Politics Rep. Matt Gaetz faces Justice Dept. investigation over alleged relationship with teen girl

Rep. Matt Gaetz was being extorted for $25M over 'his sex orgy with underage prostitutes to help rescue American hostage Robert Levinson from Iran', bombshell documents claim

• Bombshell texts, an email and a printout with the heading 'Project Homecoming' detail the alleged scheme
• They show the plot allegedly involving former DOJ official David McGee and former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent to free US hostage Robert Levinson
• The plot tries to enlist Gaetz's financial backing - to the sum of $25 million - to pay to free Levinson
• In exchange, Gaetz would allegedly be given credit for Levinson's release and a presidential pardon
• The documents describe incriminating photos of Gaetz with underage prostitutes in a 'sex orgy'
• They also claim at least one underage girl has testified that he paid her for sex
• Gaetz, who has not been charged with any crime, is about to be indicted on undisclosed charges, docs say
• Levinson was captured 14 years ago in Iran. His family said last year they were told he was dead
• It emerged Tuesday that Gaetz is under investigation by the DOJ over allegedly sex trafficking a girl, 17
• Gaetz denied the allegations and claimed McGee was trying to extort him over it and he and his father Don Gaetz were working with the FBI to expose it
• McGee denied he was extorting Gaetz and said he had no involvement in the DOJ sex trafficking probe

Rep. Matt Gaetz was allegedly being extorted over 'compromising pictures' showing him in a sex orgy with underage prostitutes to help rescue American hostage Robert Levinson from Iran, according to newly-obtained documents.

Bombshell text message screenshots, an email and a printout with the heading 'Project Homecoming' detail an alleged scheme involving former DOJ official David McGee and former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent.

The alleged plot tries to enlist Gaetz's financial backing - to the sum of $25 million - to pay to free Levinson, who was captured 14 years ago in Iran and whose family said they were told he was dead.

In exchange, Gaetz would be given credit for Levinson's release and would be given a presidential pardon, with all investigations involving him dropped, the documents say.

The documents also provide greater detail into the allegations against Gaetz, describing incriminating photos of the congressman with underage prostitutes and the testimony of at least one underage girl who says she was paid for sex with the 38-year-old.

They claim that Gaetz, who has not been charged with any crime, is about to be indicted on undisclosed charges.

It emerged Tuesday that Gaetz is under investigation by the Department of Justice over claims that he had a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl and paid her to travel with him across state lines.

The New York Times first reported it, citing three unnamed sources who said the alleged relationship happened two years ago and that a probe was launched in Trump's last months in office.

Gaetz fired back in a tweet storm and in interviews with Axios and Fox News' Tucker Carlson denying all of the allegations and claiming a former Justice Department official - David McGee - was trying to extort him and his family over the probe for $25 million.

Gaetz claimed he and his father - former Florida State Senator Don Gaetz - contacted authorities and were working with the FBI, with Don backing up his son's claims Wednesday that he wore a wire to try to expose McGee's apparent plot.

McGee denied he was extorting Gaetz and said he had no involvement in the DOJ sex trafficking probe into Gaetz other than being one of 'a thousand people who have heard the rumors' about the congressman's alleged actions with underage girls.

The documents, which were in the possession of Gaetz and shared with the Washington Examiner, add yet another twist to the complex saga involving the staunch Trump ally, former DOJ official, FBI probe and DOJ investigation of sex trafficking.

Screenshots of text messages said to have been sent by Kent to Gaetz's father on March 16 show the offer to make his son's 'legal and political problems go away' in exchange for helping to free Levinson.

'Mr. Gaetz, I would like to talk with you immediately about the current federal investigation, and the indictment that is about to be filed against your son,' the message reads, per the Examiner.

'I have a plan that can make his future legal and political problems go away.'

The message then explains a plan to enlist both Don and his son to help release Levinson.

Levinson, who worked for the FBI for 22 years, vanished in March 2007 while on a trip to Iran's Kish Island.

The US government insisted at the time that he was not working for them but six years later admitted he had been carrying out work for the CIA.

Nothing was known as to whether he was alive or dead until 2011 when Levinson's family shared images and a video of him being held captive and pleading for help.

Levinson's family said in March 2020 that they had been informed by US officials that he had died in Iranian custody, while being held in Iran as the longest-held hostage in American history.

But, according to the text message said to be from Kent, Levinson was 'located' in Iran last summer and Kent has 'two proof of life videos.'

'The US government foiled our rescue attempt,' the message reads.

'We have one more opportunity to rescue Levinson,' it continues, adding that he wishes to enlist 'you and Matt' to 'help us privately and clandestinely obtain the release of Robert Levinson.'

McGee is the attorney for the Levinson family meanwhile Kent has previously claimed he put together a secret mission to rescue Levinson back in 2018 that was foiled by the US government.

The two men had previously slammed the last-minute abort of Kent's mission and the US government's efforts to rescue the former FBI agent in an interview with Newsweek in 2019.

'I am continually astounded and dismayed at the failure of the government of the United States, through three administrations, to bring Bob Levinson home,' McGee said.

'He was taken by enemies of this country while in its service. There is no moral justification for their failure to do what is necessary to bring him home.'

On March 17, the day after the text was sent purportedly by Kent to Gaetz's father, Don claims he met with Kent and Stephen M. Alford and was given the three-page 'Project Homecoming' document.

The document begins with details of the alleged probe into Rep. Gaetz over 'various public corruption and public integrity issues.'

It outlines some of the most damning allegations to surface against Gaetz to date, claiming the FBI has 'compromising pictures' depicting Gaetz and an unidentified election official in a 'sexual orgy with underage prostitutes' in Maitland, Florida.

The photos came to light during an unrelated probe into political corruption and public integrity in another criminal case, it reads.

Sources previously told the New York Times the probe was part of a wider investigation into Florida tax collector Joel Greenberg, who was charged with sex trafficking a minor between the age of 14 and 17 last year.

The document says the discovery of the photos and 'subsequent information' has led to Gaetz being the 'target' of a 'widening investigation into serious underage sex trafficking, political corruption, public integrity, and other criminal allegations.'

On Tuesday, Gaetz insisted he had been told he was the 'subject' and not the 'target' of a probe.

The document claims that a Grand Jury has been impaneled to determine is charges should be brought against Gaetz and others.

It says that a number of people have testified to the Grand Jury about Gaetz including one underage girl who claims she was paid by Gaetz for sex and 'other individuals, whom are facing serious criminal allegations themselves'.

'At least one underage female has testified to the Grand Jury that Congressman Gaetz has paid her to engage in sexual activities,' it reads.

The probe is being handled by the Public Integrity Division of the DOJ and is being managed out of the DC field office, with the US Attorney from the Middle District of Florida overseeing the case.

The document goes on to describe a 'strategy' to 'mitigate Gaetz's 'legal and political troubles' by arranging for $25 million in funds needed to apparently release Levinson from Iranian captivity.

The money would be deposited into the trust account of Beggs & Land law firm, where McGee works, no later than March 19, the Examiner reported.

It describes a setup wherein Gaetz could take the credit for Levinson's release and present the captive's return to the US, and would be put forward for a presidential pardon and for all investigations to be dropped.

'In exchange for funds being arranged, and upon the release of Robert Levinson, Congressman Gaetz shall be given credit for facilitating the release of Mr. Levinson. Congressman Gaetz shall also be on the plane that returns Mr. Levinson to freedom, and shall be the person to 'reunited' Mr. Levinson with his family and bring Mr. Levinson back to the United States,' the document reads.

'The team that delivers Mr. Levinson to the President of The United States shall strongly advocate that President Biden issue a Presidential Pardon, or instruct the Department of Justice to terminate any and all investigations involving Congressman Gaetz.'

The three-page document also suggested at least some White House knowledge of the plan claiming: 'The team has been assured by the President that he will strongly consider such matters because he considers the release of Robert Levinson a matter of National Urgency.'

DailyMail.com has reached out to the White House for comment.

The Examiner also obtained an email chain sent between Don's attorney Jeffrey Neiman and federal prosecutors that appears to confirm the FBI is looking into an alleged extortion.

Assistant US Attorney David Goldberg wrote to Neiman that he could 'confirm that your client is working with my office as well as the FBI at the government's request in order to determine if a federal crime has been committed'.

The FBI declined to comment and directed to DailyMail.com to the DOJ. The DOJ did not return a request for comment.

The release of the documents came after Gaetz's father backed up his extortion claims and said he wore a wire to try help his son expose it.

'The FBI asked me to try and get that information for Matt and an indication we would transfer money to Mr. David McGee,' he told Politico Wednesday.

DailyMail.com has reached out to McGee following the latest claims about the alleged extortion plot.

The attorney denied any involvement Tuesday telling The Washington Post Tuesday he was not part of a plan to extort Gaetz nor was he connected to the DOJ's sex trafficking probe.

But McGee, an attorney at Beggs & Lane law firm and the former lead attorney for the DOJ's Organized Crime Task Force, said: 'It is completely false. It's a blatant attempt to distract from the fact that he's under investigation for sex trafficking of minors.

'I have no connection with that case at all, other than, one of a thousand people who have heard the rumors.'

The attorney said Gaetz's father had 'called me and asked to talk to me' and said he would welcome a tape of their conversation being made public. He did not detail what the conversation was about but insisted it was nothing 'untoward' but simply 'a pleasant conversation of a dad concerned about his son and the trouble his son was in'.

He added: 'If there is a tape, play the tape. There is nothing on that tape that is untoward.'

Gaetz had on Tuesday claimed he is the victim of a $25 million extortion plot after it was revealed he is under investigation for sex trafficking over allegations he had a sexual relationship with a teenage girl, 17, and paid to have her travel with him.

The Republican congressman and close ally of Donald Trump accused McGee live on Tucker Carlson of trying to extort millions of dollars out of him and his family in exchange for 'making horrible sex trafficking allegations against me go away.'

Gaetz claimed he had been working with the FBI and his father Don Gaetz had been wearing a wire to expose the alleged scheme after learning of it earlier this month.

Florida lawmaker Gaetz made the bombshell allegation hours after the New York Times revealed the DOJ had launched a probe to investigate whether Gaetz violated federal sex trafficking laws.

Three sources told the Times an investigation was launched into his alleged sexual relationship with a 17-year-old girl during Trump's final months in office under then-Attorney General Bill Barr.

The inquiry is said to be part of a wider probe into Florida official Joel Greenberg, who was slapped with a string of charges last year including sex trafficking a minor between the age of 14 and 17. No charges have been filed against Gaetz.

On Wednesday, Politico reported that not only was the sex trafficking investigation underway, but that Bill Barr, the AG at the time, knew about it and had no objection to it.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...underage-prostitutes-rescue-hostage-Iran.html

 

I've been involved with a lot of charity fundraisers but a sex orgy is a new one for me.

 

REVEALED: Matt Gaetz 'showed lawmakers naked photos on the House floor of women he said he'd slept with' as former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe says there must be a 'significant degree of information' for sex trafficking probe to be launched

• Multiple sources told CNN the congressman showed lawmakers photos and videos of the women while he was on the House floor
• There is no known link between these alleged images and the sex trafficking probe into Gaetz
• Prominent Republicans have remained silent on the probe with sources saying the congressman is not well liked because of his avid self-promotion on right-wing news outlets
• Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe says there must be a 'significant degree of information' for federal officials to have launched a sex trafficking probe into a sitting member of Congress
• It emerged Tuesday that Gaetz is under investigation by the DOJ over allegedly havign sex with a girl, 17
• Gaetz denied the allegations and claimed former DOJ official David McGee was trying to extort him over it and he and his father Don Gaetz were working with the FBI to expose it
• McGee denied he was extorting Gaetz and said he had no involvement in the DOJ sex trafficking probe
• Gaetz produced texts, an email and a printout purportedly showing the extortion plot
• The documents describe incriminating photos of Gaetz with underage prostitutes in a 'sex orgy'
• The plot allegedly involves former McGee and former Air Force intelligence officer Bob Kent in a plot to free US hostage Robert Levinson from Iran
• The 'plot' tries to enlist $25 million from Gaetz in exchange for a presidential pardon and the probe dropped

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...s-naked-photos-women-said-hed-slept-with.html

 

That is a glaring typo

 

Reports: Gaetz Caught On Surveillance Vid With Alleged Sex Trafficker Sifting Through IDs

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/...-surveillance-vid-with-alleged-sex-trafficker

 

Gaetz communications director resigns

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/546170-gaetz-communications-director-resigns

 

Matt Gaetz's communication director Luke Ball RESIGNS 'out of principle' after his boss was accused of trafficking girl, 17, and paying for drugged sex with sugar daddy girls

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ion-director-Luke-Ball-RESIGNS-principle.html

 

'His friend has been singing to the feds - that's why Matt is so freaked out.' Gaetz's arrest is imminent as jailed tax collector Joel Greenberg faces charges of having sex with same 17-year-old and 'making fake ID's with the congressman'