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Maricopa County Assessor Paul Petersen has been indicted in Arizona, Utah and Arkansas on state and federal charges that he is running an illegal adoption ring. In all, heās facing 62 criminal charges involving dozens of pregnant woman brought in from the Marshall Islands to supply babies to Petersenās clients and millions to his bank account.
āMake no mistake, this case is the purest form of human trafficking,ā the U.S. Attorney for western Arkansas, Duane āDakā Kees, said Wednesday at a press conference in Springdale Ark. where he announced the federal indictments.
But what IS NOT public, until now, is Petersenās curious association with GOP critics of President Trump, including former US Sen. Jeff Flake, late Sen. John McCain, and Sen. Mitt Romney among others. Petersen also campaigned for and is friends with Arizona Gov. Goug Ducey and other politicians, according to records and sources.
Petersenās association with Flake, who recently resigned from the Senate, is perhaps most curious. Petersenās alleged schemes involved securing pregnant women from the Marshall Islands. Flake is somewhat famous for his much-hyped personal trips to the Marshall Islands. Flake has trekked to the Marshall Islands at least four times, including once to film a reality survival show while he was in the Senate.
Petersen and his solo-practitioning law firm charged as much as $40,000 per adoption, placing the newborns with American parents ā in many cases ā against the will of their foreign birth mothers.
But what IS NOT public, until now, is Petersenās curious association with GOP critics of President Trump, including former US Sen. Jeff Flake, late Sen. John McCain, and Sen. Mitt Romney among others. Petersen also campaigned for and is friends with Arizona Gov. Goug Ducey and other politicians, according to records and sources.
Petersenās association with Flake, who recently resigned from the Senate, is perhaps most curious. Petersenās alleged schemes involved securing pregnant women from the Marshall Islands. Flake is somewhat famous for his much-hyped personal trips to the Marshall Islands. Flake has trekked to the Marshall Islands at least four times, including once to film a reality survival show while he was in the Senate.
The paperwork indicates Petersen has been involved in adoptions with Marshallese babies as far back as 2005. Between Nov. 30, 2015, and May 30, 2019, investigators identified 28 women from the Republic of the Marshall Islands who gave birth in the Phoenix area and then placed their babies up for adoption through Petersen
Petersen also is accused of hiring Marshallese women in Arizona, Utah and Arkansas to help the birth mothers in a variety of capacities, including translating for them, caring for them, helping them apply for Medicaid, taking them to and from appointments, and notorizing legal documents.
Arkansas has one the largest concentrations of Marshallese immigrants in the U.S. and the women would then be flown there or back to the Marshall Islands after giving birth, authorities said.
originally posted by: DoubleDNH
originally posted by: CanadianMason
A glaring failure of the mainstream media is their inattention to one of the most stunning and charming first ladies ever to grace the White House, Melania Trump.
That's funny.. I'd post the pictures of our stunning and charming first lady but the porn filters at work would flag them. She's classy alright... lol
originally posted by: EndtheMadnessNow
twitter.com...
Miranda was handpicked by Hillary.
originally posted by: PokeyJoe
a reply to: TomLawless
One mans troll is another mans critic....