Anton Lazzaro (GOP operative, Minnesota) guilty in child sex trafficking case

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.startribune.com/federal-jury-now-deciding-anton-lazzaro-child-sex-trafficking-trial-after-hearing-final-arguments/600263564/

Anton Lazzaro is guilty of conspiring to recruit and pay 15- and 16-year-old girls for sex, a federal jury in Minneapolis decided Friday.

The jury returned guilty verdicts on all charges — conspiracy, plus five separate child sex trafficking counts associated with each victim — after hours of deliberation at the end of a two-week trial in which both Lazzaro and his victims took the stand.

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The jury's decision concludes a saga that started with the August 2021 arrest of the now-32-year-old wealthy GOP donor, and a former University of St. Thomas freshman who has since admitted to helping recruit teen girls for Lazzaro to pay for sex.

Lazzaro has remained in federal custody since his arrest on an indictment that charged him with conspiracy and five counts of child sex trafficking linked to 15- and 16-year-old victims. Charges outlined a plot that spanned from May to December 2020, when the FBI raided Lazzaro's 19th floor Hotel Ivy condominium in downtown Minneapolis.

[sarisataka]

1. Excellent!

He is a predator that should receive a maximum sentence.

[Bev54]

2. Are there any republicans that are NOT criminals and sexual deviants? Seems to be a common

trait amongst them. It is sickening.

[Aristus]

3. There is a suspicious lack of drag queens in this report.

But the presence of a holier-than-thou repuke, so that tracks.