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The assembled source material shows isolated, well-documented cases of Republican politicians charged with or convicted of child sex offenses — including RJ May, John Jessup, Dennis Hastert and Roy Mo...
Available reporting from March–June 2025 identifies at least three Republican politicians arrested or criminally charged in 2025 on crimes involving minors: Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn (arrest...
There is showing what share of arrests for sexual assault against children are comprised by self-identified conservatives or Republicans because the available reporting and datasets referenced here do...
Reporting in the provided sources documents multiple elected officials and political operatives arrested or federally charged with crimes involving children in 2025, including South Carolina State Rep...
Available reporting in the provided documents shows multiple instances since 2020 where Republicans who have held or sought public office faced child-sexual-abuse-related allegations or convictions, b...
At least Republican lawmakers are documented in the provided sources as having been accused of sexual misconduct since the 2024 election: former U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz (report dated December 23, 2024), ...
Several recent news items show Republican politicians have faced criminal charges for sex-related offenses at state level in the past five years, most prominently South Carolina state Rep. RJ May, who...
From 2020–2025, reporting and compiled databases show several high-profile Republican federal figures were publicly accused of sexual misconduct, while criminal charges in that period at the federal l...
Two recent, documented cases tie individuals aligned with the MAGA political orbit to criminal convictions or guilty pleas for child exploitation offenses: former South Carolina Rep. RJ May, charged a...
Recent reporting identifies multiple high-profile child abuse allegations involving Republican state lawmakers in 2025, most prominently former South Carolina Rep. RJ May, who pleaded guilty to distri...
Available reporting and compiled databases document many allegations and criminal charges involving state-level Republican officials between 2020 and mid‑2025, but no single source in the provided set...
Reporting and public databases identify a small number of high‑profile U.S. politicians convicted of child sexual abuse since 2000, with Dennis Hastert—former Speaker of the U.S. House—among the most ...
Two distinct claims appear in the materials: (A) specific Republican lawmakers have been criminally charged for sexual crimes involving minors or possession/distribution of child sexual‑abuse material...
Multiple documented instances show Republican lawmakers and Republican-affiliated figures have been accused of sexual misconduct involving minors or of enabling those who did, and recent investigation...
Between 2020 and 2025 the public record assembled in the supplied reporting names a small number of Republican state or local officials accused of sex‑related crimes, but only one — state lawmaker RJ ...
According to the set of national and state court records and news reports provided, four individuals who have held elected office in the United States were charged with child-sexual offenses in 2025: ...
Available sources do not provide a single, definitive count of elected Republicans charged for sexual misconduct nationwide since 2000; reporting projects track allegations and incidents in slices (e....
Available sources document multiple recent cases in which current or former U.S. state and federal elected officials have been charged or convicted for child-sex offenses — for example, former North D...
Available sources in the provided search results do not offer a single, authoritative tally of how many U.S. federal and state-level politicians were convicted of child sexual abuse since 2000; instea...
Several newly named public figures in 2025 have been publicly linked to arrests, indictments or charges — for example, municipal officials and candidates listed by Ballotpedia — and some of those matt...