WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A friend of embattled Republican U.S. Representative Matt Gaetz is expected to plead guilty on May 17 in a sex trafficking and fraud case in a federal court in Florida, according to a court filing.
The plea deal will resolve charges against Joel Greenberg, a former tax collector in Florida’s Seminole County, including sex trafficking of a child, aggravated identity theft and wire fraud, according to the court filing.
Greenberg is a friend of staunch Donald Trump supporter Gaetz, who also faces a federal investigation into a relationship with an underage girl, a law enforcement source has said.
Gaetz has not been charged with any crimes and has denied wrongdoing.
(Reporting by Jan Wolfe and Mark Hosenball, Editing by Franklin Paul and Jonathan Oatis)
