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Since we heard of a probe into congressman matt gaetz in florida. gaetzs associate, former tax official joel greenberg, pictured there, pleaded guilty to six charges including sex trafficking of a minor. he agreed to fully cooperate with federal investigators. thats bad news for congressman gaetz, who himself is under investigation for among other things, sex trafficking that same minor. investigators are looking into whether he had a sexual relationship with a 17 year old and prayed for her to ...

To investigators -- >> so hold. on this is the same witness that we talked about. this isnt a different witness, correct? is this the one in question? >> this is a witness that knows the 17-year-old girl and is friends with matt gaetz ex-girlfriend. this is not the ex-girlfriend. >> on the call, you have two people. the ex-girlfriend and this other witness. and both of them reportedly are speaking with federal authorities. also, this tells why you this investigation has lasted so long. i know a ...

Of any wrongdoing but a grand jury dieted him. only to bond out, a few hours later. he is still out of jail. on whats called a crude leave with pay, until his sentencing, in august. darbys defense team says they will appeal. joining me now, is the attorney for jeffrey parkers family. martin wineburg. martin, thanks for being with me, first. what does this family feel about officer darby still being paid, after conviction for murder? >> sure. thanks for having us, victor. theyre pretty upset. you...

Different woman who was just 17 at the time. politico, which first reported the obstruction investigation late wednesday, also says investigators are looking at a phone call gaetz had with a witness in the sex crimes investigation. the call reportedly originated between the witness and gaetz ex-girlfriend and gaetz himself joined at some point. the outlet did not report when the call took place or what was said. the congressman has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. >> im being falsely accused of sc ...

Very good thursday morning. im jim sciutto. >> im poppy harlow. congressman matt gaetzs legal troubles may have just gotten a lot worse. the department of justice is investigating the florida republican for a potential attempt to obstruct justice. sources tell cnn that investigators were told gaetz and an associate discussed a plan to talk to gaetzs ex-girlfriend about the federal sex crimes investigation. >> shes a potential key witness in this. cnn has produced a report that gaetz is under inv...

Election was stolen. and not actually reckon with the way in which that belief culminated in the events of january 6th. >> sabrina, good to have you. thank you for the insight on this. >> thank you. >> well, also this. of congressman matt gaetz is under investigation for potential attempt to obstruct justice. the investigators were told that gaetz and an associate discussed the plan to talk to gaetzs ex-girlfriend about the federal sex crimes investigation last fall. >> the florida republican ha...

The time period where he allegedly had sexual contact with this other woman who was just 17 at the time. and thats why shes of such interest to investigators. now "politico," the first to report the obstruction investigation late last night, theyve also reported that another incident is also being scrutinized in the obstruction probe and that is a call that occurred between the ex-girlfriend and a witness and at some point the congressman joined this call and investigators are trying to figure o...

Case. to be clear, this ex-girlfriend is not the minor he allegedly had sexual contact with. but shes key to this investigation because she was linked to the congress pn in the summer of 2017 and thats the summer he allegedly had contact with a minor. thats why shes of particular interest to investigators. now politico was first to report the obstruction investigation last night and they say investigators are also looking at a call between the ex-girlfriend and a witness that the congressman was...

Texas. >> you bring up your county, greg county, i believe, right? >> thats the county i represent. thats one of them. >> i want to be clear on where that investigation is. yes, shannon brown, the lone black member of -- who is the lone black commissioner on the court is one of four black defendants in this case. this has not been determined, the outcome of this. you also have a county, your county is one that voted to keep its confederate monument there. so we have to wait and see where all of ...

Of the sun and now runs a pr firm, kitchen table partners. john ware is an investigative reporter and fronted last weeks panorama on martin bashir and the bbc. jane martinson is professor ofjournalism at city college. welcome to you all. jane, you have been writing about this for the guardian. how do you assess the scale of the reaction to this story? the scale of the reaction, i mean, you know, this is a devastating report for the bbc. it involved the royal family, it involved, you know, wrongd...