All right, thank you, Anderson.

I am Chris Cuomo and welcome to Prime Time.

We have more news breaking on our watch and some big developments to discuss specifically

in the Gates scandal.

Congressman Gates' buddy, Joel Greenberg, is working on a plea deal with the feds prosecuting

him for dozens of crimes, including sex potentially with a minor.

Now people are getting this wrong, so this matters.

They're hearing he's negotiating a plea deal and interpreting that to mean Greenberg

may cooperate with authorities about others.

That's wrong.

That means that Greenberg has already been cooperating with the feds in all likelihood

and for some time and in ways that have satisfied authorities that what he has given them

or promised to give them on others, warrants a deal.

That's how a plea deal works in this context.

You get one after you've shown that you can be of value cooperating.

Now if you think about it, the sequencing should make sense.

Remember, the Gates' sex trafficking and prostitution investigation sprung from what?

The sex trafficking probe of Greenberg, the former county tax collector.

And if there were any doubt that Gates is on the menu of what Greenberg had to offer

feds, listen to his lawyer today, try to downplay the obvious.

Does Matt Gates have anything to worry about?

Does Matt Gates, that is such a brat?

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