🚨NO WHITE SUPREMACISTS INVOLVED🚨
NBC4 reporter, "Patrick Wojahn sentenced to 30 years behind bars for possessing and distributing images and videos of chidren. Some of them INFANTS and TODDLERS STILL IN DIAPERS being raped and sexually abused. Prosecutors say this was not a victimless crime." Aisha Braveboy, Prince George's County State's Attorney said, "His sentence instructs us that child pornography is not simply about images. It's about the pain behind the images."NBC4 reporter continues, "Prosecutors say they were able to identify 52 of the hundred children depicted in the videos. They spoke at length about the horrific abuse and how his role in viewing and sharing those videos helped revictimize the children and create a market for the material. They say at least one of the known victims died by suicide. Wojahn did not create any of the material or have contact with any of the victims." Jess Garth, Prince George's Co Assistant State Attorney said, "They have to live with what happened to them for the rest of their lives and also live with the knowledge other people around the world will continue to view that abuse."NBC4 reporter continues, "40 PEOPLE SENT IN LETTERS SUPPORTING WOJAHN who had been mayor of College Park until his arrest. THEY SPOKE OF HIS SUCCESS AS AN ELECTED LEADER and COMMUNITY ACTIVIST. MORE THAN A DOZEN PEOPLE SPOKE OF HIS GOOD CHARACTER including his husband, mother, and sister. SOME SUPPORTERS SUGGESTED THAT 30 YEARS WAS TOO HARSH." What?! 😧😩😡Aisha Braveboy, Prince George's County State's Attorney said, "His plea was fair. It was within guidelines and it was appropriate." What?! 😧
I'm resharing this FOX5 news report from March 2023, because it has additional information not included in any of the recent articles or videos. (emphasis mine)
Pete Buttigieg's "mentee," the gay-activist Democrat mayor of ultra-liberal College Park, Maryland, was arrested today on 56 counts of child-porn charges.https://t.co/N4Iyrjv3zh
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
47-year-old Patrick Lewis Wojahn, a regular White House guest and the first openly gay man to take mayoral office in College Park, is charged with 40 counts of possession of child sexual exploitative material and 16 felony counts of distribution of child pornography. pic.twitter.com/parxZU2FWu
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
The disgraced mayor was frequently invited to the White House for an array of Pride events hosted by Joe Biden, whom the child-porn suspect considers "the most pro-LGBTQ President in US history!" pic.twitter.com/ne4oxF12oW
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
As recent as December, the Democrat-mayor-turned-child-porn-suspect and his husband attended Biden's signing ceremony of the Respect for Marriage Act on the White House lawn. pic.twitter.com/lzRsxpUCjA
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
Decades ago, Wojahn and his husband rose to political prominence in the LGBTQ-activism scene when the same-sex couple was named plaintiffs in the ACLU's 2004 lawsuit seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage in Maryland. pic.twitter.com/Txd0RMaakZ
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
Today, Wojahn reminisces how he was "mentored" over the years by Pete Buttigieg. They met when Wojahn went to the U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, where Buttigieg "was assigned to be my buddy." Their husbands were introduced to each other at a White House reception under Obama. pic.twitter.com/IojSFNUBxN
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
At the start of the years-long mentorship, Buttigieg and Wojahn talked about "the challenges of being an openly gay mayor." As time passed, Wojahn and Buttigieg still kept in touch. pic.twitter.com/cRIIeMMQ2w
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
At a campaign stop in Maryland, the mentor and mentee reunited to drink beers together during Buttigieg's failed 2020 presidential run when he banked Wojahn's ringing endorsement. pic.twitter.com/TH1cTPhtBK
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 2, 2023
Pete Buttigieg grabbing a beer with his longtime "buddy" on the 2020 presidential campaign trail: pic.twitter.com/8z55mDunGZ
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 3, 2023
The city of College Park—ranked one of America's top LGBTQ-inclusive cities—released its own statement on Wojahn's resignation submitted Wednesday night, "thanking" the Democrat mayor "for his many years of dedicated service." There's no mention of the child-porn charges. pic.twitter.com/d8AX61XZZs
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 3, 2023
Hours after College Park's statement on Wojahn's resignation (when news broke of the Democrat mayor's arrest), the city issued a 2nd press release acknowledging his charges: "We are shocked and disturbed....what has come to light in this investigation is a total surprise to us." pic.twitter.com/HEas993eOP
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 3, 2023
Last year, College Park received a perfect 100 on its Municipal Equality Index scorecard from the gay-lobbying group Human Rights Campaign, which doled out extra credit for the city's openly LGBTQ elected leaders. Wojahn celebrated its perfect score as "true commitment to [DEI]." pic.twitter.com/KunCJs5F3U
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 3, 2023
Wojahn was endorsed by the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, a PAC "dedicated to increasing the number of openly LGBTQ public officials in the United States," during his unopposed 2021 re-election campaign—when he secured his 4th mayoral term—his 2019 bid, and his 2017 run. pic.twitter.com/DBkaQWSZpP
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) March 3, 2023
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