Kent claims he has seen video evidence that leads him to believe Levinson is alive in Iran. "At first he started laughing and he said, ‘You know we get these extortion attempts all the time,’" Kent recalled. Fox News reached out to Gaetz's office for a response to Kent's claims, but they did not immediately respond. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPLast week, Gaetz told Fox News' Tucker Carlson that his family had notified the FBI about the alleged extortion, naming McGee as being behind it. Kent told Smerconish that he hopes the elder Gaetz was wearing a wire during that their meeting, and that he is "cooperating" with the FBI.

Source: Fox News April 06, 2021 15:45 UTC