Gaetz associate asks for another sentencing delay amid cooperation with feds

Joel Greenberg, a former Florida county tax collector and an associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), is requesting another sentencing delay as he continues to cooperate with authorities on multiple cases.

Greenberg’s attorney Fritz Scheller filed a motion on Tuesday requesting that his client's sentencing hearing be delayed to March 2022 — which had already been delayed once before — because he will still be cooperating with authorities by the time his sentencing hearing date arrives.

Greenberg’s scheduling hearing is currently scheduled for Nov. 18. It was originally set for Aug. 19, but a judge agreed to a requested delay in July.


Scheller in the motion wrote that Greenberg cannot be sentenced before he is done cooperating with authorities, since his sentence may fluctuate based on his assistance.

Authorities originally started looking into Greenberg for alleged embezzlement of public funds, but the probe has since expanded to include corruption related to a Florida city’s medical marijuana policy, in addition to potential sex trafficking crimes committed by people connected to him, according to the Orlando Sentinel.