Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Gaetz met by way of the tight-knit group of distinguished Trump backers in Florida in 2017, in line with an individual accust
Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Gaetz met by way of the tight-knit group of distinguished Trump backers in Florida in 2017, in line with an individual accustomed to the matter. Mr. Greenberg had no political expertise earlier than he was elected. Mr. Gaetz represents a district some 400 miles away.
But Mr. Greenberg and Mr. Gaetz noticed one another recurrently in recent times. They gathered at Mr. Dorworth’s house in January 2019 to rejoice that Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican near Mr. Gaetz, had overturned a ban on smokable medical marijuana. The three males visited Washington collectively that June, and Mr. Greenberg posted pictures on social media from the White Home garden, together with one among his daughter with Mr. Gaetz and Mr. Trump.
A number of years in the past — the precise date is unclear — Mr. Greenberg introduced Mr. Gaetz into the tax collector’s department workplace in Lake Mary over a weekend. The next Monday, an worker discovered the alarm deactivated and driver’s licenses strewn over a desk. She reviewed surveillance video and noticed Mr. Greenberg with one other man by that desk. When she requested Mr. Greenberg about it, in line with textual content messages reviewed by The Occasions, he wrote again, “Sure I used to be exhibiting congressman Gaetz what our operation regarded like. Did I depart one thing on?”
What the lads have been doing is unclear.
In a separate episode on a Sunday in September 2018, Mr. Greenberg texted an worker about getting Mr. Gaetz an “emergency substitute” I.D. by Tuesday, claiming that the congressman had misplaced his. Mr. Gaetz advised Politico that he had briefly misplaced his pockets however discovered it earlier than needing the I.D. substitute.
Days after Mr. Greenberg was first indicted final 12 months, a lady crashed her automobile right into a tree a number of hundred yards from his house early one morning, in line with a crash report. The girl, in line with two folks accustomed to their relationship, had beforehand had intercourse with Mr. Greenberg and acquired cash from him on cell cost apps; she had been leaving his home, the folks mentioned.
When a neighbor referred to as 911, the girl was crying out incoherently within the background, in line with a recording of the decision. The neighbor mentioned the girl was calling a pal. Moments later, an unidentified man might be heard on the caller’s finish of the road.
“She bought a bump on her head,” the person mentioned. “There’s a bit minimize on her head. She’s simply very shaken.”