A confession letter written by Joel Greenberg in the final months of the Trump presidency confirms that he and close associate Rep. Matt Gaetz paid for sex with multiple women—as well as a girl who was 17 at the time. Greenberg, a disgraced local politician in Florida, currently faces a sweeping 33-count indictment that ranges from stalking to sex trafficking. The New York Times previously revealed that the initial investigation into the Seminole County tax official expanded as agents looked into his role in arranging paid sexual encounters for his friend Matt Gaetz.
“On more than one occasion, this [17-year-old girl] was involved in sexual activities with several of the other girls, the congressman from Florida’s 1st Congressional District and myself,” Greenberg wrote in the letter. “From time to time, gas money or gifts, rent or partial tuition payments were made to several of these girls, including the individual who was not yet 18. I did see the acts occur firsthand and Venmo transactions, Cash App or other payments were made to these girls on behalf of the Congressman.”
Greenberg also detailed his relationship with Gaetz. He confessed to paying
young women for sex. And he claimed that he, Gaetz, and others had sex
with a minor they believed to be 19 at the time. Greenberg said he
learned she was underage on Sept. 4, 2017, from “an anonymous tip” and
quickly contacted Gaetz.
The letter, which The Daily Beast recently obtained, was written after Greenberg—who was under federal indictment—asked Roger Stone to help him secure a pardon from then-President Donald Trump. The Daily Beast is also in possession of text messages which further incriminate Greenberg and Stone in a cash-for-pardons scheme.
“If I get you $250k in Bitcoin would that help or is this not a financial matter,” Greenberg wrote to Stone, one message shows.
“I understand all of this and have taken it into consideration,” Stone replied. “I will know more in the next 24 hours I cannot push too hard because of the nonsense surrounding pardons.”
“I hope you are prepared to wire me $250,000 because I am feeling confident,” Stone wrote to Greenberg on January 13.
In other text messages to Stone, Greenberg described his activities with Gaetz, referring to the GOP congressman by his initials, “MG,” or as “Matt.”
“My lawyers that I fired, know the whole story about MG’s involvement,” Greenberg wrote to Stone on Dec. 21. “They know he paid me to pay the girls and that he and I both had sex with the girl who was underage.”
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