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Republican Child Sexual Abuse Material (263 instances)

653: Todd Roatsey

Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor
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Todd Roatsey was a Trump twitter advocate was honored, ironically, at the Obama White House when he was named West Virginia School Counselor of the Year in 2016. That school counselor of the year posed as an 18-year-old in chats with two girls who were 10 and 11 years old. One of them was a student at the school where he worked. He persuaded to send him videos of them masturbating. He sent videos of himself to them. In addition, two adult women claimed they were assaulted by him when they were minors.

635: Alexander Bebris

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Alexander Bebris was a chief of police in Ohio before moving to Wisconsin where he unsuccessfully ran for the Republican nomination for Sheriff of Outagamie County. In December 2018, investigators searched his home and found child sexual abuse images. In December 2020, he was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison, but he was out on appeal.

628: John Hiatt

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Stalking/Harassment
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In 2021, he was arrested for one count each of aggravated invasion of computer privacy, stalking, and theft by unauthorized taking as well as two counts of harassment. He was using a device issued to him by the school district. This arrest led to a second as they found child sexual exploitation material with children under twelve on his phone.

619: David Nims

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Nonconsensual Recording
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David Nims was the Children’s Director at Calvary Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida. He was arrested for video voyeurism by an adult responsible for the welfare of a child younger than 16. He placed a hidden camera to film children in a church bathroom.

605: Jesus Blancas

Child Sexual Abuse Material, Solicitation of a Minor
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Jesus Blancas was a member of the Grizzly Scouts, part of the Boogaloo movement. The Grizzly Scouts plotted to kill cops so Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act. He was indicted for trying to get a fifteen-year-old girl to produce child sexual exploitation material.

603: Mathew Palmer

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Mathew Palmer was the former Chief Operating Officer of the Maryland Department of Commerce. Before that, he was an aide to Republican Governor Larry Hogan. When Hogan appointed him, he said, “Mathew Palmer is an accomplished and well-rounded professional who possesses a deep understanding of the legislative process and issues. I am proud to welcome him to our administration and look forward to working with him during this upcoming session.” Palmer also was a prolific poster in child sex abuse message boards and had more than a thousand images and videos himself.

591: Adam Hageman

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Hageman was arrested for possessing child sexual abuse material. He was part of a ring of men including Ruben Verastigui, another Trump Republican. In the affidavit, the Homeland Security agent reported Hageman’s preferences in detail. Among the things Hageman said in the group, he complained that the pandemic shutdown kept him from exposing himself to young children in public restrooms.

588: T. Elliott Welch

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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T. Elliott Welch was a Baptist pastor in Forsyth County, North Carolina. He was a vocal opponent of efforts to limit the spread of COVID-19. In April, 2020, he asked how much a little girl was worth in the tweet below. Just one year later, in April 2021, it became evident that he didn’t think little girls were much at all when he was arrested for uploading a video of an adult man raping a child, a little girl. While out on bail, he was arrested again in June for additional charges of possessing child sexual abuse material.

580: Martin (Marty) Peterson

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Martin (Marty) Peterson was the Idaho State Budget Director with a long history in Republican political circles, working for Senator Frank Church, Governors Andrus and Evans. That may be why he got 90 days in jail and a ten-year suspended sentence despite pleading guilty to two counts of possessing child sexual abuse material. He admitted to looking at images of children ages 10 to 12 being sexually abused and tortured for years.