@Skyknight #220528
Minnesota is indeed very blue. My family comes from there.
The Minnesota State Senator in question is Justin Eichorn, who is married with 4 children. As per USA Today:
According to federal court records obtained by USA TODAY, detectives “placed advertisements for commercial sex” on two publicly available websites. Police said these advertisements then attracted several people like Eichorn, who began conversations with undercover agents posting as underage girls.
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On Monday, police arrested him after the state senator arrived to meet the "girl," and when police searched Eichorn’s car, they found two phones, an unopened condom as well as more than $120 in cash that he believed would have covered 30 minutes of sex.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/03/19/justin-eichorn-minnesota-senator/82553184007/
According to the Minnesota Reformer:
From a Hennepin County jail cell, Minnesota Sen. Justin Eichorn, R-Grand Rapids, has resigned from the Legislature, Senate Republicans announced Thursday morning.
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He was charged in a federal criminal complaint with one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor, and in Hennepin County district court with one count of allegedly attempting to hire a prostitute under 18 but at least 16. The state charge was later dropped following the federal charge, which carries a higher sentence.
A federal judge Thursday afternoon ordered Eichorn to stay in a halfway house until his trial. Eichorn will have his location monitored with GPS tracking; he will only be allowed to leave the halfway house for work, court dates, doctors’ appointments or other court-approved activities; he is barred from having unsupervised contact with minors; and he cannot use the internet without permission from his supervisory officer, and any internet use will be subject to monitoring.
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/03/20/justin-eichorn-r-grand-rapids-resigns-from-senate-following-federal-charges/
The USA Today article has more details about events leading up to Eichorn's arrest.
Republicans like to call Democrats pedophiles, but the pedophiles we catch all seem to be Republican.
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