Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Gary Caplinger was a member of Allen, Texas, city council and was serving as Mayor pro tem when he resigned after being charged with possessing and intending to distribute child sexual abuse material. He pleaded guilty to two counts, possession and intent to distribute, for which he received five years each, plus ten years probation.
Rickey Williams is an insurrectionist. His daughter is Riley Williams, the woman who stole Rep. Pelosi’s laptop. He was caught in an internet sting. He thought he was communicating with a fourteen-year-old girl, but actually was communicating with a police officer. He wanted his victim to create sexual abuse material and instructed her in what to do.
Eric Lipman was General Counsel for the Florida Elections Commission. He was arrested for eleven counts of possessing child pornography, more accurately called child sexual abuse material. Before working for the Elections Commission, he worked for the Florida Department of Children and Families in Leon, Wakulla and Franklin counties. Alarmingly, he was also an officer of the Capital Soccer Association, a soccer league for children ages 4 to 17. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 72 months.
Kevin Hohn was the mayor of Brookville, FL, and ran an unsuccessful campaign for Hernando County Commission. He was convicted of producing child sexual exploitation material by secretly recording children in his home. In addition, over 100,000 images and 1,000 videos of child sexual exploitation material were found on his computers. He was sentenced to fifteen years after he pled guilty.
Ruben Verastigui was a digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference. He also worked as a senior designer for the Republican National Committee. He made Trump MAGA ads. He also was active in the antiabortion movement, working for March for Life, Students for Life, and Live Action. He was arrested for possessing and sharing child exploitation material. He pled guilty and was sentenced to 151 months.
Steven Sumner was a Republican county councilman for Madison County, Indiana. He is also the pastor of Lighthouse Baptist Church. He was charged with Child Seduction which means Sumner was in some way the child’s guardian, adoptive parent, adoptive grandparent, custodian, or stepparent. Other charges include child molestation, contributing to delinquency, sexual battery, sexual misconduct, as well as possession of child sexual exploitation material. According to the State Police, a child, younger than sixteen, told them he gave her alcohol and performed sexual acts on her and asked her to reciprocate. Additional charges were added involving a child under 14. The trial is set for February 27, 2023
Ben Gibson ran to represent LA-4 in Congress but fortunately, he lost. He was one month later for four counts of possession of child sexual exploitation material involving juveniles. There is a bit of George Santos at work with him as well. He claimed to work for the Bossier City Fire Department, but he didn’t. He didn’t work for the city at all. He was caught in a sting by the Attorney General’s Cyber Crime Unit.
David Farley was an Oregon doctor and GOP donor. He lost his license to practice medicine after several patients came forward with complaints that he sexually assaulted them. The patients allege he touched their genitals without gloves and fondled their breasts all under the pretext of a medical exam.
Rene Pedrosa was a spokesperson for Miami Mayor Francis Suarez until he was charged with battery (groping) a minor and sending that minor a pornographic image. Those were state charges, then the federal government filed additional charges that include producing child pornography, receiving child pornography, and enticing a minor into sexual activity.
Mike Folmer was a Pennsylvania state senator who resigned the day after he was charged with possessing child sexual abuse material (child pornography.) He was in the first year of his fourth term, having served twelve years. He was charged with possession the child sexual abuse material and criminal use of a communications facility. He pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to up to two years but was released in 2021 on parole after one year. He remains on probation for eight years.