Current Events > Former Trump and GOP Aide charged with possessing CP

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/02/06/ruben-verastigui-child-porn-charges/

A former Republican Senate staffer was arrested in Washington on Friday on federal CP charges in what investigators said was a crackdown on an online group that traded numerous illicit files and videos in recent months.

Ruben Verastigui is accused of receiving and possessing CP between last April and this month, according to a criminal complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The 27-year-old was arrested Friday evening at his apartment in Northeast Washington, where police executed a search warrant. Investigators said they found several files of CP on his cellphone, along with a chat conversation in which he allegedly discussed exchanging the files and videos. During an interview with investigators, Verastigui admitted to receiving some of the files, according to the complaint.

Verastigui worked as a digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference as recently as last July.

Calls to numbers listed for Verastigui and family members werent immediately returned Saturday afternoon. It wasnt immediately clear whether he had retained a lawyer.

Verastigui came onto authorities radar after last June, when agents from Homeland Security Investigations began investigating a group of at least 18 people who were trading CP online, according to a statement of facts in the case. Documents refer to the site as Application A to protect the integrity of the ongoing investigation.

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Verastigui was active in Republican politics, most recently working as a communications manager for the nonprofit Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions, which supports Republicans who back clean-energy legislation. He was no longer employed at the organization as of Saturday, according to a statement provided by spokesman Ross Gillfillan.
The details of the allegations against Mr. Verastigui are tragic and shocking, the statement said. We are prepared to fully cooperate with law enforcement requests in this matter to any extent needed.

He also worked as a digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference as recently as July, meaning some of his alleged offenses took place while he was a congressional staffer. A conference spokesperson told The Washington Post in an email: We have just learned about this investigation and arrest. The individual has not worked at SRC since July 2, 2020.
Before that, congressional records show that Verastigui worked as a digital director for the GOP staff of the U.S. Joint Economic Committee in 2018. A spokesperson for former committee chairman Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.
A LinkedIn page for Ruben Verastigui says he also worked as a senior designer for the Republican National Committee in 2017 and 2018, designing social media ads for the Trump Make America Great Again Committee and Donald J. Trump for President. A committee spokesperson didnt immediately respond to a request for comment.

Social media accounts matching Verastiguis name and photos indicate he has lived and worked in Washington since 2017.
According to the LinkedIn page bearing the name Ruben Verastigui, the user was involved in several antiabortion rights organizations before his work in government, including March for Life, Students for Life America and Live Action.
Students for Life confirmed Verastigui worked there from Sept. 5, 2014, to Dec. 2, 2016, after he was a student involved with the group.
He worked in an office doing graphic design and had no oversight or management of students, Kristi Hamrick, a spokeswoman, wrote in a statement. We have no knowledge of the allegations that we learned about today, the events of which took place after his tenure.

At the 2013 March for Life rally, Verastigui was introduced as the president of his colleges Students for Life group, according to a C-SPAN video of the antiabortion rights event.
We are the generation that has been led to believe that the killing of innocent pre-born children is okay, he told the crowd. How many of us are missing brothers, sisters, cousins, friends because of abortion?
Verastigui appeared to frequently post photos around D.C. on Instagram, including recently from the White House. In some pictures, including one on the Speakers Balcony at the U.S. Capitol, Verastigui appears to have a tattoo of text on his left forearm that matches a description in court documents.

Edited out a certain part of the article and tried to censor the full words where possible.

Why is it so hard for people to not get involved in that kind of stuff? You gotta go way out of your way to be remotely that degenerate so why even bother if the result is always going to wind up with you getting caught?

Had to edit the topic title because one article claimed one thing but I didn't see that claim in this article

Party of projection

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I'm shocked, said nobody ever.


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Behold the party of family values! Pro-life and devout!

remember guys, according to QAnon these are the protectors of the kids. Turns of it was just :

Alucard188 posted...

Party of projection

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Mr_Karate_II posted...

I'm shocked, said nobody ever.

That's why we have this image

You gotta go way out of your way to be remotely that degenerate so why even bother if the result is always going to wind up with you getting caught?

Based on what I learned in some of my criminal justice classes, you would be surprised at the number of people who don't get caught. You have to keep in mind that there are literally thousands upon thousands of people perusing the dark web and shit, seeking out such material. It's impossible for authorities to track down and prosecute every single one of them. So typically, they'll go after the people who are involved in the distribution of it, such as in the chatrooms that were mentioned. If the goal is to cut the head off the snake, it's more productive to go that route than to chase every rando downloading a few files from their basement. It sucks, but I understand the reasoning.

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Then you have to look at the real human cost of it, as in these prosecutors and investigators that have to filter through all the garbage. It's something Google is dealing with when curating search engine criteria.

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I can't believe this!

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Alucard188 posted...

Then you have to look at the real human cost of it, as in these prosecutors and investigators that have to filter through all the garbage. It's something Google is dealing with when curating search engine criteria.

True. I've even read about a few cases where certain investigators became so accustomed to the material that they would actually desire it over other porn, save files onto their personal devices, etc. Basically fell victim to the same material they were prosecuting.

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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/end-child-marriage-u-s-you-might-be-surprised-who-n1050471
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I don't get why Qannon claim to be about fighting pedophiles yet passionately defending Conservatives and religion when it's usually them who are the culprits

Its like casing your conspiracies around eating Cheetos and then passionately defending stoners and gamers

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Josiah_Is_Back posted...

You gotta go way out of your way to be remotely that degenerate so why even bother if the result is always going to wind up with you getting caught?

Based on what I learned in some of my criminal justice classes, you would be surprised at the number of people who don't get caught. You have to keep in mind that there are literally thousands upon thousands of people perusing the dark web and shit, seeking out such material. It's impossible for authorities to track down and prosecute every single one of them. So typically, they'll go after the people who are involved in the distribution of it, such as in the chatrooms that were mentioned. If the goal is to cut the head off the snake, it's more productive to go that route than to chase every rando downloading a few files from their basement. It sucks, but I understand the reasoning.

Its also said that people are born that way the same as people are born gay and I have even heard upwards of 20% of people are pedophiles. Though I don't know if that number was actually using the term correctly and meant prepubescent children or the more incorrectly used term of anyone under the magic number 18. I don't know if any actual studies have been done on the subject as I would imagine scientists aren't to keen on basically finding evidence to say its normal for people to be attracted to small children.

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Gamerguymass posted...

I have even heard upwards of 20% of people are pedophiles

https://i.imgur.com/b6rXVaY.gif

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Pikachu
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we have to EXPOSE the PEDO CABAL and the SOROS ELITE PEDOS for their CRIMES

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Well, I guess that explains why he was anti-abortion

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Why can't these creeps stick to drawn and animated smut? IYes, it's extremely revolting regardless, but at least it doesn't harm real children.

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Thompson posted...

Why can't these creeps stick to drawn and animated smut? IYes, it's extremely revolting regardless, but at least it doesn't harm real children.

Your typical conservative don't like cartoons. Alt righters are the cartoon fans but they're not usually in positions of power like the others.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoLphl_p-Og

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