Epstein Secrets

18 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women was part of an orchestrated effort to illegally influence Gaetz in the area of medical marijuana, people briefed on the matter told" CNN (4/23, Perez, Reid, Glover, Shortell, 89.21M), which reports they are "exa

ecutors with the Justice Department's Public Integrity Section "are looking into whether a 2018 trip to the Bahamas involving Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz and several young women was part of an orchestrated effort to illegally influence Gaetz in the area of medical marijuana, people briefed on the mat

initially thought." Capitol Police Officer Testifies At Trial Over Alleged Threats To Lawmakers. CBS News (4/24, McDonald, 5.39M) reports, "A U.S. Capitol Police officer testified Friday in a jury trial for a New York man accused of threatening to murder U.S. lawmakers. The officer, Special Agent Christopher

itmer. COUNTER-INTELLIGENCE • Sources Say Durham Investigating FBI's Launch Of Trump Campaign Probe. CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS • DO) Investing Rep. Gaetz Over Alleged Sexual Relationship With A Minor. EFTA00150597 • NYPD Seek Suspect In Assault On Asian American Woman. • Lawsuit: Epstein Trafficked

n adviser Carter page." CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS DO) Investing Rep. Gaetz Over Alleged Sexual Relationship With A Minor. The AP (3/30) reports Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), "a prominent conservative in Congress and a close ally of former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday he is being investigated by the Justi

it is still early in the investigation." US Capitol Police Officers Suing Trump Over Riot. EFTA00150602 Bloomberg (3/30, Nayak, 3.57M) reports US Capitol Police Officers James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby, who were on duty during the January 6 riot, are suing former President Donald Trump, accusing him "of

bout Iran Hostage Scheme Will Not Distract FBI Probe. Reuters (4/22, Hosenball) reports, "A federal investigation into whether U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz trafficked a minor for sex will not be derailed by his assertion that a veteran asked his father for money to pay for the release of an American hel

assessments that he died in Iranian custody." Federal investigators "are examining the purported attempt while separately also looking into whether Gaetz, a Florida Republican, may have violated sex trafficking laws by paying travel expenses for a 17-year-old female, the law enforcement source said. '

rate any real accounting into the insurrection." EFTA00150521 Capitol Police Respond To Lofgren Allegation. Politico (4/22, 6.73M) reports, "The Capitol Police pushed back forcefully" Thursday against a claim by Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) that a "commanding official directed officers on Jan. 6 to pursue only a

es To Cooperate With Feds. The Washington Post (5/14, 10.52M) reports a Florida politician regarded as being critical to the probe concerning Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) "agreed to cooperate fully with federal prosecutors and, if needed, to testify in court, as he admitted in a lengthy written plea agreement t

rm within federal sentencing guidelines." The Post adds that prior to taking the "plea deal, Greenberg had been outlining to prosecutors how he and Gaetz (R-Fla.) would pay women for sex, in hopes of convincing them he could be a witness against the congressman and earn a break for himself." The New

a freshman Republican utilized a hearing probing "the attacks as a platform to compare the insurrection - which left five people dead, including a Capitol Police officer, and at least 140 officers injured - to tourists going through the building." The Post adds, "Later that evening, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green

har city along the border with Pakistan. He was killed along with a senior Afghan officer, according to the Reuters report." Hot on the left Rep. Matt Gaetz's (R-Fla.) campaign paid $25,000 to a lawyer who represented Jeffrey Epstein. "The Florida Republican and acolyte of Trump is under investigation f

ented Jeffrey Epstein. "The Florida Republican and acolyte of Trump is under investigation for possible sex trafficking of a minor. A spokesman for Gaetz did not address the payment but touted the congressman's fundraising haul, which totaled more than $1.3 million in the second quarter of the year,"

pass the bills to counter laws enacted by Republican legislatures across the country." gA'Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio) is taken into custody by U.S. Capitol Police officers in the Hart Senate Office Building, after a demonstration supporting the voting rights. (Jose Luis Magana/AP) Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio)