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Joel Greenberg, a former Florida county tax collector and associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz Greenberg, who is at the center of a federal sex trafficking investigation into Gaetz, pleaded guilty in May to six federal crimes — including trafficking a minor — and is facing at least 12 years in prison.  He was originally scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 19. But in court filings on Tuesday, Greenberg’s attorneys are seeking a 90-day delay for the hearing, saying because he can’t finish his cooperation before his sentencing. ADVERTISEMENT According to the documents, the government is not op...

Print this article A lawyer for Joel Greenberg, a former Florida tax collector and associate of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, asked a federal judge on Tuesday to delay his client's sentencing date by 90 days. Greenberg's cooperation with prosecutors in connection to a federal sex trafficking investigation, which could knock time off the 12-year sentence he faces, will not be fully resolved by the time of his sentencing date of Aug. 19, his lawyer Fritz Scheller said in court filings. “Pursuant to his plea agreement with the Government, Mr. Greenberg has been cooperating with the Government...

A potential key witness in the Matt Gaetz investigation, Joel Greenberg, had his guilty plea accepted and will be sentenced on Aug. 19.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking...

Joel Greenberg is almost certain to face several years in federal prison, even if he cooperates extensively with prosecutors, according to legal experts.