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Nevilledog

(51,200 posts)
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 11:24 AM Jan 2022

Another witness in Matt Gaetz's trafficking case is cooperating against him.



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Breaking: A key witness in the sex trafficking case against Matt Gaetz has pleaded guilty. In exchange, he has promised to fully cooperate with prosecutors. His attorney told The Daily Beast that he has been cooperating against Gaetz.

thedailybeast.com
Florida Shock Jock in Matt Gaetz Circle Pleads Guilty
The feds are closing in on Rep. Matt Gaetz for his alleged underage sex crimes with yet another criminal case, this time against a key witness: his wingman’s best friend.
7:47 AM · Jan 26, 2022



https://www.thedailybeast.com/florida-shock-jock-joe-ellicott-in-matt-gaetz-circle-pleads-guilty

“Big Joe” Ellicott, a former Florida shock jock with potentially key information about the sex trafficking ring involving Rep. Matt Gaetz, has pleaded guilty in federal court, The Daily Beast has learned.

Ellicott is the long-time best friend of corrupt Florida tax official Joel Greenberg, who was Gaetz’s wingman in the underage sex operation, according to several sources with direct knowledge of their relationship. Last year, The Daily Beast revealed that Ellicott knew intimate details about the teenage girl who was paid for sex by the group—and actually texted what essentially amounted to a confession that they were scrambling to try and coverup details about their sex with a 17-year-old from the feds.

Ellicott was particularly legally exposed through his involvement with Greenberg, who ran the small Central Florida tax agency like a fiefdom where he hired his friends for no-show jobs. That appears to be what took Ellicott down.

In court documents last week, Ellicott was accused of fraud for agreeing to “pay bribes and kickbacks” to a public official and a separate drug crime: illegally selling the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder prescription medicine Adderall. On Jan. 18, Ellicott signed a plea agreement admitting to both crimes.

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Another witness in Matt Gaetz's trafficking case is cooperating against him. (Original Post) Nevilledog Jan 2022 OP
Good. I hope charges against that scumbag get filed eventually. Also is the "shock" that guys face? JanMichael Jan 2022 #1
YEAH BABY Leghorn21 Jan 2022 #2
Another brick in the wall for the bads empedocles Jan 2022 #3
Hired for no-show jobs? grumpyduck Jan 2022 #4
Maybe They'll Charge Him By The Turn Of The Century nt SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #5
This! Sur Zobra Jan 2022 #6
Fantastic. crickets Jan 2022 #7
I wonder what the GOP is gonna do when lots of their elected officals get indicted of crimes? mitch96 Jan 2022 #8
What Will We Do When They Don't? SoCalDavidS Jan 2022 #9
It will show the bad guys they can get away with it!!! mitch96 Jan 2022 #10
There should be a chart that says... lame54 Jan 2022 #11

crickets

(25,983 posts)
7. Fantastic.
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:11 PM
Jan 2022

Wow. That's a lot of immunity Ellicott's being offered. Sounds like somebody actually is trying hard to get the case against Gaetz. GOOD.

Joel Greenberg, who was Gaetz’s wingman in the underage sex operation


Also, pimp of underaged girls is not a wingman. Yeesh, it's so creepy the press keeps soft pedaling with that word.

mitch96

(13,925 posts)
8. I wonder what the GOP is gonna do when lots of their elected officals get indicted of crimes?
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:17 PM
Jan 2022

I mean it looks like a bunch of the who's who in the repuke party are gonna get exposed...
Is the Jan6 insurrection going to get some senators and house members a "go to jail" card?
I hope this mantra of "no one is above the law" has a fist in it's glove...

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mitch96

(13,925 posts)
10. It will show the bad guys they can get away with it!!!
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 01:45 PM
Jan 2022

Like no recourse when TFG lies his ass off...
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lame54

(35,324 posts)
11. There should be a chart that says...
Wed Jan 26, 2022, 02:25 PM
Jan 2022

The pile of evidence against you must be this high for you to be indicted

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