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🗓️ 5 April 2021
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0:00.0 | Matt Gaetz is, as we'd say in the courts of DC, going to get got. |
0:10.4 | Let's talk about why that is, because justice matters. |
0:30.0 | Hey all, Glenn Kirschner here. So Matt Gaetz is in real trouble. |
0:36.5 | Why do I say that? Well, I say it in part based on some of the reporting about what's going on |
0:44.2 | with Matt Gaetz bestie, Joel Greenberg. Who is Joel Greenberg? He is a county tax collector in Florida. |
0:54.7 | And here's what he's up against at the moment. This from NBC News, WESH in Florida. |
1:03.7 | New round of indictments allege Joel Greenberg stole hundreds of thousands in taxpayer money. |
1:12.1 | And here is how the reporting reads in part. In addition to the dozen charges he Greenberg already |
1:20.1 | faces, including sex trafficking of a child alleging sugar daddy relationships, stalking of a |
1:28.4 | political opponent, an aggravated identity theft. He's facing 21 new counts, including bribery |
1:37.0 | of a public official theft of government property and wire fraud. Okay, let's talk a little inside |
1:47.6 | baseball inside prosecutorial baseball. Joel Greenberg was originally indicted about a year ago, |
1:57.8 | June of 2021. And just a few days ago, Joel Greenberg woke up and he had 12 felony counts hanging |
2:08.1 | over his head. When he went to bed a few days ago, he had 33 felony counts hanging over his head. |
2:18.8 | Why? Because federal prosecutors in Florida issued what's called a superseding indictment. They |
2:26.7 | brought a new indictment. They almost tripled the charges against Joel Greenberg. They went from |
2:33.4 | 12 felony charges to 33 felony charges. And Joel Greenberg's trial is just around the corner. |
2:44.1 | It's set for June, weeks away. So let me tell you, when you've been indicted for a year, |
2:53.6 | everybody's getting ready for trial. And all of a sudden the federal prosecutors triple your charges. |
3:00.0 | That can upset a federal judge. Why? Because everybody was in the shoot ready to go to trial. And |
3:09.8 | all of a sudden the prosecutors are dramatically upping the ante. What does that mean? Well, no, |
3:17.6 | you know, self-respecting defense attorney is going to say, yeah, I'm still ready to go to trial |
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