The Chicago Sun-Times reports:
The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led agents to Norris “Nick” Stauffer, 27, who is charged here with disseminating child pornography, records show. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping threats and the production and distribution of child pornography.
Adam Hageman and Ruben Verastigui, prosecuted in federal court in Washington, D.C., are also on that list. Hageman agreed to cooperate with investigators and led them to Stauffer and others, federal court records in Chicago have revealed. Hageman lived in Arizona until moving to Washington, D.C., in May 2020 to work for the U.S. Department of Commerce, records show. Hageman also once worked as an events administrator for the conservative group Turning Point USA.
Read the full article. There’s SO much more. As I’ve previously reported, former RNC staffer and March For Life keynote speaker Ruben Verastigui was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in February 2022. Adam Hageman was sentenced to 5.5 years in September 2022.
Chicago Sun Times reports, Adam Hageman, formerly with Turning Point USA, arrested in November 2020.
Hageman said in certain chats that he preferred children ages 12 to 16, according to prosecutors.
Nary a drag queen in sight. #Groomers https://t.co/ckVGCx6Ssc
— Brandy Reese for AZ (@ReeseForAZ) February 3, 2023
A Chicago man faces multiple child pornography charges following a federal investigation that resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people — including at least two with political ties. https://t.co/6sg7WTUqIA
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) February 3, 2023
Adam Hageman before sentencing. pic.twitter.com/W7rnl9HbqV
— MJupiter (@mjupiter90) September 28, 2022
Former Turning Points USA events coordinator, Adam Hageman, w Seb Gorka & Charlie Kirk at the 2017 TPUSA SAS in West Palm… pic.twitter.com/vC9aw9nZQP
— mrs panstreppon (@mrspanstreppon) August 3, 2021