Judge Allows Proposed Sentencing Date to Be Filed Under Seal as Rep. Matt Gaetz’s ‘Wingman’ Joel Greenberg Touts ‘Cooperation’ with Feds – By Adam Klasfeld (Law & Crime) / July 5, 2022
The man whom Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) reportedly once described as his “wingman” can file sentencing information under seal to discuss his cooperation with federal authorities, a judge ruled on Tuesday.
A little more than a year ago, Joel Greenberg pleaded guilty to six of the 33 federal charges that he was facing, including sex trafficking of a child, identity theft, wire fraud and conspiracy. Greenberg acknowledged that he and several other adult men paid a 17-year-old girl for sex and provided her with narcotics such as ecstasy. That is reported to be the same teenager at the center of a Justice Department investigation into whether Gaetz also engaged in sexual acts with her, according to the New York Times.
Greenberg faces a mandatory minimum 12-year sentence for his crimes, his latest memo notes. Gaetz faces no charges.
Federal prosecutors and Greenberg previously agreed to postpone his sentencing multiple times since that May 2021 plea deal, citing his ongoing government cooperation.
