Utah hunting guide charged in Donald Trump Jr. hunt faces new criminal allegations

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An additional felony poaching charge has been filed against the prominent Utah hunting guide who was prosecuted earlier this month for illegally using bait to help Donald Trump Jr. kill a black bear in Carbon County in 2018.

Wade Lemon, a guide based in Holden, has been under investigation during the past several years by state wildlife officials who suspect Lemon of leading high-paying clients on trophy hunts using tactics that are banned under Utah hunting regulations.

In the latest case, a sting operation orchestrated last year by the Utah Attorney General’s Office, Lemon is accused of helping a client shoot a cougar in a “canned” hunt staged in Millard County.

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In neither case is the client being charged because the facts indicate they are the victims of a fraud who had no way of knowing a crime was occurring when they illegally shot the animal, according to prosecutor Ben Willoughby.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/utah-hunting-guide-charged-in-donald-trump-jr-hunt-faces-new-criminal-allegations/ar-AAXPaBH

[mopinko]

1. well shame on them for not knowing.

[canetoad]

2. Don't tell me

Junior pals around with criminals.

[gratuitous]

3. A trophy hunter doesn't know when his guide is committing a crime?

Junior's supposed to be a big-time big game hunter, and he doesn't know when his guide is baiting the trophy? Seems far-fetched if Junior's all he represents himself to be.

That's a pretty big fucking "if."

[keithbvadu2]

4. Jr., Did you ever hire a guide who did NOT get you a kill?

Jr., Did you ever hire a guide who did NOT get you a kill?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

5. I still think that Junior should be charged simply because he is an asshole

[mercuryblues]

6. If I give a friend a ride

to a store for a pack of smokes and he robs the place without my knowledge, I can be charged as an accessory. 2 different criminal justice systems.

[Paladin]

7. "Victims of a fraud" MY ASS!

I said it before, I'll say it again: No way in hell did that guide not tell junior the type and location of the bait he put out to bring that cougar in. Legal or not, the guide needs to let his client know where the bait is positioned, so that the client knows where the game animal is likely to show up.

Side question to junior: Did you use a hunting rifle on that big cat---or did you go after it with a fucking bat of some sort? (See jr.'s sickening comments about being able to murder a whole school room full of kids with nothing more than a bat.)