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George II

(67,782 posts)
Thu Apr 1, 2021, 10:54 PM Apr 2021

Matt Gaetz paid prostitutes using Cash App and Apple Pay -- and there are receipts: NYT bombshell

https://www.rawstory.com/matt-gaetz-2651326023/

"A Justice Department investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz and an indicted Florida politician is focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments, according to people close to the investigation and text messages and payment receipts reviewed by The New York Times," the newspaper reported. "Investigators believe Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector in Seminole County, Fla., who was indicted last year on a federal sex trafficking charge and other crimes, initially met the women through websites that connect people who go on dates in exchange for gifts, fine dining, travel and allowances, according to three people with knowledge of the encounters. Mr. Greenberg introduced the women to Mr. Gaetz, who also had sex with them, the people said."

Gaetz has denied paying for sex.

"The Justice Department inquiry is also examining whether Mr. Gaetz had sex with a 17-year-old girl and whether she received anything of material value, according to four people familiar with the investigation. The sex trafficking count against Mr. Greenberg involved the same girl, according to two people briefed on the investigation," The Times reported. "The authorities have also investigated whether other men connected to Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Greenberg had sex with the 17-year-old, two of the people said."

There are receipts.

"The Times has reviewed receipts from Cash App, a mobile payments app, and Apple Pay that show payments from Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Greenberg to one of the women, and a payment from Mr. Greenberg to a second woman. The women told their friends that the payments were for sex with the two men, according to two people familiar with the conversations," the newspaper reported. "Some of the men and women took ecstasy, an illegal hallucinogenic drug, before having sex, including Mr. Gaetz, two people familiar with the encounters said."


Is this in Matty's future AGAIN?

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Matt Gaetz paid prostitutes using Cash App and Apple Pay -- and there are receipts: NYT bombshell (Original Post) George II Apr 2021 OP
Too, too damn rich... StClone Apr 2021 #1
Get the bdamomma Apr 2021 #2
Fingers crossed! nt crickets Apr 2021 #5
Sounds like the creep is a pimp. LizBeth Apr 2021 #3
Boy I hope he ends up in jail. dem4decades Apr 2021 #4
Was He Pimping for Trump? Beetwasher. Apr 2021 #6
Judging from that photo he won't have many friends in jail. BigmanPigman Apr 2021 #7
Stick a fork in him. ShazzieB Apr 2021 #8
Do you think anything will be done to him? murielm99 Apr 2021 #9
Love repiggie. lol judesedit Apr 2021 #13
Looks as if this week's SNL cold open is writing itself. Nt spooky3 Apr 2021 #10
Gaetz is an idiot LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #11
Leaves a trail? What a moron. mnmoderatedem Apr 2021 #12
The kind of life he'd have in prison doesn't bear thinking about. nt Oldem Apr 2021 #14
Kind of begs the question of how big their game bucolic_frolic Apr 2021 #15
Why is it that... Koch Ebola Apr 2021 #16
Is it wrong for me to hope DeSantis is involved in this? CaptainTruth Apr 2021 #17
How did this idiot pass the bar exam?? LetMyPeopleVote Apr 2021 #18
His father had to buy it for him. When he was told he had to "pass the bar", he said NO WAY.... George II Apr 2021 #19
He'll be getting sex for free when he goes to prison. W T F Apr 2021 #20
It happened on Halloween Cha Apr 2021 #21

BigmanPigman

(51,638 posts)
7. Judging from that photo he won't have many friends in jail.
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 01:10 AM
Apr 2021

But on the other hand......that could be a good thing. He has the type of face you just want to punch, and I am a 5'1" pacifist.

murielm99

(30,773 posts)
9. Do you think anything will be done to him?
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 01:51 AM
Apr 2021

Really? These repiggie creeps seem to get away with things, every time.

mnmoderatedem

(3,729 posts)
12. Leaves a trail? What a moron.
Fri Apr 2, 2021, 03:38 AM
Apr 2021

Entitled prick. Never any fear of ramification. Too accustomed to never being held accountable

bucolic_frolic

(43,344 posts)
15. Kind of begs the question of how big their game
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:25 AM
Apr 2021

They didn't lack cash. So why did they need to prey on young women, why the fake IDs (some from Canadian profiles some reporting said a few days back), who else was involved? Someone else on the House floor knew. Was it trafficking? Smuggling? I hope DOJ doesn't sweep this under the rug. There are things here that don't add up, and the American public deserves an accounting.

 

Koch Ebola

(831 posts)
16. Why is it that...
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 08:38 AM
Apr 2021

When Democrats have sex scandal's it is about picadillo's like Al Franken's photo or Joe Biden's inappropriate touching. But Republican's it's always about something really sick like this?



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George II

(67,782 posts)
19. His father had to buy it for him. When he was told he had to "pass the bar", he said NO WAY....
Sun Apr 4, 2021, 11:17 PM
Apr 2021

....went in and got drunk.

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