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271: Jack W. Gardner

Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape
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Jack W. Gardner was convicted of child molesting over thirty years before the Republicans ran him for office. He was the Millersville Council Vice-President and a GOP committeeman for several terms. Republicans are fond of arguing that pedophilia cannot be treated, but I guess it’s okay if you’re a Republican.

In 1970, he pleaded guilty. He was charged with assault with intent to ravish, corrupting a minor, and indecent assault of a minor. She was thirteen, he was twenty-four at the time. He pleaded guilty to all charges and was sentenced from three to 23 months for assault with intent to ravish and a year’s probation for all the rest. He was paroled after just three month.

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261: Lane Rees

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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He pleaded no contest to one count of promoting sexual performance of a child and 28 counts of possession of child pornography. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the first and upon release 10 years of probation for the 28 counts of possession of child pornography.

246: Andrew Puzder

Familial Abuse & Violence
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Andrew Puzder was the CEO of CKE Foods, the company that owns Hardee’s and Carl Jr.’s. He was a big Trump supporter and donated several hundred thousand to Trump’s campaign. He was someone Trump wanted to make Secretary of Labor. His appointment required Senate confirmation and there was heavy opposition in the Senate. He withdrew his nomination. One of the many reasons his nomination was opposed was that his ex-wife accused him of domestic violence on the Oprah Winfrey show though she later recanted.

213: Charles K. Young

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Charles K. Young was the chairman of the James City County Republican Committee, serving two terms from 2010 to August 2016, when he resigned. He was 69, so perhaps he just wanted to retire, but that is also when a family member called the James City County Police and told them he was in possession of child pornography providing enough information for a search warrant. Forensic examination of his computers and other devices discovered he had over 22,000 still images of child pornography as well as videos with minor boys engaged in sexual activity.

192: Paul Travis Williams

Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Paul Travis Williams was the Director of a 4-H camp and chair of the Lumpkin Co. GOP when he was arrested for possession of child exploitation materials. The County Sheriff received a tip from the Georgia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force and searched his house. There they found child pornography, including one of the images from the tip. They collected 20 storage devices.

They learned the picture was uploaded from his work computer and got a warrant for his workplace and found even more child pornography. There is no evidence the pictures were taken at the 4-H Camp. In all, he was charged with 50 counts of sexual exploitation of children

165: Michael T. McCourt

Child Molestation
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Michael T. McCourt was the Douglas County GOP County Chairman as well as the East Wenatchee Water and Sewer Commissioner. His wife, Sandra, sat on the East Wenatchee City Council from 2004 to 2018. He was sentenced to 51 months for molesting an 8-year-old boy. The statute of limitations had run out on several other incidents that go back as far as the 1980s. He served 45 of his 51 months.

146: Robert Kerns

Rape, Sexual Assault
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Robert Kerns was the chairman of the Montgomery County Republican Party in Pennsylvania. He was charged with three counts of indecent assault, two counts of aggravated indecent assault, one count of rape, one count of sexual assault, and one count of simple assault. He took an Alford plea to a lesser charge of misdemeanor indecent assault. An Alford please is like pleading no contest except the defendant claims to be innocent but acknowledges he would be convicted based on the evidence.

121: Steve Wynn

Sexual Harassment
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Steve Wynn created many of the most popular and well-known Las Vegas casinos. He was also the Finance Chair of the Republican National Committee. He is a huge Republican donor. He was forced to resign from his Wynn Resorts company and the RNC finance position because of sexual harassment allegations. He was also accused of…