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Hacker Gains Access To Files With Testimony Related To Matt Gaetz Accusations

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As a House ethics panel prepares to meet on Wednesday to determine whether or not to release material related to an investigation into Matt Gaetz, the former Florida congressman who is President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice to be attorney general,  an unidentified hacker has gained access to a computer file shared in a secure link among lawyers whose clients have given damaging testimony related to Gaetz, the New York Times reports. The file of 24 exhibits is said to include sworn testimony by a woman who said that she had sex with Gaetz in 2017 when she was 17, as well as corroborating testimony by a second woman who said that she witnessed the encounter. The information was downloaded by a person using the name Altam Beezley at 1:23 p.m. on Monday, according to the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. A lawyer connected to the case sent an email to the address associated with Altam Beezley, only to be informed in an automated reply that the recipient does not exist. The material does not appear to have been made public by the hacker.


The hacked trove of documents stems from a civil suit being pursued by a friend of Gaetz’s, Christopher Dorworth, a Florida businessman.  Dorworth filed the suit against both the woman who says she had sex with Gaetz when she was a minor and Joel Greenberg, an erstwhile ally of Gaetz who is serving an 11-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to federal sex trafficking charges involving the woman. Dorworth has claimed that he was defamed by Greenberg and the woman, both of whom had told federal authorities that Dorworth hosted parties where he, they, Gaetz and others took drugs and openly had sex. Lawyers for Greenberg and the woman have solicited sworn statements from others who they say were witnesses. The material apparently taken is unredacted and includes the names and other personal information of the witnesses but is otherwise said to be more damaging to Gaetz than to his accusers, according to the person familiar with the hack. 

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