NYT: Matt Gaetz Is Said to Be Investigated Over Possible Sexual Relationship With a Girl, 17. Wrap it up. Gaetz likely to avoid charges. Gaetz former ally sentenced to 11 years.

[mistertim]

Yeah he basically said in the video what has been mentioned here before...what does the potential extortion have to do with all of the possible charges against Gaetz? Nothing. It's just noise and deflection. Even if Gaetz was being extorted it wouldn't change any of the facts of the federal investigations into him for multiple potential sex crimes.

Edited April 16, 2021 by mistertim

[tshile]

“But I was being extorted!”

 

right cause you’re a sitting politician engaged in underage prostitution. 
 

I mean don’t get me wrong we’ll get the extorter too but you be in trouble 

Edited April 16, 2021 by tshile

[BatteredFanSyndrome]

The extortion is both deflection and crafted to speak to the loyal republicans that distrust everything about the government, well everything - but republicans.  I must give him credit for correctly having the pulse of the naive nimrods that devoutly follow his party.

[Larry]

54 minutes ago, tshile said:

“But I was being extorted!”

 

right cause you’re a sitting politician engaged in underage prostitution. 
 

I mean don’t get me wrong we’ll get the extorter too but you be in trouble 

"Somebody was threatening to expose where I hid the bodies of the people I killed."

[Larry]

BTW, would anybody be surprised if we found out that Gaetz offered the girls to Trump?  

[Destino]

Getting the government to go after people extorting them, without revealing why they were being extorted, is just what the ruling class expects.  I’m sure Gaetz genuinely feels wronged by what’s happening here.  No doubt is telling everyone who will listen that the FBI should be invested for leaking this.  

 

These are people that make crimes go away with a check and a signed NDA, without being immediately investigated for witness tampering.  Why wouldn’t they expect the justice system to protect them from the consequences of their own actions?  

[China]

1 hour ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

 

 

I assume that's accidentally posted in the wrong thread.

[LD0506]

14 hours ago, BatteredFanSyndrome said:

The extortion is both deflection and crafted to speak to the loyal republicans that distrust everything about the government, well everything - but republicans.  I must give him credit for correctly having the pulse of the naive nimrods that devoutly follow his party.

 

He could have said UFOs or chemtrails or Dr Seuss and they'd lap it up the same way

[Springfield]

I've checked in on this thread, but it really just seems like it's just here treading water. Seems like nothings going to happen to Gaetz.

[Cooked Crack]

It's a holding pattern till Gaetz gets some type of indictment. Any new story about his scummy behavior is a given now.

[Ball Security]

1 hour ago, Springfield said:

I've checked in on this thread, but it really just seems like it's just here treading water. Seems like nothings going to happen to Gaetz.

The DOJ doesn’t work on our timelines.

[mistertim]

3 hours ago, Ball Security said:

The DOJ doesn’t work on our timelines.

 

Yeah from my understanding, federal prosecutors tend to be a very thorough and meticulous lot. 

[Califan007 The Constipated]

12 hours ago, mistertim said:

 

Yeah from my understanding, federal prosecutors tend to be a very thorough and meticulous lot. 

 

Especially when they are investigating a sitting Congressman.

 

Besides, this isn't just about Gaetz..there is a larger story at work that goes beyond Gaetz. Could be that filing charges against Gaetz now could put a wrench in the rest of the investigation...or they are trying to compile just a ****-ton of evidence against him to get him to start cooperating with authorities about a bunch of other things they are investigating.

Edited April 18, 2021 by Califan007

[Momma There Goes That Man]

After Mueller, I just don’t worry about this stuff anymore. Nothing ever happens to them so it’s not worth worrying about. It sucks and makes me furious but I don’t plan on ever seeing any of this maga clan face consequences for their criminal behavior 

[China]

Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry

 

Federal authorities are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women was part of an orchestrated effort to illegally influence Gaetz in the area of medical marijuana, people briefed on the matter told CNN.

 

Prosecutors with the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section are examining whether Gaetz took gifts, including travel and paid escorts, in exchange for political favors, the sources said.

As part of an ongoing probe into Gaetz, investigators are examining whether he engaged in a relationship with a girl that began when she was 17. In pursuing evidence of potential public corruption, sources tell CNN that investigators are also scrutinizing Gaetz's connections to medical marijuana, both in terms of legislation he's sponsored and his connections to people involved in the industry, searching for so-called pay-to-play arrangements.

Gaetz has a long history of advocating for medical marijuana and has introduced several pieces of legislation seeking to loosen laws regulating the drug, both as a state representative in Florida and as a member of Congress. A number of his close associates have ties to the industry, including Jason Pirozzolo, a Florida doctor who founded a medical marijuana advocacy group and has in past news coverage in Florida been described as a "marijuana investor." According to reports, Pirozzolo accompanied Gaetz on the 2018 trip to the Bahamas that investigators are scrutinizing.

 

Click on the link for the full article

[Cooked Crack]

 

 

 

[BatteredFanSyndrome]

I had been waiting on this,  I love it.

[Cooked Crack]

 

[Dan T.]

Just more confirmation that Roger Stone is a gigantic, slimy sleaze bag.

[Captain Wiggles]

Whoa whoa whoa. You're telling me a guy with a tattoo of Richard Nixon turned out to be scum and isn't trustworthy? 😱

 

#dirtytrickster

 

Edited April 30, 2021 by clietas

[Jabbyrwock]

31 minutes ago, clietas said:

Whoa whoa whoa. You're telling me a guy with a tattoo of Richard Nixon turned out to be scum and isn't trustworthy? 😱

 

Yes.

 

[mistertim]

19 hours ago, Cooked Crack said:

 

 

 

 

I absolutely love how hilariously inept these morons are.

 

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A series of private messages starting in late 2020—also recently obtained by The Daily Beast—shows a number of exchanges between Greenberg and Stone conducted over the encrypted-messaging app Signal, with communications set to disappear. However, Greenberg appears to have taken screenshots of a number of their conversations.

 

[NoCalMike]

I do take some immature adolescent-like giddiness at the fact that Matt Gaetz is now starting to be referred to by the name "Pizza Gaetz"

[Bang]

We have been laughing at how inept these people are for a long time now, and they steadily are destroying our country. Not one single bit of their ineptitude has slowed down ANY of it. 

 

Maybe they aren't the ones that are so inept, and it certainly isn't so damned funny anymore.

 

~Bang

edit: Sorry, i don't want that to sound like i'm admonishing anyone here.. we can only react to it. I've said it before,, good people wait far too long to act like they have to in the face of evil. And we are seeing that play out quite painfully.

John

 

Edited May 1, 2021 by Bang

[China]