Probe Into Matt Gaetz Focused on Cash Paid to Women

A Justice Department investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and an indicted Florida politician is focusing on their involvement with multiple women who were recruited online for sex and received cash payments, the New York Times reports.

“Investigators believe Joel Greenberg, the former tax collector in Seminole County, Fla., who was indicted last year on a federal sex trafficking charge and other crimes, initially met the women through websites that connect people who go on dates in exchange for gifts, fine dining, travel and allowances… Mr. Greenberg introduced the women to Mr. Gaetz, who also had sex with them.”

“One of the women who had sex with both men also agreed to have sex with an unidentified associate of theirs in Florida Republican politics.”