Republican South Carolina House member charged with distributing child sexual abuse material

A Republican South Carolina House subordinate has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing intersexual maltreatment worldly involving children

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A Republican South Carolina House subordinate who prosecutors accidental utilized the surface sanction “joebidennnn69” has been arrested and charged with 10 counts of distributing intersexual maltreatment worldly involving children.

RJ May was arrested Wednesday astatine his Lexington County location aft a lengthy probe and is scheduled to look successful national tribunal connected Thursday.

An indictment says the three-term Republican utilized respective online names including “joebidennnn69” to speech files connected the Kik societal media network.

The indictment didn't incorporate immoderate further details connected the charges, which transportation situation presumption of 5 to 20 years upon conviction.

May is simply a governmental advisor who has angered chap House Republicans by moving campaigns for candidates moving against GOP incumbents successful primaries.

After his predetermination successful 2020, May helped make the Freedom Caucus, a radical of the House's astir blimpish members who person tally their ain campaigner against the Republican House talker and garbage to articulation the Majority Caucus due to the fact that they accidental it requires a loyalty pledge.

The mainstream House Republicans aren't the existent blimpish bosom of the GOP, the radical said.

The Freedom Caucus released a connection Wednesday nighttime saying they kicked May retired of their radical aft his arrest.

May was 1 of the House's much vocal members aft helium arrived, often criticizing bills and discussing blimpish amendments.

“We arsenic legislators person an work to insure that retired children person nary harm done to them,” May said successful January 2024 connected the House level during a statement connected transgender attraction for minors.

His oldest lad charmed the House successful April 2021 erstwhile May brought him to sojourn for his 3rd day and the lad practiced his parade question astir the chamber.

But that stopped successful October, erstwhile national prosecutors filed tribunal papers saying the investigators seized a fig of physics devices from May, and they anticipated filing a transgression indictment.

The documents provided nary further details, but speculation has grown astir the case. Many person distanced themselves from May, who during the existent league could mostly beryllium seen astatine his country table successful the backmost of the 124-seat chamber, mixing with precise fewer colleagues.

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