Elmo Flonzelay-QuixoteNov 19, 2022
JB Emmons

Good write-up by @emptywheel on the #DOJ #sentencing memorandum for Matt #Gaetz associate (accomplice?) Joel Greenberg. With some juicy details about how Greenberg "kept criming even as he realized the government was hot on his trail."

"It all feels like a Coen Brothers movie. Sex with minors, ecstasy, rat-fucking, and flaming cryptocurrency servers."

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/11/16/an-entire-universe-of-malfeasance-corruption-and-depravity-joel-greenberg-promotes-the-value-of-his-snitching/

"An Entire Universe of Malfeasance, Corruption, and Depravity:" Joel Greenberg Promotes the Value of His Snitching - emptywheel

The Joel Greenberg sentencing memo reads like a Coen Brothers movie: Sex, ecstasy, rat-fucking, and flaming cryptocurrency servers. But the dispute over how much credit Greenberg should get for his cooperation provides important insight into press coverage about Matt Gaetz' ties to Greenberg.

emptywheel
Nov 16, 2022 at 5:46pmWeb
Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022

"Greenberg thinks his cooperation has been more valuable than the government has given him credit for. Partly, that’s because he thinks he should get a 4-level reduction for each of what he says are seven prosecutions he has been a part of...rather than the 10-level reduction the government says he should get for all his cooperation....

But as Greenberg’s and all other plea agreements make clear, he doesn’t get to decide."

Show threadJB EmmonsNov 16, 2022

"None of that’s to say that Greenberg’s cooperation hasn’t been corroborated (on some points) or valuable....

It’s just that at this moment, the first time the government has been able to say publicly how valuable they think Greenberg’s cooperation is..., they say all that truthful and substantial assistance doesn’t outweigh the fraud as much as Greenberg would like it to."

Show threaddaelvNov 16, 2022
@IntlLawGnome @emptywheel it's slow but shouldn't need it in the first place, eh?
Show threadKathy GoriNov 20, 2022
@IntlLawGnome wow! as a lover of cohen brothers movies, ansd a screenwriter, totally agree