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48: Tim Nolan

Child Rape, Sexual Assault, Trafficking

Tim Nolan was a tough-on-crime judge, a Republican party activist, and a Trump campaign supporter. The story of his progress from “hanging judge” to felon is circuitous and centers on a bar he owned. But however he got there, Tim Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 counts of human trafficking, some of the cases involving minors.…

47: Richard A. Dasen Sr

Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Trafficking

Richard A. Dasen, Sr. was a big donor to Republican candidates and causes as well as running Christian Financial Counseling for people who got into debt. He also spent a lot of money on sex workers, some of them underage, and he used his position to extort sex from women in financial trouble. He claimed…

46: Nicholas Elizondo

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Nicholas Elizondo, a board member of the Young Republican Federation, pleaded no contest to the charge of one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen. The child was his five-year-old step-daughter. That was in 1995. He served four of his six-year sentence before being released. He then married and he and…

45: Jon Grunseth

Indecent Exposure

Jon Grunseth was the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor when two women spoke up, accusing him of swimming in the nude with them when they were teens staying overnight with his daughter. It is interesting that the allegation of having a consensual affair with an adult woman was what led him to resign and not…

61: Dennis L. Rader

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Kidnapping, Murder, Rape

Dennis L. Rader is the serial killer known as the BTK Killer. He was also a Boy Scout leader and Lutheran Church President. Additionally, he was a Republican appointee to the Sedgewick County Board of Zoning Appeals and the Sedgewick County Animal Control Advisory Board. As the BTK Killer, he killed ten people, two of…

60: John R. Curtin

Child Indecency, Child Molestation

John R. Curtin was a Republican committeeman when he hosted a beer party at a Stroudsburg, PA, motel and invited a 17-year-old young man and three boys aged 13 to 20 to drink beer. The seventeen-year-old got drunk and went out for a cigarette and Curtin followed him out, pulled down his pants, and molested…

44: Robin W. Vanderwall

Solicitation of a Minor

Robin Vanderwall was a conservative campus activist. He managed successful political campaign for two Republican candidates and was going to law school when he was arrested for soliciting sex from an underage boy who happened to be a Virginia Beach police officer. He was arrested when he went to the arranged meeting with the 14-year-old…

43: Larry Jack Schwarz

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Larry Jack Schwarz was a Republican representative for District 44 in Colorado when he resigned to join the parole board. While he was on the parole board he was arrested for distributing child pornography. Prison Legal News: Colorado Parole Board member busted for child porn The Pueblo Chieftan: Porn materials seized at Schwarz’ home

42: Jesse Ryan Loskarn

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Jesse Loskarn was an aide to Senator Lamar Alexander and also worked for then Rep. Marsha Blackburn when he was arrested by US Postal Inspectors for possession of child pornography. He killed himself shortly after his arrest. His suicide note revealed that he had been abused himself. The Atlantic: A posthumous twist in the Story…

41: Parker J. Bena

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Parker J. Bena was a prominent Republican activist and an elector for Bush in 2000. A year later, Bena pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography in a plea deal. Columbia Daily Tribune: Bill targets Missouri lobbyist with sex offender conviction Virginia East District Court: USA vs. Bena