{"id":1925496,"date":"2023-05-06T02:41:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T06:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-05-06T02:44:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T06:44:29","slug":"democrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate and Democrat Donor Admits to Child Porn Charges."},"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%2Fdemocrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges%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=1925496&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--><h2>Former Maine Governor Candidate Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography<\/h2>\n<h3>Eliot Cutler, a former Democratic candidate for governor of Maine, has pleaded guilty to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-viral-image-claims-dwayne-the-rock-johnson-was-arrested-for-child-pornography-2\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Viral Image Claims Dwayne \u2018The Rock\u2019 Johnson Was Arrested For Child Pornography\">possessing child pornography<\/a>.<\/h3>\n<p>Cutler, 76, was found to have thousands of images of children under the age of 12 being sexually abused in his possession. He will serve nine months in jail for four counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dem-megadonor-eliot-culter-gets-9-months-in-jail-for-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Eliot Cutler, a major donor, sentenced to 9 months for child pornography.\">possessing sexually explicit material<\/a> of a child under 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy behavior helped to support an industry built upon their abuse, and I hope with all my heart that they can find healing and dignity,\u201d Cutler said in court.<\/p>\n<p>Cutler will report to Hancock County Jail on June 1 to begin his sentence. Once released, he will have to register as a sex offender for the next 10 years and will be on probation for six years, with his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-donor-former-gubernatorial-candidate-pleads-guilty-to-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Ex-Gubernatorial Candidate and Democrat Donor Admits to Child Porn Charges.\">internet activity subject<\/a> to monitoring. His electronic devices, home, email, offices, and vehicles, will also be subject to random searches. In addition, he will have to pay $5,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.<\/p>\n<p>Cutler, an attorney, was a former aide to former Sen. Ed Muskie (D-ME). He also worked in the Office of Management and Budget during former President Jimmy Carter\u2019s administration. Cutler also ran twice for governor of Maine, self-financing his campaign but losing twice to Republican Paul LePage. In 2010, he lost by 10,000 votes. In 2014, he placed a distant third.<\/p>\n<p>Cutler also gave heavily to Democratic candidates and PACs, including donations to former President Barack Obama and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).<\/p>\n<p>Cutler\u2019s attorney, Walter McKee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brian-laundrie-may-already-have-been-dead-when-police-mistakenly-thought-he-returned-home-police-say\/\" title=\"Brian Laundrie May Already Have Been Dead When Police Mistakenly Thought He Returned Home, Police Say\">told media outlets<\/a> that his client\u2019s life achievements would be nullified to so many people due to the charges, saying the punishment goes beyond serving time in jail. Cutler himself provided no excuse for his behavior and said he was \u201cembarrassed, ashamed, and deeply, deeply sorry\u201d for his actions.<\/p>\n<p>Hancock County District Attorney Robert Granger told reporters after Cutler pleaded guilty that he knew many would think the punishment wasn\u2019t severe enough.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of commentary from folks in the public that are enraged by the conduct. But unfortunately, we just can\u2019t jump to a maximum sentence in these types of situations,\u201d Granger said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Takeaways:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eliot Cutler, a former Democratic candidate for governor of Maine, has pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography.<\/li>\n<li>Cutler will serve nine months in jail for four counts of possessing sexually explicit material of a child under 12.<\/li>\n<li>Once released, he will have to register as a sex offender for the next 10 years and will be on probation for six years, with his internet activity subject to monitoring.<\/li>\n<li>Cutler will also have to pay $5,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Democrat who twice ran for governor of Maine has pleaded guilty to charges of possessing child pornography. Eliot Cutler, 76, pleaded guilty to the charges on Thursday after authorities discovered thousands of images of children under the age of 12 being sexually abused in his possession. He will serve nine months in jail for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":1925497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[5216,4076,4035,6716,4912,6498,25980,7558],"class_list":["post-1925496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-admits","tag-candidate","tag-charges","tag-child","tag-democrat","tag-donor","tag-ex-gubernatorial","tag-porn"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925496","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\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1925496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1925496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1925497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1925496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1925496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1925496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}