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148: Clarence Thomas

Sexual Harassment

In 1991, when Clarence Thomas was nominated for the Supreme Court, Anita Hill was interviewed by the FBI during their investigation of him. She was a former colleague and so was expected to confirm his good character. Instead, she told the FBI that he had sexually harassed her. Her interview was leaked and there was a media firestorm during the Clarence Thomas hearings with Republican senators calling her a liar and Democrats doing their best to see nothing. Hill had corroborating witnesses who were never called.

94: Kevin Alfred Strom

Child Sexual Abuse Material

Kevin Alfred Strom founded National Vanguard, a neo-Nazi organization, He had a long history within the white nationalist movement. In 2007, he was arrested for child pornography. Strom was indoctrinated in extremism by a high school history teacher who brought him into the John Birch Society. He later followed the notorious William Pierce of the…

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

18: Mark A. Grethen

Child Molestation, Child Rape

Once “Republican of the Year” and a big Republican donor, Mark A. Grethen was accused of sexually assaulting his children and convicted of Indecent Liberties with a Child by a Custodia, Forcible Sodomy, and Aggravated Sexual Battery. He raped his own children who were five and three at the time. He pleaded guilty to the…

17: Richard A. Delgaudio

Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material

Richard A. Delgaudio was a prominent GOP activist and fundraiser in northern Virginia before he pleaded guilty to a child pornography charge and was sentenced to two years probation. Delgaudio created child pornography, paying a sixteen-year-old girl to pose for him at a motel in Baltimore. There were pictures of him having sex with her.…