Former Oklahoma state senator has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense

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Former Oklahoma state senator has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense
by Nolan Clay 
Published: November 18, 2017 5:00 AM CDT Updated: November 18, 2017 5:00 AM CDT
http://newsok.com/article/5572707


Ralph Shortey


Former state Sen. Ralph Shortey has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking offense for offering to pay a 17-year-old boy for sexual "stuff" last March.

In exchange for his guilty plea, U.S. prosecutors have agreed to drop three child pornography counts against him.

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Shortey, R-Oklahoma City, was first elected in 2010 and was known for his offbeat legislative proposals that at times attracted national attention. He resigned March 22.

Shortey — who once planned to be a missionary — was investigated first by Moore police and then the FBI after being found with the teenager at the Super 8 in Moore about 1 a.m. March 9.

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The investigation of Shortey uncovered evidence he had led a secret life. The FBI reported he used fake names to post Craigslist ads seeking sex with young males and on an email account to send and receive pornography.

"Shortey used those pseudonyms almost exclusively for illicit and illegal sexual interests or encounters, several of which included communications and exchanges of pornography with underage males, and/or the sharing of child pornography," the FBI agent wrote in the court affidavit.

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Bigtime SoCon nutbag...one more for the list.

From Wikipedia:

Shortey was a staunch conservative in the Republican-dominated legislature.[4] The Oklahoman noted that Shortey filed bills that "often drew national attention and, at times, national ridicule."[3]

The Associated Press reported that as a state senator, Shortey "routinely voted with his Republican colleagues on bills targeting gay and transgender people," including a measure passed in 2017 to allow business owners to discriminate against LGBT people.[10] Shortey was also known for his firm opposition to illegal immigration and gun control.[11] He maintained that state legislators had a constitutional right to carry guns in the Oklahoma State Capitol.[4] Shortey took a "hard-line stance against abortion"[5] and in 2012 proposed legislation to outlaw the use of aborted fetuses in food; the widely ridiculed bill did not receive a committee hearing.[10] Duane Chapman ("Dog the Bounty Hunter") and his wife Beth were supporters of legislation introduced by Shortey to regulate the bounty-hunting industry.[4]

In February 2017, Shortey came under public criticism for trying to undo loosened state drug laws which Oklahoma voters approved in November 2016. Arguing that voters had not considered the consequences of their vote, Shortey introduced a bill in the Senate to increase the penalties for drug possession within 1,000 feet of a church or a school, which Oklahoma voters had voted to classify as a misdemeanor instead of a felony.[10][12]

[TomSea]

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And looks a bit like a Native American as well.  http://newsok.com/article/3546745  And apparently, he is.

You are on record of defending Franken and Biden, so I guess, this story helps you sleep at night.

[TomSea]

Think of this, every county in Oklahoma is red.

What are the odds they might have a bad politician every once in awhile? Think about it.  And in this case, possibly, a Native American.

[Chosen Daughter]

Think of this, every county in Oklahoma is red.

What are the odds they might have a bad politician every once in awhile? Think about it.  And in this case, possibly, a Native American.

This pattern is likely to continue.  We have lost our moral ground.  We no longer expect to be lead by moral men and women. 

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You are on record of defending Franken and Biden, so I guess, this story helps you sleep at night.

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