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Joel Greenberg likely to plead guilty Monday, could be key witness against Rep. Matt Gaetz Jim Little, Pensacola News Journal Rep. Matt Gaetz under federal investigation, accused of having sex with a minor Replay Video UP NEXT A change of plea hearing has been set in Greenbergs case for Monday in an Orlando federal court, an indication that prosecutors and Greenberg have reached a plea deal in his case. Greenberg is facing 33 federal charges, including sex trafficking, paying f...

The publication interviewed 12 women, on condition of anonymity, who discussed their experiences with Greenberg.  Of those interviewed, 10 told the outlet that they felt pressured to drink alcohol or take drugs before sex, and four said they felt pressured to have sex with Greenberg.  One woman said she had sex with Greenberg and another woman after being plied with drugs.  Newsletter Start your day with the biggest stories in politics and the economy. Sign up for...

FBI seeking cooperation of Matt Gaetz’s friend and ex-girlfriend in sex-trafficking probe, report says Nathan Place © Provided by The Independent Federal investigators in the Matt Gaetz probe are now reportedly seeking cooperation from two key witnesses: the Republican congressman’s friend Joel Greenberg, and an ex-girlfriend, a former Capitol Hill intern. According to a report by CNN, the unnamed ex-girlfriend was present on a 2018 trip Mr Gaetz took to the Bahamas that i...

The sleazy, sordid Matt Gaetz scandal: are the walls now closing in on him? Richard Luscombe in Miami © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images There could have been no more fitting venue for the bellicose US congressman Matt Gaetz to launch his nationwide “America first” speaking tour than The Villages. Where better to perpetuate the fantasy that all is going well for a politician seen as the “ultimate Maga bro” than Florida’s ultra-conservativ...

‹›× Republican operative Roger Stone denied asking a political ally of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz for $250,000 in exchange for attempting to secure a pardon in a child sex-trafficking and identity-theft case. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Stone offered to help Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who’s expected to plead guilty this month, get a pardon from President Donald Trump before he left office. The pardon was never granted. The report was based on alleged te...

Republican operative Roger Stone denied asking a political ally of U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz for $250,000 in exchange for attempting to secure a pardon in a child sex-trafficking and identity-theft case. The Daily Beast reported Thursday that Stone offered to help Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector who’s expected to plead guilty this month, get a pardon from President Donald Trump before he left office. The pardon was never granted. The report was based on alleged text mes...

The access apparently made all the difference. After firing off a few pleading texts to President Donald Trump’s confidante Roger Stone, alleged child sex trafficker Joel Greenberg reportedly managed to nab a spot on a list of potential pardon recipients that reached the Trump White House.  Stone’s proximity to Trump presented Greenberg’s chance at freedom. Stone and Greenberg had, reportedly, devised a plan to craft a “document” explaining Greenberg’s situation that became part co...

10 Things in Politics: Biden demands reform after Chauvin verdict Doug Mills/Pool/Getty Images Good morning! Welcome back to 10 Things in Politics, your weekday look at the biggest stories in DC and beyond. Heres what were talking about today: 1. "WE CANT STOP HERE": President Joe Biden urged Americans to unite in the wake of Derek Chauvins conviction on all three charges in the killing of George Floyd. The president said the verdicts are just the beginning of wh...

"If I ever hear of you talking to Gaetz ... I am going to f---ing fire your ass," Barr told a US attorney while the DOJ was investigating Gaetz.