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>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON
CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH
JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> GOOD MORNING. I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH. FORMER SEMINOLE
COUNTY TAX COLLECTOR. JOEL
GREENBERG PLEADED GUILTY IN
FEDERAL COURT LAST WEEK TO 6
CHARGES INCLUDING TRAFFICKING
OF A MINOR. THE GUILTY PLEAS
EXPECTED TO BE THE FIRST IN A
LONG LINE OF DOMINOES THAT
COULD BE FALLING IN OTHER
CASES THIS MORNING, NEWS 6
INVESTIGATOR. MIKE DEFOREST IS
JOINING US. YOU’VE BEEN
COVERING THE GREENBERG CASE.
MIKE, GREAT TO SEE YOU. THANKS
FOR JOINING US. GOOD MORNING
TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO I THINK
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THE
HEADLINES ON THIS. I WANT TAKE
IT. TAKE IT BACK A FEW STEPS
HERE. YOU KNOW, WHEN THE FIRST
INDICTMENT CAME DOWN AGAINST
JOEL GREENBERG THAT WAS A CASE
WHERE HE WAS TARGETING UP A
POTENTIAL A POLITICAL
OPPONENTS AND THEN IT SORT OF
UNRAVELED FROM THERE, RIGHT.
WELL, WE’RE LEARNING A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT NEW TIMELINE. WHAT
WE NOW UNDERSTAND.
>> IS THE VERY FIRST AGENCY TO
LOOK INTO FOR AND WHO IS NOW
FORMER TAX COLLECTOR. JOEL
GREENBERG WITH THE SECRET
SERVICE OVER ISSUES INVOLVING
AS YOU MAY RECALL, WHILE HE’S
RUNNING THE TAX COLLECTOR’S
OFFICE. HE CREATES PRIVATE
BUSINESS BASICALLY IN BITCOIN
MINING. AND THAT’S SORT OF
WHAT LED TO SOME OF THE
FEDERAL CHARGES LATER ON BUT
FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND IS
THAT THE SECRET SERVICE
STARTED SNOOPING AROUND THIS
ISSUE INVOLVING BITCOIN AND
THE TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE.
THAT WAS VERY HUSH NOBODY KNEW
ABOUT IT AND WHAT YOU’RE
BRINGING UP WAS WHERE THIS ALL
KIND OF BLEW UP IN THE
PUBLIC’S STEER IS JOEL
GREENBERG I CAN SAY HE NOW
ADMITS WRITES THIS. THIS ISN’T
ALLEGEDLY. THIS IS NOW ADMITS
IN HIS PLEA DEAL THAT HE
SMEARED A POLITICAL IT WAS A
FELLOW REPUBLICAN WAS GOING TO
RUN AGAINST HIM IN THE BRIAN
AND I THINK IT WAS WITHIN A
WEEK OF BRIAN VIEWED
ANNOUNCING HIS CANDIDACY TO
RUN AGAINST JOEL GREENBERG IN
THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY. BRIAN,
YOU HAVE TO BE A PRIVATE
SCHOOL TEACHER STARTS RECEIVE
SCHOOL RECEIVES A TYPED LETTER
IN ESSENCE ACCUSING BUTTE
BEING A PEDOPHILE THAT THIS IS
NOT TRUE. GREENBERG NOW ADMITS
IT WAS NOT TRUE. THIS WAS ALL
STAGED AND THEN FURTHER TO
BACK THAT UP AND TO SMEAR.
THIS GREENBERG ADMITS THAT HE
CREATED FAKE TWITTER AND
FACEBOOK ACCOUNTS. SO THIS WAS
WHAT GOT THE BALL ROLLING IT
WAS BRIAN VIEWED HIS THEY GO
TO THE SEMINOLE COUNTY
SHERIFF’S OFFICE. IN FACT, I
THINK THE SHERIFF MAY HAVE
GONE TO BUTTE FOR SAYING, HEY,
WE’RE HERE IN THESE
ALLEGATIONS ABOUT YOU SEMINOLE
SHERIFF’S IMMEDIATELY PROVE.
THEY WERE NOT TRUE. AND NOW
WHERE THESE COMING FROM THAT’S
WHAT STARTED THE BALL ROLLING
ONCE INVESTIGATORS STARTED
LOOKING INTO THIS STALKING
CHARGE. THAT’S WHEN THEY FOUND
A LOT OF A LOT. I MEAN, 33
FEDERAL CHARGES NOW AGAIN, HE
PLEADED GUILTY TO 6.
>> 27 OF THEM SHAVED OFF. I
WANT TO GET TO THAT
EVENTUALLY. BUT BUT MISTER
BUTTE DID SPEAK AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE BEFORE THAT HEARING
ON MONDAY. YOU WERE THERE
EXPLAINED HIS HIS ISSUE WITH
THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND WHAT
HE WISHED AND PROBABLY
STUNNED. HE SAID THAT THEY
COULD HAVE PROVEN A LOT
EARLIER YEAH. THIS POLITICAL
OPPONENTS WHO WAS SMEARED
BASICALLY SAID HE’S
QUESTIONING YEAH. WHY DID THE
STATE OF FLORIDA NOT
INVESTIGATE WHAT WAS GOING ON
INSIDE THE SEMINOLE COUNTY TAX
COLLECTOR’S OFFICE. AS WE NOW
KNOW YEARS LATER.
>> THERE WAS A LOT OF
CORRUPTION GOING ON AND HIS
QUESTION IS WHY DID IT TAKE
THE FEDS TO COME DOWN MY
ISSUES IN THIS ISSUE INVOLVING
BITCOIN. WHY DIDN’T THE STATE
OF FLORIDA STEP UP AND
INVESTIGATE THIS FIRST AND
THEN PERHAPS STOP IT EARLY
ENOUGH THAT IT NEVER GOT TO
THE POINT WHERE MISTER BUTTE
HAD HIS NAME SMEARED AS A
PEDOPHILE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOT
OF TIME. HE WAS NOT A LONG TAX
COLLECTOR, 2016, HE WAS
ELECTED IN THE STRAW. DID.
>> STARTED IN 2017 WHICH WAS
THE BIG POINTS STUFF, RIGHT. I
MEAN, IT WAS PRETTY QUICKLY
AFTER. AND SO AND THEN IT JUST
RAMBLE ON FROM THERE AND THE
CHARGES. LET’S GET NOW TO 27
CHARGES WERE DROPPED WHAT I
FOUND INTERESTING. SO THERE
WAS THIS PLEA DEAL SOME WOULD
CALL IT A SWEETHEART PLEA
DEAL, ALTHOUGH I DON’T THINK
IT’S GOING TO SHAKE OUT TO
JOEL GREENBERG IS GOING TO
FACE A MINIMUM OF A MINIMUM OF
12 YEARS IN PRISON AND
POSSIBLY MORE. WE’RE WAITING
TO SEE WHAT THE SENTENCE WILL
IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 MONTHS.
>> BUT WHAT WAS INTERESTING IS
THERE WERE 33 CHARGES. REALLY,
THOUGH THE 33 CHARGES INVOLVED
ABOUT 5 OR 6 INDIVIDUAL
CRIMES. THERE WAS STALKING
THIS POLITICAL RIVAL. THERE
WAS THE MOST SERIOUS CHILD
TRAFFICKING. THE JOEL
GREENBERG HAD WITH A 17 THERE
MAKING FAKE DRIVER’S LICENSES
USING THE TAX COLLECTOR’S
OFFICE TO MAKE FAKE DRIVER’S
LICENSES, PRESUMABLY FOR
HIMSELF AND OTHERS. AS PART OF
WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WAS HIS
SUGAR DADDY. WEBSITE THERE’S A
LOTS OF FORGIVE ME HIM KEEPING
UP WITH A RIPPING OFF LOCAL
TAXPAYERS. THAT WAS A THIS
ISSUE INVOLVING THE CRYPTO
CURRENCY THAT WORKING OUT OF
THE TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE
THAT LED TO SOME WIRE FRAUD
CHARGES AND THEN FINALLY IT
STARTED RIGHT ABOUT THE TIME
THAT JOEL GREENBERG WAS
ARRESTED FOR THE INITIAL
STALKING CHARGE. WAS THAT HE
HE ADMITS STEALING FEDERAL
CARES ACT MONEY REACTIVATED
SMALL BUSINESSES OF HIS TO GET
THAT CARES ACT MONEY THAT WAS
INTENDED TO HELP SMALL
BUSINESSES THAT WERE IMPACTED
BY COVID-19. IT LOOKS LIKE HE
STARTED THAT SCHEME JUST
BEFORE HIS ARREST. BUT IT WAS
AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED. HE
CONTINUED ON WITH THIS SCHEME.
IN FACT, ALLEGEDLY BRIBING A
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
EMPLOYEE TO GET THESE FEDERAL
CARES ACT FUNDS SHOW MANY
DIFFERENT TOPICS. AND WHEN IT
CAME TO THIS PLEA DEAL. IT
LOOKS LIKE HE IS AT LEAST
FACING A CHARGE FOR EVERY ONE
OF THOSE MAJOR CRIMES. NOW
THEY PROSECUTORS WHAT THEY
ORIGINALLY CHARGED WITH ABOUT
3 OR 4 DIFFERENT COUNTS
RELATED TO EACH CRIME. THEY
SCALED THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.
BUT NONETHELESS, HE’S GOING TO
PRISON IN RETURN, THOUGH
SUBSTANTIAL HELP TO THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WILL BE
REQUIRED. YES, AND IN A BIG
THING WE WHEN THEN WE KIND OF
GLOSSED OVER HERE IS PART OF
HIS PLEA DEALS. HE HAS TO PAY
RESTITUTION MEANT TO BRING OUT
THE EXACT DOLLAR AMOUNT. I
WANT TO SAY IT WAS ABOUT
$600,000 OR MORE. SEVERAL
$100,000. PRESUMABLY SOME OF
THAT GOING TO BE GOING BACK
INTO THE SEMINOLE COUNTY TAX
COLLECTOR COFFERS THERE. SOME
OTHER VICTIMS INVOLVED. THEN
THE BIG EXCHANGE FOR THIS TOO,
HIS COOPERATION IN OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS. NO ONE HAS
BEEN NAMED. NO ONE HIT. WE
HAVE TO BE VERY CLEAR NO ONE
HAS BEEN NAMED IN THESE OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS, NOT IN ANY
COURT PAPERS, NOT IN OPEN
COURT. NOW THERE HAVE BEEN
MULTIPLE NATIONAL NEWS
ORGANIZATIONS WHO HAVE
REPORTED CITING ANONYMOUS
SOURCES THAT ONE OF THE PEOPLE
WHO’S BEING INVESTIGATED IS
PANHANDLE. CONGRESSMAN MATT
GATES. GAETZ IS A LONGTIME
ASSOCIATE OF JOEL GREENBERG.
THEY’VE BEEN PHOTOGRAPHED
TOGETHER. THEY HUNG OUT
TOGETHER. SO IT’S NO SECRET
THAT THEY HAD A RELATIONSHIP.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IN WRITING IS
PART OF JOEL GREENBERG PLEA
DEAL. AND AGAIN, THE MOST
SERIOUS CHARGE FEEL LIKE WE’RE
GLOSSING OVER HERE. IS THIS
CHILD TRAFFICKING. HE ADMITS
THAT HE MET THIS WOMAN. SHE
CLAIMED SHE WAS OVER AGE ON
THIS THAT DOESN’T HAVE
WEBSITE. DOESN’T MATTER. THE
LAW. NONETHELESS. HE LATER
LEARNED THAT SHE WAS UNDER AGE
WE’RE GOING WITH IN IN THE HIS
PLEA AGREEMENT. HE
ACKNOWLEDGES THAT NOT ONLY DID
I HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH
HER. SO DID OTHER MEN THAT I
INTRODUCED HER TO AND
INDICATED THAT HE WAS PRESENT
WHEN THOSE RELATIONSHIPS
OCCURRED SHOW. THE QUESTION IS
WHO ARE THOSE OTHER MAN.
NOBODY SPEAKING ON THE RECORD
RIGHT NOW. ABOUT CONCEALING
PAYMENTS AND IT WHEN IT COMES
TO KUZ. THIS WAS ALSO TAXPAYER
MONEY AS WELL.
>> TO PAY THIS. THIS GIRL
CORRECT. YEAH. AND CONCEALING
PAYMENTS AS LIKE. FOR
INSTANCE, SCHOOL PAYMENTS OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I MEAN,
VERY YOU KNOW, YOU BE OKAY
WITH THAT. IF YOU DID, IF YOU
LOOKED INTO IT, BUT IT WAS NOT
GOING TO SCHOOLS AND THINGS
LIKE THAT. IN THE COUNTY. AND
THAT’S WHEN SOME WOULD SAY
LEGAL GRAY AREAS WHEN IT COMES
TO THE SUGAR, DADDY WEBSITE IT
IS NOT BLATANT PROSTITUTION
WHERE YOU’RE PICKING UP A
WOMAN ON THE STREET HERE. SOME
MONEY.
>> IN THIS CASE IT IS TEENS
WHO ARE YOUNG WOMEN WHO ARE
OFFERING THEIR COMPANIONSHIP
IN EXCHANGE FOR HELP WITH
TUITION AND SCHOOL AND YOU CAN
SEE WHERE THERE MAY BE SOME OF
THE LINES AND IF ANYBODY WOULD
EVER GO TO TRIAL ON THIS. I’M
SURE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT A
DEFENSE ATTORNEY WOULD TRY TO
EXPLOIT IS EXACTLY WHAT
CONSTITUTES AN INAPPROPRIATE
RELATIONSHIP VERSUS CONSENSUAL
ONE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT. BUT
THAT’S WHERE THESE WOMEN AND
WERE IT’S HE MET. YEAH. WE’LL
TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. WE TAKE
A SHORT BREAK. MIKE’S GOING TO
JOIN US.
>> RIGHT AFTER THIS. STAY WITH
US.
>> THIS IS THE WEEKLY ON CLICKORLANDO DOT COM WITH JUSTIN WARMOTH.
>> WELCOME BACK. THIS MORNING.
I’M JOINED BY NEWS 6
INVESTIGATOR MIKE DEFOREST AS
WE DIVE DEEPER INTO THE CASE
AGAINST FORMER SEMINOLE COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR. JOEL GREENBERG
ON. I’M LIKE I THINK A BIG
QUESTION THAT THAT STILL NEED
TO BE ANSWERED IS WILL A JURY
WHEN THIS EVENTUALLY DOES GO
TO TRIAL FOR SOMEONE ELSE
BELIEVE JOEL GREENBERG’S
TESTIMONY GIVEN HIS TRACK
RECORD. AND LET’S START RIGHT
THERE. IF THIS GOES TO TRIAL
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE. WE KNOW
THAT HE’S COOPERATING WITH
INVESTIGATORS. IT MAY NOT LEAD
TO ANY OTHER ARRESTS
CONVICTIONS, ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. BUT IF YOU’LL GREENBERG
DOES HAPPEN TO BECOME A
WITNESS AGAINST SOMEONE ELSE.
YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE
ARE GOING TO BE QUESTIONS
ABOUT HIS CREDIBILITY. IN
FACT, WE BROUGHT UP BY
CONGRESSMAN MATT GATES WHO IS
NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES.
NEVER BEEN LINKED OFFICIALLY
IN COURT RECORDS TO THIS.
>> NONETHELESS, HIS A
SPOKESPERSON HAS REPEATEDLY
POINTED OUT THAT JOEL
GREENBERG IS A LIAR WHO
ADMITTED TO FRAMING SOMEONE
ELSE AS A PEDOPHILE AND MINUTE
LATER THAT WAS A LIE SHOW.
YES. JOEL CREDIBILITY
ABSOLUTELY. IN THE TOILET. AND
SO THAT HAS MANY PEOPLE ON THE
OUTSIDE SPECULATING. WHY WOULD
PROSECUTORS GIVE HIM PLEA
DEAL. WHAT CAN HE BRING TO THE
TABLE. WELL, ONE THING WE DO
KNOW IS BASED ON JOEL
GREENBERG WRITTEN PLEA
AGREEMENT IS THAT HE BROUGHT
HE HAS CREDIT CARD RECEIPTS
INCLUDING CREDIT CARDS
BELONGING TO SEMINOLE COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE. BUT
RECEIPTS AT VENMO ELECTRONIC
TRANSACTIONS SO THERE ARE
THERE’S A PAPER TRAIL. PAPER
TRAIL PARTICULARLY WHEN IT
COMES TO THESE WOMEN THAT HE
ALLEGEDLY SOLICITED FOR UNDER
THESE SUGAR DADDY WEBSITES
ALSO KIND OF READING BETWEEN
THE LINES THE PLEA AGREEMENT.
IT’S CLEAR THAT PROSECUTORS.
DO HAVE OTHER WITNESSES. WE
CAN’T SAY FOR SURE OF, FOR
EXAMPLE, IN THE PLEA
AGREEMENT. IT LAYS OUT THE
JOEL GREENBERG MET THIS THEN
17 YEAR-OLD AND THEIR FIRST
PLACE THEY MET WAS ON HIS
HOWEVER, DURING THAT OCCASION,
THEY DID NOT HAVE AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP. PROSECUTORS
MIGHT TAKE JOEL GREENBERG’S
WORD WORTH IT REALLY, REALLY
SUGGEST WITHOUT CONFIRMING IT,
THOUGH, THAT THAT SET NOW THAT
THEN 17 YEAR-OLD HAS BEEN IN
TALKS WITH PROSECUTORS. AND SO
WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OUTSIDE
WITNESSES WHO JOEL GREENBERG
CAN POSSIBLY LEAD THE BREAKUP
CRUMBS. TRUE TOO. THEN IF
THERE WERE TO BE A CRIMINAL
CASE FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD FOR
SOMEONE ELSE. IT POTENTIALLY
GET STRONGER. HOW DO HOW DO
PROSECUTORS CLEAN UP. WHAT HE
HAS DONE AND ADMITTED TO I
MEAN, THAT’S SOMETHING THAT I
THINK IS SO DIFFICULT TO DO
AND TO BE ABLE TO.
>> CLEAN UP HIS HIS PRIOR. YOU
KNOW, ALL OF THE STUFF THAT
HE’S DONE, IT ADMITTED TO AND
THEN HAVE A JURY SAY YEAH, I
BELIEVE BACK. I MEAN, THAT’S A
SUCH A DIFFICULT THING TO DO.
BUT I MEAN, YEAH. THE RECEIPTS
AND THINGS LIKE THAT. I WOULD
IMAGINE WOULD WITH CERTAINLY
ASSIST. AND THAT’S WHAT I
YEAH. AGAIN, THIS IS ALL
SPECULATION THAT IF SOMEONE
ELSE WERE TO GET IN TROUBLE
OVER SOME GREENBERG HAS
POINTED PROSECUTORS TOO.
>> THEY’RE GOING TO PROBABLY
RELY MINIMALLY ON WHAT COMES
OUT OF HIS MOUTH AND MORE
MAJORLY ON WHAT HE BRINGS TO
THE TABLE IN TERMS OF PROOF.
>> SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM TWICE
FRIDGE SHELLER. THE FIRST TIME
>> SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM TWICE
FRIDGE SHELLER. THE FIRST TIME (VO) HE SAID YOU CAN PROBABLY
FINISH THE QUOTE ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, THE QUESTION IS GETTING
A LOT OF QUESTIONS. HE CAN’T
SPEAK TO A LOT OF THINGS, BUT
HE DID REFERENCE A FEW PEOPLE
BY ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR BY
NAMED ANNA. AND IT WAS BECAUSE
OF REPORTERS QUESTIONS. OF
COURSE, NATIONAL PRESS.
>> IS BEEN REPORTING ON THE
POSSIBLE CONNECTION WITH THE
CONGRESSMAN MATT GATES AND THE
FACT THAT UNNAMED SOURCES ARE
TELLING NATIONAL PUBLICATIONS
GATES IS THE FOCUS OF THIS
INVESTIGATION TO COURT. PEOPLE
ARE ASKING. GREENBERG’S
ATTORNEY ABOUT THE CONGRESSMAN
AND IT WHAT ABOUT A MONTH AND
A HALF AGO WHEN THAT THEY
ANNOUNCED THE POTENTIAL OF
THIS PLEA DEAL. ATTORNEY FOR
ITS SHELLER SAYS THAT IF HE
WERE MATT GAETZ, HE WOULD NOT
BE COMFORTABLE RIGHT AS IF I
HAD ANOTHER MONTH OR SO TO WIN
THIS PLEA DEAL WAS FINALLY
LOCKED INTO PLACE THIS PAST
WEEK AND YOU THE ATTORNEY
ADMITS I HAD AN AGENDA THAT HE
NEVER WOULD ELABORATE WHAT
THAT AGENDA WAS, BUT WE CAN
ONLY IMAGINE THAT HIS AGENDA
THIS ATTORNEYS LOYALTY IS TO
HIS CLIENT, JOEL GREENBERG AND
AT THAT POINT, THE MOST
IMPORTANT JOB IS GETTING THE
BEST A POSSIBLE DEAL FOR HIS
CLIENT. WE DON’T KNOW THIS TO
BE TRUE. BUT WAS JUST THROWING
IT OUT THERE. SO PROSECUTORS
THEY DO HAVE SOME INFORMATION.
HE ALSO SAID IT WOULD BE MUST
SEE TV, WHICH IS INTERESTING.
CONSIDERING THAT THIS WAS THIS
IS IN FEDERAL COURT AS WELL.
AND A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, NO
CAMERAS, CAMERAS IN THE
COURTROOM. BUT I THINK THAT
WAS HIS WAY OF SAYING STAY TO
STAY TUNED. THERE COULD BE
MORE COMING. HE ELABORATE,
THOUGH HE WAS HESITANT TO
SPEAK ABOUT FURTHER
INVESTIGATION. ALL RIGHT. SO
SENTENCING COMES NEXT.
>> WELL, ANYTHING DO IMAGINE
ANYTHING TO COME OUT BEFORE
THAT WERE WILL SENTENCING HAVE
TO HAPPEN FIRST AND THEN.
>> POSSIBLE OTHER PAPERWORK
AND DOCUMENTS AND MAYBE EVEN
CHARGES COME DOWN. PROBABLY
LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE
THROUGH THE CORE FALLING APART
OF THIS PRE-SENTENCE
INVESTIGATION BASICALLY
LOOKING AT THE AGGRAVATING AND
MITIGATING FACTORS AT
DETERMINING HOW LONG JOEL
GREENBERG SHOULD SERVE IN
PRISON, BUT.
>> WE KNOW BASED ON FEDERAL
LAW IT’S MINIMUM MANDATORY OF
12 YEARS, 10 YEARS FOR THE
CHILD TRAFFICKING 2 YEARS
AGGRAVATED IDENTITY THEFT. AND
SO IT DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A
JUDGE IS GOING TO HAVE MUCH
LEEWAY TO PULL THAT BACK.
COULDN’T GET MORE. WE’LL SEE.
ONE QUESTION IS NOW THAT HE
HAS OFFERED TO COOPERATE WITH
PROSECUTORS. WHEN DOES THAT
HAPPEN? IT’S POSSIBLE IT HAS
ALREADY HAPPENED IN FACT, I’M
SURE HE PROBABLY HAD TO AT
LEAST GIVE A HINT YET TO
PROSECUTORS OF WHAT HE KNEW.
IF HE DIDN’T DIVULGE
EVERYTHING ALREADY ON. THAT
COULD BE ONGOING NOW. AND IN
HIS SENTENCE COULD POSSIBLY
HINGE ON JUST HOW MUCH
COOPERATION OR LACK OF
COOPERATION. HE ULTIMATELY
GIVES THE STATE. IF SENSING
DAY COMES ALONG, PROSECUTORS
SAY DUDE HE WAS NOT A BIT
HELPFUL TO US. THEN THEY’RE
GONNA GO AFTER HIM HARDER. BUT
IF HE IF THE PROSECUTORS ARE
ABLE TO PLEAD TO THE JUDGE.
HEY, HE HAS BEEN A TREMENDOUS
HELP OF OUR OTHER CASES. GIVE
THE MAN A BREAK. SO A LOT
HAPPEN IN THE NEXT 12 YEARS IS
THE MINIMUM. RIGHT. APPEAR
HERE. SO THE GAME IS FACING
BASICALLY HIS THAT WAS HIS
BENEFIT FOR TAKING HIS PLEA
DEAL IS IF HE GOT CONVICTED BY
A JURY OF ALL 33 COUNTS OR
EVEN A PORTION OF GREENBERG. I
WANT TO SAY HE’S IN HIS MID TO
LATE 30’S NOW. I MEAN, IT
COULD HAVE BEEN POTENTIALLY A
LIFE SENTENCE FOR AN DEPENDING
ON WHAT CHARGES HE WAS
CONVICTED OF. IF HE WAS TO
MAKE IT. BUT AT LEAST GIVE HIM
A LITTLE IDEA OF WHEN HE MIGHT
BE GETTING OUT SOME DAY. SO
THIS PLEA DEAL IS VERY
LENGTHY. I MEAN. 80 PAGES. TO
GO THROUGH THAT. I MEAN,
THERE. THERE ARE SO MANY
DETAILS THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, SOME THAT WE CAN
PROBABLY SHARE ON TV WITHOUT
HESITATION AND OTHERS THAT
ARE, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE DEEPER
THAN THAT IN. YOU KNOW, WHEN
IT COMES TO TRAFFICKING AND
THINGS LIKE THAT. SOME OF THE
STUFF IS BEST TO BE LAID OUT.
BUT LEFT OUT. BUT IF IF
THERE’S ANYTHING ELSE THAT
KIND OF WHEN YOU’RE GOING
THROUGH THAT STUCK OUT TO YOU.
WELL, AS READ THIS 80 PAGE
DOCUMENT IT READ LIKE A
CONFESSION LETTER BECAUSE IT
WAS JOEL GREENBERG BASICALLY
ADMITTING IT MAY HAVE BEEN
PROSECUTORS IN A VISITOR WROTE
THE WORDS, BUT HE INITIAL
EVERY PAGE AND SIGNED THE
BOTTOM. SO HE WAS PUTTING HIS
NAME ON THIS IT WAS A LENGTHY
DOCUMENT. BUT HEAPS OF CHARGED
WITH A LOT OF WIDE RANGING
FROM THIS TALKING TO THE CHILD
TRAFFICKING TOO.
>> THE BITCOIN ISSUES THAT THE
TAX COLLECTOR’S OFFICE TO
STEALING FEDERAL CARES ACT
MONEY. SO THERE WAS A LOT TO
COVER. AND IN JOEL GREENBERG
BASICALLY ADMITS TO A LOT OF
THE DOESN’T NAME BUT ADMITS TO
A LOT OF THIS IN PART OF IS
ATTORNEY MIGHT ARGUE IS THAT
IT SHOWS HE’S BEING REMORSEFUL
AND THAT HE’S ACKNOWLEDGING HE
WAS WRONG. BUT IT ALSO LOCKS
IN EXACTLY WHAT HE DID. AND SO
IF JOEL GREENBERG DOES. BACK
UP TO GO BACK ON THE BACK OFF
THIS PLEA AGREEMENT DOESN’T
OFFER THE HELP THAT HE
PROMISES TO HELP. PROSECUTORS
ARE GOING TO HOLD THAT THEY
GOT A LOOK MAN. YOU SIGN YOUR
NAME SAYING YOU DID THIS THIS
THIS AND THIS JUDGE PUT AWAY
FOREVER. WELL, THERE IS A LOT
TO COME. MIKE, THANK YOU FOR
THAT. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS
CASE AND FOR ANY LATEST
HEADLINES JUST HEAD TO
CLICKORLANDO.COM. I’M JUSTIN
WARMOTH FOR MIKE TO FORCE.
>> THE.