One of Matt Gaetz’s former girlfriends is freaking out that she is caught in the net of the federal investigation of Gaetz, and I do not see why she would. It is not like she traveled with Gaetz to the Bahamas for a little sex?
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MIAMI — Matt Gaetz’s former girlfriend has told friends she’s worried that the woman who is key to the federal government’s sex-crimes investigation tried to get her to incriminate the Florida lawmaker on a recorded call.
The revelation raises the possibility that federal prosecutors have two top cooperating witnesses: the woman who was an alleged sex-trafficking victim when she was a minor and the Gaetz associate already indicted for that crime, former Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg…
Gaetz’s former girlfriend has played a bit role in the unfolding public drama — she is the woman who sent the lawmaker a nude video of her performing a hula hoop dance that he showed to other members of Congress.
But two of her friends, who declined to be identified publicly because of the sensational nature of the case, say she now suspects she was being set up when the alleged victim and another woman involved in the case called her to discuss the lawmaker in what she fears might have been a recorded conference call. The call took place sometime after Greenberg was indicted for the sex crime in August.
The friends did not provide details about exactly what was discussed, but one recounted that Gaetz’s ex-girlfriend said she was opposed to talking to authorities and is now worried that prosecutors might try to charge her with obstructing justice in order to get to Gaetz.
Tim Jansen, an attorney for Gaetz’s former girlfriend, declined to comment about his client. Greenberg’s lawyer, Fritz Scheller, also declined to talk. Gaetz has strongly denied allegations he engaged in any sex crimes.
The three women on the call were all present on a September 2018 trip to the Bahamas that authorities think may shed light on the allegations against Gaetz. Also present on that trip: Gaetz and two other Florida Republican political players, former Orlando-area aviation authority member and Gov. Ron DeSantis fundraiser Jason Pirozzolo and former state Rep. Halsey Beshears.
Emphasis is mine.
First up, contrary to earlier reports that the victim of Gaetz’s “love for underage girls” was not cooperating with the feds, it appears she is NOW. Earlier reports were based on this bit of information:
Until now, there were signs the alleged sex-trafficking victim was not cooperating with federal authorities. In August, prior to Greenberg’s sex-trafficking indictment, Greenberg said in a WhatsApp chat with another friend that he was paying for her attorney at the time and that she was resistant to cooperating with investigators.
With Greenberg indicted and set to flip, at least as far as we know, I’m betting those payments to the victim’s lawyer dried up. I don’t know about you all, but if I had suddenly lost my free attorney and was part of a federal investigation, I would seriously think about making a deal with the feds. Just sayin’.
And as for the former girlfriend, here is some interesting information on her:
The former girlfriend first met Gaetz while she attended college in the Orlando area in 2017. Greenberg, who established contact with her on the SeekingArrangement website — a dating website that connects women with so-called sugar daddies — made the connection. Soon after, she began dating Gaetz, although the relationship was not exclusive, friends said.
Gaetz later got her a job interning in the office of another Republican member of Congress, but that member let her go when it was discovered she was a Democrat, according to Democratic Rep. Darren Soto of Orlando, who promptly hired her when Gaetz told him of the matter.
Soto, who is not involved in the investigation, would not name the Republican lawmaker or comment about the case. But he said the woman was a hard worker in his office and that he had no complaints about her, other than some inquiries about whether Gaetz’s relationship with the intern was inappropriate.
“We wanted to protect her privacy from the media. She was just an intern,” Soto said. “I’ll also say she was fired by a Republican for being a Democrat. I found it offensive that she was fired for her political beliefs.”
Let’s see. Greenberg found her on a website for women wanting Sugar Daddies. Check. She dated Gaetz but wan’t exclusive. Check. She landed a job with a Republican congressman as a favor to Gaetz. Check. She gets fired because she is a Democrat.
Yeah, the last one got me too.
But it gets better. The former girlfriend became a former because she was causing “friction” between Gaetz and Halsey Beshear. Seems that Beshear was dating her as well, and it appears he was a little possessive. Never mind that Beshear got dumped by another young woman because she found out about his escapade in the Bahamas. From what Politico reports, Beshear had something like three women “young enough to be his daughters” with him as he was returning to Florida in his private plane. This got Custom Agents to take a look at Beshear.
Drip, drip, drip.