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Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden: Accused Sex Offender Matt Gaetz Faces Hard Time, Daily Beatings, Rapes, When Convicted
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Aug 22, 2021, 1:38:01 PM8/22/21
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Florida Prosecutor Suggests Matt Gaetz Could Face Life in Prison for Sex
Trafficking
By Joe DePaolo
A Florida prosecutor believes that the potential consequences facing Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL) could extend far beyond expulsion from Congress.
Appearing on Morning Joe Monday, Dave Aronberg — State Attorney for Palm
Beach County — said that the Department of Justice probe into whether Gaetz
paid for sex with women in violation of federal sex-trafficking laws could
carry with it a massive jail sentence.
“The most serious crime is child sex trafficking, punishable by up to life in
prison,” Aronberg said. “There’s a ten-year mandatory minimum. The more
information that comes out, the fewer defenses Matt seems to have left.”
Aronberg believes the biggest problem for Gaetz is that Joel Greenberg — the
former tax collector for Seminole County who has been brought up on federal
charges for sex trafficking of a minor — could turn on Gaetz and provide
evidence incriminating the congressman. Such a move could blow up what
Aronbrerg called Gaetz’s “last remaining defense” — claiming he either did
not have sex with the 17-year old girl at the center of the investigation or
claiming she turned 18 by the time he did.
“Those defenses can be overcome by the sworn testimony of the alleged victim,
or the discovery of incriminating documents like text messages, emails
amongst the parties, or if Joel Greenberg flips on the bigger fish — Matt
Gaetz,” Aronberg said. “Which I think is almost certain at this point.”
Aronberg argued that even lesser charges in connection with this
investigation have serious implications.
“For Gaetz, the problem is, it’s not just child sex trafficking,” Aronberg
said. “If they can’t prove that and can only prove he had sex with an
underage girl, well, that would be a violation of the state law against
having sex with a minor. And that is a 15-year maximum sentence. And you have
to register as a sex offender. Even if it’s solicitation of a sex act, that’s
also a felony, plus registration as a sex offender. There are no good
outcomes here, I think, for Matt Gaetz in the future.”
Trafficking
By Joe DePaolo
A Florida prosecutor believes that the potential consequences facing Rep.
Matt Gaetz (R-FL) could extend far beyond expulsion from Congress.
Appearing on Morning Joe Monday, Dave Aronberg — State Attorney for Palm
Beach County — said that the Department of Justice probe into whether Gaetz
paid for sex with women in violation of federal sex-trafficking laws could
carry with it a massive jail sentence.
“The most serious crime is child sex trafficking, punishable by up to life in
prison,” Aronberg said. “There’s a ten-year mandatory minimum. The more
information that comes out, the fewer defenses Matt seems to have left.”
Aronberg believes the biggest problem for Gaetz is that Joel Greenberg — the
former tax collector for Seminole County who has been brought up on federal
charges for sex trafficking of a minor — could turn on Gaetz and provide
evidence incriminating the congressman. Such a move could blow up what
Aronbrerg called Gaetz’s “last remaining defense” — claiming he either did
not have sex with the 17-year old girl at the center of the investigation or
claiming she turned 18 by the time he did.
“Those defenses can be overcome by the sworn testimony of the alleged victim,
or the discovery of incriminating documents like text messages, emails
amongst the parties, or if Joel Greenberg flips on the bigger fish — Matt
Gaetz,” Aronberg said. “Which I think is almost certain at this point.”
Aronberg argued that even lesser charges in connection with this
investigation have serious implications.
“For Gaetz, the problem is, it’s not just child sex trafficking,” Aronberg
said. “If they can’t prove that and can only prove he had sex with an
underage girl, well, that would be a violation of the state law against
having sex with a minor. And that is a 15-year maximum sentence. And you have
to register as a sex offender. Even if it’s solicitation of a sex act, that’s
also a felony, plus registration as a sex offender. There are no good
outcomes here, I think, for Matt Gaetz in the future.”
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