Brian Beute sees big con game with Joel Greenberg, Matt Gaetz 'wingman'
Greenberg was the incumbent tax collector in Seminole County, northeast of Orlando. Despite higher name recognition and far greater personal wealth than his primary opponent, Greenberg embarked on a smear campaign against Mr. Beute’s character. The federal indictment against Greenberg charged that he created a fake Twitter account and used Mr. Beute’s identity to post messages that espoused support for segregation and White supremacy. He also opened a Facebook account using the identity of another teacher at Mr. Beute’s prep school to falsely accuse Mr. Beute of sexual misconduct with a...