Former Trump Official Pleads Guilty to Child Porn Charge, Is Sentenced to Prison

[douglas9]

A former Commerce Department official in the Trump administration was sentenced to a five-and-a-half year prison term after pleading guilty to possession of child pornography, federal prosecutors announced last week in a court filing. Under the terms of his plea deal, Adam Hageman was also sentenced to five years of parole after release and a mandatory requirement to register as a sex offender.

Hageman was arrested in November of 2020 after he was found to be a member of an online group chat dedicated to sharing images of child sexual abuse.

The site’s name on which the discussions allegedly took place has not been publicly disclosed, but according to an affidavit filed by prosecutors, Hageman shared with members at least one video of a child being molested, claimed to have sexually abused a child as young as 15, and indicated that he wanted to sexually assault children between the ages of 12 and 16 years old. Prosecutors asserted that they found “dozens” of child sexual abuse videos on Hageman’s phone after federal authorities executed a search warrant against him.

According to court documents, Hageman also requested that the members of the group find “a dad with a young kid he will rent out to us.”

Before working for the Commerce Department, Hageman lived in Arizona and worked at Turning Point USA, a Christian supremacist organization which markets far-right political views to high school students. He appears to have established a connection with the group while a student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

https://tyt.com/stories/7015be31e708f973a/ba5ace468c83b22ee

[Haggard Celine]

1. Only the best people, right?

[rubbersole]

5. Rudy, Bannon, Stone, Manafort, Zinke, Flynn...

Dangerous perverts without power, sick sadists in control of your life with power. And they are doing everything to get power back. Backed by unlimited money.

[Haggard Celine]

7. They're still trying to overthrow our government.

It's ridiculous that they're still running around free to cause more mayhem. All of them ought to be locked up until their trials. I realize that the DOJ wants to be sure to get it right when they indict them, but they're dangerous people. Maybe they're under surveillance, so the government will know what they're planning and when they want to do it. If they aren't under surveillance, the government is dropping the ball.

[rubbersole]

9. They think they are the government.

Or should be. Their only avenue back is cheating democracy and semi-control of the mayonnaise militia. It is working and being ignored by the msm.

[Ray Bruns]

13. I was about to post the same thing.

[Dorian Gray]

2. Of course

Turning Point USA. Charlie Kirk has disavowed him, right?

[Botany]

3. Hageman worked at Turning Point USA a Christian supremacist organization which markets far-right ...

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... political views to high school students. aka a place to meet under age boys

And look who was @ Turning point too.


https://tyt.com/stories/7015be31e708f973a/ba5ace468c83b22ee

[Trueblue Texan]

4. Didn't Jenny Thomas work for Turning Point?

I seem to recall she had some kind of relationship with that organization...can't remember exactly what.

[Botany]

6. Seems to be the case

https://m.facebook.com/turningpointusa/photos/a.1022203007828415/1022203614495021/

Sick mother fuckers

[jaxexpat]

8. Does it surprise anyone that Trump associated with, advocated for and employed these people?

Is it in any way accidental that the USSC has been reconstrued to provide a social environment wherein such endeavors might find purchase and legitimacy? Among humanity the greatest democratization has been the continual effort toward equalization of women and men in everyday society. When that equalization is skewed in any way perversions of all types find homes, nesting in the ruins of broken mutual advantage and the subsequently desolate mistrust between men and women.
This is not just another stage in the natural evolution of human relationships. This is the celebration of an aberration which has no end except madness and death. It's so obvious its almost embarrassing to call it out.

[Ilsa]

10. So why didn't QAnon go after him? nt

[FailureToCommunicate]

11. Something is wrong when a child perv gets a stiffer sentence than thugs trying to overthrow

the U.S. government.

Yes, child porn possession needs a stiff sentence, but so does insurrection!

[yardwork]

22. I strongly disagree. Read about what this guy did. It's horrific.

[FailureToCommunicate]

34. Yes, of course. They ALL should get longer sentences.

[yardwork]

37. I'm down with that. Violent crimes of all types need long sentences.

[AZLD4Candidate]

12. Trump will destroy conservatism with its rot, corruption, and turning the country over to scum.

[GoCubsGo]

14. Tell me again how Dems are the pedophiles...

They sure do love to project.

[NowISeetheLight]

19. I was thinking this too...

I thought the Dems were the Cabal of blood drinking, children eating pedephiles?

[yardwork]

23. Every accusation they make is really a confession.

[BComplex]

15. That fish stinks from the head down. Trump is a pedophile.

THAT is what Putin has on him...not pee tapes....child rape tapes. I'd put a lot of money on that bet!

[LenaBaby61]

16. REALLY THIS 👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻👆🏻

[niyad]

18. I would not bet against you. Remember the Miss Teen dressing room creepy.

And what we suspect about Ivanka.

[70sEraVet]

21. There was also the lawsuit brought by a woman who claims Trump raped her at 13.

She backed out of the lawsuit, supposedly because T told her he'd have her and all of her family killed. She believes he'd do it.

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2020/jun/03/facebook-posts/no-proof-donald-trump-raped-13-year-old-girl-1994/

Maybe if she knew he was powerless in prison, she might finally come forward and tell her story.
And for the record, I believe T WOULD have them all killed.

[keithbvadu2]

29. Trump::: and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it

“I've known Jeff (Epstein) for 15 years. Terrific guy,'' Trump told New York Magazine back in 2002. "He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it - Jeffrey enjoys his social life."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141705027

[Genki Hikari]

36. I've wondered if this is what tfg has

On Lindsey Graham.

You don't do that 180 he did about tfg for fear of being outed as gay. Not when people have openly speculated that you are, for decades. Even people in South Carolina suspect he's gay right out in the open, and they still vote for him.

I mean, really, what would be the shock if it turned out to be true at this point?

So what could be worse than outed as gay.

Hm. I wonder...

[niyad]

17. Pity he will probably be in ad-seg.

[NowISeetheLight]

20. OMG

I found the court affidavit detaining him pretrial online on Politico. This guy was a real danger. Warning it has details of his actions.

https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000178-0467-dde3-a5fd-5d776ee80000

[RevBrotherThomas]

26. I second the trigger warning...

The charges are quite explicit and frightening.

[doc03]

24. The first thought I had was "All the best people" nt

[lindysalsagal]

25. "Christian supremacist organization which markets far-right political views to high school students"

The church is a haven to the most horrendous monsters. If they were smart, they'd institute the same accountability measures as the public schools, to root out the scum. But it's too often a sordid collection of egomaniacs.

[keithbvadu2]

27. Trump's pal Acosta wants 80% funding cuts for the government agency that combats child sex trafficki

Trump's pal Acosta wants 80% funding cuts for the government agency that combats child sex trafficking.

2019

The same Acosta who gave another of Trump's pals, Epstein, a break on his own child rape/pimping charges.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212261991

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/09/labor-secretary-alexander-acosta-sex-trafficking-budget-cut

[bullwinkle428]

28. 5.5 year prison term, which means he'll probably be walking out in under 3 years.

[bluestarone]

30. The so called HOLY cult picks the MOST

UNHOLY leader, plus our CONGRESS is FULL of these type SCUMBAGS!

[MagickMuffin]

31. find "a dad with a young kid he will rent out to us."

These “people” are sick af.

Christians yeah right. They are a danger to our children.

A family that preys together and rents their young kids to sexual predators.


I hope more arrests are forthcoming.


ETA: I looked for a pic to post, I found one with him and Cawthorn (unable to post pic here) but made me wonder if these kids are brought in for the sex and drug fueled parties Madison spoke about.

[Genki Hikari]

35. Ahem

Christians yeah right.

After all the ministers and priests and "good people" of faith convicted of child sex offenses, not to mention how many of them are now making regular payouts to their victims, why think it's outside the norm for them?

I learned more about being a decent human being from my kindergarten teacher than I ever did at the local church I was dragged to.

[Genki Hikari]

32. Link to the court doc

https://t.co/n5gEWKktuu

You know, it's really strange how all these rwns screaming about Democrats being pedophiles, "groomers," and etc always wind up with one of their own being convicted of it.

I think when we were 8 years old, we had a taunt for that: Takes one to know one.

Maybe the scientific, "mature" version of that taunt is: Projection.

[dalton99a]

33. +1. Perversion, child abuse, adultery, thievery, corruption, election fraud, espionage, treason

You name it

[BComplex]

38. Republicans ALL project their shit on other people. Every one of them I know personally

project everything they do wrong onto someone else.