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FORMER ASSOCIATE OF REP. MATT GAETZ PLEADS GUILTY, AGREES TO COOPERATE
May 14, 2021
Michael S. Schmidt
AJC
A former confidant of Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz admitted in court papers on Friday to an array of federal crimes — including sex trafficking of a minor — and agreed to cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigations, handing prosecutors a potential key witness as they decide whether to charge the lawmaker from Florida.
Joel Greenberg, who was the tax collector of Seminole County, outside Orlando, until he was indicted last year, did not implicate Gaetz by name in papers filed by prosecutors in U.S. District Court in