{"id":1901015,"date":"2023-03-19T16:27:57","date_gmt":"2023-03-19T20:27:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-donor-faces-trial-on-charges-of-sex-trafficking-minors\/"},"modified":"2023-03-19T16:31:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T20:31:12","slug":"gop-donor-faces-trial-on-charges-of-sex-trafficking-minors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-donor-faces-trial-on-charges-of-sex-trafficking-minors\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/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%2Fgop-donor-faces-trial-on-charges-of-sex-trafficking-minors%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=1901015&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-->\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-8 col-xl-9 float-left body colgap-l-50\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79087389\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"> <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hunter Biden files counterclaims against computer repairman and associates over laptop\"> <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Hunter Biden has filed a counterclaim against the Delaware-based computer repairman who handled his laptop. The lawsuit, targeting John Paul Mac Isaac and a few of those he shared the laptop data with, alleges that the repairman improperly obtained and disseminated the first son's private information without his consent. It was filed in response to an October 2019 defamation lawsuit from Isaac and others and represents Biden's greatest push yet against those who obtained the information found in his laptop that he left at a computer repair shop in April 2019. 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The charges include sex trafficking, and his co-defendant, Gisela Castro Medina, has pleaded guilty to two counts and will testify against him. Lazzaro denies the allegations, claiming that they are politically motivated, and his spokesperson has stated that he is being targeted by the US Department of Justice for his political activities. <\/p>\n<p>Lazzaro&#8217;s indictment triggered a political scandal that led to the resignation of Jennifer Carnahan as chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota. Carnahan and Lazzaro became friends when she ran for a legislative seat in 2016, and he supported her run for party chair in 2017. She resigned after allegations surfaced that she created a toxic work environment and abused nondisclosure agreements to silence her critics. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors in the case against Lazzaro allege that he conspired with Castro Medina and others to recruit young girls for sex in exchange for cash and valuable items. They accuse him of having a sexual preference for young, vulnerable, and petite girls without tattoos. Prosecutors claim he frequently sent cars to pick up the girls and would give them alcohol, cash, gadgets, and other valuable items. <\/p>\n<p>Lazzaro&#8217;s wealth is also under scrutiny in the case. An up-and-coming real estate owner and entrepreneur, his net worth is reportedly more than $2 million, excluding cryptocurrency holdings that are hard to trace. The charges against him carry a mandatory minimum sentence of ten years and a maximum of life in prison. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/courts\/gop-donor-trial-charges-sex-trafficking-minors\">GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors<\/a>&#8220;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) \u2014 A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying petite, vulnerable teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking minors. 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