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Republican officeholders involved in child sex abuse cases

Several Republican officeholders, including Justin Eichorn and R.J. May III, have been involved in high-profile cases of child sex abuse, with Eichorn charged and May agreeing to plead guilty, while Matt Gaetz is mentioned in court filings alleging his presence at a party with a minor.

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Jan 26, 2026

Which non-Democratic high-profile figures were convicted of sex crimes against minors in the last decade and how were those cases reported?

The contemporary reporting corpus provided names very few clearly non‑Democratic, high‑profile figures who were in the last decade; the most verifiable political example in these sources is , whose pr...