Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry but prosecutors talking about charging decisions anonymously? Horsecrap

This, but OTOH, the story appeared in WaPo, and they generally are good about sources.

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry but prosecutors talking about charging decisions anonymously? Horsecrap

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

This is a weird leak that wouldn't originate from DOJ. Almost as if a Gaetz-friendly source is leaking it to make any future prosecution look like it's politically motivated since it would require DOJ "superiors" to overrule the "career prosecutors."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

This is a weird leak that wouldn't originate from DOJ. Almost as if a Gaetz-friendly source is leaking it to make any future prosecution look like it's politically motivated since it would require DOJ "superiors" to overrule the "career prosecutors."

Or the whole thing simply could be bogus to begin with.

Except that many things point to it not being bogus:
Gaetz asked for a blanket pardon
Joel Greenberg is cooperating with the Feds and has had his sentencing delayed multiple times.
And Greenberg's lawyer said this today

Greenberg's attorney Fritz Scheller reacts: “I have not received any information from the government regarding its decision to abandon its investigation and prosecution [of Matt Gaetz]. Nevertheless, based on my knowledge of the evidence, I would be surprised by such a decision.”

https://twitter.com/JeffWeinerOS/status/1573362022082920448?s=20&t=PjbGt-ca9IyNSI80txPtlA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

This is a weird leak that wouldn't originate from DOJ. Almost as if a Gaetz-friendly source is leaking it to make any future prosecution look like it's politically motivated since it would require DOJ "superiors" to overrule the "career prosecutors."

Or the whole thing simply could be bogus to begin with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

This is a weird leak that wouldn't originate from DOJ. Almost as if a Gaetz-friendly source is leaking it to make any future prosecution look like it's politically motivated since it would require DOJ "superiors" to overrule the "career prosecutors."

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

Just par for the course. Like every other victim of sexual assault, harassment or similar misconduct....their stories are never believed.

Anonymous wrote:“Career prosecutors have recommended against charging Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) in a long-running sex-trafficking investigation — telling Justice Department superiors that a conviction is unlikely in part because of credibility questions with the two central witnesses, according to people familiar with the matter.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/

Anonymous wrote:This is a completely normal ask. Wow.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/rep-matt-gaetz-asked-for-pardon-from-sex-trafficking-probe-says-trump-aide-johnny-mcentee
“Eric Herschmann, a former senior advisor to Trump, who told a House panel investigating Jan. 6 that Gaetz had requested a pardon “from the beginning of time up until today, for any and all things.”