{"id":1562891,"date":"2022-07-20T12:07:37","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562891"},"modified":"2022-07-20T12:19:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T16:19:49","slug":"ron-paul-group-hosts-convicted-child-sex-offender-at-texas-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ron-paul-group-hosts-convicted-child-sex-offender-at-texas-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Paul Group Hosts Convicted Child Sex Offender At Texas Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fron-paul-group-hosts-convicted-child-sex-offender-at-texas-conference%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1562891&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A think tank founded by former Libertarian Party presidential nominee Ron Paul brought in a convicted child sex offender to deliver a speech at a Texas conference in June.<\/p>\n<p>Scott Ritter, a former weapons inspector for the United Nations, delivered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QIIoyh2LdCo\">speech<\/a> titled \u201cTwo-Front War: Biden\u2019s Mouth is Writing Checks the U.S. Military Can\u2019t Cash\u201d at a June 4 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/the-biden-doctrine-new-world-order-or-nuclear-armageddon-tickets-317387794437\">conference<\/a> held <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/about-us\/\">by<\/a> The Ron Paul Institute in Houston. Ritter, who railed against President Joe Biden\u2019s Ukraine support amid the Russian invasion, has a history of arrests for seeking sexual relations with minors, according to multiple reports.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter was arrested in 2009 after exposing himself online to an undercover police officer he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2011\/apr\/15\/former-un-weapons-inspector-online-sex\">believed<\/a> to be a 15-year-old girl, The Guardian reported. He was later found guilty on six charges, including indecent exposure, and served almost two years in prison, the outlet reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2010\/01\/15\/former-u-n-inspector-scott-ritter-sends-sexually-explicit-video-and-messages-to-presumed-minor\/\"><strong>(RELATED: Former U.N. Inspector Scott Ritter Sends Sexually Explicit Video And Messages To Presumed Minor)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The institute has promoted Ritter\u2019s speech on its <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/peace-and-prosperity\/2022\/july\/04\/scott-ritter-two-front-war-bidens-mouth-is-writing-checks-the-us-military-cant-cash\/\">website<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RonPaulInstitute\/\">on<\/a> social media. The institute did not respond to a Daily Caller News Foundation request for comment.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7479269\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7479269\" class=\"wp-image-7479269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-scaled-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-scaled-1.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-180x120.jpeg 180w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-620x413-1.jpeg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-768x512-1.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-1536x1024-1.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-140084613-2048x1365-1.jpeg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7479269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">DETROIT, MI \u2013 FEBRUARY 27: Republican presidential candidate U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) walks to his vehicle after holding a town hall style campaign event about \u201cSolving Detroit\u2019s Crises\u201d at Temple Beth El, Little Rock Baptist Church on February 27, 2012 in Detroit, Michigan. Michigan residents will go to the polls on February 28 to vote for their choice in the Republican presidential race. (Photo by Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ritter\u2019s relationship with the institute does not end with his June speech at the group\u2019s conference.<\/p>\n<p>He joined a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/peace-and-prosperity\/2022\/april\/21\/through-the-fog-of-war-with-guest-scott-ritter\/\">podcast<\/a> hosted by the think tank as a guest in April to discuss foreign policy. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/552943-biden-russia-regime-change\/\">wrote<\/a> an op-ed in the Russian state-funded media outlet Russia Today (RT) News arguing the U.S. has long sought regime change in Russia that was <a href=\"http:\/\/ronpaulinstitute.org\/archives\/featured-articles\/2022\/march\/30\/regime-change-has-been-the-us-goal-in-russia-for-years\/\">reprinted<\/a> by the think tank.<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Free Beacon <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/ron-paul-institute-hosts-un-weapons-inspector-who-was-jailed-on-child-sex-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">first reported<\/a> on the June speech.<\/p>\n<p>The former UN weapons inspector, who has contributed to RT News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/op-ed\/476696-russian-aggression-is-just-pretext\/\">since<\/a> at least 2019, wrote an <a href=\"https:\/\/thealtworld.com\/scott_ritter\/russian-pearl-harbor-is-threat-inflation-of-the-worst-kind\">article<\/a> last year for The Quincy Institute critics argued minimized Russian cyber attacks against the U.S. government, the Beacon reported. The isolationist think tank, which has major <a href=\"https:\/\/quincyinst.org\/our-financial-supporters\/\">donors<\/a> like billionaires George Soros and Charles Koch,\u00a0removed the article from its website after an uproar, <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/national-security\/quincy-institute-yanks-analysis-from-child-molester-amid-uproar\/\">the<\/a> outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Ritter did not respond to the DCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A think tank founded by Ron Paul brought in a convicted child sex offender to deliver a speech<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1562891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1562891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1562891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1562891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1562891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1562891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}