Prosecutors not recommending charges for Matt Gaetz

[Marius25]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

More proof this country is an epic failure.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

1. So you would rather they charge him and lose the case?

That worked well with Rittenhouse?

[we can do it]

2. The do-it-immediately legal know-it-alls here are tiring.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

3. "Well, it's obvious he's guilty" holds up so well in the real world nt

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. I called this from the beginning ...

And not just because I'm cynical about our Justice system when it comes to rich white guys.

It's also because if he solicited a 17 year old for sex for money (which was about the extent of the accusation as far as I ever saw), it would be a state-level charge.

If provable (which is not that easy to do when years have passed), such charges might happen, but it won't be 'trafficking'.

[Nevilledog]

15. Maybe we should be asking where this information is coming from

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Greenberg's attorney Fritz Scheller reacts: “I have not received any information from the government regarding its decision to abandon its investigation and prosecution [of Matt Gaetz]. Nevertheless, based on my knowledge of the evidence, I would be surprised by such a decision.”

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U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz unlikely to face charges in sex-trafficking probe, report says https://trib.al/6ONsg7Q
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Scheller represents Joel Greenberg, the former Seminole County tax collector awaiting sentencing for sex trafficking and other crimes. Greenberg has been cooperating with the feds and reportedly has given them information about Gaetz, specifically.
10:23 AM · Sep 23, 2022

The DOJ under Garland is not known for leaking. Perhaps we should be interested in where this *information* came from.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

16. Fair point. But another fair point is that 'trafficking' may not be ALL Gaetz is being looked at

for.

No trafficking charge != no investigation whatsoever.

I guess time will tell.

[Rob H.]

17. "Perhaps we should be interested in where this *information* came from."

Yep, I'll believe the case is dropped if/when the DOJ confirms it, not because unnamed sources say prosecutors aren't going to recommend charges for Gaetz.

[SledDriver]

5. Once again...

DOJ unwilling to indict a wealthy, politically influential Republican

[Elessar Zappa]

6. How do you know?

Maybe the case wasn’t strong enough. Federal prosecutors generally only indict when they’re sure they’ll get a conviction.

[we can do it]

7. They don't know, they just like to act superior.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

8. I don't mean to sound like I'm defending Gaetz here ...

But it's POSSIBLE that the evidence and/or the law ... doesn't support a trafficking charge based on whatever actions Gaetz took.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

12. That's pretty much what the story says

Not enough evidence.

[Takket]

9. So they gave a cooperation agreement to his partner...

Whatever his name was. And spend a year pushing out his sentencing because he was “still cooperating” and after all that time they came up with nothing? So WTF were they doing for the last year???

Case in point:

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[SWBTATTReg]

10. First you have Bragg, and now we have this charade.

Why did Gaetz want a pardon then, when tRUMP was offering them? Does that count for anything?

Good God, do your damn job. Investigate deeper. One guy (former friend of Gaetz) was to even testify/perhaps did. I know that they said that the witnesses pulled out, but surely there is more to this case ?

[Takket]

11. Ingesting points made here:

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[AZSkiffyGeek]

13. Well if Twitter pundits say so

I’m surprised Palmer didn’t ask for a like and follow along the way.

[sarcasmo]

14. Gaetz father has serious pull in Florida.

[spanone]

18. "no one is above the law" except those that are.

[BlackSkimmer]

19. Surprise, surprise, surprise.