EXCLUSIVE: Venmo records show Matt Gaetz paying his friend, the accused sex trafficker Joel Greenberg, who then turned around and sent money to three young women, one of whom had just turned 18. https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetz-paid-accused-sex-trafficker-who-then-venmod-teen

When Greenberg then made his Venmo payments to the much younger women, he described the money as being for “Tuition” and “School.” https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetz-paid-accused-sex-trafficker-who-then-venmod-teen

Matt Gaetz's payment to Greenberg included a memo to "hit up____," using a nickname for the woman who had recently turned 18.

She was a Venmo friend of Gaetz's. She's now doing porn. https://www.thedailybeast.com/gaetz-paid-accused-sex-trafficker-who-then-venmod-teen?ref=wrap

Gaetz’s congressional office declined to comment directly for this story. Instead, a representative from an outside PR firm responded. Logan Circle Group's Erin Elmore—a former contestant on The Apprentice—wrote that a lawyer would be "closely monitoring your coverage."