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The Daily Beast reports:
On Sept. 4, 2017, according to his confession letter, Joel Greenberg called his friend Rep. Matt Gaetz with some bad news. A teenager both men had paid to have sex with was underage, Greenberg claimed. Now, two sources tell The Daily Beast, a cooperating witness can confirm details of that call for one damning reason: He was in Greenberg’s office when the call took place.
The witness, “Big Joe” Ellicott—Greenberg’s longtime best friend — recently pleaded guilty to fraud and drug charges as part of a cooperation agreement with federal prosecutors. Although Ellicott has so far avoided any charges regarding sex trafficking of a minor, which Greenberg pleaded guilty to last May, he was present for the call that Greenberg made to Gaetz.
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It’s not just Joel Greenberg who claims he informed Matt Gaetz that the two men had been paying to have sex with a 17-year-old girl; there was a witness in the room who heard the call.
And the witness just pleaded to guilty to other charges.https://t.co/tDlciulwac
— Matt Fuller (@MEPFuller) January 27, 2022
Rep Matt Gaetz is entitled to the presumption of innocence. He is not entitled to sit on the House Judiciary Committee that has oversight over the Department investigating him for sex crimes with a minor. @GOPLeader needs to remove Rep Gaetz from the Committee. https://t.co/jO3Hm1Sz6F
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) January 26, 2022
Ellicott’s testimony contradict Gaetz’s repeated assertions that he never had sex with an underage girl as an adult. It would also cast doubt on Gaetz’s protestations that he was blindsided when NYT first reported the accusations. https://t.co/jpsRkF8PEo
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) January 27, 2022