83: Richard Gardner
Child Indecency, Child Molestation
Richard Gardner was convicted of convicted in 1988 of lewd and lascivious behavior with a child under the age of 14. Las Vegas Sun: Assembly candidate ruled ineligible due to felony.
Month: May 2022
82: Michael Flory
Rape
Michael Flory was the head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans when he raped a woman attending the same national convention of Young Republicans. They were dancing and partying when she felt drunk and headed back to her room. He escorted her and then raped her. Flory was an early rising star in the…
81: Donald Fleischman
Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Solicitation of a Minor
Donald Fleischman was the Brown County, Iowa, Republican Party Chair when he was charged with felony counts of child enticement and exposing himself to a minor. He offered marijuana and alcohol to two minors, told them they could live with them if they ran away. The complaint alleges that Fleischmann fondled and performed sexual acts…
80: Matthew Joseph Elliott
Child Sexual Abuse Material, Murder
Matthew Joseph Elliott was supposedly destined for a great future in Republican politics. Some people thought he would be governor of Iowa one day. He was elected governor at Boys State and later the head of the Iowa College Republicans. He worked on Romney’s campaign, as a legislative aide, and then as ED of the…
79: Brian Doyle
Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor
Brian Doyle was the deputy press secretary for the Dept of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration when he was arrested in an online sex sting where he chatted with a sheriff’s deputy posing as a child. He was charged with using a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful material to a child.…
78: Joshua Dickens
Familial Abuse & Violence, Sexual Assault
Joshua Dickens was elected constable in Faulkner County. In a jealous rage, he kidnapped a woman and tortured her, burning her with a cigarette lighter and beating her. He held her four and a half hours until she lied, confessing to seeing someone else, in hopes he would release her. He was convicted of torture,…
77: Scott Eller Cortelyou
Solicitation of a Minor
Scott Eller Cortelyou was a conservative radio personality in Colorado when he was arrested for graphic sexual conversation with a police officer posing as a child. KUSA: Radio Personality arrested a second time All Access: Cortelyou arrested again Denver Post: Cortelyou pleads guilty in sex case
76: Larry Corrigan
Solicitation of a Minor
Larry Corrigan was a Republican activist in Washington state politics. He was deputy treasurer on Rep. David Reichert’s (R-WA) campaign for sheriff and a vocal supporter for his congressional campaign. He was caught in an internet sting, chatting online with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl, and then he arranged to meet her…
75: Garrett Ventry
Sexual Harassment
Garrett Ventry was Iowa Republican Sen. Grassley’s communications aide and assigned to speak for the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Kavanaugh nomination. He abruptly resigned when asked about sexual harassment allegations against him. Previously, Ventry worked as a social media adviser in 2017 in the office of North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell, who…
74: John Bryan
Child Molestation, Child Rape, Sexual Assault
John Bryan, a Republican city councilman in St. Petersburg, was accused by a woman who claimed Bryan began sexually abusing her while she was a minor and that he sexually assaulted his two adoptive daughters. When the allegations came out, he resigned from the City Council. Before the police arrested him, he killed himself. Fox…