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Joey Roulette/Reuters This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Fritz Scheller is representing the ex-tax collector whose cooperation with DOJ could spell trouble for Rep. Matt Gaetz. Scheller also defended the wife of the man who killed 49 people in the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Well known in Florida legal circles, Scheller has been deemed the lawyer to call when so...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — It all started with a hunch by a central Florida prep school teacher about who had launched a politically motivated smear campaign against him, falsely alleging he was racist and in a sexual relationship with a high school student. Investigators say fingerprints on an envelope used in the smear campaign against Brian Beute led them to a local tax collector, Joel Greenberg. That investigation subsequently led to Greenbergs friend, U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is now the su...

As federal agents investigate Rep. Matt Gaetz in a sex-trafficking inquiry, the scandal is fast becoming an inflection moment for the post-Trump Republican Party. With no previous political experience, Greenberg was elected Seminole County’s tax collector in 2016, promising to be a breath of fresh air while running against an incumbent who had been in office for almost three decades. Months after taking office in 2017, Greenberg started allowing employees to carry guns openly, even though the...

Greenberg has only one way to escape the full weight of the 33 charges against him: providing information to federal prosecutors. It all started with a hunch by a central Florida prep school teacher about who had launched a politically motivated smear campaign against him, falsely alleging he was racist and in a sexual relationship with a high school student. Investigators say fingerprints on an envelope used in the smear campaign against Brian Beute led them to a local tax collector, Joel Gr...

Gaetz friend was lightning rod for controversy in Florida Follow Us Question of the Day By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press - Saturday, April 17, 2021 ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - It all started with a hunch by a central Florida prep school teacher about who had launched a politically motivated smear campaign against him, falsely alleging he was racist and in a sexual relationship with a high school student. Investigat...

Image courtesy of Andrew Harnik/AP By Margaret Adams Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz (R) is being…

April 14th, 2021 By Nikki Slusher It appears that Joel Greenberg has decided to cooperate with the Justice Department on their current investigation into the onetime former Seminole County, FL. tax collector and everybody’s least favorite congressman, Rep. Matt Gaetz (Q-FL). Sources familiar with the discussions said Greenberg disclosed to investigators that he and Gaetz had multiple encounters with young women who were provided cash or gifts in exchange for sex with the two. Investigators ...

Evan HurstApril 14, 2021 08:57 AM This is Matt Gaetzs real face. Two big stories broke out of Matt Gaetzs pants last night, are you ready? First of all, the New York Times says Joel Greenberg, Gaetzs wingman, the man who apparently looked up to Gaetz as a hero — how low on the ladder of life do you have to be to look UP and see Matt Gaetz? — is definitely absolutely cooperating with the feds. According to the Times, its not he might be about to flip, like we thought it was the other day....

Joel Greenberg scandal: Who’s who in the federal investigation? A breakdown Greenberg’s political associates Tags:  Former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg faces 21 new charges LAKE MARY, Fla. – Faced with the possibility of spending decades in prison, Joel Greenberg has entered into plea negotiations with the federal government. The one-time Seminole County Tax Collector is facing a litany of charges and decades in prison, but the investigation has not stopped with him alone...

Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector indicted in the Justice Department's investigation into possible sex crimes that also includes Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), is reportedly cooperating with federal authorities. Greenberg has told...