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Bucky

(55,334 posts)
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:20 PM Aug 2024

Been a while since last GOP sex scandal, but this one's a whopper

Last edited Fri Aug 9, 2024, 05:46 AM - Edit history (1)

TLDR: 79 year old state senator flew to Europe for sex with minors, using the public's money.
Pathetic part: It's probably the Europe part that'll bother his donors the most

No, really, grossness alert
. Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor.

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor.

Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, admitted in court that he had paid young male masseuses, with some of whom he had sexual contact, during multiple visits to the Czech Republic, though he said he did not know for certain how old they were.

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In the plea agreement, Holmberg acknowledged that he had “repeatedly traveled from Grand Forks, North Dakota to Prague, Czech Republic with a motivating purpose of engaging in commercial sex with adolescent-age individuals under the age of 18 years.”

In court, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jennifer Puhl detailed the allegations against Holmberg, including his emails with others related to his encounters in Prague. Puhl said he made 14 trips to Prague from 2011 to 2021 and frequented a villa that one travel companion described as a brothel that had teenage male masseuses. Another travel companion told investigators that he paid for the nights at the villa because Holmberg did not want his name on the register, Puhl said.
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Been a while since last GOP sex scandal, but this one's a whopper (Original Post) Bucky Aug 2024 OP
GOP - The Party of Sick Fucks. OAITW r.2.0 Aug 2024 #1
Europe wont bother them... arians good getagrip_already Aug 2024 #2
Republican sexual abusers, predators and enablers... Hermit-The-Prog Aug 2024 #3
nothing new, just a typical republican gopiscrap Aug 2024 #4
80....WTF Tribetime Aug 2024 #5
Now now, let's avoid any ageism. Bucky Aug 2024 #9
Fair game IMO, 79 and under age males is WEIRD AF! Brainfodder Aug 2024 #13
They're projecting when they rant about pedophiles surfered Aug 2024 #6
THIS malaise Aug 2024 #11
Steven Miller was projecting his party's sexual pedo crimes on the Dems today. Clouds Passing Aug 2024 #7
Sap got caught. You know there's more. How babylonsister Aug 2024 #8
My typo. According to Wikipedia he's 79 Bucky Aug 2024 #10
G.O.P. "values" are disgusting BoRaGard Aug 2024 #12
STILL NOT a drag queen! Enter stage left Aug 2024 #14

getagrip_already

(17,496 posts)
2. Europe wont bother them... arians good
Thu Aug 8, 2024, 07:27 PM
Aug 2024

Brown people yucky.

Pedophilia wont even bother them.

Public money? Nope.

Gay? Lol.

Dumb fuck got caught? Yeah, wtf? How could he be so stupid? That is his sin.

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