Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Fran Coombs was the managing editor of The Washington Times. He and his wife are known for their racist agenda and pushing racism in the Washington Times. Over a dozen people confirmed that Coombs has created an environment of sexual harassment and racism.
Keith Poole was the editor-in-chief of Rupert Murdoch’s poorly-regarded tabloid The New York Post who fired Michelle Gotthelf which she alleged was retaliation for speaking up about the abuse and harassment by former editor-in-chief Col Allan. Gotthelf sued and the Post settled.
Col Allan is an Australian “journalist” who was the editor-in-chief of the race-baiting, rightwing Murdoch rag, The New York Post. As you could predict for a Murdoch paper, he pinned the Boston Marathon Bombing on the wrong people putting the pictures of two innocent people on the cover. He was sued for sexual harassment and retaliation. The paper settled.
Jim Rostberg was a Minnesota state representative. In 2000, he was arrested and charged with three counts of criminal sexual conduct. The complaint alleged repeated sexual assaults of a child, the daughter of family friends, over several years. The child was fourteen when Rostberg was arrested. When her mother confronted him, Rostberg said he felt bad about it.
Garabed “Chuck” Haytaian was the Speaker of the New Jersey Assembly. He was accused of sexual harassment by a Republican staffer who worked as his assistant. She said he frequently pawed, hugged, and kissed her. As part of her suit, she sought a transfer from working in his office. The state settled the suit which meant that Haytaian never had to admit guilty or face the consequences since the taxpayers paid the settlement and his legal fees.
John Diehl was Speaker of the House in the Missouri state legislature. He resigned in 2015 after it was revealed he had an intimate relationship with a 19-year-old college student serving as an intern at the state Capitol. He was 49 at the time and a sanctimonious advocate of the “sanctity of marriage” and opponent of gay marriage.
Edward Burgess was a city councilman in Carlisle, Ohio. He was also president at the Lions Club where he fondled a child. He was arrested and charged with gross sexual imposition. The child molester originally claimed that the eight-year-old girl “came on to him.” For that alone, his sentence of thirty days is woefully inadequate.
Gary Lee Hansen served on the Sac City City Council until 2015. In 2017, he was charged with sexually abusing a six-year-old child. The child reported it when she was twelve. According to the police report, Hansen admitted to the abuse. He was convicted on two counts of lascivious acts with a child
In January, 2022, the news broke that he was being investigated for the sexual abuse of a young girl beginning when she was fourteen and continuing for twelve years. The abuse is alleged to have started when she attended his church and the associated school where he was a gym teacher. When the girl turned 18, she married Chatfield’s brother and the relationship between Chatfield and his sister-in-law continued until 2021 when she went to the police.
David Smock has been accused of sexually assaulting boys and covering up the physical abuse of students by other staff members. He was a fugitive for a while before being arrested in Arkansas. He has been charged in two separate counties for thirteen felonies including sexual assaulting minor boys.