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82: Michael Flory

Rape

Michael Flory was the head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans when he raped a woman attending the same national convention of Young Republicans. They were dancing and partying when she felt drunk and headed back to her room. He escorted her and then raped her. Flory was an early rising star in the…

76: Larry Corrigan

Solicitation of a Minor

Larry Corrigan was a Republican activist in Washington state politics. He was deputy treasurer on Rep. David Reichert’s (R-WA) campaign for sheriff and a vocal supporter for his congressional campaign. He was caught in an internet sting, chatting online with a police officer posing as a 13-year-old girl, and then he arranged to meet her…

48: Tim Nolan

Child Rape, Sexual Assault, Trafficking

Tim Nolan was a tough-on-crime judge, a Republican party activist, and a Trump campaign supporter. The story of his progress from “hanging judge” to felon is circuitous and centers on a bar he owned. But however he got there, Tim Nolan pleaded guilty to 21 counts of human trafficking, some of the cases involving minors.…

47: Richard A. Dasen Sr

Child Rape, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault, Trafficking

Richard A. Dasen, Sr. was a big donor to Republican candidates and causes as well as running Christian Financial Counseling for people who got into debt. He also spent a lot of money on sex workers, some of them underage, and he used his position to extort sex from women in financial trouble. He claimed…

46: Nicholas Elizondo

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Nicholas Elizondo, a board member of the Young Republican Federation, pleaded no contest to the charge of one count of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under fourteen. The child was his five-year-old step-daughter. That was in 1995. He served four of his six-year sentence before being released. He then married and he and…

60: John R. Curtin

Child Indecency, Child Molestation

John R. Curtin was a Republican committeeman when he hosted a beer party at a Stroudsburg, PA, motel and invited a 17-year-old young man and three boys aged 13 to 20 to drink beer. The seventeen-year-old got drunk and went out for a cigarette and Curtin followed him out, pulled down his pants, and molested…

44: Robin W. Vanderwall

Solicitation of a Minor

Robin Vanderwall was a conservative campus activist. He managed successful political campaign for two Republican candidates and was going to law school when he was arrested for soliciting sex from an underage boy who happened to be a Virginia Beach police officer. He was arrested when he went to the arranged meeting with the 14-year-old…

41: Parker J. Bena

Child Sexual Abuse Material

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

23: Beverly C. Russell Jr

Child Abuse, Child Molestation

Beverly C. Russell Jr. was the stepfather of Susan Smith, the notorious woman who drowned her children. He was active in Republican politics and the Christian Coalition, the rightwing evangelical political association. He was also sexually abusing his stepdaughter Susan. She first tried to kill herself when she was thirteen. She told a school counselor…

20: Randal David Ankeney

Child Molestation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Rape, Sexual Assault

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,…