Matt Gaetz Sought Preemptive Pardon In Sex Traffic Probe: Report

[fooferdoggie]

did someone just admit they are guilty? no wonder republicans want trump back in os they can be pardoned for all their law breaking.


Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) told a former White House aide that he sought a preemptive presidential pardon in a sex trafficking investigation, according to testimony before members of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
A probe launched in the waning days of the Trump administration is reportedly still seeking to determine if Gaetz broke federal law by allegedly recruiting women online for paid sex, including a teenager. He has denied any wrongdoing and has not been charged with a crime.

Matt Gaetz Sought Preemptive Pardon In Sex Traffic Probe, Aide Reportedly Told Jan. 6 Panel

Gaetz said he "didn't do anything wrong" but if Trump "could give him a pardon, that would be great," according to testimony cited by The Washington Post.

www.huffpost.com

 

[GermanSuplex]

Wow, even Trump has standards.

 

[Citysnaps]

Wow, even Trump has standards.

They're tough to rank, though. Mocking disabled NYT journalist Serge Kovaleski and bragging about sexually assaulting women come to mind.

 

[Edd]

That investigation is taking way too long for me.

 

[rdrr]

That investigation is taking way too long for me.

Isn't his father loaded, influential or a combination of both? I thought I heard that he got a DUI charge dropped because of this father. Florida politics...

 

[ronntaylor]

That investigation is taking way too long for me.

I'm hoping that after the midterms he'll be indicted. His "wingman" had his sentencing postponed till December. Let's see after his sentencing if indictments results from his cooperation in the investigation.

 

[ronntaylor]

I'm hoping that after the midterms he'll be indicted. His "wingman" had his sentencing postponed till December. Let's see after his sentencing if indictments results from his cooperation in the investigation.

Still hoping that some of the sealed stuff is related to Gaetz. I think at this point it's less than a 50/50 chance he'll face justice.

Former Gaetz Confidant Is Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

Joel Greenberg, a tax collector in Florida, had been cooperating with the Justice Department in its investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz.

www.nytimes.com

“If the government is so concerned with general deterrence, then why hasn’t it prosecuted the other individuals, including public figures, who were also involved in Greenberg’s offenses?” [Greenberg's lawyer Fritz] Scheller said. “Indeed, Greenberg’s plea agreement refers to the involvement of multiple co-conspirators, including individuals involved in his sex offense.” He added that Mr. Greenberg’s account had been corroborated “by other witnesses and records.”

 

[turbineseaplane]

"He has denied any wrongdoing"

Then why the request for a preemptive pardon?

I don't ask for a towel to dry off if I'm not wet

 

[Citysnaps]

Then why the request for a preemptive pardon?

I wouldn't mind having a preemptive pardon.

You never know when a neutrino from a newly formed galaxy far far and away will find its way to my brain and stimulate a gene to make me want to commit some kind of federal crime.

 

[Citysnaps]

Judge Gregory A. Presnell: “He has provided substantial cooperation to the government — more than I’ve seen in 22 years,”

Feeling optimistic.

 

[fischersd]

How preemptive? Before he even started doing it?

 

[AG_PhamD]

He honestly has always given me a creepy vibe… and that’s saying something considering I’ve only seen him on TV.

That said, I’m not going to assume guilt, that’s for the court to decide, but it doesn’t seem so surprising.

There is also that whole twist of a guy trying to extort his father for millions for a pardon for this very matter.

I have to say I’m a little skeptical about an “unnamed White House aid” claiming he saught a preemptive pardon. I’m not sure there has ever been a case, at least publicly (which ultimately seems hard to avoid here), of a President pardoning someone, especially a politician, for sex crimes, particularly child sex crimes. I don’t know how anyone could have have the audacity to ask for a pardon for such a heinous crime.

 

[GermanSuplex]

Still, this shitbag wins. There aren’t any decent conservatives in an entire district or enough sane people to vote for such a candidate? That is a very high concentration of insane people for a character like that to win, and there’s nothing “conservative” about that douchebag.

Is he in a district where everyone is like him, so the old conservatives just vote for him because he reminds them of their grandkids? That is the only way to explain it… he talks loud, says nothing and accomplishes nothing.