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The indicted man whose associations with Rep. Matt Gaetz led to the sex-trafficking investigation into the lawmaker is likely to agree to a plea agreement, attorneys said.
Joel Greenberg, a central figure to the Gaetz investigation, will likely cooperate with federal prosecutors, and it could affect the Florida Republican’s case, both prosecutors and the defense attorney said, according to multiple outlets. Greenberg’s attorney, Fritz Scheller, asked the judge in a status conference on Thursday to set a May 15 deadline for a deal to be reached between the two sides or to start a move to a trial in the summer.
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has claimed that the sexual misconduct allegations made against him were part of an extortion scheme, and Bob Kent, one of the men allegedly involved in the scheme, all but confirmed in an interview on “The Michael Smerconish Program” on SiriusXM radio on Monday that he had asked Gaetz’s father for $25 million but insists it was not extortion.
Kent says he needed the money to help find FBI agent Robert Levinson, who went missing in March 2007 and is presumed to be dead by his family, but Kent claims he’s seen video evidence that Levinson is alive in Iran.
Man admits asking Gaetz s father for $25M to find FBI agent in Iran, denies extortion Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent believed to have died in Iranian custody, is now wrapped up in Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz s legal drama.
Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz arrives for a House Armed Services Subcommittee hearing with members of the Fort Hood Independent Review Committee on Capitol Hill on Dec. 9, 2020, in Washington.
April 7, 2021
One of the men accused of trying to extort Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz admits he approached Gaetz’s father for money to help find a former FBI agent missing in Iran, but denies trying to extort the family.