Minnesota Republican donor convicted of sex trafficking teenage girls

[riversedge]

This was on twitter but when I clicked it, I see it is a year old.
But I will post anyway--

A Minnesota jury has found GOP strategist, donor & founder of Big Tent Republicans, Anton Lazzaro, guilty of sex trafficking children.

Link to tweet

This article is more than 1 year old
Republican donor convicted of sex trafficking teenage girls
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/apr/01/republican-donor-anton-lazzaro-sex-trafficking-convicted

Formerly well-connected Anton ‘Tony’ Lazzaro, 32, found guilty of seven counts involving
five girls aged 15 and 16
The Associated Press
Sat 1 Apr 2023 09.35 EDT
Last modified on Sun 2 Apr 2023 23.18 EDT

A formerly well-connected Republican donor was convicted on Friday of enticing teenage girls with gifts, cash and money in exchange for sex.

A federal jury found Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, 32, guilty of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls aged 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old.

The charges carry mandatory minimum sentences of 10 years with a maximum of life in prison.

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Lazzaro’s indictment led to the downfall of Jennifer Carnahan as chair of the Republican party of Minnesota.............................

[riversedge]

1. Lazzaro requested that young, small & vulnerable teenagers be recruited. "The broken girls"..........

He is a sick man and I hope he is rotting somewhere in jail.

Lazzaro requested that young, small & vulnerable teenagers be recruited.

“The broken girls”

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Link to tweet

[bucolic_frolic]

2. Creepy!!

Yuck. He is very sick.

[Vogon_Glory]

3. Re: Tweet photo

Birds of a feather flock together.

[riversedge]

6. So true

[Aristus]

4. Didn't see anywhere in that report that he was a drag queen.

Just a member of the 'law & order' Republican Party...

[Probatim]

5. Just a small thing...

A federal jury found Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, 32, guilty of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls aged 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old.

From this article, he's only aged 2 years since 2020... I'd like to find out how he did that.

[RussBLib]

7. He was sentenced to 21 years in prison

Businessman and former Republican activist Anton Lazzaro was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges involving five 15- to 16-year-old girls he paid to have sex with him. (Aug 9, 2023)

https://www.startribune.com/lazzaro-former-gop-activist-sentenced-to-21-years-in-prison-for-sex-trafficking/600295916/#:~:text=Businessman%20and%20former%20Republican%20activist,to%20have%20sex%20with%20him.

Frankly, I do not remember this story. I reckon it didn't get all that much media attention, but it always seems that it's the GOP that is guilty of this crap, and so, naturally, they have to accuse Democrats of being pedophiles.

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