Thread by @arapaho415

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack Update. As usual, @gal_suburban is spot on @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat
1/ "Dec 28, 2020 subpoena states...grand jury is investigating alleged crimes...& seeks*... w/👉Ellicott👈, Gaetz and Greenberg from Jan 2016...
*see downthread

https://twitter.com/gal_suburban/status/1395764014899154948

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat 2/ May 20, 2021:
"The Dec. 28, 2020 subpoena [to unnamed person] states that the grand jury is investigating alleged crimes 'involving commercial sex acts w/adult and minor women, as well as obstruction of justice'... (con't)

https://twitter.com/nycjim/status/1396074253276037121

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat 3/ ... and seeks any communications, documents, recordings and payments the individual had with Ellicott, Gaetz and Greenberg from Jan 2016 until now. Two sources familiar with the investigation say Ellicott is also being scrutinized for...
h/t @nycjim
politico.com/news/2021/05/2…

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 4/ ...alleged sex trafficking of a minor."
"The subpoena, as well as Greenberg’s cooperation with prosecutors, 👉appears to increase the legal peril the congressman is facing.🤭"
"The grand jury subpoena provides new information on who federal investigators are looking into...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 5/ ...as well as additional details on the kinds of information authorities are seeking—documents, video recordings & communications—as they looked into the Republican lawmaker earlier this year*. "
*and last year too.
"A spokesperson for Gaetz couldn’t be reached for comment...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 6/ ...But in previous interviews with POLITICO about Ellicott, Gaetz said he barely knew him and didn’t associate with him when he was in the Orlando area*."
*Sure, Jan. Let's see what the Dec 28, 2020 subpoena revealed. (more...)

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 7/"Ellicott was one of Greenberg’s closest friends & was a groomsman at the former tax collector’s wedding to his wife, Abby. Before he was elected to office in 2016, Joel Greenberg paid to broadcast a local sports-themed radio show, & Ellicott would sometimes appear as 'Big Joe'

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 8/ "After Greenberg assumed office, he hired Ellicott and other friends in a spending spree that went against his campaign promise to end 'crony capitalism,' according to one of the numerous Orlando Sentinel stories that detailed the dysfunction and 👉corruption👈... (con't)

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 9/ ...that unfolded on Greenberg’s watch. Ellicott, who ran a collectibles store &👉lived w/his mother*, had no experience in taxation or gov't matters but earned a $97,248 annual salary as asst. deputy tax collector."
*what is it about these grown men living w/their mothers?...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 10/ And of course, Ellicott is just as big of a slimebag as Greenberg.
"As scandals engulfed Greenberg, Ellicott was accused of sexually harassing a woman who worked in the Seminole County tax collecting office. The woman sent the office a letter on Aug. 28, 2019... (con't)

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 11/ ...threatening to sue over the alleged harassment that listed a host of inappropriate comments Ellicott allegedly made to her, including 'how much he wants sex from young women,' and 'how he uses women sexually when they are in desperate situations such as a young student...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 12/ ... or a single mom,' according to a copy of the letter."
Can you imagine being a young woman working in the Seminole County tax assessors office? What a toxic place.
"Travis R. Hollifield, the attorney representing the sexual harassment victim, said the case resulted...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 13/ ...in a 'a quick legal settlement*' three months later for $40,000. The case has not been previously reported."
*Who paid the victim?
"While Greenberg instantly quit his job after his indictment, Ellicott was able to keep his for months. He was let go after... (con't)

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 14/ ...his contract expired on Sep 30, 2020, according to the tax collector’s office. 'I’m not surprised he kept his job after he harassed my client,' said Hollifield. 'What I’ve learned throughout all these scandals is nothing really surprises me.'” (more...)

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 15/ "The grand jury subpoena mentioning Ellicott, Greenberg and Gaetz by name also listed a fourth person: Halsey Beshears, a former state House member who served with Gaetz in the state Legislature. Beshears also served as the secretary of the Florida Department of Business...

@gal_suburban @TeresaCCarter2 @ThomasS4217 @YDanasmithdutra @carrybeyond @clayberg @clearing_fog @dollymad1812 @bamafox1 @ItIsIMack @100FrogLegs @CatsChocolates @Ginger624 @satirehat @nycjim 16/ ...and Professional Regulation but resigned that position amid the investigation tied to a Bahamas🇧🇸 trip he took with Gaetz and other women." /end