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468: Dylan Howard

Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment

Dylan Howard was editor and chief content officer at The National Enquirer who became infamous for the gossip he did not print. He bought up stories with cash and an NDA to protect certain favored people, including Donald Trump. This was exposed in Ronan Farrow’s book “Catch and Kill” and landed Michael Cohen in jail.

466: Michael Ferro

Sexual Harassment, Sexual Misconduct

Michael Ferro was Chairman of TRONC, the Chicago Tribune publishing company and a big Republican donor. He was forced out after allegations of sexual misconduct were published by Fortune magazine. Two different women recounted seeking an investment in their firms when he made physical advances on them, forcible kissing one and groping another’s breast.

463: Eric Dudley

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct

Eric Dudley was an Episcopal priest who left the church in 2005 because they promoted a gay man to the role of bishop. He then went on to found his own church, St.. Peter’s, in opposition to inclusion of LGBTIQA in the church. In 2018, he was forced out because he used his position to sexually abuse young men. In 2021, he opened a new church

461: Dan Clark

Child Endangerment, Solicitation of a Minor, Stalking/Harassment

Dan Clark was a precinct committee officer elected to the Clark County Republican Party Bylaws and Resolutions Committee with 70% of the secret ballot vote. Those voting were well aware that he is a convicted child predator who repeatedly snuck into a fifteen-year-old girl’s bedroom, gave her alcohol, asked her to marry him despite having a restraining order against him. He was 43 at the time.

459: Jennifer Van Laar

Nonconsensual Dissemination of Private Sexual Images

Jennifer Van Laar is a GOP campaign operative who worked for the Rep. Steve Knight re-election campaign that lost out to Katie Hill in 2018. She was an editor at Red State, a rightwing news and opinion site. She published a story at the infamously hackish Daily Mail and at Red State that relied on…