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Towleroad Gay News   By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former Florida official central to the federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz committed sex trafficking of a minor will cooperate with investigators as part of a plea agreement, a court document submitted by prosecutors showed. The former official, Joel Greenberg https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/friend-us-congressman-gaetz-expected-plead-guilty-sex-trafficking-case-court-2021-05-13, is...

Joel Greenberg, the former Florida county tax collector and righthand man of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), will plead guilty to sex trafficking as part of his plea deal with the Justice Department, according to Insider. It was reported Thursday that Greenberg was ready to plead guilty to some of the initial string of 33 charges against him. Now, Insider reports that the charge sheet has been shrunk down to just six as part of his plea deal. Charges...

Office of the Seminole County Tax Collector / Wikimedia Commons English: Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg A former Florida politician closely connected to the investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetzs (R-Fla.) is expected to plead guilty on six counts of sex trafficking and other offenses in his own federal case, a new report indicates. According to Business Insider, Joel Greenberg, an ousted former tax collector for Seminole County, Fla., will enter a guilty plea on six f...

A former confidant of Representative Matt Gaetz, Republican of Florida, admitted in court papers on Friday to an array of federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a minor — and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations, handing prosecutors a potential key witness as they decide whether to charge Mr. Gaetz. Joel Greenberg, who was a tax collector in the Orlando area until he was indicted last year, did not implicate...

A notice filed by Greenberg’s attorney Fritz Scheller Friday shows he plans to change his not-guilty plea during a hearing Monday.

Cooperation?

Matt Gaetz associate Joel Greenberg signs guilty plea agreement By Kathryn Watson Gaetz associate expected to plead guilty Joel Greenberg, a former county tax collector and associate of Congressman Matt Gaetz, has signed a plea agreement with the federal government that includes a clause stipulating hell "cooperate fully with the United States in the investigation and prosecution of other persons," according to federal court records filed in Florida.  In the plea agreement ...

Fritz Scheller, the attorney for former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, made to reporters in April. If the Florida Congressman was uncomfortable a month ago, he’s undoubtedly downright miserable now, after new details have emerged regarding Greenberg’s plea deal. New York Times and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, reported new details from Greenberg’s written plea agreement that will be made official during a court hearing Monday morning. Mediaite has obtained a copy of the...

Associate of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz to cooperate with prosecutors By Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A former Florida official central to the federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz committed sex trafficking of a minor will cooperate with investigators as part of a plea agreement, a court document submitted by prosecutors showed. The former official, Joel Greenberg https://www.reuters.com/business/legal/friend-us-congressman-gaetz-exp...

In the letter, Greenberg said both he and Gaetz were unaware the girl was 17 at the time and that when he told Gaetz about the girls age after learning it, Gaetz was "equally shocked and disturbed by this revelation." The plea agreement lays out the factual case against Greenberg and said he paid for sex with a minor and other adult women who he met over the internet. Between December 2016 and December 2018, Greenberg paid the women a total of $70,000 with personal accounts and a Seminole Coun...