Republicans with Felony Media Depicting Minors
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Jason YatesFmr. My Faith Votes CEO11/05/24According to charging documents filed by local officials
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James BurlandLobbyist [R]11/01/24Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Director at MAGA Church10/21/24Produced and solicited videos and more than 100 images of him sexually abusing multiple children including at least one prepubescent child over a decadelong periodAccording to charging documents filed by local officials10/21/24Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Rocky HayesFmr. Jones County GOP Chair6/25/24Had 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
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Bo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair3/11/24Possessed “hundreds of thousands" felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devicesAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Brad BensonFmr. City Council Member Candidate11/07/23Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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10/30/23Downloaded 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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Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State9/04/23Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Kevin TomafskyFmr. Political Aide [R]9/01/23Paid 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 Miami8/14/23Asked 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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4/20/23Solicited 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]4/18/23Coerced a teenage girl into sending him a picture of her breasts in exchange for VIP Taylor Swift concert tickets he supposedly had and later cornered her in his office and refused to let her leave until she showed him her breasts in person after she went there to collect the tickets at his insistence, but she was able to flee and tell her dad what happenedAccording to a police report filed by local officials after he committed suicide
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4/17/23Asked 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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Joel SartoriCarl Paladino Political Aide12/20/22According to charging documents by local officials
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Kevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney11/28/22Had 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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Adam HagemanTrump Commerce Dept. Official10/01/22According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]5/27/22Possessed and distributed felony images of underage girls as an administrator of an online child pornography groupAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ruben VerastiguiFmr. RNC Staffer4/08/22Collected 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
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Kevin HohnFmr. Mayor [R-FL]2/20/21Produced and distributed over 300 felony images and 40 videos of two underage girls he secretly recorded in various stages of undress with a hidden camera and was also found in possession of over 100,000 images and 1,000 videos depicting children participating in sexual conduct when police arrested himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mike FolmerFmr. State Senator [R-PA]9/18/19According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Caleb BaileyTrump 2016 delegate7/25/18Used hidden cameras to secretly record over 100 graphic videos of young boys and was found in possession of 280 images and 54 videos depicting prepubescent children engaging in sexually explicit conductAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ralph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]Trump 2016 Oklahoma campaign chair11/20/17Had 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
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Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]8/04/16Gave 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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Matthew PennellFmr. Political Aide [R-KS]3/07/15According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Ryan LoskarnFmr. Chief of Staff [R-TN]12/12/13Purchased 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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