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StrictlyRockers

(3,855 posts)
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:33 PM Jul 2018

Trump's Kentucky Campaign Chair convicted of child sex trafficking, faces life in prison.

Trump's Kentucky Campaign Chair will spend the rest of his life in jail after being convicted of child sex trafficking.

Nolan will serve 20 years in jail & pay restitution of $110,000 to the Kentucky Human Trafficking Victims Fund.




71-year-old Timothy Nolan — a former Campbell County District Judge who was chair of the Trump campaign in Kentucky according to court documents — entered guilty pleas on all 21 counts against him in court on Friday. A press release issued by the office of Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear listed a multitude of charges, including human trafficking of adults, human trafficking of minors, and unlawful transaction with minors.

Nolan will serve 20 years in jail and pay restitution of $110,000, with a bulk of the fine going toward the Human Trafficking Victims Fund, which the Kentucky General Assembly established in 2013. Nolan will be eligible for parole in 2022, according to the Cincinnati Enquirer. If he had not entered guilty pleas, Nolan would have faced up to 100 years in prison.

The New York Daily News reported that Nolan had a total of 19 victims dating back to 2004. While the victims’ information has not been publicly released, some of them included children below the age of 18. Judge Kathleen Lape said Nolan threatened arrest and eviction to force women and girls to have sex with him. Nolan also apparently paid the women and juveniles with heroin and painkillers, and gave alcohol to a minor on more than one occasion.

https://gritpost.com/trump-campaign-chair-trafficking/

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Trump's Kentucky Campaign Chair convicted of child sex trafficking, faces life in prison. (Original Post) StrictlyRockers Jul 2018 OP
Eligible for parole in 2022 gratuitous Jul 2018 #1
That caught my eye, that is only 4 years. Why so soon? nt Blue_true Jul 2018 #5
Parole in KY CozyMystery Jul 2018 #7
Since he took women and girls against their will (he used threats and his position), Blue_true Jul 2018 #11
Yeah, I thought he committed violent felonies, too. CozyMystery Jul 2018 #32
Only the best people n/t NastyRiffraff Jul 2018 #2
I'm Speechless Leith Jul 2018 #3
Family values party? GulfCoast66 Jul 2018 #4
I agree. They do have a tendency to prove the converse of that, over and over. CozyMystery Jul 2018 #8
Repug interpretation of that phrase is.... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #22
His lawyer says WHAT?! Leghorn21 Jul 2018 #6
Yes, well about 150 years ago you could buy human beings and rape them at will ... it was called mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author Scurrilous Jul 2018 #9
ya want pizza with that ? dweller Jul 2018 #10
Efforts in place to help victims of human trafficking - article June 15, 2018 re KY CozyMystery Jul 2018 #12
Important info., thanks for posting. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #33
Bet Trump is not far away in this. triron Jul 2018 #13
How Embarrassing, Another Family Values Perv... Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #14
Fox News Franticly Searching For Libs Did It Too... Grassy Knoll Jul 2018 #15
Eh, why search when you can just have QANON spew some shit? Initech Jul 2018 #18
typical republican behaviour gopiscrap Jul 2018 #16
Slimy rat. nt oasis Jul 2018 #17
Always Accuse Others of What YOU Are Doing!!! MagickMuffin Jul 2018 #19
And regrettably it too often works n/t MarcA Jul 2018 #23
Scumbag Mitch Must Be Real Proud, Too! DoctorJoJo Jul 2018 #20
"The Best People" DesertRat Jul 2018 #21
Attorney General Beshear is a Democrat... KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #24
That's at least two now - any more? KY_EnviroGuy Jul 2018 #25
Too bad for Dumpie & Mitch ... they got like 2000 kids they're tryin to offload for a few $$$ mr_lebowski Jul 2018 #26
Nolan will probably get a full pardon from the fat bastard! Meadowoak Jul 2018 #28
Is Alex Jones on this safeinOhio Jul 2018 #29
Did the creep do this in the right wing's conspiratorial pizza shop ? Trust Buster Jul 2018 #30
How many of the children kidnapped by Don the Con malaise Jul 2018 #31
Also his campaign chair in Oklahome, same thing. triron Jul 2018 #34

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
7. Parole in KY
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:59 PM
Jul 2018

It doesn't mean that the defendant will get parole, since parole is a privilege, not a right.

Kentucky parole eligibility is decided according to the laws and statutes within the state. Violent offenders must serve a minimum of 85% of their total sentence before becoming eligible for parole. Habitual felons have to serve ten years of a sentence and some specific crimes, such as sex offenders, subject the inmate to corresponding treatment programs before the inmate is eligible for parole. Eligibility does not guarantee the granting of parole, which is a privilege, not a right.

http://www.governmentregistry.org/criminal_records/parole/state_parole/kentucky_parole.html

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
11. Since he took women and girls against their will (he used threats and his position),
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 11:04 PM
Jul 2018

isn't that rape? Is rape considered a violent felony in Kentucky?

Leghorn21

(13,522 posts)
6. His lawyer says WHAT?!
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 10:56 PM
Jul 2018

In a statement following the pleas, Nolan’s attorney, Margo Grubbs, argued that what Nolan did would have been seen as legally acceptable under the laws of a different day and age.

“[Nolan] took full personal responsibility for these acts that in his potential day and generation would not necessarily be considered to rise to the level of human trafficking,” Grubbs said.

Some of Nolan’s pleas were Alford v. North Carolina pleas, meaning that the plea was given to avoid trial due to overwhelming evidence, but that Nolan still maintains his innocence.


 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
27. Yes, well about 150 years ago you could buy human beings and rape them at will ... it was called
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 04:08 AM
Jul 2018

slavery, you may've heard of it?

Nowadays, keeping slaves, let alone raping them, is highly illegal, and universally (in the western world at least) regarded as deplorable, evil behavior.

Even today there's countries where girls are sold off to adult men as 'brides' by their parents in exchange for money. But guess what? Those are primitive ass, backwards countries, and the rest of the world rejects the idea that this is 'okay'.

You're not IN a country, nor are you in an AGE, where/when this sort of thing is considered remotely acceptable. We have these things called 'laws', you see?

I have to admit though I am somewhat curious as to how what is being described as 'what he did' ... does actually rise to the level of 'human trafficking' ... cause it sounds like it 'only' meets the criteria of illegal narcotics distribution and ... oh ... rape, including that of vulnerable minors ... so it's a key point to argue whether it's actual 'human trafficking' ...

Response to StrictlyRockers (Original post)

CozyMystery

(652 posts)
12. Efforts in place to help victims of human trafficking - article June 15, 2018 re KY
Sun Jul 8, 2018, 11:06 PM
Jul 2018
http://www.richmondregister.com/news/efforts-in-place-to-help-victims-of-human-trafficking/article_3a980940-70e3-11e8-b32f-17fa4bd5eb34.html

"Human Trafficking is considered modern-day slavery and is widespread in Central Kentucky, where adults and children are being bought, sold and smuggled. It involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act and is the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world. However, local law officials, state agencies and several non-profits are working to eradicate this dark crime and offer victims help."

MagickMuffin

(15,930 posts)
19. Always Accuse Others of What YOU Are Doing!!!
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:21 AM
Jul 2018

This is their tactic. It has been used by dictators for like ever.





KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
24. Attorney General Beshear is a Democrat...
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 01:49 AM
Jul 2018

and along with my House representative, they're about the only bright spots in my political life.

Noticed this in the article (snip):

The office secured the guilty plea of a Lawrenceburg man on human trafficking charges and a 20-year sentence of former Campbell County District Judge and local school board member Timothy Nolan on numerous felony charges, including human trafficking.

One of the most horrible practices in human trafficking I've read about lately is using bail bonds to get women out of jail, then holding them hostage for the money with prostitution. People that participate in that should be hung in the public square......

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
25. That's at least two now - any more?
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:54 AM
Jul 2018

(snip)

Another Trump campaign chair pled guilty to sex trafficking. Ralph Shortey, a ‘pious’ former Oklahoma senator &Trump's campaign chair in Oklahoma, however the former Republican lawmaker pled guilty to one count of child sex trafficking last fall.


Trump's Oklahoma campaign chair to plead guilt to child sex trafficking
by John Paul Brammer Nov.20.2017
Article: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-s-oklahoma-campaign-chair-plead-guilt-child-sex-trafficking-n822461


Is this a trend??........ ....... .........
 

mr_lebowski

(33,643 posts)
26. Too bad for Dumpie & Mitch ... they got like 2000 kids they're tryin to offload for a few $$$
Mon Jul 9, 2018, 03:57 AM
Jul 2018

Really could've used their boy here's trafficking skills and connections and what not ...

What are they gonna do now?

Maybe Jordan knows someone ...

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