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TexasTowelie

(116,756 posts)
Sun Jan 30, 2022, 05:14 AM Jan 2022

Minnesota GOP operative charged with sex trafficking minors claims feds targeted him

MINNEAPOLIS — Anton Lazzaro, the Minnesota GOP strategist charged last year with sex trafficking of minors, is arguing in a court filing that he's being singled out for prosecution due to his wealth and public profile and that the case against him should be dismissed.

Lazzaro also argued in the motion filed in U.S. District Court that he was not paying females for sex, but merely giving them expensive presents before they "hooked up."

Prosecutors have yet to file a motion in response to Lazzaro's arguments for why the case should be thrown out.

The 31-year-old Minneapolis entrepreneur, whose political ties sent a shock wave through the Minnesota GOP after his arrest last year, faces 10 charges related to trafficking minors and obstruction of justice.

Read more: https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/minnesota/minnesota-gop-operative-charged-with-sex-trafficking-minors-claims-feds-targeted-him

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Minnesota GOP operative charged with sex trafficking minors claims feds targeted him (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2022 OP
"singled out for prosecution due to his wealth and public profile" Mister Ed Jan 2022 #1
"...and because he pimps children." Midnight Writer Jan 2022 #5
rich scumbag Skittles Jan 2022 #2
Selective enforcement is not an excuse bucolic_frolic Jan 2022 #3
Roses are red, Daisies for plucking Vogon_Glory Jan 2022 #4
"I'm rich!" iemanja Jan 2022 #6

Mister Ed

(6,352 posts)
1. "singled out for prosecution due to his wealth and public profile"
Sun Jan 30, 2022, 05:25 AM
Jan 2022

The rich and famous are such an oppressed minority.

Vogon_Glory

(9,571 posts)
4. Roses are red, Daisies for plucking
Sun Jan 30, 2022, 07:29 AM
Jan 2022

It’s when they’re eighteen, They’re ready for (CENSORED!).

If Lazaro had lived by that maxim, he’d be in a lot less trouble.

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