Timothy Birdnow

The Gaetz report relied on very shaky witnesses, among tthem one particularly bad wittness, a person who had made the exact same accusattions against another person priviously.

From the article:

Among the witnesses the Ethics Committee relied on was Joel Greenberg.

Greenberg — a former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida — is currently serving an 11-year prison sentence for lying about another politician having a sexual relationship with a minor.

Hemingway noted, "Greenberg also reportedly later attempted to frame his own attorney with pornographic images of children.”

A 2023 lawsuit shed further light on Greenberg’s behavior and two women who made claims against Gaetz. Greenberg alleged one of the women had sex with Gaetz while underage which her friend — the other women — corroborated.

However, it was Greenberg who had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl while he was married, using a website where young women meet older men. Greenberg claimed he did not know she was underage.

Greenberg reportedly "became insistent” Gaetz help him obtain a pardon. When he was denied, he "said he would seek vengeance on those who refused to help him during his time of need,” according to Hemingway.

Greenberg started pointing the finger at Gaetz and other Republicans, accusing them of similar crimes. In September, "Gaetz revealed a letter [to the Committee] from a jailhouse informant who shared a holding cell with Greenberg when Greenberg admitted ‘making stuff up about’ Gaetz as part of a plan to lighten what could have been as much as a 27-year sentence in federal prison,” Hemingway wrote.

The inmate was interviewed by federal agents, telling them the woman Greenberg had a relationship with while still a minor "would be willing to adopt Greenberg’s lie in hopes of a future financial benefit.”
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The DOJ found Greenberg so unreliable, they dropped the case.

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This is why this report should never have gone public; it is full of uncorroborated accusations that do not pass the smell test. But the media will run with this because it attacks Donald Trump's credibility.

And this was clearly payback for Kevin McCarthy and Gaetz zealous role in removing him as Squeeker.

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