Gaetz s complaints about Iran hostage scheme will not distract FBI probe: source
By Mark Hosenball
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex will not be derailed by his assertion that a veteran asked his father for money to pay for the release of an American held by Iran, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.
Investigators believe the purported scheme to free Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, lacked credibility, the source said. Another U.S. official familiar with the case noted that Levinson s family in March 2020 publicly accepted U.S. government assessments that he died in Iranian custody.
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WASHINGTON A federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex will not be derailed by his assertion that a veteran asked his father for money to pay for the release of an American held by Iran, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.
Investigators believe the purported scheme to free Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, lacked credibility, the source said. Another U.S. official familiar with the case noted that Levinson’s family in March 2020 publicly accepted U.S. government assessments that he died in Iranian custody.
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By Mark Hosenball
WASHINGTON (Reuters) â A federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex will not be derailed by his assertion that a veteran asked his father for money to pay for the release of an American held by Iran, a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said.
Investigators believe the purported scheme to free Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, lacked credibility, the source said. Another U.S. official familiar with the case noted that Levinsonâs family in March 2020 publicly accepted U.S. government assessments that he died in Iranian custody.
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Robert Bob Levinson (FBI)
As soon as the news made its way to social media, people started slamming Gaetz, as one said: What kind of sick f cks use Bob Levinson’s freedom to gain compliance??? In a slick, sick operation?? I’ve read a lot of things regarding our IC since 2016 but this one takes the cake for me. While another one wrote, The mystery man at the center of Matt Gaetz’s extortion charges is a former US Air Force intel officer with business interests in the Middle East who has been obsessed for years with rescuing former FBI agent Robert Levinson from Iran. By @talk spy