Just because we hadn’t yet had child p0rn introduced into the circus that we call election 2016, the carnival barker Trump made sure we snuck that in there somehow too. This is pretty awful.
One of Donald Trump’s official delegates to the Republican National Convention has been indicted for child pornography, illegally owning a machine gun, and illegally trying to mail explosives through the US Postal Service, Huffington Post’s Christina Wilkie reports.
Caleb Andrew Bailey, a 30-year-old man from Waldorf, Maryland, faces four federal charges that could put him in prison for upward of 30 years, according to a statement from the Department of Justice. In April, Bailey, who is also the son of the former vice president of the state’s Republican party, was selected as one of Trump’s delegates, when Trump won the state by more than 20 points.
Federal investigators were tipped off to Bailey’s illegal activities in February after he attempted to post a package of explosives to Wisconsin and called the postal office multiple times to track the status of his sent mail.
Authorities raided Bailey’s residence in May, seizing an illegally owned machine gun. Bailey has also been indicted for producing child pornography for distribution as well as possessing child porn.
Trump’s campaign responded to the allegations, censuring Bailey for his actions.
“We strongly condemn these allegations and leave it in the capable hands of law enforcement. He will be replaced immediately,” Trump’s campaign told Fox News reporter Ronica Cleary.
Thank goodness they didn’t leave this one up to Trump or he might have hedged on condemning this guy the way he did with the KKK and white supremacists. Of course, given what happened with former Speaker Dennis Hastert, Republicans can’t throw stones, I guess. Though I can.