裁判官 認めるs 宣告,判決 延期する for 協力するing Gaetz associate

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - A 連邦の 裁判官 agreed Wednesday to 延期する the 宣告,判決ing of a 重要な associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida so he can keep 協力するing in a broader sex trafficking 調査.

U.S. 地区 裁判官 Gregory Presnell 繰り延べるd for Nov. 18 the 宣告,判決ing date for Joel Greenberg. He had been 始める,決める for 宣告,判決ing Aug. 19.

Greenberg pleaded 有罪の in May to sex trafficking of a minor and five other 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s, の中で the nearly three dozen he 直面するd. His 嘆願 協定 with 検察官,検事s 要求するs continued 協調 with the 現在進行中の 調査(する).

弁護 弁護士/代理人/検事 Fritz Scheller said the 付加 three months are 決定的な to finish Greenberg's 協調 with 捜査官/調査官s.

"Said 協調, which could 衝撃 his ultimate 宣告,判決, cannot be 完全にするd by the time of his 宣告,判決ing," Scheller wrote.

Greenberg, the former Seminole 郡 税金 collector, 現在/一般に 直面するs an 概算の 12 years in 刑務所,拘置所, his lawyer 公式文書,認めるd. Greenberg, 36, also pleaded 有罪の to 身元 窃盗, wire 詐欺 and 共謀.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., right, walks at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., 権利, walks at the (ワシントンの)連邦議会議事堂 in Washington, Tuesday, June 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Gaetz, a 共和国の/共和党の who 代表するs much of the Florida Panhandle, was not について言及するd in Greenberg's 嘆願 協定. But Greenberg's 協調 could play a 役割 in an 現在進行中の 調査 into Gaetz's supposed 支払う/賃金-for-sex 関係 with a 17-year-old girl.

While not について言及するing Gaetz by 指名する, in his 嘆願 取引,協定 Greenberg said he "introduced the minor to other adult men, who engaged in 商業の sex 行為/法令/行動するs."

Gaetz, a の近くに 同盟(する) of former 大統領 Donald Trump, has 否定するd any 主張s of 悪事を働くこと and has said 繰り返して he will not 辞職する from 議会. No 告発(する),告訴(する)/料金s have been brought against Gaetz.

Greenberg has been linked to a number of other Florida 政治家,政治屋s and their associates. So far, 非,不,無 of them have been 巻き込むd by 指名する in the sex trafficking 調査(する).

The Greenberg 嘆願 協定 says that he 認める 存在 "伴う/関わるd in what are いつかs referred to as `sugar daddy´ 関係s where he paid women for sex, but 試みる/企てるd to disguise the 支払い(額)s as `school-関係のある´ expenses or other living expenses."

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