Exposing the Corruption of the "Family Values" Party
Matthew Joseph Elliott was supposedly destined for a great future in Republican politics. Some people thought he would be governor of Iowa one day. He was elected governor at Boys State and later the head of the Iowa College Republicans. He worked on Romney’s campaign, as a legislative aide, and then as ED of the…
Brian Doyle was the deputy press secretary for the Dept of Homeland Security during the Bush Administration when he was arrested in an online sex sting where he chatted with a sheriff’s deputy posing as a child. He was charged with using a computer to seduce a child and transmitting harmful material to a child.…
Wilton Frederick Bland ran as a Republican candidate for Mineral County Commission in West Virginia but lost about a year before he was arrested on 136 charges: 73 counts of possession of child pornography; 45 counts of sexual assault in the first degree for allegedly having sex with a child under age 11; nine counts…
Russell Harding was an aide to Rudy Giuliani and President of the New York City Housing Development Corp. His appointment was controversial as he did not graduate college and had no relevant housing experience. His tenure ended with charges of embezzlement and possessing child pornography on his work computer. He was sentenced to five years…
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
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…
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
Kevin Coan was St. Louis, Missouri’s top Republican election official when he was arrested for traveling to Illinois to meet up with a 14-year-old girl for sex. The girl turned out to be undercover law enforcement. While searching his computer, police also found child pornography. Dispatch-Argus: Police: Child Porn found on election official’s computer St.…
Randal David Ankeny was a political activist and attorney in Colorado. He was a volunteer coordinator for Republican Governor Bill Owens’ reelection campaign. He also a regional representative for the Governor’s Economic Development Office. In 2001, he was convicted of attempted sexual assault of a 13-year-old and served two years in prison. In September 2006,…
Richard A. Delgaudio was a prominent GOP activist and fundraiser in northern Virginia before he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge and was sentenced to two years probation. Delgaudio created child pornography, paying a sixteen-year-old girl to pose for him at a motel in Baltimore. There were pictures of him having sex with her.…