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242: Will Folks

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Will Folks was Governor Mark Sanford’s spokesperson. In July 2005, he resigned on a Friday, planning to open his own political consulting firm. That night he kicked the door in at the home he shared with his fiancée and pushed her down, leaving her bruised. The resignation had been announced earlier and could have nothing to do with the incident. A warrant was issued for criminal domestic violence. He turned himself in on Saturday. Though he originally denied the charge but he changed his plea to guilty in what he claimed was a chivalric desire to protect her from private details that would come out in a trial.

He was given a 30-day suspended sentence.

He is also the blogger who claimed to have an affair with Nikki Haley which she denied. Now he runs the web site FITSnews.com which claims to be independent and unapologetic. It certainly is as happy to highlight Republican corruption as Democratic corruption so it is no FOX or Breitbart disinformation site.

211: Ron Williams II

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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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.

155: Matthew Pennell

Child Molestation
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Matthew Pennell was an aide for Republican U.S. Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas. He was charged with child molestation and possession of child sexual exploitation materials. He was charged with 17 offenses and pled guilty to two in an agreement that resulted in two concurrent twelve-month sentences and registering as a sex offender for life with lifetime supervision. He was given credit for time served before trial, reducing his sentence even more. There is remarkably little newspaper record remaining.

122: Michael Cohen

Enabling
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Michael Cohen used to be Donald Trump’s fixer. He bought off people who could speak to Trump’s character and corruption. He threatened reporters. He had no bottom.He probably would still be Trump’s fixer if he had not been found guilty of campaign finance violations, tax evasion, and perjury. His trial demonstrated to him that his…

120: Jason Miller

Poisoning
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Jason Miller was a top adviser to Donald Trump’s campaign in 2016 and 2020. He was also a commentator for CNN. He had an affair with A. J. Delgado and they had a child, during a custody battle, she revealed that he had slipped an abortion pill to another woman whom he got pregnant. The…

118: Rob Porter

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Rob Porter was President Trump’s aide in the White House. He was forced to resign when his ex-wives revealed that he was a domestic abuser. Colbie Holderness, Porter’s first wife, and Jennifer Willoughby, Porter’s second wife, both said their ex-husband’s consistent abuse was the reason for their respective divorces. CNN: Rob Porter’s ex-wives detail abuse…

117: Alan Berlin

Solicitation of a Minor
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Alan Berlin worked eighteen years in Republican politics as an aide to two different Republican state senators, Sen. Hal Mowery, R-Cumberland County, and former Sen. Jane Orie, R-Allegheny County. He messaged with a teenager, soliciting him for sex. Soliciting sex with a minor is a crime. Having a furry fetish is not illegal, which makes…

106: Jeffrey Ray Nielsen

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Jeffrey Ray Nielson is the son of former Fountain Valley Republican mayor Ben Nielsen. Republican political connections framed his entire life. He interned for Orange County DA’s office. Then he went to work for Representative Dana Rohrabacher as an aide. Meanwhile, he pursued 12, 13, and 14-year-old boys. He was eventually arrested for molesting two…

75: Garrett Ventry

Sexual Harassment
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Garrett Ventry was Iowa Republican Sen. Grassley’s communications aide and assigned to speak for the Senate Judiciary Committee on the Kavanaugh nomination. He abruptly resigned when asked about sexual harassment allegations against him. Previously, Ventry worked as a social media adviser in 2017 in the office of North Carolina House Majority Leader John Bell, who…

42: Jesse Ryan Loskarn

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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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…