Gaetz is being extorted by an Epstein style operation involving Joel Greenberg providing the girls, Jake Novak at the NYC Israeli consulate, Bob Kent former AF intel but acting on behalf of DOJ, and Dave McGee DOJ who initiated the investigation. Kent approached him and told him he was about to get hit by a sex traffic investigation, but if he kept quiet and ponied up $25 million, the investigation would go away. The money, Novak and Kent insisted, was going to go toward the rescue of Bob Levinson, a Jew FBI agent who went missing in Iran and is believed dead by most sensible people. This team claims to have proof of life that he's still kicking, however.
But here's the fun part: they tried this exact extortion scheme successfully, 3 years ago, on Oleg Deripaska:
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/387625-mueller-may-have-a-conflict-and-it-leads-directly-to-a-russian-oligarch
>Deripaska’s lawyer said the Russian ultimately spent $25 million assembling a private search and rescue team that worked with Iranian contacts under the FBI’s watchful eye. Photos and videos indicating Levinson was alive were uncovered.
Dave McGee is mentioned by name in this article, proving it's the same team with the same MO. Oleg Deripaska was involved in Russiagate through Paul Manafort, and this team needed to control him for some reason back then.
https://thenationalpulse.com/breaking/us-atty-letter-confrims-gaetz-fbi-story/
confirms Gaetz' version of the story with an US Attorney Letter.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/state-of-the-union/leaked-texts-from-israeli-consular-official-show-more-details-in-gaetz-levinson-funding-scheme/
Here's Jake Novak covering his ass and insisting that it wasn't extortion at all, no sir. Text messages are with Scott Adams of Dilbert fame.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/04/06/bob-kent-matt-gaetz-allegations-respond-sot-cpt-vpx.cnn
And here's Bob Kent with a similar ass-covering on CNN.