Republicans with Felony Media Depicting Minors

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  • Bo DresnerBo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair
       
    3/11/24
    Possessed “hundreds of thousands" felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devices
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Ray HolmbergRay HolmbergFmr. State Senator [R-ND]Instagram icon4k
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    10/30/23
    Downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personas
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Kevin TomafskyKevin 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 things
    According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by the New Jersey Globe
  • Rene PedrosaRene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami
    8/14/23
    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 bathtub
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Ali AlexanderAli AlexanderSocial Media InfluencerTwitter iconRumble iconTruthSocial iconGab icon1.1m
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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 complied
    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 meant
    According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
  • 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 account
    According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
  • Joel SartoriCarl Paladino Political Aide
       
    12/20/22
    Had numerous felony videos of young children depicting various sex acts saved on a company computer
    According to charging documents by local officials
  • 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 computer
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Adam HagemanAdam HagemanTrump Commerce Dept. Official
       
    10/01/22
    Had at least 33 videos of young children depicting various sex acts on his cellphone
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]
       
    5/27/22
    Possessed and distributed felony images of young girls as an administrator of an online child pornography group
    According 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 online
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • 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 him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Mike FolmerFmr. State Senator [R-PA]
       
    9/18/19
    Had two sexually explicit felony images of underage children on his phone and computer
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Ralph ShorteyRalph 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 boy
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • 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 bedroom
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Matthew PennellFmr. Political Aide [R-KS]
       
    3/07/15
    Had 17+ images and videos of young children depicting various sex acts on his home computer
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Ryan LoskarnRyan 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 period
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets