ORLANDO, Fla. — Before he resigned in disgrace last year, Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg doled out dubious contracts to a number of Republican politicians, political strategists and other allies, many with links to the scandals that have rocked Florida politics this month, according to audit documents, emails and other records reviewed by the Orlando Sentinel.
The records also provide further details of Greenberg’s friendships with two of the powerful figures buffeted by the controversies: U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz and lobbyist Chris Dorworth.
Greenberg has been cooperating with federal investigators since last year, according to a New York Times report Tuesday, which said Greenberg had told authorities that he and Gaetz “had encounters with women who were given cash or gifts in exchange for sex.”
