Witness Can Confirm Matt Gaetz Was Told He Had Sex With a Minor

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SCOOP: In 2017, Matt Gaetz was warned that a teenager he had paid to have sex with was a minor, a cooperating witness can confirm. Me & @Jose_Pagliery @thedailybeast

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Witness Can Confirm Matt Gaetz Was Told He Had Sex With a Minor
One of the key interactions Joel Greenberg claims to have had with Matt Gaetz is a phone call informing Gaetz that they'd been sleeping with a minor. Someone witnessed the call.
5:47 PM · Jan 26, 2022

https://www.thedailybeast.com/witness-can-confirm-matt-gaetz-was-told-he-had-sex-with-a-minor

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 and an employee at the Seminole County tax office—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 on Sept. 4, according to two people briefed on the matter. The call, they said, was short—and Gaetz was the one who ended it.

While the sources did not know whether Ellicott had discussed the call with investigators, his account would likely be of critical interest, since it would match a key claim Greenberg made separately in a confession letter. That letter is now in the hands of federal agents, The Daily Beast previously revealed.

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[WHITT]

1. Matty Is Gonna Need To Change His Shorts

[Irish_Dem]

2. Duh, you pay extra for underage.

Of course he knew about it.

[Earth-shine]

3. "A teenager both men had paid to have sex with was underage,"

Does it cost less if one goes second?

Gaetz is disgusting!

[onecaliberal]

4. Why is the pedophile not in jail? Anyone else would be.

[rurallib]

6. Instead he is in congress

IOKIYAR (it's ok if you are a republican)

[thenelm1]

12. Are almost 40-yearolds, if from Florida, still considered minors? /s/nt

[Probatim]

18. Remember when GWB's DUI at age 40 happened "in his youth"?

These idiots can twist themselves into unimaginable knots to avoid admitting they are wrong (or stupid - or just assholes).

[Tanuki]

24. The Trump spawn are 40-ish, but Donald claims prosecutors are

"going after children" now that they are being called to testify.

[Leghorn21]

5. I thought we'd have to wait for Greenberg's sentencing in March for anything *real* to drop in

the case

I'm so delighted to see I was WRONG, SO WRONG

[Skittles]

7. fucking pervert

disgusting

[Kingofalldems]

8. Kick and rec

[electric_blue68]

9. Ughhh!

[Takket]

10. so we now have a victim and TWO cooperating witnesses........ and no arrest.......

wtf are the feds waiting for?

[NoMoreRepugs]

11. IF convicted, IF in prison, IF it was allowed, I 100% guarantee the

Panhandle goobers would re-elect him.

Have to run to the store for more tinfoil.

[keithbvadu2]

13. Republicans called 22 y/o Monica a child. Matt Gaetz called his 17 y//o border crossing girl a youn

Republicans called 22 y/o Monica a child.

Matt Gaetz called his 17 y//o border crossing girl a young woman.

Link to tweet

[calimary]

16. OMG!!!!!

"...minor purchases..." ?!?!?!?!?!

[IronLionZion]

21. If she's undocumented they'll claim she's the real criminal here

crossing the border is always worse than paying a minor for sex... for good Christian conservative hypocrites.

Even if she's here legally or the child of immigrants or whatever, the GOP mindset says she's still the guilty one somehow.

[sarcasmo]

14. Matt Gaetz fleeing the country watch is on.

[kimbutgar]

15. I wonder if his Daddy could pay off enough people to get him off?

[tblue37]

25. Only if a minor helps out.

[George II]

17. TICK TOCK TICK TOCK. Only a matter of time. Matty McForehead is screwed, and not in a good way.

[Jon King]

19. I doubt he will be charged.

Not going to happen unless they have a crap load more than guys with shady track records saying they told him. And it sounds like they told him after the fact, not before. Yeah there is some legal people that say even if he did not actually know he may have committed a crime. But its highly unlikely they would ever charge that.

Sorry, I hate Gaetz with a passion, but I highly doubt anything ever comes of this case. They will not charge a sitting Congress person unless there is a boat load more evidence than this that they can prove he knew without a doubt BEFORE, not after.

[NanananaFatman]

23. Um, in the case of minors before

Or afyer doesn’t matter. Statutory rape is stat rape.

Ignorance doesn’t matter. a day shouldn’t.

But he’s repub and rich plus white and in Congress. So you are right, I
Doubt anything will happen except he runs for president.

[MerryBlooms]

20. Matty isn't here, Mrs. Torrance.

[KS Toronado]

22. Who leaked this information?

It's probably true or could be an exaggeration, who leaked this and why?