(Feb 6, 2021) lawandcrime.com - "Former Trump Campaign Aide and Staunch Pro-Life Advocate Charged With Receiving, Distributing, and Possessing Child Pornography": https://archive.is/Wi9xK
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Friday announced that a former aide to President Donald Trump was arrested in Washington, D.C. and charged with receiving, possessing, and distributing child pornography.
Ruben Verastigui, 27, who worked on Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign, was previously employed as a senior digital strategist for the Senate Republican Conference and Republican National Committee. He was also the digital media coordinator for the anti-abortion group Students for Life of America. He left the Republican Conference in July of 2020 to become the communications manager for the nonprofit group Citizens For Responsible Energy Solutions.
Verastigui was taken into custody following an 11-month investigation by MPD’s Youth and Family Services Division, the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit, the Northern Virginia Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, and Homeland Security Investigations. The arrest was first flagged by journalist Jared Holt, who also posted several horrific and disturbing excerpts from the criminal complaint filed.
The details are graphic.
Jared Holt's twitter thread contains screenshots of the court documents, detailing graphic conversation between another user on the site ("S-1") and Verastigui: https://archive.is/LzOmsUpon execution of the warrant Friday evening [Ruben Verastigui] admitted to authorities that he was active on the child pornography website.
Extra articles on the arrest:
- DC Metropolitan Police Department (.gov site): https://archive.is/oECyN
- dailymail.co.uk: https://archive.is/GDsUf
- thedailybeast.com: https://archive.is/IGgTb