Alaska lawmaker's chief of staff arrested on sex trafficking and child exploitation charges

A legislator’s chief of staff was arrested in Juneau on Friday on federal charges of sex trafficking and child exploitation, enticement and coercion and creating child sexual abuse material.

Craig Scott Valdez, 36, was chief of staff to Sutton Republican Sen. George Rauscher since November, and worked in Rauscher’s office since 2021, according to a government staffing website Legistorm.
Valdez has been charged with four felony charges, including sex trafficking, child exploitation and production of child sexual abuse material, or CSAM — formerly referred to as child pornography — coercion and enticement of a minor, and receipt of CSAM.
Valdez also served as the chair of the Anchorage Young Republicans since January 2025, according to the organization’s social media posts.

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Explain it to me...why do so many Republicans exploit children?