Orlando | A Florida politician at the centre of an investigation into Representative Matt Gaetz is negotiating with federal prosecutors to resolve his own sex-trafficking and other charges, a potentially ominous sign for the congressman if his associate decides to co-operate in a bid for leniency.
Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector for Seminole County, Florida, initially was charged last summer in an indictment that prosecutors have since superseded, adding charges of sex trafficking of a minor, stealing from the tax office and trying to use fraud to get COVID-19 relief money while out on bond.
