The New York Times reports:
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.
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. One of the women who had sex with both men also agreed to have sex with an unidentified associate of theirs in Florida Republican politics.
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Some of the men and women took ecstasy before having sex, including Matt Gaetz, two people familiar with the encounters said. https://t.co/QZycJfECLM
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) April 2, 2021
Breaking News: The New York Times reviewed receipts related to the inquiry into Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida, which is said to focus on cash paid to women recruited online for sex.https://t.co/uzfPM3szth
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 2, 2021
My guess is that Matt Gaetz had Nestor around as a ‘wingman’ and for access to younger girls. He probably ‘adopted’ him so he had an excuse to have H.S. girls at his house. Mix in drugs and cash and you have a hell of a vice crime.
— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) April 2, 2021
BREAKING: Feds are investigating whether Matt Gaetz used campaign money to pay for travel and expenses for women. Also CNN sources say he “may have used cash and drugs in his dealings with young women.”
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) April 2, 2021
Now it’s being reported that Gaetz was in the office with Greenberg “on a weekend” looking at fake IDs of women — the women Greenberg is charged with sex trafficking — per CNN.
This is not sounds like it’s getting better for Matt.
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) April 1, 2021
Matt Gaetz hasn’t been mentioned on Fox News since Wednesday morning
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 1, 2021
? The Times has reviewed receipts from Cash App and Apple Pay that show payments from Gaetz and Greenberg to one of the women, and a payment from Greenberg to a second woman. The women told their friends that the payments were for sex with the two men https://t.co/TCS3mC6tkk
— Patricia Mazzei (@PatriciaMazzei) April 2, 2021
"One of the sites the men met women through was called Seeking Arrangement, which describes itself as a place where wealthy people find attractive companions and pamper them 'w/fine dinners, exotic trips and allowances.' " https://t.co/pIbVyY8TKS
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) April 2, 2021