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Gaetz associate pleads guilty to sex trafficking charges

by Michael BalsamoMike Schneider
| May 19, 2021 12:06 AM

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida politician who emerged as a central figure in the Justice Department’s sex trafficking investigation into Rep. Matt Gaetz pleaded guilty Monday to six federal charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors as part of a plea deal.

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