handwriting expert Wendy Carlson compared the letter to writing samples obtained through two public records requests. She said it was her professional expert opinion that the person who authored a 2019 financial disclosure for Joel Greenberg, as well as Greenberg's 2020 board of elections form, was the same as the author of the letter,"

We also obtained Signal messages between Joel Greenberg and Roger Stone where they discuss pardons and payment and…

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5-14-2021

Escort who snorted cocaine with Matt Gaetz had ‘no show’ government job.

New salacious details in the Matt Gaetz scandal were revealed in a bombshell new report by The Daily Beast.

"When Rep. Matt Gaetz attended a 2019 GOP fundraiser in Orlando, his date that night was someone he knew well:

A paid escort and amateur Instagram model who led a cocaine-fueled party after the event, according to two witnesses.
The Florida congressman's one-time wingman, Joel Greenberg, will identify that escort to investigators
as one of more than 15 young women Gaetz paid for sex, according to a source familiar with the investigation."

The woman was identified by The Beast.

"But what distinguishes this woman, Megan Zalonka, is that she turned her relationship with Greenberg into a taxpayer-funded no-show job that earned her an estimated $7,000 to $17,500, according to three sources and corresponding government records obtained by The Daily Beast. On Oct. 26, 2019, Gaetz attended the "Trump Defender Gala" fundraiser as the featured speaker at the Westgate Lake Resort in Orlando.

Two witnesses present recalled friends reconvening at Gaetz's hotel room for an after-party, where Zalonka prepared lines of cocaine on the bathroom counter. One of those witnesses distinctly remembers Zalonka pulling the drugs out of her makeup bag, rolling a bill of cash, and joining Gaetz in snorting the cocaine."

The hotel room was paid for by Gaetz's campaign.

"While The Daily Beast could not confirm that Gaetz and Zalonka had sex that night, two sources said the pair had an ongoing financial relationship in exchange for sex.
'She was just one of the many pieces of arm candy
he had,' said one source familiar with the encounters between Gaetz and Zalonka.
The congressman—who has declared that he 'never paid for sex' —
wrote off the stay at the hotel as a campaign expense, with his donors picking up the tab,"
The Beast noted.

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5-17-2021

Attorney for Joel Greenberg promises 'must-see television' when asked if plea deal impacts Matt Gaetz.

An attorney for Joel Greenberg on Monday said that his client's sex trafficking case would be "must-see television" when he was asked about a possible connection to Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL).

Attorney Fritz Scheller made the remarks to reporters after Joel Greenberg, an associate of Gaetz, pleaded guilty to six federal charges.

One reporter asked Scheller if the "other men" mentioned in Greenberg's plea deal includes Gaetz.

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"I'm not going to answer that," Scheller replied.

"Do you think Matt Gaetz should be indicted?" another reporter asked.

"I still am not going to answer that," the attorney insisted.

When asked if elected officials would be impacted by the deal, Scheller deflected.

"This is must see television. You'll have to wait and see," he said.

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6-7-2021

Matt Gaetz told Newsmax he might leave Congress ‘early’ —
but they wouldn’t hire him: report.

On Monday, Reuters reported that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) applied for a job with the right-wing cable network Newsmax — and was turned down.

"Conservative media outlet Newsmax, a favorite of former President Donald Trump's, rejected embattled Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz's request for a job, a spokesperson for the website said on Monday," reported Mark Hosenball.

"Gaetz contacted Newsmax early this year, a source at the outlet said. That was around the time that news broke Gaetz was the subject of a federal investigation into possible sex trafficking of a minor."

"A source familiar with Newsmax's policies said: 'Earlier this year, (Gaetz) reached out and said he might leave Congress early and was interested in TV work,'" continued the report.

"The three-term Florida congressman's approach to Newsmax management was 'just a conversation' and Newsmax 'never told him we were interested' in hiring him, the source said."

Gaetz's apparent shopping for a new gig contradicts his public defiance over the federal investigation, as he has repeatedly said he has no plans to resign over the scandal.

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6-18-2021

GOP's Matt Gaetz could be charged within weeks.

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) could be charged as early as next month in a federal sex trafficking probe, according to sources.

The criminal probe has ramped up in recent weeks as investigators have started interviewing more women introduced to the Florida Republican through his friend Joel Greenberg, who pleaded guilty to sex trafficking, stalking, identity theft, wire fraud and conspiracy to bribe a public official, reported ABC News.

Greenberg is prepared to hand over evidence and testimony against Gaetz and others, sources told the network, and prosecutors could decide as soon as July whether to charge the congressman.

The former Seminole County tax collector admitted to sex trafficking a 17-year-old girl, who later went on to work in pornography, and introduced her to other "adult men," and a new round of target letters and subpoenas were sent out last month.

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1-26-2022

A 'cooperating witness' can now confirm Matt Gaetz was informed he'd had sex with a minor.

The Daily Beast is reported that a witness who is cooperating with prosecutors can confirm that Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) was told by former "wingman"
Joel Greenberg that he'd had sex with an underage girl.

According to the Daily Beast's sources, the witness was in the same room with Greenberg when he called Gaetz and informed him that a woman they had paid for sex was under the age of 18.

The witness in question is talk radio host “Big Joe” Ellicott, who earlier this week pleaded guilty to charges of paying bribes and kickbacks, as well as illegally selling Adderall.

"While the sources did not know whether Ellicott
had discussed the call with investigators, his account would likely be of critical interest, since it would match a key claim Greenberg made separately
in a confession letter."

Ellicott is not the only potentially incriminating witness Gaetz has to worry about, as a grand jury earlier this month heard sworn testimony from one
of Gaetz's former girlfriends, who was granted immunity in exchange for testifying.

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