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Joel Greenburg, the former friend and confidants of Congressman Matt Gates has pleaded

guilty to sex trafficking of a minor and a variety of other crimes.

He's Matt Gates next. Let's get on topic. Welcome to On Topic, a weekly in-depth look at a topic that helps us understand the week's news. My name is Renato

Mariati. I'm a former federal prosecutor, a practicing lawyer and a legal analyst.

And I'm joined by my friend Patty Vasquez,

the host of the Patty Vasquez show

who joins us regularly on this podcast.

Now before I bring in Patty, I want to thank our patrons who brought us this episode

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So Patty, I've got to tell you it's been a little while.

I will tell, I have to say if I do sound different,

it's because I am actually in temporary housing right now,

and had sold my place going through quite a big change in my life.

Yeah, that's, it's kind of exciting

and I know it's a lot of work and stress, but it's good to hear your voice my friend

Absolutely absolutely obviously chaotic time in the news as well.

And particularly for Congressman Matt Gates,

you know, just today we had his confidant plead guilty.

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