Matt Gaetz Publicly Attacked His Old Wingman And Former Federal Prosecutor Said It Could Blow Up In His Face

He just keeps digging that hole of his deeper and deeper.


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Recently, scandal-ridden GOP Congressman Matt Gaetz has taken to publicly attacking and criticizing his former wingman and former Florida tax official Joel Greenberg, who is cooperating with authorities and expected to take a plea deal soon regarding charges of sex trafficking and sex acts with a minor — a scheme that Gaetz himself was allegedly involved in. However, according to one former federal prosecutor, Matt’s eagerness to throw his old pal under the bus could end up blowing up in his face.

“Despite reports of being under a federal investigation and Gaetz’s close friends being willing to cooperate with investigators, Congressman Gaetz continues to talk about this case in this manner,” CNN anchor Fredricka Whitfield said while playing a clip of Gaetz saying, “I’m not too worried about Joel Greenberg” because he is “literally sitting in jail right now” for a false accusation of a child sex crime.

Whitfield asked, “How risky is this approach that he’s taking?”

“It’s very, very risky,” former federal prosecutor Shan Wu answered, “and I, frankly, think it would prevent him from ever being able to testify on his own behalf. He’s been saying so many things publicly about his alleged defense and that’s posturing, saying he’s not afraid of Greenberg because Greenberg’s sitting in jail. That’s exactly why he should be afraid of Greenberg because he’s sitting in jail and has high motivation to give up evidence against Gaetz.”

“This idea Greenberg carries a lot of baggage, that’s true,” Wu continued. “Greenberg may carry a bit more than most. But it’s not entirely on Greenberg. There’s evidence that will corroborate what he says and, of course, most importantly, any of these women, particularly the 17-year-old child’s victim, if they testify, that’s going to be devastating for Gaetz because he has no defense to having sex with an underage child.”

You can watch the clip here:

Featured image via Wikimedia Commons/Gage Skidmore, under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license

 

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