Katie Benner, Justice Department reporter for the New York Times, talks with Rachel Maddow about the latest details being reported in the cases of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz and his associate Joel Greenberg. As more is learned about their actions, the nature of their relationship remains a question. Aired on 04/03/2021.
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Matt Gaetz is the son Trump always wanted….
Which is why they’ll be able to spend more time together in jail 😉
They need to get their DNA tested, it has to be a match!
You haven’t noticed the resemblance between Eric and Matty? Look at the hole they call a mouth! No lips just overbite!
This just in: Gaetz raising millions for defense fund by auctioning off opportunity to punch him in the face.
@CShield 😆😆😅😂
@Mike Horton probably have to go to that Russian troll farm to check his freezer..
@Pol Pot <--- Low-level Moscow content churl on his first shift at Content Gulag.
@Richard Hagedorn Infinity! DO I HEAR INFINITY X 1000?!?
He is a White Supremacist and a Nazi Racist. We must find him guilty and send him to prison. Now we need to get some good dirt on the rest of them.
“Ok Q Cult, you know what to do! Go get him!”
**crickets and tumbleweeds**
“Hey, where’d y’all go?!”
@Charles Arturo I’m crying ✌ 😀
Wait save the children right? 🦗
@William Springer The Zombie MAGApocalypse.
@Brandy Courvoisier Looking for a place that serves organic food.
@Audience 72 exactly but we get discourage because let’s be real democrats aren’t working for us either they throw bones every now and then what we need to do it’s run ourselves if we want change for real
Sorry, but I have no respect for Matt Gaetz. I watched him on the News shows leading up to January 6th, and his attitude helped to cause what happened. He’s a sick man.
@George Hackett You know I ran the single biggest YouTube channel in the world in my field from 2008-2017. I was the best producer, mixer, editor, restorer around. So many people told me this was by far the best and most creative channel they ever saw. I got too big and the powers that be deleted me and than copied many of the ideas and themes and mixes I was creating. I guess that is flattering in a way but I was left with nothing. I still have all the work on 4 or 5 hard drives but it is not shared nor viewed by anyone anymore. At first the major corporations loved me they were hosting the material, this is NBC they were not. ABC and ESPN to name a few and tons of others. I used to have these pirate channels that would copy my videos and re upload the degraded flv files just to make money and get views or clicks. When the corporations than saw I was a threat they came after me in full force not once or twice but three times over. They even hunted down my Vimeo channel. Why? They wanted the money and the clicks and the views than they copied the ideas and video concepts to some extent and used that to push their channels which didn’t even exist when I started. Than in early 2016 started up a Jesus channel and that was censored and banned and blocked from day 1. I used to have YouTube spies that would delete videos or flag them when I had them marked private. What I am saying when you have one of the best video mixers and producers in the world working on a Jesus channel and it is the same guy who once had 100 million views can’t get 1,000 views on a video something is wrong. Trust me Jesus is a lot more popular than the stuff I was producing for my non Jesus non political channel.
@The Man With No Name A conspiracy against you, you say. And you were the best of the best. Do you not see yourself in the words you right, the constant scrabbling for superiority when you are not outright judging? You are a mess, man. And quite unhappy. Good luck. Be humble.
@George Hackett I guess what I am saying is last 4th of the July I produced one of the most important videos that spells out this entire end times game plan. This is months before genetic armageddon the genetic corruption of the human race is at our door. The final game to change and alter our humanity as we know it. We are only in the early stages of Noah 2.0 so we have not seen the fruit of this. But Jesus says if at some point he doesn’t return no flesh would be saved. If I could have got 10 million views or 5 million or even 300,000 I could have helped saved souls. I got less than 350 views on that video. I went to the LORD and said Jesus, what am I supposed to do, they are burying the talent you gave me in the sand, it is not I who does this. The LORD spoke to my heart and said, those that are mine, I have warned and have written my laws in their hearts and minds.
@George Hackett This was no conspiracy against me it was bigger fish eating the little fish because the little fish was growing in size.
@The Man With No Name Your vanity never ends. You are damned.
No wonder he campaigned so hard for Trump… He knew he might need a pardon
@Demetria Karnavas 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😡😡😡
Trump could have created a few honey trap’s.
I thought the new narrative was that prostitution was empowering to women. I personally don’t think so but I can’t keep up with the narratives anymore. They change on an hourly basis.
Unfortunately, his scheme was a bit too clever and it didn’t surface fast enough to align with the time line of his hero Trump who, as Alpha Male, was given magical power that could null & void all crimes big & small — especially federal crimes dealing with interstate “activities” — with the wave of a wand made only for the Alpha Male of our society.
He’s out of luck!!
Can’t wait until Republican congressmen and senators get flagged as a bunch of johns.
@Richard Blumenidiot I’m pretty sure posting the same stupid comment into EVERY thread here is called “spamming” – well at least that’s what I am reporting each and every one of them for. I hope you don’t get paid for this weak effort.
@Vidchemy that might be a “Bingo”
@cindy o wonder what his rationale for that was?
Yeah…. Then they will just get their lawyers on it.. While staying in office… And then they will make prostitution legal everywhere.
@Vidchemy Don’t read too much into things. Many may be depraved, but not nearly as stupid as this dude.
I wonder if Bill Barr used his power to hold back this case at all, until after he had left.
I doubt it. He knew how long investigations like this take so he probably didn’t have to slow it down.
@Richard Blumenidiot And what did the exclude?
@Sharon Dawson-Coates What do you exactly mean? Kellyanne Conway? And who is he? Barr? Gaetz?
More likely Barr, knowing GOP was going down under the weight of its very vocal fringe stupidity, endorsed the case.
Between Matt Gaetz’s photos of naked girlfriends – one in a hula hoop no less – and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s photos of ex-boyfriends “junk,” There’s enough material for a Marjorie Greene book club featuring the GOP “Boys n’ Girls We Bonked,” coffee table edition.
@Annie B I dunno. It’s a White, man thing, so how could we possibly understand?! Some mansplaining may actually be needed here.
@Seeking The truth His fiance said that they “might get married between now and 2024”. I’ll bet she’s just his puppet who lends him an air of respectability. No way will they ever marry.
@Les ~ BINGO!! Nailed it!!🤪
If Matt’s father would have taught him some manners. Matt might know better to keep Lyn’s name out of his mouth.
Matt tried to make a name for himself stepping on the wrong person.
Matt’s a tool. Trump Inc will have to put him on inc’s media payroll if he wishes to use him further.
📚Book Club🤔LOL😂👍😂
Tucker to Gaetz: “I don’t remember your girl Woman… Stop dragging me into your S-ht Bruh”.🤣
@Frank A : Can’t wait for SNL.🤣
@Ren Hippo : Gaetz to Tucker: “You and me are the same Bruh”.🤣
@Google User : So, Andrew Cuomo Must RESIGN immediately… But Matt Gaetz is Innocent until proven GUILTY… Republican HYPOCRISY never ceases to amaze me.🤔
@Google User Why would the FBI release any evidence before charging Gaetz with the crime???? Think about that one son…Remember ones the FBI has the grip on someone they will never let go just like a Pitbull…
@Google User She got paid, not a victim, just illegal worker girl.
Joel Greenberg was the middle man huh? Well let’s see if he wants to serve 25 to 40 for Gaetz
It’s a *minor* offense
😁
@Cynthia Copland Unless they can prove he moved them over state lines, then trafikking may be involved. Remember, this possibly involves a child. That changes things .
@Richard Blumenidiot Prove it then.
Nope.
No wonder Gaetz was so upset about Dr Seuss books. He likes to read them to his “women” when he tucks them in for sleep.
@Richard Blumenidiot Which “information” would that be?
Drugs them to sleep
While it is a difference in degrees of bad, his “women” are in late Adolencecess, well past bedtime stories let alone Dr. Seuss
@Gerald Grenier look over your left shoulder now! That is where the joke passed you.
@The jolly Frog you just gonna ignore how joe Biden touch’s little kids and grown women
Why is Greenberg wearing a badge and carrying a gun? I didn’t know that a tax collector was a criminal justice official 😳.
He used public funds to buy guns and tactical vests for himself and all those ‘deputies, minions, goons, whatever’ working for him, even though their jobs have nothing to do with law enforcement. Gaetz even flashed his ‘badge’ to a woman he had pulled over for ‘speeding’, to show what a power freak he is. Also spent a huge amount of public money on expensive computer servers that he needed for a ‘private business’ on the side, and used his access to classified records to forge fake IDs for himself and, apparently, some of those young women he wanted to get across state lines. he and Gaetz bring a new and even more sordid meaning to ‘Florida Man.’
He’s trying to compensate. He thinks he’s a man.
Florida, everyone gets a gun and badge…
He was on a power trip.
He’s doing detective cosplay.
I can just hear his dad now….”Gotdamn it, Mathew!! How many times do I have to bail you out?!?! Well guess what, mister….I can’t buy your way out of this one!! Your mother and I are disappointed and heartbroken!!”
I’m guessing he learned this behavior from his dear ole dad
But then, his parents are the very ones who brought him up to believe that he was above the law.
😂🤣
Man, what false narrative are you referring to dude, let us know, we’re all listening.
Omg, I’m going to LOVE it if tucker is involved! Priceless!
Jew, I’m not surprised by nepotism at all, I see it all the time. And for the avoidance of doubt, I’m talking about impropriety, and again, to stress a point I made earlier, if there’s wrongdoing on either side it should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
This is slightly different though, wouldn’t you concede? Hunter was appointed to the board of a Ukrainian company, a corrupt one at that, at a time when his father was both VP and having dealings with the Ukraine. He pocketed over $1m for what little troubles he went to in order to fill his role.
Don’t you think that stinks? And don’t you think that the current president should have to explain himself? Would that not be an impeachable offence?
@TheDiamond2009 Go watch your BBC news, and say hi to the queen for me.
@TheDiamond2009 Hunter Biden isn’t a problem. If it was Republicans in congress would have already investigated, but they know they won’t find anything
@Carlos Lara Roger Stone makes sense. But it could be any of those sleazeballs. We will eventually find out.
@TheDiamond2009 we weren’t worried about Ivanka’s Chinese patents or a million other ways the Trump kids enriched themselves during Trump’s term because of Daddy and whether or not that was impeachable and he was not made to answer for those shady deals.
Do you think it’s a problem when Hunter Biden takes advantage of his father’s position but not when Ivanka Trump does hers? As Trump was so eager to proclaim regarding not furnishing his taxes to the people, the voters don’t seem to care as they were aware of the situation before they voted. Why do you care if the American voters don’t?
I do not want to ever hear ‘where’s HUNTER?’ Ever again!
@TheDiamond2009 He’s busy not being in politics at any point in his life, also probably a little occupied with that investigation that is still going on in to what happened with him. Now that we have that whataboutism nonsense out of the way, any thoughts on the current investigations in to Gaetz?
@TheDiamond2009
trying to call Gaetz to see if he can have a 17 yr old LOL
@TheDiamond2009 smoking stones and banging women! In other words, living the best life possible! Leave Hunter alone.
He’s the future of America, baby!
HUNTER 2024
@TheDiamond2009 living his life, now get on with yours.
@Jan H Yup… oh look, a squirrel!
This is better than my birthday, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve all rolled up together. I have never enjoyed a downfall to this degree. Ever…lol.
Don’t celebrate until he gets arrested and indicted.
Daddy might still work “miracles”.
@On Taka
This is bigger then Matt.
Matt is a tool.
We will drag him to prison as he kicks and screams. It was high time we finally got him. Gaetz’s imprisonment will give us even more power in the House.
🍿🍿want some popcorn? I have plenty 😀
@Aljoscha Long We can imprison anyone we want and Trump is top of the list.
“And when you’re a star they let you do it…”
Gaetz should have taken “Tic Tacs” and not “Extasy”.
At least then he could have thought more straight.
@Richard Blumenidiot blumenidiot..that you are, grasping at anything in your weak attempt to cover up yet another truth.
He learned from the worst didn’t he😏
So Cory we meet again, or perhaps it’s a case of I come crawling back. Nice post, another good one.
JA
If these were just members of the public they would all be on remand awaiting a trial and a long hefty sentence right now.
American “justice” is a joke.
@April Campbell really🤔 A republican trying to hurt biden? Your a misguided puppet….sad😢
@Lifes too short To stress ~ We Agree!! ~ so why is the “most powerful country” (lol, lol, fell off my chair) Lacking in “Laws” & “justice”?? Clearly the ALL the judges are Paid-off?
@Tots Mini America never did end slavery.
they just included non wealthy whites in the slave population.
using the same method they did with every other race that dared move to america.
keep them uneducated.
dont pay them thier worth.
keep them frightened of ghosts.
and worst of all,tell them they are the greatest.
uneducated means they believe it.
thats how the new nazi party managed to grow and thrive in america.[republicans]
The whole globe knows that now
@Lifes too short To stress yes,sickening isn’t it!
Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. Really, really deserving of all that is coming his way.
@jon henry non.. Richard is a propaganda account targeting vulnerable ppl with disinfo.
@wnose ~ more like, line ’em up and AIM!!
@wrangler space was this some kind of magic?!? he is gone o_O
please tell me how it works i would use this power for good 🙂
Thanks. I was and have been thinking the same GD thing.
@Schuyler Ebbets do you need a tissue bert ?
You can’t tell me Gaetz’s sexual predilections weren’t an open secret. Congress is looking more and more like a fraternity house where members keep each other’s secrets because they all have dirt they don’t want exposed.
@Richard Blumenidiot aww, you were hurt somehow. I’m sorry.
@Enlightened_One ॐ Don’ bother with DickBlumenidiot. You’re arguing with a bot or troll that made their account a day ago. Just report it.
Sure there is other Republicans in Florida involved. Gaitz is just low hanging fruit 😃
Unseat the who rep chamber, pass around pics an live ones. No blow up up dolls just blow twice etc