Israeli Consulate disavows from staffer's Matt Gaetz remarks

• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Published date: 24 September 2021
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

Jake Novak, the broadcast media director of the Consulate General, corresponded with Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams about the federal investigators probing Gaetz, according to a recent article by POLITICO. The correspondence occurred before Novak began working for the consulate.

Matt Gaetz is being investigated over alleged paid sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl.

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"Scoop I can't report: Rep. Gaetz is the subject of sex with minor…. I trust the source. Charges/accusations apparently 'very credible'," Novak wrote before the report became public.

During their correspondence, Novak said he had "inside knowledge" of the probe.

He also suggested he was involved in the plot to get $25 million out of Gaetz's father. This was to help free an American hostage in Iran named Bob Levison.

"The backstory is this is screwing up my efforts to free Bob Levinson," Novak wrote to Adams, according to POLITICO. "I've got a commando team leader friend of mine nervously waiting for wire transfers to clear."

Another exchange has Novak saying he has knowledge...