Richard A. Delgaudio was a prominent GOP activist and fundraiser in northern Virginia before he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge and was sentenced to two years probation. Delgaudio created child pornography, paying a sixteen-year-old girl to pose for him at a motel in Baltimore. There were pictures of him having sex with her. There were additional pictures of at least one other child who was 15, but the judge threw out his three albums of child pornography because the police improperly searched him.
At that time, he was president of Legal Affairs Council Inc., chairman and director of United States Intelligence Council, and president of National Security Center Inc. They were all conservative interest groups. His brother, Eugene Delgaudio, ran Public Advocate, an anti-gay interest group.
His child porn conviction does not seem to have harmed his career, according to Linked In.
- Washington Post: GOP Activist Admits to Child Porn
- Baltimore Sun: Fundraiser for GOP pleads guilty in case of child pornography
- WBAL: Conservative Fundraiser on probation for child porn
24 April 2003