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Ohio Joe

(21,896 posts)
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 11:28 AM Jul 2022

Former Seminole tax collector Joel Greenberg sentencing is being set

Joel Greenberg, an associate of Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz, has highlighted his cooperation with numerous investigations ahead of his sentencing for child sex trafficking crimes being set.

--snip--

Elsewhere, one of Greenberg's friends, Joe Ellicott, is due to be sentenced on August 8 after he pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit fraud and drug charges.

As part of his guilty plea, Ellicott also agreed to "cooperate fully with the United States in the investigation and prosecution of other people," according to court documents seen by Politico.

One of Ellicott's attorneys, Joseph Zwick, told CNN in January that Ellicott had met with federal investigators to discuss what he knows regarding the claims which are the focus of the Justice Department investigation into the Florida congressman.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/matt-gaetz-associate-has-cooperated-in-probe-against-multiple-individuals/ar-AAZfGqI?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=09c1310142cf4fdfa5ef79a41dacbb04

So... We have Greenberg being sentenced sometime in Aug, exact date not yet revealed. Right around sentencing is when we will find out some of the meat of the deal Greenberg made... What he had on Gaetz. Then we have Aug 8th when Ellicott gets sentenced. He is also giving up information on Gaetz so I think we can also expect some of the meat he has given up... It will be interesting.

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Former Seminole tax collector Joel Greenberg sentencing is being set (Original Post) Ohio Joe Jul 2022 OP
Remember the old school math problem? leftieNanner Jul 2022 #1
LOL...saving that question, never heard b4...so want Gaetz...at this point anyone held asiliveandbreathe Jul 2022 #2
The first time I heard it in math class a LONG time ago leftieNanner Jul 2022 #3
It's the basis of an engineering joke zipplewrath Jul 2022 #4
Excellent! MLAA Jul 2022 #7
Zeno's paradox. cachukis Jul 2022 #5
i'm pretty sure gaetz has a pardon. rampartc Jul 2022 #6
Did Gaetz get the Medal of freedom too? leftieNanner Jul 2022 #8
jordan probably got a pardon as well rampartc Jul 2022 #9

leftieNanner

(16,101 posts)
1. Remember the old school math problem?
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 11:35 AM
Jul 2022

You are standing six feet away from the wall. With every step, you go half way. How long will it take for you to reach the wall?

The answer is never. Because no matter how small the steps, you are only going half way.

Sometimes all of this stuff feels that way.

May I be entirely wrong, and may there be actual consequences for Gaetz.

asiliveandbreathe

(8,203 posts)
2. LOL...saving that question, never heard b4...so want Gaetz...at this point anyone held
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 11:46 AM
Jul 2022

Accountable for something would be nice...

I have to give that question to my DIL..she is a Math Intervention teacher for honor students....took me about a minute to figure it out..and you gave the answer...

leftieNanner

(16,101 posts)
3. The first time I heard it in math class a LONG time ago
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 11:49 AM
Jul 2022

The teacher had us all stand around the room, facing the walls. Probably not 6 feet away. Anyway, we all tried the experiment and of course, several of us gave her specific numbers. I don't recall what I did.

Great way to visualize the concept of infinity.

zipplewrath

(16,698 posts)
4. It's the basis of an engineering joke
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 12:05 PM
Jul 2022

An engineer, a physicist, and a math professor are taken into a large room.
They are seated at one end. A curtain opens at the other end and there is a beautiful naked woman.
They are told they can approach, but only by decreasing the distance between them by half with each effort.
The physicist and the professor both stay seated. "We can never get there" they say.
The engineer gets up and starts running.

"Yeah, but I can get close enough", says the engineer.

cachukis

(3,637 posts)
5. Zeno's paradox.
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 01:02 PM
Jul 2022

If you are in a seat and pick a halfway spot to your destination and then decide it's too far, and choose another halfway spot and so on, you won't leave your seat.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
6. i'm pretty sure gaetz has a pardon.
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 01:16 PM
Jul 2022

gaetz received his medal of freedom in a secret ceremony on 11 jan 2021. i'm pretty sure trump would have laid a pardon on him then.

i may be wrong, but greenberg would not be sentenced until after gaetz trial/plea in order to insure cooperation. .

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
9. jordan probably got a pardon as well
Wed Jul 6, 2022, 03:36 PM
Jul 2022

i saw that in a little blurb and said wah? but i can't find it in a link.

what is the use of a secret award like that?

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