joining me now from "the washington post," michael scherer, he's covering this story for the post. michael, good morning, thank you for joining us so early this morning. this story gets more complicated and byzantine with each piece of reporting. there is reporting about joel greenberg the acquaintance in florida and about matt gaetz's own involvement. it does seem the two stories are connected. >> our reporting is that joel greenberg, starting 2017, 2018 had a party scene going around him. he was based north of orlando. he was a tax collector and gaetz was his friend and gaetz would hang out with him and after hanging out with him would boast to other people he met about the women he was meeting through greenberg. >> michael, what do we know about the process right now? we know the department of justice has known about this for sometime and bill barr was, in fact, briefed on it. but do we know where this stands right now? >> well, we know that greenberg is scheduled to go to trial this summer on a number of charges. and the sex trafficking with a minor is just one of many charges h