They've been running this scam multiple times for several years now.

TODAY: https://nypost.com/2021/04/05/man-accused-of-trying-to-extort-max-gaetz-admits-he-asked-for-cash/

The man accused of trying to extort $25 million from Rep. Matt Gaetz’s family admitted Monday that he asked the congressman’s dad for cash — but denied that it was a shakedown. “Matt Gaetz is in need of good publicity, and I’m in need of $25 million to save Robert Levinson,” he added. Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner, however, showed how Kent allegedly texted Don Gaetz saying he had a plan that could make his son’s “future legal and political problems go away.” 3 YEARS AGO: 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. SAME SCHEME

Okay, so Matt Gaetz's father Don gets approached by an Air Force Intelligence guy named Bob Kent, who tells him that his son is under investigation for pedo shit and human trafficking, but that it'll all go away if the Gaetzes pony up $25m in cash, to fund a "rescue operation" for Bob Levinson, the Jewish CIA spook believed by some to still be held captive in Iran. Most think he's dead, but the Kent faction thinks he's alive, and claims to have proof of life. Only thing is, 3 years before trying this on the Gaetzes, this Bob Kent group successfully tried it on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska, who is tied up in Russiagate/Ukrainegate/the shit cooked up against Trump. Scott Adams of Dilbert fame was in contact with Jake Novak who works for the Israeli consulate in New York. Novak tipped Adams off that Gaetz was about to run into some public trouble involving pedo shit, and the kicker: Novak was aware of the $25 million being demanded of Gaetz. Novak also tried to deny it was extortion. tl;dr: this is much bigger than Gaetz and whatever pedo shit he might be involved in, and it's increasingly doubtful that he was involved in anything. This now includes people from the Mueller investigation, just to give you an idea of how big it is. Also, AF Intelligence, we've been hearing a lot from them lately. Wasn't the broad shot at the capitol also AF Intel?