U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s father, Don Gaetz, a former Florida Senate president, backed up his son’s claims of extortion Wednesday and said he wore a wire for the FBI to try to prove that crime, according to Politico.
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
Gaetz investigation complicated by overture to his father about ex-FBI agent who went missing Matt Zapotosky, Devlin Barrett
Replay Video UP NEXT Rep. Matt Gaetz, a Florida Republican known for his fierce allegiance to former president Donald Trump, had been under Justice Department investigation for months for a possible sex crime when two men approached his father with a proposal, people familiar with the matter said. The men had learned of the investigation, they wrote to Don Gaetz, and wanted to offer an opportunity to help his son, the people said. He could give a huge sum of money to fund their effort to locate Robert A. Levinson the longest-held American hostage in Iran whose family has said they were told he is dead. If the operation were a success, he would win public favor and help alleviate Matt Gaetz’s legal woes.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz’s father, Don Gaetz, a former Florida Senate president, backed up his son’s claims of extortion Wednesday and said he wore a wire for the FBI to try to prove that crime, according to Politico. A Washington Post report indicated the alleged extortion might have involved an attempt to recover a long-missing FBI agent. The Post reported that, according to sources, two men .