Aide Arrested On Child Porn Charges Was One Of 'GOP's Top Strategists

[DonViejo]

ERIC LACH – DECEMBER 11, 2013, 3:23 PM EST

Update: December 11, 2013, 5:16 PM

The first word of Ryan Loskarn's trouble came Wednesday morning, when Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced that law enforcement agents had searched the residence of his top aide.

A few hours later, the Justice Department confirmed that Loskarn had been arrested on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography, and Alexander announced that he had appointed a new chief of staff and removed Loskarn from his payroll.

"I am stunned, surprised and disappointed by what I have learned," Alexander said in a statement.

Loskarn, a 35-year-old Maryland native, has spent more than a decade in politics, and had served as Alexander's chief of staff since 2011. He has been called "one of the Senate GOP's top strategists and aides" and been named one of Roll Call's "Fabulous 50."

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Aide Arrested On Child Porn Charges Faces Decades In Prison

ERIC LACH – DECEMBER 12, 2013, 3:22 PM EST

The former top aide to Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) who was arrested Wednesday on charges of possession and distribution of child pornography faces decades in prison if convicted.

Ryan Loskarn, who until Wednesday served as Alexander's chief of staff, made an initial court appearance on Thursday in federal court in Washington, D.C. The court scheduled a preliminary and detention hearing for Monday.

Loskarn, who court documents say had hundreds of videos depicting child pornography on a hard drive in his Washington, D.C. home, faces up to 10 years in prison for the charge of possessing child pornography charge, and up to 20 years in prison for the charge of attempting to distribute child pornography.

According to court documents, Loskarn had videos depicting child pornography available for download on the Gnutella peer-to-peer network.

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[Turbineguy]

1. Which just goes to show.

Maybe, just maybe, if a child porn afficionado does well in your organization, you need a new organization.

[dballance]

2. That's the Family Values party.

[Kablooie]

6. They don't say *whose* family they get their values from.

Jeffrey Dahmer and Ariel Castro had families too.

[progressoid]

3. Add him to the list.

[MrScorpio]

4. You usually don't find just one roach when you turn on the lights...

Know what I mean?

[Cha]

5. Shocking! Okay, I'm not

shocked.

thanks DonViejo

[Rosa Luxemburg]

7. The GOP is a package of sick weirdos