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| Two Republicans caught up in a sex trafficking ring. |
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The QAnon folks are going to love this.
Perhaps they're just mislabel the accused as Democrats or fake Republicans. Who knows more than diversons than the Grand Old Party!
Two Republican strategists are caught up in a federal sex trafficking sting operation. They are both being held in the federal time out awaiting a trial. A 19-year old woman and a 30-year old man are both being held on prostitution, sex trafficking and sexual abuse of minors.
The two were indicted on multiple federal offenses on August 12, 2021, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota.
She was the former Minnesota College Republicans chair at the University of St. Thomas. She was arrested at a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office. She was wanted by the FBI Minneapolis Field Office as an out-of-state fugitive from justice.
The predator is facing charges in connection to an underage sex trafficking operation allegedly led by a Republican strategist He was arrested separately last week.
Both are scheduled to make appearances in federal court on Monday.
"We as an organization are absolutely disgusted by the actions of Ms. Medina, and have cut all ties with her effective immediately," Minnesota College Republicans said. "Our prayers go out to the victims – we believe you. We stand with you. May justice be served."
The woman recently assumed the role of chair at the University of St. Thomas’ chapter and she "was not an active member nor had she begun working in an official capacity on behalf of the Minnesota College Republicans," the organization said in a statement.
From May 2020 through December 2020, the former GOP strategist allegedly conspired with others to recruit and solicit six minor victims to engage in commercial sex acts, according to an indictment filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. It’s unclear whether the woman was charged as his co-conspirator, whose name was redacted in court documents.
The predator has been charged with one count of conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of minors, five counts of sex trafficking of minors, one count of attempted sex trafficking of a minor, and three counts of obstruction. His defense attorney, Zachary Newland, said the predator denies the charges, adding to the Minneapolis Star Tribune that, "It is always unfortunate when the federal government abuses its power."
For clarification, for the past year campuses have been shut down and/or operating at a limited capacity as a result of the pandemic. Additionally, the 2021-2022 school year has yet to start. All chapters are currently inactive.
— Minnesota College Republicans (@MNCRs) August 14, 2021 >Minnesota GOP Chairwoman Karen Carnahan also reacted to the predators' arrests.
"The arrest and charges involving Ms. Gisela Castro Medina, in conjunction with Thursday's arrest and sex trafficking charges of Mr. Anton Lazzaro, are heinous and disturbing. Conviction of these charges warrants punishment to the fullest extent of the law and we fully anticipate justice will be served.
"While we work for the same cause, the Republican Party of Minnesota has no jurisdiction over the Minnesota College Republicans, including the chapter at the University of St. Thomas. Minnesota CR chapters are independently run organizations," Carnahan said, according to Fox 9 Minneapolis. "We stand with victims of sex trafficking and encourage anyone with information to contact the FBI Minneapolis Division at 763-569-8000."
I join my colleagues in calling for the resignation of @jkcarnah and others in the @mngop. An official statement and reasoning here: https://t.co/EDcIFC2ZmH @WCCO @wccoradio @bloisolson @StarTribune @kare11 #mnleg @GOP @MPRnews @AlphaNewsMN pic.twitter.com/bw6huRTSYk
— Jeremy Munson (@jeremymunson) August 14, 2021
This comes after four state GOP House lawmakers sent a letter last week calling for Carnahan’s resignation, arguing there is a deep rooted conflict of interest because he was her close, personal friend, and the Minnesota Republican Party must move forward with an independent audit into donations handled by the sexual predators or any PAC with which he is affiliated in order to restore public trust.
"We have an elected leader with toxic conflicts of interest surrounding herself with a board that fails to act. Chair Carnahan needs to resign," the letter, signed by Republican state Reps. Karen Drazkowski, Karen Miller, Karen Bahr and Karen Munson, said. "There are simply too many questions about actions taken under watch as the leader. Answers will only be trusted if there is no conflict of interest by those leading, investigating and reporting."
"The news of a close, personal friend and advisor to our state party chair being indicted and arrested for heinous crimes against children doesn’t just look bad. It is bad," the letter continued. "It affects members, volunteers, and donor’s ability to trust the integrity of our organization."
Rep. Karen Hagedorn (R-MN), who is married to Carnahan, as well as other GOP politicians in Minnesota who accepted campaign contributions from the sexual predators in the past, have vowed to donate those contributions to various charities serving women and victims of sex-trafficking or domestic abuse, the Star Tribune reported.
Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party Chair Ken Martin said the overall total GOP take from one of the predators amounted to more than $150,000.
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