It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
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It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8 ... rafficking
On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota released a statement announcing the arrest and indictment of 30-year-old Anton Lazzaro on sex trafficking charges. The charges include the allegation that Lazzaro recruited and conspired to recruit at least six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts between May 2020 and December 2020.
Lazzaro is the latest GOP operative to be arrested on charges of human trafficking, joining former elected county assessor for Maricopa County Paul Petersen, along with Florida’s own embarrassments, Rep. Matt Gaetz , and his buddy Joel Greenburg. Lazzaro was reportedly arrested this in Minneapolis and made his first appearance in court over video conference later in the day.
According to The Daily Beast, Lazzaro’s luxury condo was raided by the FBI in December 2020. Law enforcement served the condo building’s management company with a search warrant seeking Lazzaro’s bank records and video surveillance footage a week before the raid, according to a person with direct knowledge. The search warrant appears in federal court records but remains sealed. The prosecutors working on this case did not return phone calls seeking further detail.
The Republican Party has a long history of having members’ names thrown around in sex trafficking and human trafficking cases. Trump’s impeachment attorney Alan Dershowitz has had his name come up in various court documents over the past decade in connection with known child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. Dershowitz has denied all accusations of impropriety. Coincidentally, Lazzaro made the claim that Dershowitz had been subcontracted by his lawyer to help with the case, but Dershowitz denied the connection to The Daily Beast.
On Thursday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Minnesota released a statement announcing the arrest and indictment of 30-year-old Anton Lazzaro on sex trafficking charges. The charges include the allegation that Lazzaro recruited and conspired to recruit at least six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts between May 2020 and December 2020.
Lazzaro is the latest GOP operative to be arrested on charges of human trafficking, joining former elected county assessor for Maricopa County Paul Petersen, along with Florida’s own embarrassments, Rep. Matt Gaetz , and his buddy Joel Greenburg. Lazzaro was reportedly arrested this in Minneapolis and made his first appearance in court over video conference later in the day.
According to The Daily Beast, Lazzaro’s luxury condo was raided by the FBI in December 2020. Law enforcement served the condo building’s management company with a search warrant seeking Lazzaro’s bank records and video surveillance footage a week before the raid, according to a person with direct knowledge. The search warrant appears in federal court records but remains sealed. The prosecutors working on this case did not return phone calls seeking further detail.
The Republican Party has a long history of having members’ names thrown around in sex trafficking and human trafficking cases. Trump’s impeachment attorney Alan Dershowitz has had his name come up in various court documents over the past decade in connection with known child rapist Jeffrey Epstein. Dershowitz has denied all accusations of impropriety. Coincidentally, Lazzaro made the claim that Dershowitz had been subcontracted by his lawyer to help with the case, but Dershowitz denied the connection to The Daily Beast.
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
Matt Gaetz has not been arrested on charges of human trafficking.woodworker wrote: ↑Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:30 pm https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8 ... rafficking
Lazzaro is the latest GOP operative to be arrested on charges of human trafficking, joining former elected county assessor for Maricopa County Paul Petersen, along with Florida’s own embarrassments, Rep. Matt Gaetz , and his buddy Joel Greenburg. Lazzaro was reportedly arrested this in Minneapolis and made his first appearance in court over video conference later in the day.
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
Seriously, and I am well aware that child predators know no Party, but WTF is it with the apparent oversupply of GOP creepers??
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
A building management company is the custodian of bank records?Law enforcement served the condo building’s management company with a search warrant seeking Lazzaro’s bank records
Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
Maybe the warrant was for searching a storage locker? IDK.
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
I don’t know what they’re looking for in the bank records, but if they want to impute knowledge to him, a record in his possession might be better. Of course, I’m assuming they know what they’re looking for.
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
Used to be that bank statements got mailed and the rebuttable presumption was that the addressee received it. Maybe it's easier to rebut that presumption these days, but I'd guess it still exists.
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Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
Maybe they were just asking for the transit routing and accounts on the checks, or registered account he used to pay his rent, and then planning to ask the bank for more complete records.
Re: It is not like it is Matt Gaetz or something
This isn’t a civil case. Law enforcement has access to that kind of information. Maybe the DailKis writer made an error.