The ever sordid soap opera continues..
- Rep. Matt Gaetz has hired two top New York defense lawyers, one of whom represents the Trump Organization in a criminal probe, to represent him as he faces a federal sex trafficking investigation.
- The retention of the Trump firm’s lawyer Marc Mukasey is noteworthy not only for Mukasey’s record of handling serious criminal cases but also because Gaetz is among former President Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders.
- The moves came as a lawyer for Gaetz’s friend Joel Greenberg indicated Thursday that Greenberg plans to plead guilty in a federal case in which he has been charged with sex trafficking of an underage girl, wire fraud, stalking and trying to bribe a federal official.
Rep. Matt Gaetz has hired two top New York defense lawyers — one of whom currently represents the Trump Organization in an ongoing criminal probe — to represent him as the Florida Republican faces a federal sex trafficking investigation.
The retention of the Trump firm’s lawyer Marc Mukasey is noteworthy not only for Mukasey’s track record of handling serious criminal cases but also because Gaetz is among former President Donald Trump’s most ardent defenders.
Mukasey, a former federal prosecutor who is the son of former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, also had been a protege of Trump’s personal lawyer former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Joining Mukasey in representing Gaetz in the criminal probe is Isabelle Kirshner.
