The federal investigation of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is now examining whether he accepted gifts, like travel and paid escorts, in exchange for political favors to benefit figures in the medical marijuana industry, the latest known expansion of the sprawling probe. The newly revealed facet of the Gaetz probe, being conducted by the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, is also exploring whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas by Gaetz and his associates with several young women was part of an effort to illegally influence Gaetz, the report said. Advertisement Also on that trip was Jason...…The federal investigation of U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz is now examining whether he accepted gifts, like travel and paid escorts, in exchange for political favors to benefit figures in the medical marijuana industry, the latest known expansion of the sprawling probe. The newly revealed facet of the Gaetz probe, being conducted by the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, is also exploring whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas by Gaetz and his associates with several young women was part of an effort to illegally influence Gaetz, the report said. Advertisement Also on that trip was Jason...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelApr 02, 2021 at 10:01 pmJoel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office when it was closed on a weekend night, according to a person familiar with office operations who saw the videotape.The person said the footage showed Greenberg and Gaetz walking into the Tax Collector’s Lake Mary office on Primera Drive. Greenberg was seen going through baskets where driver’s licenses, turned in by residents for disposal, were stored and later went into a back...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelApr 02, 2021 at 10:01 pmJoel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office when it was closed on a weekend night, according to a person familiar with office operations who saw the videotape.The person said the footage showed Greenberg and Gaetz walking into the Tax Collector’s Lake Mary office on Primera Drive. Greenberg was seen going through baskets where driver’s licenses, turned in by residents for disposal, were stored and later went into a back...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelApr 02, 2021 at 10:01 pmJoel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office when it was closed on a weekend night, according to a person familiar with office operations who saw the videotape.The person said the footage showed Greenberg and Gaetz walking into the Tax Collector’s Lake Mary office on Primera Drive. Greenberg was seen going through baskets where driver’s licenses, turned in by residents for disposal, were stored and later went into a back...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelApr 02, 2021 at 10:01 pmJoel Greenberg and U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz on at least one occasion several years ago were recorded together entering the Seminole County Tax Collector’s Office when it was closed on a weekend night, according to a person familiar with office operations who saw the videotape.The person said the footage showed Greenberg and Gaetz walking into the Tax Collector’s Lake Mary office on Primera Drive. Greenberg was seen going through baskets where driver’s licenses, turned in by residents for disposal, were stored and later went into a back...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMar 31, 2021 at 5:55 pmJust five days after he appeared in shackles in a federal courtroom, accused by prosecutors of stalking a political opponent, Joel Greenberg filed paperwork with the state to resurrect a pair of defunct companies, Greenberg Media and DG3 Network.He would later use those businesses to obtain more than $432,000 in fraudulent loans through a program meant to help small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic — with the help of a federal employee whom he had bribed, prosecutors now allege.AdvertisementThose and other new allegations were...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMar 31, 2021 at 5:55 pmJust five days after he appeared in shackles in a federal courtroom, accused by prosecutors of stalking a political opponent, Joel Greenberg filed paperwork with the state to resurrect a pair of defunct companies, Greenberg Media and DG3 Network.He would later use those businesses to obtain more than $432,000 in fraudulent loans through a program meant to help small businesses hurt by the COVID-19 pandemic — with the help of a federal employee whom he had bribed, prosecutors now allege.AdvertisementThose and other new allegations were...WW…

AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMar 31, 2021 at 9:49 pmFederal authorities are investigating potential sex trafficking violations by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a probe that emerged from the prosecution of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, according to .Citing three people briefed on the matter, the Times reported Tuesday that Justice Department investigators are looking into whether Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him.AdvertisementThe probe of Gaetz reportedly stemmed from...…AdvertisementBy Orlando SentinelMar 31, 2021 at 9:49 pmFederal authorities are investigating potential sex trafficking violations by U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz, a probe that emerged from the prosecution of former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, according to .Citing three people briefed on the matter, the Times reported Tuesday that Justice Department investigators are looking into whether Gaetz, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid for her to travel with him.AdvertisementThe probe of Gaetz reportedly stemmed from...WW…