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1528: Craig Scott Valdez

Child Exploitation, Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Grooming, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Craig Scott Valdez was Alaska state Sen. George Rauscher’s Chief of Staff since November, 2025, and had worked for him since 2021. He was also the Chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans. He has been removed from all positions since his arrest on four felony charges involving child sexual exploitation.

1527: Paul Havsgaard

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Abuse, Child Molestation, Child Rape, Rape

Paul Havsgaard is a former pastor at Harvest Christian Fellowship megachurch, a church closely associated with Turning Point USA, the arch-conservative organization founded by Charlie Kirk dedicated to recruiting college students to support MAGA candidates, particularly Trump. Erika Kirk kicked off a TPUSA national tour at Harvest Christian Fellowship in January, 2026.

He is alleged to have sexually abused and trafficked young children at orphanages the church operated in Romania. Twenty-two men and women allege they were physically and sexually abused while they were children under his care. They also allege Harvest Christian Fellowship failed to fulfill their duty to protect the children, waiting twenty years before telling the police about Havsgaard, despite being informed of the abuse my family members of the children, visitors to the orphanages, and other people.

1525: Wesley Dingus

Voyeurism/Peeping

Wesley Dingus was the mayor of Butler, Ohio. He resigned after his recent arrest for voyeurism. He was also arrested in August, 2025, for running over a person wanted for a parole violation.

Dingus was filmed sniffing at least four pieces of a minor girl’s underwear and touching himself. She had suspected him of going in her room, catching him there when she came back after leaving for school. She put in a camera that filmed him in the act.

1521: Leon Black

Child Rape, Rape, Rape Culture

Leon David Black is a billionaire investor and co-founder of Apollo Global Management. While he is technically politically unaffiliated, he is a big campaign donor and two-thirds of his donations are to Republicans. He was also a good friend of Jeffrey Epstein.

In 2023, he was sued by a woman who alleged that Leon Black raped her in Epstein’s townhouse when she was just sixteen years old.

1520: Andrew Cirone

Child Exploitation, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Andrew Cirone is a Fort Collins, Colorado, police officer currently on unpaid leave due to being arrested for attempted exploitation of a child. While he was investigating a case, a woman reported he talked to her adult daughter and asked for sexually explicit photos from when she was a child.