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PolitiFact compared the allegations in a viral Facebook post with actual news stories about the people named. There is no evidence of the claim that these events were related to a court case involving Ghislaine Maxwell. The cases on the list detailed in this Facebook post were made public years ago.
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Facebook claimDemocratic Illinois State Representative, Keith Farnham, has resigned and was charged with possession of child pornography and has been accused of bragging at an online site about sexually molesting a 6-year-old girl.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-farnham-dies-st-0622-20170621-story.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic spokesperson for the Arkansas Democratic Party, Harold Moody, Jr, was charged with distribution and possession of child pornography.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/nov/19/kid-porn-suspect-is-denied-release-2018/
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Facebook claimDemocratic Radnor Township Board of Commissioners member, Philip Ahr, resigned from his position after being charged with possession of child pornography and abusing children between 2 and 6 years-old.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.inquirer.com/news/philip-ahr-sentencing-prison-radnor-child-porn-20190917.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic activist and BLM organizer, Charles Wade, was arrested and charged with human trafficking and underage prostitution.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/may/19/charles-wade-black-lives-matter-leader-charged-wit/
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Facebook claimDemocratic Texas attorney and activist, Mark Benavides, was charged with having sex with a minor, inducing a child under 18 to have sex and compelling prostitution of at least nine legal clients and possession of child pornography. He was found guilty on six counts of sex trafficking.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.ksat.com/news/2018/04/07/convicted-ex-sa-lawyer-mark-benavides-sentenced-to-80-years-in-prison/
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Facebook claimDemocratic Virginia Delegate, Joe Morrissey, was indicted on charges connected to his relationship with a 17-year-old girl and was charged with supervisory indecent liberties with a minor, electronic solicitation of a minor, possession of child pornography and distribution of child pornography.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.newsweek.com/controversial-lawmaker-who-served-time-teen-sex-scandal-wins-virginia-state-senate-seat-1470512
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Facebook claimDemocratic Massachusetts Congressman, Gerry Studds, was censured by the House of Representatives after he admitted to an inappropriate relationship with a 17-year-old page.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/us/15studds.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Stillwater, New York, Rick Nelson was plead guilty to five counts of possession of child pornography of children less than 16 years of age.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.wamc.org/post/former-stillwater-mayor-sentenced-child-porn-possession
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Clayton, New York, Dale Kenyon, was indicted for sexual acts against a teenager.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.nny360.com/news/former-clayton-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-sex-crime/article_c43768f9-e52a-551a-bd1d-0c8bcd80a353.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Hubbard, Ohio, Richard Keenan, was given a life sentence in jail for raping a 4-year-old girl.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.wfmj.com/story/35230216/former-hubbard-mayor-richard-keenan-receives-life-sentence-for-child-rape
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Winston, Oregeon, Kenneth Barrett, was arrested for setting up a meeting to have sex with a 14-year-old girl who turned out to be a police officer.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2018/04/former_oregon_mayor_gets_16_mo.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Randolph, Nebraska, Dwayne L. Schutt, was arrested and charged with four counts of felony third-degree sexual assault of a child and one count of intentional child abuse.
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Actual news storyhttps://omaha.com/news/crime/mayor-of-randolph-nebraska-is-accused-of-sexually-assaulting-a-child/article_21aa08a1-410a-57cc-afb8-6c41cce778d4.html#:~:text=The%20mayor%20of%20Randolph%2C%20Nebraska%2C%20has%20been%20arrested%20and%20charged,filed%20in%20Cedar%20County%20Court.
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Dawson, Georgia, Christopher Wright, was indicted on the charges of aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, rape, child molestation and statutory rape of an 11-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.walb.com/story/34324072/ex-dawson-mayor-sentenced-on-sex-convictions/
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Stockton, California, Anthony Silva, was charged with providing alcohol to young adults during a game of strip poker that included a 16-year-old boy at a camp for underprivileged children run by the mayor.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.recordnet.com/news/20191021/former-mayor-anthony-silva-sentenced-charges-dismissed-against-sharon-simas
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Facebook claimDemocratic Former Mayor of Millbrook, New York, Donald Briggs, was arrested and charged with inappropriate sexual contact with a person younger than 17.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/crime/2016/12/13/donald-briggs-millbrook-sex-charge/95368026/
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Facebook claimDemocratic party leader for Victoria County, Texas, Stephen Jabbour, plead guilty to possession and receiving over half a million child pornographic images.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/local/former-victoria-democratic-party-chairman-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-charges/article_fe56505f-1ba9-57e5-bd2c-30262624a9af.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic activist and fundraiser, Terrence Bean, was arrested on charges of sodomy and sex abuse in a case involving a 15-year-old boy and when the alleged victim declined to testify, and the judge dismissed the case.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.registerguard.com/news/20191113/terry-bean-and-his-former-attorney-indicted-in-lane-county
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Facebook claimDemocratic Party Chairman for Davidson County, Tennessee, Rodney Mullin, resigned amid child pornography allegations.
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Actual news storyhttp://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1402657/posts
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Facebook claimDemocratic activist, Andrew Douglas Reed, pleaded guilty to a multiple counts of 2nd-degree sexual exploitation of a minor for producing child pornography.
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Actual news storyhttp://www.ashevilledailyplanet.com/events/540-police-blotter-for-november-8-2006#:~:text=Andrew%20Douglas%20Reed%2C%2053%2C%20pleaded,13%2C%202004%20to%20May%209.
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Facebook claimDemocratic official from Terre Haute, Indiana, David Roberts was sentenced to federal prison for producing and possessing child pornography including placing hidden cameras in the bedrooms and bathrooms at a home he shared with two minor female victims.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.tribstar.com/news/former-city-official-sentenced-to-years-in-federal-child-pornography/article_9c59be94-33fe-11e7-bc0a-bff62fd39939.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic California Congressman, Tony Cárdenas, is being sued in LA County for allegedly sexually abused a 16-year-old girl.
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Actual news storyhttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:27ZAyvrW6aYJ:https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-tony-cardenas-accuser-legal-drops-lawsuit-20190703-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
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Facebook claimDemocratic aide to Senator Barbara Boxer, Jeff Rosato, plead guilty to charges of trading in child pornography.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Former-Boxer-aide-pleads-guilty-to-child-porn-3165359.php
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Facebook claimDemocratic Alaskan State Representative, Dean Westlake, resigned from his seat after the media published a report alleging he fathered a child with a 16-year-old girl when he was 28.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Facing-sexual-harassment-accusations-Alaska-Rep-Dean-Westlake-resigns-from-office-464460853.html
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Facebook claimDemocratic New Jersey State Assemblyman, Neil Cohen, was convicted of possession and distribution of child pornography.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.nj.com/news/2010/11/ex-assemblyman_neil_cohen_is_s.html
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Facebook claimRepublican Tim Nolan, chairman of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign in Kentucky, pled guilty to child sex trafficking and on February 11, 2018 he was sentenced to serve 20 years in prison.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trafficking-lawsuit/ex-trump-campaign-official-charged-with-human-trafficking-idUSKBN17Y299
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Facebook claimRepublican state Senator Ralph Shortey was indicted on four counts of human trafficking and child pornography. In November 2017, he pleaded guilty to one count of child sex trafficking in exchange for the dropping of the other charges.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.justice.gov/usao-wdok/pr/indictment-unsealed-charging-former-state-senator-child-pornography-and-child-sex
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Facebook claimRepublican anti-abortion activist Howard Scott Heldreth is a convicted child rapist in Florida.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.dailykos.com/stories/2005/3/29/103019/-
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Facebook claimRepublican County Commissioner David Swartz pleaded guilty to molesting two girls under the age of 11 and was sentenced to 8 years in prison.
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Actual news storyhttp://lanternproject.org.uk/library/child-abuse-arrests-and-court-cases/child-abuse-arrests-trials-and-proceedings/ex-county-commissioner-admits-sexual-abuse-of-girl/
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Facebook claimRepublican judge Mark Pazuhanich pleaded no contest to fondling a 10-year old girl and was sentenced to 10 years probation.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.poconorecord.com/article/20120426/NEWS90/204260334
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Facebook claimRepublican anti-abortion activist Nicholas Morency pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography on his computer and offering a bounty to anybody who murders an abortion doctor.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.deseret.com/2001/3/10/19574225/n-j-man-pleads-guilty-to-internet-porn-charges
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Facebook claimRepublican legislator Edison Misla Aldarondo was sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping his daughter between the ages of 9 and 17.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-2002-08-16-0208150969-story.html
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Facebook claimRepublican Mayor Philip Giordano is serving a 37-year sentence in federal prison for sexually abusing 8- and 10-year old girls.
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Actual news storyhttps://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-philip-giordano-appeal-sex-charges-20151204-story.html
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Facebook claimRepublican campaign consultant Tom Shortridge was sentenced to three years probation for taking nude photographs of a 15-year old girl.
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Actual news storyhttps://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:m87Bc8U6_9QJ:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-apr-06-me-47737-story.html+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us