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Report: Florida GOP Chair Wants $2M Payoff To Resign

Florida Politics reports: Christian Ziegler wants a multimillion-dollar buyout to resign as the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) Chair, party sources confirmed. The demand comes as the political leader remains under investigation for rape and involved in a scandal making national headlines. Multiple sources confirm Ziegler has asked for a massive payout — one source said $2 million — to …

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Evangelical Leader Resigns Over Arrest In Public Park

Religion News Service reports: The pastor of Philadelphia’s Tenth Presbyterian Church — an influential Presbyterian Church in America congregation — resigned after a past arrest for improper conduct along with another church leader was made public. Liam Goligher, who had been pastor of Tenth since 2011, resigned on Dec. 1, according to a statement from the church. His resignation was …

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Air Force Disciplines 15 In Classified Docs Leak Scandal

The Washington Post reports: The Air Force disciplined 15 members of the Air National Guard after an internal investigation found that a “lack of supervision” and a “culture of complacency” helped enable a 21-year-old airman to share hundreds of classified documents online in the sprawling leak of U.S. military secrets that rocked the national security establishment this spring. In a …

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Moms For Threeways Founder Quits Right Wing Group

The Daily Beast reports: Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler appears to have departed her role at the conservative Leadership Institute, which removed her name from its website in wake of a three-way sex scandal and criminal probe involving her husband. On Wednesday, political news website Florida’s Voice cited reports that Bridget Ziegler had stepped down. Ziegeler and the Leadership …

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Florida GOP Moves To Expel Chairman Within 30 Days

Florida Politics reports: If Republican Party of Florida Christian Ziegler doesn’t resign, executive members appear ready to expel him in 30 days. While bylaws for the state party don’t specifically allow for removal of a Chair, the party constitution contains provisions for establishing a tribunal to judge misconduct by a state officer. Republican Party of Florida Vice Chair Evan Power …

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Florida GOP Vice Chair Wants Special Meeting On Chair

Florida Politics reports: The Republican Vice Chair said a conversation cannot wait until the next scheduled meeting in February. Republican Party of Florida Vice Chair Evan Power wants a special meeting to discuss state Chair Christian Ziegler’s future. In an email blast to the state party’s board members, Power said a special meeting needs to occur with Ziegler under criminal …

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PA Moms For Liberty Chapter Bails Over Scandal

The Pennsylvania News-Item reports: The Northumberland County chapter of Moms for Liberty is on pause as it breaks from the national organization, according to chapter chair Clarissa Paige. Paige cited allegations of rape against Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler [photo], as a reason for forming the Northumberland County Academic Alliance. Paige, …

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FL House And Senate Leaders: GOP Chair Must Resign

Florida Politics reports: Add House Speaker Paul Renner to a growing list of officials calling for Republican Party of Florida (RPOF) Chair Christian Ziegler [photo] to step down in the wake of sexual assault allegations. Less than 24 hours after Senate President Kathleen Passidomo asserted that it is “impossible” for Ziegler to continue leading the state party, Renner issued a …

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Florida GOP Chairman Defies Calls For His Resignation

“We have a country to save and I’m not going to let false allegations of a crime put that mission the bench while I wait for this process to wrap up. “From Congressmen, state elected leaders, prominent social conservative leaders and county party leaders, I have been overwhelmed by the amount of support that has been sent my way. It …

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Gay School Board Member Attacked By Florida GOP Chair Speaks Out After Rape/Three-Way Allegations

The Daily Beast reports: Tom Edwards is the Sarasota County School Board’s only openly gay member. And Bridget Ziegler did nothing as board chair during a public comment session back in March when a woman baselessly accused him of being a groomer who endangers children. “I asked her to shut down the meeting and she refused,” he recalled on Friday. …

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911 Call Released In Case About Florida GOP Chairman

The Florida Trident reports: The sexual battery investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about her well-being, according to a recording of the call obtained by the Florida Trident. The 911 call, made on October 4 at 2:46 p.m., reveals the caller was concerned about …

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Miami Herald: If Moms For Liberty’s Founder Is Having A Bisexual Three-Way, Why Is She Targeting FL’s Gays?

From an opinion column in the Miami Herald: Wouldn’t it be ironic if the woman who led an ultra-conservative movement in Florida education that sought to put gays back in the closet was having a long-term, three-way lesbian relationship with a lover she shared with her husband, the state’s GOP chairman? That’s the allegation being made about Bridget Ziegler — …

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DeSantis Calls For Resignation Of Florida GOP Chair

CBS News reports: Florida Republican Party chair Christian Ziegler is being investigated by the Sarasota Police Department, Ziegler’s attorney, Derek Byrd, confirmed. Late Thursday night, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis called on Ziegler to resign as state party chair. “I don’t see how he can continue with that investigation ongoing, given the gravity of those situations,” DeSantis told reporters. “And so …

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FL Dems Demand Resignation Of State GOP Chairman

The Florida Democratic Party writes: “Allegations of rape and sexual battery are severe and should be taken seriously,” said FDP Chair Nikki Fried. “I applaud the accuser’s bravery in coming forward against a political figure as powerful as Christian Ziegler, and I trust that the Sarasota Police Department will conduct a thorough investigation into these allegations of criminal behavior. “Christian …

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Details Emerge In FBI Probe Into New York City Mayor

The New York Times reports: Federal authorities are investigating whether Mayor Eric Adams, weeks before his election two years ago, pressured New York Fire Department officials to sign off on the Turkish government’s new high-rise consulate in Manhattan despite safety concerns with the building, three people with knowledge of the matter said. After winning the Democratic mayoral primary in July, …

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FBI Seizes Phones Of New York City Mayor Eric Adams

The New York Times reports: F.B.I. agents seized Mayor Eric Adams’s electronic devices early this week in what appeared to be a dramatic escalation of a federal corruption investigation into whether his 2021 campaign conspired with the Turkish government and others to funnel money into its coffers, two people with knowledge of the matter said. The agents approached the mayor …

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Portuguese PM’s Home Raided In Corruption Probe

Politico Europe reports: Portuguese police raided Prime Minister António Costa’s official residence and detained his chief of staff, Vítor Escária, as part of a corruption investigation, Portugal’s attorney general said Tuesday. The probe is linked to lithium exploration schemes in the north of the country and a green hydrogen mega-project in Sines. Police searches of the prime minister’s residence and …

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MD Church To Close After Priest’s Secret Sex Payoff

The Associated Press reports: The Archdiocese of Baltimore will close one of the city’s Catholic churches after its longtime pastor was recently suspended from ministry because he admitted to making a payment several years ago to settle sexual harassment allegations. Last month, Father Paschal Morlino was dismissed from his position at St. Benedict Church in southwest Baltimore, where he served …

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Top Evangelical Steps Down Over “Sexual Immorality”

The Christian Post reports: International House of Prayer Kansas City founder Mike Bickle has agreed to step away from public ministry as he is investigated for “serious allegations including sexual immorality” that have been made against him by multiple women. Leaders of the charismatic Evangelical Christian movement and missions organization based in Kansas City, Missouri, made the revelations of the …

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Prominent Evangelical “Credibly Accused” Of Sex Abuse

The Kansas City Star reports: The founder of the International House of Prayer of Kansas City, a 24/7 evangelical and missions organization, is facing serious allegations of misconduct, members of its leadership team told staff at a special meeting on Friday. Mike Bickle has led the organization since its founding in 1999. The leadership team did not provide details of …

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