Gaetz was never charged with a federal crime even though his friend, former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg, pleaded guilty over similar allegations.
At the time, federal investigators were still investigating Gaetz and whether he “broke federal sex trafficking, prostitution and public corruption laws,” CNN reported, an investigation that would formally end in February 2023.
Prosecuting a crime in an actual court of law is rather different than alleging one in the court of public opinion.
“The Committee did not obtain substantial evidence that Representative Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws,” the report notes.
Put another way: Gaetz has plausible deniability on his side, at least on that particular charge.
“Federal prosecutors knew ALL this about Matt Gaetz[.]
And yet they didn’t charge him with anything — they let him walk. »
