Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
He pleaded no contest to one count of promoting sexual performance of a child and 28 counts of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the first and upon release 10 years of probation for the 28 counts of possession of child pornography.
Rory A. Koch was a Republican staffer in the Minnesota House of Representatives. In 2010, he was running for Ramsey County Board when he was arrested and charged with twelve counts of possessing child pornography. He received 25% of the vote. The child-porn investigation was not public knowledge.
The Minnesota Crimes Against Children Task Force were tipped off that someone with the screen name Chadwhite73 was likely disseminating child exploitation materials. AOL identified the account as belonging to Rory Koch and his home was searched. He acknowledged receiving it but claimed he could not delete it. There were 68 images on his computer.
Koch was convicted and sentenced to five years.
Leonard Church served two terms as Kennesaw, Georgia’s mayor, and continued to serve after that as a city council member. He was accused of sexually molesting a 9-year-old boy after showing the boy child pornography. They found between 800 and 1000 child sexual exploitation images on his computer devices. He originally pled not guilty, but changed his plea to guilty in a deal where the prosecutors changed the charge from aggravated child molestation to simple child molestation. He will spent 18 years in prison. He earlier rejected a plea deal that would have only been 15 years.
Raymond Liddy is the son of G. Gordon Liddy, the Watergate burglar who infamously suggested people should shoot federal law enforcement agents from the ATF in the head because they wear body armor. He worked as state deputy attorney general in California. He was also convicted of possession of child pornography.
Anthony Silva was elected mayor of Stockton, California, in 2012. From 2004 to 2008, he was on the school board for Stockton Unified School District. Stockton’s local elections are nonpartisan but local media identify him as a Republican. In 2015, the FBI confiscated his phone in an investigation into financial improprieties. They discovered a video made at a youth camp Silva used to run. He was providing alcohol and playing strip poker with minors. They let the local police know and eventually the police arrested him.
Rick W. Nelson was the Republican Mayor of Stillwater, New York, from 2015 to 2017. He was arrested in August 2017, while his son was campaigning in the Democratic congressional primary to take on Elise Stefanik. He pleaded guilty.
When pleading guilty, he expressed contrition and claimed sex addiction that now that it has been discovered was being treated. His lawyer talked about the good he has done. He even volunteered to be a guinea pig in experimental treatment for sex addiction.
It all sounds good except this was his FIFTH arrest for victimizing children.
Charles K. Young was the chairman of the James City County Republican Committee, serving two terms from 2010 to August 2016, when he resigned. He was 69, so perhaps he just wanted to retire, but that is also when a family member called the James City County Police and told them he was in possession of child pornography providing enough information for a search warrant. Forensic examination of his computers and other devices discovered he had over 22,000 still images of child pornography as well as videos with minor boys engaged in sexual activity.
Michael Centanni was a conservative fundraiser and C.O.O of Base Connect, one of the many scam-PACs that would raise money for conservatives but retain most of the money for themselves. Even though they get cents on the dollar, no one objects because their mailers generally push the conservative message and voter persuasion. So, you already know he is sleazy. He is also a convicted child pornographer.
I am afraid you will have to read the details elsewhere because it turns my stomach. Suffice it to say, they found over 3000 child sexual exploitation images and videos and many were in his bedroom with a child of about 5. There is other descriptions of toddlers being sexually abused.
Ron Williams II was one of the people assigned to Trump’s failed Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity. He was formerly an intern for Republican Commission member J. Christian Adams. The commission was a complete failure and Ron Williams getting arrested for possession of child exploitation materials didn’t inspire confidence.
Police got a tip from the National Center for Missing Children and checked his phone and found multiple files of child exploitation materials.
Chuck Hunter was 61 and though he lost his race for Circuit Court 10 in 2010 but in 2012 he was running for Circuit Court 11. He placed an ad on Craigslist seeking someone under 30 for sex. An undercover police officer responded in the role of a 14-year-old boy. After several back-and-forth messages, Hunter arranged to meet this 14-year-old at a restaurant with the intention of having sex. He was arrested when he showed up. They got a search warrant and found him in possession of child sexual exploitation materials.