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553: Clyde “Ed” Sniffen

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Misconduct

Ed Sniffen was the Attorney General of Alaska. He resigned when the details of a sexual relationship he had with a high school student were revealed by the Anchorage Daily News and ProPublica. Ironically, he had been appointed because the former Attorney General Kevin Clarkson resigned due to his own sexual misconduct.

506: Kevin Clarkson

Sexual Harassment

Kevin Clarkson was the Attorney General of Alaska when he abruptly resigned after ProPublica published a story about him sending more than 500 text messages to a state employee. The messages frequently commented on her appearance and asked her to come to his home. She complained about feeling harassed by him and he went on unpaid leave, but no one said anything or did anything to advance her complaint until the story broke in the news.

209: Schaeffer Cox

Familial Abuse & Violence, Murder, Uncategorized

Schaeffer Cox was an unsuccessful Republican primary challenger for Alaska state House of Representatives. He got a respectable 37% of the vote in the primary. He was also involved in Ron Paul’s campaign for the presidency. He was very active in gun rights and was one of the founders of the Fairbanks Second Amendment Task Force. He is now in prison for conspiracy in a wild plan to kill several people.

He first got in trouble with the law for domestic violence. Originally he was charged with second-degree assault after his wife claimed he hit and choked her. He pled guilty to reckless endangerment in a deal for two years probation and a one-month suspended sentence.

208: David Wilson

Retaliation

David Wilson is a Republican senator from Wasilla, Alaska. If he had trusted the process when he was accused of sexual harassment, he would not be on this list. But he retaliated against the woman he was accused of harassing, making her fear for her job. Not cool. The woman never filed a complaint. The witnesses to the incident were the ones who brought it forward.