Republican Sex Crimes Involving Minors
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Zack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor
4/25/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted his preteen daughter who along with her siblings was granted an order of protection against him while authorities investigated the allegation further while still being married to his estranged wifeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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304kMAGA Enthusiast
3/25/24
Sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who went to his church and babysat his own children inside his church, personal office, car and also at her home over three-year period when he was in his mid-20's where she said he would often move her hand down to his groin to have her "touch him sexually" and he would "touch [her] in return" and also often kissed her "like a man kisses a woman" while also being married with young children at homeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Bo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair
3/11/24
Digitally penetrated his 13-year-old daughter after drugging her with a sedative and removing all her clothes while she was unconscious3/11/24
3/11/24
Possessed “hundreds of thousands" felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devicesAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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10/30/23
Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year period10/30/23
Downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personasAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Kevin TomafskyFmr. Political Aide [R]
9/01/23
Paid the father of a six-year-old girl to engage in a sex act involving penetration and was later found to be in possession of a felony image of a child forced to do similar thingsAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by the New Jersey Globe
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Rene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami
8/14/23
Cupped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before grabbing his hand and placing it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page8/14/23
Texted a 16-year-old boy that he's "dying to sleep with" him and let the boy know he was home alone if he wanted to come by, which the boy declined and reminded him that he was a minor8/14/23
Asked a 16-year-old boy to send him sexually explicit pictures of himself in the shower and in return sent the boy a picture of his exposed penis from inside his bathtubAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Cole WagnerAlliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair
7/24/23
According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter
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Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member [R-RI]
6/08/23
Molested a 12-year-old girl and was ordered to be held without bail due to the seriousness of his crimesAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal
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4/20/23
Solicited nude pictures from a 15-year-old boy by promising him that he'll share his "entire network" of right-wing friends with the aspiring young activist if he compliedAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
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Kent StermonFmr. Donor [R]
4/18/23
Coerced a teenage girl into showing him her breasts in order to get VIP Taylor Swift concert tickets he supposedly had and later offered to pay the girl's father thousands of dollars to stay quietAccording to a police report filed by local officials after he committed suicide
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4/17/23
Asked a 17-year-old boy to send him a picture of his penis by texting "show me ur [eggplant emjoi]" and replying "Omg d*ck" when the boy asked what the emoji meantAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
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Rocky HayesFmr. Jones County GOP Chair
1/26/23
Had multiple felony videos of young children between the ages of 8 to 13 doing sexual acts with older men saved on his cloud services accountAccording to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader -
Ted TomaszewskiFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
1/17/23
Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month periodAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Joel SartoriCarl Paladino Political Aide
12/20/22
According to charging documents by local officials
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William PruittFmr. Chief of Police [R-FL]
12/09/22
Raped a 14-year-old girl twice at gunpoint after luring her into his truck, threatened to "blow her brains out" if she ever told anyone, conspired with friends who were former police officers to send a torrent of threatening messages to scare her from reporting it to the authorities and continued to stalk her even after being charged with raping herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Kevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney [R-OK]
11/28/22
Had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computerAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Joel KoskanFmr. State Rep. Nominee [R-SD]
11/03/22
Raped, orally penetrated and sexually molested his adopted daughter over a six-year period beginning when she was just twelve years old and waged an intimidation campaign to keep her quiet by monitoring her every move via GPS and home video surveillance, which ironically is how he found out she reported him to the police while also being a married father of young childrenAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Adam HagemanTrump Commerce Dept. Official
10/01/22
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
9/30/22
Admitted to sexually abusing a child as young as 12-years-old and wrote about wanting to have sex with children between 12 and 16 in an online group chatAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
James MontgomeryFmr. Mayor [R-TX]
8/25/22
Solicited sex with who he thought was a 15-years-old girl over the internet and traveled to meet her where he was arrested by undercover officers who posed as the young girlAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Luke BowenFmr. Texas Right to Life Executive
8/25/22
Solicited sex with a 13-year-old girl over the internet and sent her pictures of his erect penis not realizing he was actually communicating with an undercover police officer while also working as the political director for a prominent anti-abortion organization that espouses far-right "family values"According to charging documents filed by Assistant District Attorney Kelly Blackburn
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Jonathan HernandezFmr. Oklahoma College Republicans Chair
7/11/22
Performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy he met at a church he ministered inside his dorm room at Oklahoma Christian University after watching adult videos with himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Richard BraswellCommissioner [R-NC]
6/29/22
Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Matt McIlravyFmr. Mayor [R-TX]
6/22/22
Solicited sex with who he thought was a 12-year-old girl but was instead an undercover police officer over a series of private messages on the internet while also being a married father of two boysAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]
5/27/22
Possessed and distributed felony images of young girls as an administrator of an online child pornography groupAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ruben VerastiguiFmr. RNC Staffer
4/08/22
Collected a whopping 152 felony videos and 50 felony images of children -- some who were babies -- and traded them with other criminals he found onlineAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]
2/21/22
According to charging documents filed by local police
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
1/07/22
Allegedly raped and sexually abused a minor over many years beginning when she was fifteen years old and continued well into her adulthood while being married the entire timeAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media -
Gisela Castro MedinaCollege Republican Chair
8/14/21
Recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he suppliedAccording to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice -
Anton LazzaroPolitical Strategist [R]
8/12/21
Paid five underage girls to have sex with him that he found by paying a woman to recruit them online telling them he's a "sugar daddy"According to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
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Mark GrethenFmr. Donor [R]
8/07/21
Sodomized and molested two children one year before he was named "Republican of the Year" by the National Republican Congressional Committee because of his large donations to the partyHe was found guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison
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Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]Friend of Rep. Matt Gaetz
5/17/21
Paid an underage girl for sexual encounters seven times and introduced her to other men who also engaged in sexual acts with herHe pled guilty to sex trafficking of a minor and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison -
Kevin HohnFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
2/20/21
Produced and distributed over 300 images and 40 videos of children he secretly recorded in various stages of undress -- including the shower and their bedrooms -- and was also found in possession of over 100 images depicting children participating in sexual conduct when police arrested himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ed SniffenFmr. Attorney General [R-AK]
1/30/21
Initiated a sexual relationship with a vulnerable 17-year-old girl he coached on a high school mock trial competition team when he was 27-year-old man in violation of a state law that expressly forbade coaches from dating 16 or 17-year-olds under their supervision1/30/21
Secretly got a 17-year-old girl he coached drunk by adding alcohol to drinks she thought were nonalcoholic while he was out partying with her and other high school students at New Orlean's bars known for loosely enforcing their liquor laws and later had sex with her in his hotel room that nightCorroborated by two of the victim's former teammates who were told of the improper relationship the day after they first had a sexual encounter
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Mike FolmerFmr. State Senator [R-PA]
9/18/19
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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David StringerFmr. State Representative [R-AZ]
3/30/19
Paid two underage boys he met in a park $10 each to perform oral sex on them and then had them perform oral sex on himHad oral and penetrative sex with an underage boy as young as 13-years-old on ten separate occasions and got caught when the boy's father found out and reported him to the policeAccording to an exclusive report by the Arizona Republic
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Ralph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]
2/01/19
Paid for sex with a 17-year-old minor boy he found on Craigslist at a local Super 8 Motel while also being a married father with four young children and an avid supporter of Anti-LGBT legislation who proclaimed he was a “family values Republican”Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Jeff MillerFmr. City Council Member [R-IN]
8/15/18
Rubbed his hands in-between the thighs of a 10-year-old girl, cupped her buttocks, put his hands up her shirt and touched her bra strap and gave her massages with a battery-powered device that wasn't remotely age-appropriate and ignored her repeated pleas for him to stopAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Tim NolanFmr. State Judge [R-KY]
5/04/18
Coerced seven underage girls in to performing sex acts with him, supplied them with heroin and other opioids and threatened to take the drugs away and report them to the police if they didn't submit to his sexual demands while also being marriedHe pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison
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David ByrdState Representative [R-TN]
3/27/18
Inappropriately touched and kissed three underage girls on the high school basketball team he coached while also being married with young childrenAccording to firsthand accounts of the alleged victims first reported by local a TV station
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1.3mMAGA Enthusiast
1/30/18
Allegedly sexually abused actress Nicole Eggert over a 3-year period in which she said he "penetrated me with his finger" when she was only 14, had sex with her when she was 17 and not legally able to consent in the state of California and engaged in "a lot of groping, a lot of fondling, a lot of pulling me on his lap" while on the set of Charles in ChargeAccording to the alleged victim who went public with her accusations against him -
Brandon HixonFmr. State Representative [R-ID]
1/11/18
According to an exclusive interview with his ex-wife who found out and turned him in -
Dan JohnsonFmr. State Representative [R-KY]
12/11/17
Digitally penetrated, fondled and forcibly kissed a 17-year-old member of his church in the basement of his home as she begged him to stop while also being marriedAccording to an investigate report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting
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Ralph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]
11/20/17
Had multiple felony videos that police said "depicts a man engaging in sexually explicit conduct with a prepubescent girl" on his laptop when police found him in a hotel room with an underage boyAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
11/09/17
Allegedly molested a 14-year-old girl by undressing and groping her over her underwear and bra in addition to having her place her hand over his underwear when he was a 32-year-old lawyerAccording to multiple collaborated witnesses in an investigative report by The Washington Post
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Mike YenniFmr. Alderman [R-LA]
9/29/16
Sent explicit texts to a 17-year-old boy asking if he and a 19-year-old friend of his would have three-way sex with him and for pictures of him in his underwear -- which may have violated a federal law designed to protect children from online obscenity even if it didn't violate his state's age of consent law -- leading to them eventually meeting in which he kissed him at a mall all while being marriedAccording to an exclusive investigative report by WWL-TV
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Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]
8/04/16
Gave alcohol to underage male camp counselors as young as 16-years-old and also filmed and photographed many of the boys getting completely naked as they played strip poker in his bedroomAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
6/23/16
Allegedly tied a thirteen-year-old girl to a bed and raped her at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein and struck her in the face with his open hand after she pleaded with him to stop while he was married to MarlaCorroborated by , Trump's ex-wife Ivana privately confided to multiple friends that he raped her
Allegedly forced a thirteen-year-old girl to manually stimulate him until he ejaculated at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to IvanaCorroborated by rape of the two young girls in sworn testimony, Trump's ex-wife Ivana privately confided to multiple friends that he raped her
Allegedly forced two young girls aged 12 and 13 to perform oral sex on him and to engage in lesbian sex in front of him at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana -
Dennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House [R]
4/10/16
Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys -— the youngest being only 14-years-old —- during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was marriedAccording to court filings submitted by federal prosecutors
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Matthew PennellFmr. Political Aide [R-KS]
3/07/15
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Lawrence TaylorConservative Athlete [R]
3/14/14
Paid $300 to have sex with a 16-year-old girl virgin he claimed to have thought was a 19-year-old prostitute and ignored her attempts to squirm out of his grip by telling her to "just relax" while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Ryan LoskarnSen. Lamar Alexander Chief of Staff
12/12/13
Purchased multiple DVDs and digital videos of "young nude boys" and downloaded numerous felony videos from a peer-to-peer website including one that depicted a young girl being raped in the woods by a man who was supposedly her father and shared many of them online with other individuals over a yearslong periodAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Shawn BergstrandCEO [R]
7/26/13
Made arrangements to have sex with an underage girl by agreeing to pay a woman he thought was offering to prostitute her daughter in exchange for money over a series of email and text messagesAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Eric BodenweiserFmr. State Sen. Nominee [R-DE]
10/22/12
Molested and sexually abused a 10-year-old boy over a period of three years while propagating "family values" as a bedrock principal of his political philosophy at the same timeHe pled guilty to a less serious charge of unlawful sexual contact of a minor and was sentenced to one year probation and had to register as a sex offender
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Ted KlaudtFmr. State Representative [R-SD]
5/18/07
Digitally penetrated and fondled his 16 and 18-year-old foster daughters' breasts after deceitfully convincing them to let him perform "tests" on their private areas ostensibly to determine if they were good candidates to donate their eggs in exchange for a large sum of money while also being their trusted caregiver and a married fatherAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Mark FoleyFmr. U.S. Representative [R-FL]34 Years in GOP
11/02/06
Offerred a 17-year-old boy working as a Congressional page oral sex in exchange for free lodgings at his home at the same time he was chair of a special Congressional committee dedicated to protecting exploited childrenAccording to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets
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David SwartzFmr. County Commissioner [R-OH]
2/03/04
Repeatedly raped and sexually violated a young girl over a ten-year period beginning when she was just six years oldAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Keith WestmorelandFmr. State Representative [R-TN]
6/18/02
According to charging documents filed by local police