Criminal charges will probably not be warranted in the investigation into Republican representative Matt Gaetz’s alleged sex-trafficking scandal, prosecutors have advised the Justice Department.
Senior department officials have not confirmed whether the lawmaker will be charged, but the prosecutors claim that a conviction is unlikely to result from the probe, according to the Washington Post. The department typically heeds such recommendations, they said.
The prosecutors said the case was undermined by a lack of credibility demonstrated by two key witnesses against Gaetz, including the 17-year-old girl whom Gaetz was accused of having a sexual relationship with.
The other witness whose testimony may not be considered dependable is Seminole County's former tax collector, Joel Greenberg. In 2021, Greenberg pled guilty to an assortment of charges including engaging in online financial transactions to pay for prostitution involving “him and others.” Greenberg agreed to cooperate and give information to federal authorities, which sparked a subsequent investigation into Gaetz’ conduct after officials encountered evidence potentially implicating him in sex trafficking.
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