Florida Republican Matt Gaetz under investigation for possible relations with 17 year old girl
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A Ghost Candidate
Investigators have also learned in recent months about a potential allegation involving a State Senate race in 2020, in which an associate of Mr. Gaetz’s, Jason T. Brodeur, ran for an open seat.
Mr. Gaetz, a Republican who represents the Florida Panhandle, and an ally in Florida politics, the lobbyist Chris Dorworth, discussed the possibility of putting a third-party candidate on the ballot to help Mr. Brodeur, according to two people told of the conversation.
Though recruiting a third-party candidate to run for office and funnel votes from another candidate is generally legal, the practice of secretly paying so-called ghost candidates, who are paid to run on a third-party ticket, is typically considered a violation of campaign finance laws.
In Mr. Brodeur’s race, a third candidate did appear on the ballot: Jestine Iannotti. Though she had no party affiliation, raised little money until the final months of the race and did little campaigning, fliers depicting her as a Democrat were sent to voters. One featured a stock photo of a Black woman and said, “Jestine Iannotti will always be there for us.” Ms. Iannotti is white.
Mr. Brodeur, through a spokeswoman, said he knew nothing about the fliers and had nothing to do with them. Neither Mr. Gaetz nor aides responded to calls, texts or emails seeking comment.
Mr. Dorworth said that he did not recall a conversation with Mr. Gaetz about running a third candidate and that “there would be nothing illegal about it if we had,” so long as they did not pay that person to seek office.
“I never met the woman who did run,” Mr. Dorworth said. “Never spoke to her, communicated by any written device, gave her any money or anything else.”
have been indicted on campaign finance charges.
Ultimately, Mr. Brodeur did not really need the help. The political action committee backing his campaign raised more than $3 million, a huge amount for a State Senate race. Mr. Brodeur defeated his Democratic opponent, Patricia Sigman, by 7,600 votes. Ms. Iannotti received about 6,000.
all this shyt is crazy to me. and i dont mean to bring race into it. but man if this was a black man shyt even if it was one of these white woman sitting in a elected position right now they hounds would be out.
THIS is why mf be like why vote when its clear everything and anythign will be lined up just to keep who they want in office and not who we want. not condoning it but what am i supposed to argue against that.
they were talking about gillum for WEEKS!!! for indulging in his extra curriculars and he wasnt even in office. they forced katie hill out for a little menage trois. but here we see pedo shyt, sex trafficking, election rigging and i woke up and only one GOP has said he should resign.
i swear we live in the same universe where biff was president because as much as one side hates all that shyt they sure are turning the blind eye.
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
Greenwald 
88m3
Fast Money & Foreign Objects
explains a lot.The Mann Act exists, Glenn. A lot of these under 18 AoC laws are to protect teens from getting in trouble for fukking each other. A lot have max age gaps.
Hood Critic
The Power Circle
eastside313
Superstar
If he been telling since last year, gaetz might be working for them people too.
JetFueledThoughts
Superstar
Poetical Poltergeist
Precise and cold hearted
Cooperating for a fukking year and this fagget Gaetz walking around still.
