{"id":706952,"date":"2021-09-01T15:51:14","date_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706952"},"modified":"2021-09-01T15:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-01T19:51:16","slug":"rep-matt-gaetz-exonerated-fla-developer-charged-with-extortion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rep-matt-gaetz-exonerated-fla-developer-charged-with-extortion\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Matt Gaetz exonerated, Fla. developer charged with extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frep-matt-gaetz-exonerated-fla-developer-charged-with-extortion%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=706952&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2506970\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2506970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 21: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Donald Trump. (Photo by Drew Angerer\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 12:40 PM PT \u2013 Wednesday, September 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has been exonerated and the Department of Justice\u2019s sex trafficking investigation has been shut down as the man who made the false allegations is now behind bars. Florida developer and convicted fraud, Stephen Alford, faced a judge on Tuesday after he was indicted for extortion.<\/p>\n<p>According to a newly unsealed indictment, the 62-year-old spread lies about Gaetz as part of a complex scheme to defraud Gaetz\u2019s father of $25 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlford is alleged to have been involved in a scheme to obtain money based upon false promises or guarantees he made to the victim that Alford could deliver a presidential pardon for a family member of the victim,\u201d said the Justice Department in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz had adamantly denied the sexual misconduct allegations and called Alford\u2019s claim a pile of lies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dcexaminer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@dcexaminer<\/a> ran this story when other outlets refused.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been proven right. <\/p>\n<p>They tried to extort me on a pile of lies. <\/p>\n<p>Alford wasn\u2019t acting alone \u2013 he had help from people with strong ties to the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>There is much more to this attempt to destroy me. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sEwDPdrTSK\">https:\/\/t.co\/sEwDPdrTSK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1432848300567416835?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is now working to determine who else was involved in the shakedown attempt. Meanwhile, Alford is currently in the custody of U.S. Marshals.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/taliban-vows-to-form-islamic-govt-in-afghanistan\/\">Taliban Vows To Form Islamic Govt In Afghanistan<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 APRIL 21: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House following a meeting with President Donald Trump. 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