As disgusting as Clinton's actions were at least he didn't take advantage of someone underage. Fund-raiser for GOP pleads guilty in case of child p*rnography Delgaudio took pictures of a 16-year-old girl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- By Allison Klein Sun Staff Originally published April 24, 2003 A prominent Republican fund-raiser who once said former President Bill Clinton was "a lawbreaker and a terrible example to our nation's young people" pleaded guilty yesterday in Baltimore Circuit Court to production of child p*rnography. Richard Anthony Delgaudio, who was sentenced to two years' probation before judgment, admitted to taking lewd photographs of a 16-year-old girl he met in East Baltimore's Patterson Park in 2001. In some of the photos, he was engaged in sex with her, court records show. Delgaudio, 50, of Burke, Va., is a frequent talk-radio guest and national figure in conservative politics. He is president of the Legal Affairs Council, a group that helped pay the legal bills of former Reagan administration officials Oliver L. North and Caspar W. Weinberger after they were charged in connection with the Iran-contra affair. In his p*rnography case, there was additional evidence that Delgaudio took erotic images of at least one other, younger teen-ager, but that evidence was not admissible in court because police improperly stopped and searched Delgaudio, a judge ruled. Largely because of that, prosecutor Adam C. Rosenberg offered Delgaudio a plea agreement, rather than taking the case to a jury. "This is a satisfying outcome because it ends a lot of legal issues," Rosenberg said. In yesterday's ruling, Judge John M. Glynn ordered Delgaudio to stay away from Patterson Park and the neighboring Butchers Hill area. The judge also publicly acknowledged Delgaudio's humiliation. "Mr. Delgaudio has been very active in the state of Virginia and around the country. He was a respected member of the community," Glynn said. "This type of thing is a mortifying experience." Delgaudio thanked the judge for his "good work." He is not able to appeal because of the conditions of the plea agreement. After the hearing, Delgaudio - who is also an author of political books - refused to comment about his case. In a letter to the judge, Delgaudio's attorneys - Bruce Fein and Howard L. Cardin - wrote that he was remorseful and did not know the girls were underage. "He acknowledges the acute moral shortcomings of his conduct, and he will continue intense self-examination and professional and spiritual counseling," the lawyers wrote in the letter, dated yesterday. Cardin also said he did not want to speak about the case after yesterday's hearing but described his client as "brilliant and eloquent." Delgaudio, who has no prior record, was arrested in November 2001 with a book of obscene photographs he had taken of 15- and 16-year-old girls, according to court documents. The teen-agers went with him on several occasions to a hotel on Pulaski Highway, where they had sex and he paid them to pose in erotic positions for his camera, records show. The girls told Delgaudio their ages, according to police. As part of his restitution to the community, his attorney said Delgaudio would contribute $5,000 to "young mothers who are in distress and in need."
Criminal versus civil case. In the Washington Post article, they said they couldn't use most of the evidence so he got off relatively easy with probation.
The article lists a book of 15 and 16 year old girls. Girls being in the plural. This is really disgusting.
I seem to remember posting something about a week or two ago. Something along the lines of, "Watch for the people crying the loudest about America's moral decay to be the biggest closet deviants."
How does it go ... "Thou doth protest to much" or something like that. Several of these posts have hit the nail on the head so to speak. How many of the loudest critics of Clinton's actions have been caught in something just as bad or in this case just utterly disgusting. "Youthful indiscretions" who can forget that one.
Don't forget we have old Gingrich, he of the divorcing his wife when she had cancer and running around in an extramarital affair while criticizing Clinton. He has surfaced in the public from his post at the American Enterprise Institute, one of the think tanks that brought us Gulf War II.
Next week we'll be hearing from one of Rick Santorum's old girlfriends. He's lucky though, sodomy is legal in Pennsylvania.
Seriously. We post about activities by conservative activists that actively work against the public good and you call us propagandists. We post verified stories backed up my legal statements and you say we are reaching for straws. Hello pot, this is kettle. You're ****ing black. Post some valid resources stating that I'm wrong and I'll admit it. Unfortunately I have a bad habit of not stating my opinions until I'm fairly sure that I'm right. I used to be republican. People showed me the error of my ways and I accepted that my chosen party did not have my best interests in mind.
I used to be republican. People showed me the error of my ways and I accepted that my chosen party did not have my best interests in mind. Heretic, would you care to elaborate on this important statement.
change the word "republican" above to "democrat" and you could be talking about me. glynch, would you like me to elaborate on my "important" statement? or is it less "important?"
