JUST IN: A close confidant of Rep. Matt Gaetz strikes a deal to plead guilty and cooperate with investigators in their sprawling sex crimes investigation.

 

A close confidant of Florida Rep. Matt Gates struck a deal with federal prosecutors to greatly reduce his case and plans to assist investigators with their multilateral investigation of sexual crimes.  Joel Greenberg, a former tax commissioner for Seminole County, Florida, faced decades in prison on 33 federal charges that varied between identity theft and sexual trafficking of a minor, and of course allegations of fraud and bribery.  He now plans to plead guilty to six federal charges, after striking a deal with prosecutors, including one for child sex trafficking, according to a new court report.

On Thursday, federal court in Orlando revealed that Greenberg was planning to plead guilty next week, but details were initially unknown.  Federal investigators are still examining whether Gates violated federal sex trafficking, prostitution and public corruption laws and whether he had sex with a minor.  Gates has not been charged and he denies any of these crimes.  The congressman did not mention in 86 pages of documents the plea deal released on Friday.  Previously, CNN reported that Greenberg was providing information to investigators about how he and Gates met women who were given money or gifts in exchange for sex.  The plaintiffs allude to others with whom Greenberg has been in contact.

As part of the plea of ​​guilt, Greenberg intends to plead before the court that he introduced a child "to other adult men, having commercial sex with a minor in Central Florida," according to the document filed Friday.  After his arrest, Greenberg also called the victim "directly and via a friend of the minor" to encourage him to lie, the document said.  This story has been updated with details from the plea agreement.

The American surprise ... what did people do after the decision to take off the masks?

 

The scene seemed completely strange and unexpected, a day after the resounding announcement of the US Health Agency to reduce measures to limit the spread of the Corona virus related to wearing masks, and to exempt vaccinated people from using them.

 And the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced, Thursday, that fully vaccinated people can give up wearing the muzzle in open spaces, and President Joe Biden welcomed the decision and considered it a "great day" for the country most affected by the virus.  .

 But despite the long-awaited announcement, and after nearly a year of observing the mask, many people still roam around Washington, DC, wearing masks.

 They include student Chloe, who said she had received two doses of the vaccine, but was anyway wearing her black mask.

 Chloe said: “I think the announcement ... was shocking to a lot of people.  It was definitely shocking for me, ”according to what was reported by Agence France-Presse.

 Chloe, 20, considers the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announcement "optimistic," but has made it clear that she intends to continue using her mask "for a longer period".

 She added, “If I see more people giving up their masks, I will feel comfortable to stop using them… just seeing the numbers of immunized people in the United States will definitely help me.  If the number goes up, I will feel relaxed.  You may feel comfortable taking it off, ”but she continued,“ It is very important to realize that the epidemic continues to spread. ”

 Currently, only 36 percent of the population is fully vaccinated in the United States, where the pandemic has killed more than 580,000 people.

United Media Services headed by Tamer Mursi decided to stop dealing with the Egyptian director Mohamed Sami.

 

The United Company for Media Services in Egypt announced the suspension of dealing with the Egyptian director and screenwriter Mohamed Sami. This came in a brief statement issued by the company, on Saturday, this came in a brief statement issued by the company,  Saturday.

 The United Media Services Company did not disclose in its statement the reasons for this decision, which prompted a large number of followers to elaborate many explanations on the subject, the most prominent of which was that the company decided to punish "Sami" for putting in place many amendments in the series "The Offspring of Strangers" and granting his wife Mai Omar a space.  Great at the expense of labor.

 This also comes in addition to Muhammad Sami's failure to adhere to the original scenario of the series, which was approved by the company, and making amendments without referring to the producing company, which led to high production costs.  And the Egyptian artist Mohamed Ramadan, and revealing a new cooperation between them in 2022, is the main reason for the United Company's refusal to deal again with Mohamed Sami.

 This team believes that Mohamed Sami has concluded a separate agreement far from the company, especially since he concluded an agreement with the United to cooperate in a new work presented next year, and this opinion was reinforced by Basma Wahba's deleting the photo from her personal account, after the United States announced the suspension of dealing with Muhammad Sami.

For the first time, Leicester City won the England Cup

The English Premier League team, Leicester City, won the FA Cup football tournament for the first time in its history on Saturday, after defeating Chelsea with a free goal.  The final match for the England Cup took place at Wembley Stadium in London, in the presence of thousands of fans.  Belgian Uri Telemans scored the match’s only and decisive goal in the 63rd minute, in front of about 21,000 fans who were allowed to attend the final, in a test by the British government for the return of the fans to the stadiums.  Fans were allowed to return to English stadiums, after the epidemic situation caused by the Corona virus improved in Britain.  This title is the first of its kind for Leicester City in five finals in the competition, and it is also the first title for his Northern Irish coach Brandon Rodgers in England after leading Celtic to two league titles and the same in the Cup.
 

Ocasio-Cortez speaks about Marjorie Taylor Greene confrontation

 GOP representative Marjorie Taylor Greene trended on Twitter Thursday after publicly challenging fellow congresswoman Alexandria Oscasio-Cortez to a debate on the Green New Deal Wednesday.

I’d like to challenge you to a debate on the Green New Deal economic policy.  Since you sponsored the Green New Deal and have a degree in Economics, I’m sure you are more than qualified, ”the Georgia rep wrote to the New York counterpart on Twitter.While Ocasio-Cortez - a Democrat and prolific tweeter herself who has over 13 million followers on the app - did not respond, a number of political observers and commentators weighed in on her behalf, saying that Ocasio-Cortez was too busy” to engage  with someone desperately trying to be relevant.