Republicans with Felony Media Depicting Minors

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  • GOP County Chair Bo Dresner [R-TX]
    possessed “hundreds of thousands" felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devices
    11 Mar 2024
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • State Sen. Ray Holmberg [R-ND]
    downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personas
    30 Oct 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Aide Kevin Tomafsky
    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
    01 Sep 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by the New Jersey Globe
  • Rene Pedrosa [Spokesperson]
    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
    14 Aug 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Influencer Ali Alexander
    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
    20 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
  • Influencer Ali Alexander
    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
    17 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
  • GOP County Chair Rocky Hayes [R-SD]
    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
    26 Jan 2023
    According to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
  • Aide Joel Sartori
    had numerous felony videos of young children depicting various sex acts saved on a company computer
    20 Dec 2022
    According to charging documents by local officials
  • Deputy District Attorney Kevin Etherington [R-OK]
    had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computer
    28 Nov 2022
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Aide Adam Hageman
    had at least 33 videos of young children depicting various sex acts on his cellphone
    30 Sep 2022
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Commissioner Jimmy Neal [R-TN]
    possessed and distributed felony images of young girls as an administrator of an online child pornography group
    27 May 2022
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • RNC Staffer Ruben Verastigui
    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
    08 Apr 2022
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Mayor Kevin Hohn [R-FL]
    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
    20 Feb 2021
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • State Sen. Mike Folmer [R-PA]
    had two sexually explicit felony images of underage children on his phone and computer
    18 Sep 2019
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • State Sen. Ralph Shortey [R-OK]
    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
    20 Nov 2017
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Mayor Anthony Silva [R-CA]
    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
    04 Aug 2016
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Aide Matthew Pennell [R-KS]
    had 17+ images and videos of young children depicting various sex acts on his home computer
    07 Mar 2015
    According to charging documents filed by local officials