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Federal Authorities Executed Search Warrant and Seized Cell Phones of Matt Gaetz and His Former Girlfriend: Report Jerry Lambe Embattled Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told multiple people that federal law enforcement agents involved in the probe into possible sex trafficking allegations executed a search warrant and seized his personal cell phone in December, Politico reported Wednesday morning. Gaetz had reportedly changed his phone number in late December. According to the report, sourced from three people who allegedly heard about the encounter directly from the congressman, Ga...

As pundits predict congressman's doom A former Florida tax collector who is facing a slew of criminal charges has been assisting federal investigators with information on Rep. Matt Gaetz's encounters with women since at least 2020, according to a new report.  Joel Greenberg, the indicted former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida, disclosed to investigators that he and Gaetz had encounters with women who were given cash or gifts in exchange for sex, The New York Times reported. The feds are reportedly investigating whether Gaetz paid the women who were recruited online for sex and w...

Florida congressman says New York Times story accusing him of sexual misconduct is false on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' The federal investigation of Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., involving possible sex trafficking could break wide open now that Gaetz’s associate Joel Greenberg appears ready to cut a deal in a case of his own. But who is Greenberg? His case has been reported to have led to the Gaetz investigation, but now Greenberg’s attorney believes that the congressman is the one in real trouble as lawyers on both sides of Greenberg’s case confirmed that plea negotiations were underway. "I am...

Joel Greenberg, a onetime local official in Florida, is accused of an array of crimes, including bribery, stalking and corruption.

‘Felt like a setup’: WhatsApp chat shows Gaetz ally scrambling to contain fallout POLITICO 1 hr ago © Marta Lavandier/AP Photo Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks at an event. MIAMI — The feds were closing in. And Rep. Matt Gaetz’s friend, Joel Greenberg, was in a panic. The Florida county tax collector was five days away from a federal indictment for sex trafficking involving a 17-year-old — the same one Gaetz is now being investigated over — so Greenberg reached out to mutual friends on Aug. 14 last year and tried to enlist them in his defense, according to a WhatsApp chat shared with f...