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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBeen 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
Steven Miller was projecting his party's sexual pedo crimes on the Dems today.
Clouds Passing
Aug 2024
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OAITW r.2.0
(28,485 posts)1. GOP - The Party of Sick Fucks.
getagrip_already
(17,496 posts)2. Europe wont bother them... arians good
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.
Hermit-The-Prog
(36,602 posts)3. Republican sexual abusers, predators and enablers...
gopiscrap
(24,203 posts)4. nothing new, just a typical republican
Tribetime
(6,416 posts)5. 80....WTF
Bucky
(55,334 posts)9. Now now, let's avoid any ageism.
And he's not turning 80 till December.
Brainfodder
(7,181 posts)13. Fair game IMO, 79 and under age males is WEIRD AF!
surfered
(3,473 posts)6. They're projecting when they rant about pedophiles
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Clouds Passing
(2,514 posts)7. Steven Miller was projecting his party's sexual pedo crimes on the Dems today.
babylonsister
(171,656 posts)8. Sap got caught. You know there's more. How
old is this perv, 70 or 80?
Bucky
(55,334 posts)10. My typo. According to Wikipedia he's 79
BoRaGard
(2,991 posts)12. G.O.P. "values" are disgusting
Enter stage left
(3,827 posts)14. STILL NOT a drag queen!