I wonder if Drafter voted for him?

A former Oklahoma state senator who served as the county campaign coordinator for President Trump’s 2016 campaign has agreed to plead guilty to a child sex trafficking charge.

Republican Ralph Shortey resigned in March, days after he was charged with soliciting sex from a 17-year-old boy.

Shortey is slated to plead guilty on Nov. 30, two weeks ahead of his planned trial. Prosecutors will drop three counts of child pornography against Shortey as part of the plea deal.

“Mr. Shortey feels this is a necessary step in putting this painful and humiliating ordeal behind him, for both himself, his family and for the state of Oklahoma,” Shortey’s attorney Ed Blau said on Friday.

Newsweek reports that Shortey could still face life in prison, the maximum sentence for child sex trafficking. The former senator, who is married with four children, is due to be sentenced in early 2018.

Shortey surrendered to police on March 9 after being charged with engaging in child prostitution, transporting a minor for prostitution and engaging in prostitution within 1,000 feet of a church.

The charges were filed after police found Shortey and the 17-year-old boy at a Super 8 Hotel in Moore, Oklahoma.

Shortey was later indicted in federal court on two counts of child pornography, production of child pornography and child sex trafficking.

Investigators also found messages between Shortey and the teen, in which Shortey allegedly offered to pay the boy in exchange for “sexual stuff.”

Shortey, a two-term former Oklahoma state senator, was first elected in 2010 on a “family values” conservative platform. He was an early supporter of Trump and in the fall of 2015 was named part of the campaign’s leadership team in Oklahoma.

Never heard of him... He should prolly just hang himself... 😟

I'll say what ive said before. hes just a state senator. small spuds.

Makes me sad for his kids tho.. they're prolly getting beat up at school and stuff... 😟

Usually white, both genders and all parties. They always say “wanting to put this behind them”. Delusional if he thinks this way.

I heard the Reverend Grahams would still vote for his type over ANY Dem/Lib.

if true, (didn't snopes, ha!) soon he'll be Sen. Shorteyes

what about the 17 year old boy...nobody ever thinks about the 17 year old boy...unless he can play some ball...


can prolly do all kinds of puns with this guy's unfortunate, not suited for politics name...

Sounds like the 17 year old was selling himself.. or just setting him up.. 😟

Lots of gay prostitution going on within family values Oklahoma politicians from what I hear.

It’s easy to be antiabortion when you are secretly in to dudes.

https://www.vox.com/2017/11/18/16673284/goodman-ohio-lawmaker-resigns-gay-sex-scandal 

but the adult is supposed to say "no"

Hang'em both.. 😟

Because of the gay part?

It's hard for me to sympathize with a 17 yr old.. he was an adult.. just not on paper...

And he was gay and stuff

He made a very bad decision...

I'm sure when you were 17 you were smarter than that... I hope anyways... 😟

And no, I don't really want him dead.. but he committed a crime... 😟

married. 4 childrens.
what if 17 year old girl?

Shorteyes ain't the victim...but even if no crime happened, if it happened as reported, he's still the one to disparage, not the teenager.

No doubt.. he knew the punishment and did it anyway... . Just saying the 17 yr old most likely knew what he was doing too...