Another Gaetz Associate Pleads Guilty as Feds Increase Pressure on the GOP Congressman

     Last November, two associates of Matt Gaetz, Keith Ingersoll and James Adamczyk, were charged with 40+ federal felonies each in relation to an international real estate fraud ring. This was after the ringleader of the global criminal group that committed hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of financial, sex, and drug crimes, former GOP Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg, pled guilty to six felony crimes in exchange for a sentence of 12 years in prison with lifetime probation and sex offender registration, repeatedly asking to have his sentence pushed back for nearly eight months while he continues to cooperate with authorities in their investigation. This also comes as Gaetz's ex-girlfriend testified against him before a grand jury just weeks ago.

     Now, it's gotten even worse for Gaetz. His friend, Joseph "Big Joe" Ellicott, who once worked as a "shock jock" (which is slang for an asshole, usually a conservative, who screams over the radio) in Florida, has pleaded guilty to two felony counts: conspiracy to commit wire fraud and distribution of a controlled substance, which could put him in prison for up to 40 years, although he will likely get less not only because he pled guilty, but because he cooperated with their investigation into Gaetz. Ellicott's attorney said that Ellicott was able to share what he knew about the sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz, or, in his words, to "shed light on all those issues." Ellicott was the one who allegedly witnessed Gaetz have sex with a 17-year-old girl.

     I see Gaetz being indicted within a matter of months. Aside from the cooperation of Greenberg, Gaetz's ex-girlfriend, and now Ellicott, authorities also have Venmo payments from Gaetz to the victim, who is also believed to be cooperating, labeled "tuition" and "two-hour full-body massage." That's in addition to Gaetz's last appearance on FOX News in May 2021 in which he claimed that he and Tucker Carlson had "had dinner with a young lady," a story Carlson refused to corroborate, which led to Gaetz claiming in his podcast that he is "a cancelled man in some corners of the internet." I have a word of advice for Matt Gaetz: you can't "cancel culture" your way out of child rape charges. In the words of Greenberg's attorney, "I'm sure Matt Gaetz is not feeling very comfortable today."