{"id":1989781,"date":"2023-08-03T14:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-140-child-pornography-charges\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T14:11:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T18:11:52","slug":"democrat-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-140-child-pornography-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-140-child-pornography-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat mayor admits guilt in 140 child pornography cases."},"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\">18<\/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-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-140-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=1989781&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--><div>\n<figure><figcaption>Patrick Wojahn, via Prince George&#8217;s\u200d County Police Dept.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Former\u2064 Mayor Pleads Guilty to Child Pornography \u2062Charges<\/h2>\n<p>A shocking case has emerged involving a former Democratic mayor \u2063who has \u200bpleaded guilty to\u2064 140 charges\u200d related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/over-700-survivors-advocates-call-on-congress-for-criminal-investigation-into-pornhubs-parent-company\/\" title=\"Over 700 Survivors, Advocates Call On Congress For Criminal Investigation Into Pornhub\u2019s Parent Company\">child pornography possession<\/a> and distribution.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick\u200d Wojahn, who served as mayor of College Park,\u200d Md., for nearly \u2063eight years, resigned\u200b from his position in\u2064 March following his arrest. He has now admitted to 60 counts of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/middle-school-teacher-in-texas-arrested-on-possession-of-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Middle School Teacher In Texas Arrested On Possession Of Child Pornography Charges\">distributing child pornography<\/a>, 40 counts of <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> with the intention to \u200bdistribute, \u2062and 40 counts of possessing child pornography.<\/p>\n<p>Wojahn, known for listing his pronouns \u200din\u2064 his Twitter \u2062bio, cited &#8220;mental health&#8221; concerns in his \u2064resignation letter.<\/p>\n<p>What makes this case\u2064 even more disturbing is Wojahn&#8217;s connection to the\u2064 Biden administration. In a 2019 interview, he referred to\u200d then-South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg\u200d as his &#8220;buddy&#8221; \u200cand credited Buttigieg&#8217;s mentorship for advancing his career. Wojahn even shared \u200cpictures of himself with Buttigieg and claimed they frequently spoke on the phone.\u2062 Buttigieg is now President Joe Biden&#8217;s transportation secretary.<\/p>\n<p>Prince George&#8217;s County state&#8217;s \u200cattorney Aisha Braveboy expressed her satisfaction with Wojahn&#8217;s guilty plea, calling the \u2063case &#8220;horrific&#8221; \u200dand emphasizing the importance of accepting responsibility for such horrendous crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Wojahn is not\u200d the only Democrat to be involved in child \u2062pornography cases. Stacie Laughton, a former Democratic New Hampshire state representative who identifies as transgender, was\u2063 arrested in June on child pornography \u200ccharges. This marked at least the\u2064 fourth arrest for Laughton, who\u200b was previously jailed in 2022 for stalking\u2063 a \u2062woman, leading to \u200bher resignation from the legislature.<\/p>\n<p>Another example is Jerry Harris, a former Biden campaign surrogate, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison last year for sexually\u2064 assaulting a minor and soliciting sexual images from a child.<\/p>\n<h3>Rise in Child Pornography<\/h3>\n<p>Disturbingly, the past decade has witnessed a significant increase\u200b in child pornography cases. According to the Demand Project, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-140-child-pornography-charges\/\" title=\"Democrat mayor admits guilt in 140 child pornography cases.\">child-abuse prevention group<\/a>, there has been a staggering 2,500 percent rise in arrests over \u200bthe past \u200d10 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>possession of child pornography, and 40 counts of promoting child pornography. Wojahn, a former mayor of College Park, Maryland, admitted to the charges after his arrest and subsequent resignation. He now faces the consequences of his actions, having pleaded guilty to a total of 140 charges related to child porn possession and distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1989782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"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\/1989781","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}