Close

24: Robert Bauman

Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Robert Bauman was a Republican congressional representative from Maryland. In 1980 he was arrested and charged with solicitation of a minor, a sixteen-year-old boy. He was allowed to plead innocent and have the charges dismissed in a plea deal that required him to enter a court-supervised rehabilitation program. He blamed his problems on alcohol. He…

19: Ralph Shortey

Child Rape, Solicitation of a Minor, Trafficking

Ralph Shortey was an Oklahoma state senator and the state chair for the 2016 Donald Trump campaign. A culture warrior, he pushed the birther conspiracy about Obama and tried to pass a bill that would deny immigrants any civil rights. He was also sending and receiving child pornography and trafficking children. He met them online…