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Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
By OdeToJoy
24 Jun 2024 5:45 pm in No Holds Barred Political Forum
24 Jun 2024 5:45 pm
Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-north ... 54599.html
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, signed the plea agreement last week. It was filed Monday. He agreed to plead guilty to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Prosecutors will recommend the low end of the sentencing guideline range and move to dismiss Holmberg's other charge, receipt and attempted receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to the plea agreement. He would have to register as a sex offender under the plea deal.The maximum penalties are 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervised release, according to the document. Prosecutors will likely recommend a prison sentence of roughly three to four years, Holmberg attorney Mark Friese said. The court will schedule a plea hearing and order a presentence investigation report, he said. Sentencing is likely to happen sometime this fall, he said.
Prosecutors alleged Holmberg repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic with intent to pay for sex with a minor from around June 2011 to November 2016. The indictment against Holmberg was unsealed in October 2023.
Holmberg served in the Legislature from 1976 until mid-2022. He first announced his intent not to seek reelection, but he resigned following reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead that he exchanged dozens of text messages with a man in jail for child sexual abuse material.
Records obtained by The Associated Press showed that Holmberg took dozens of trips throughout the U.S. and to other countries since 1999. Destinations included cities in more than 30 states as well as Canada, Puerto Rico and Norway.
Earlier this year, the North Dakota School Boards Association returned about $142,000 to the state and ended its role in the Global Bridges teacher exchange program months after releasing travel records following Holmberg's indictment that showed he traveled to Prague and other European cities in 2011, 2018 and 2019, utilizing state funds. It's unclear whether the misconduct alleged by authorities occurred during any of those trips.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-north ... 54599.html
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, signed the plea agreement last week. It was filed Monday. He agreed to plead guilty to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Prosecutors will recommend the low end of the sentencing guideline range and move to dismiss Holmberg's other charge, receipt and attempted receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to the plea agreement. He would have to register as a sex offender under the plea deal.The maximum penalties are 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervised release, according to the document. Prosecutors will likely recommend a prison sentence of roughly three to four years, Holmberg attorney Mark Friese said. The court will schedule a plea hearing and order a presentence investigation report, he said. Sentencing is likely to happen sometime this fall, he said.
Prosecutors alleged Holmberg repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic with intent to pay for sex with a minor from around June 2011 to November 2016. The indictment against Holmberg was unsealed in October 2023.
Holmberg served in the Legislature from 1976 until mid-2022. He first announced his intent not to seek reelection, but he resigned following reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead that he exchanged dozens of text messages with a man in jail for child sexual abuse material.
Records obtained by The Associated Press showed that Holmberg took dozens of trips throughout the U.S. and to other countries since 1999. Destinations included cities in more than 30 states as well as Canada, Puerto Rico and Norway.
Earlier this year, the North Dakota School Boards Association returned about $142,000 to the state and ended its role in the Global Bridges teacher exchange program months after releasing travel records following Holmberg's indictment that showed he traveled to Prague and other European cities in 2011, 2018 and 2019, utilizing state funds. It's unclear whether the misconduct alleged by authorities occurred during any of those trips.
24 Jun 2024 6:02 pm
OdeToJoy » 24 Jun 2024, 5:45 pm » wrote: ↑ Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-north ... 54599.html
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, signed the plea agreement last week. It was filed Monday. He agreed to plead guilty to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Prosecutors will recommend the low end of the sentencing guideline range and move to dismiss Holmberg's other charge, receipt and attempted receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to the plea agreement. He would have to register as a sex offender under the plea deal.The maximum penalties are 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervised release, according to the document. Prosecutors will likely recommend a prison sentence of roughly three to four years, Holmberg attorney Mark Friese said. The court will schedule a plea hearing and order a presentence investigation report, he said. Sentencing is likely to happen sometime this fall, he said.
Prosecutors alleged Holmberg repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic with intent to pay for sex with a minor from around June 2011 to November 2016. The indictment against Holmberg was unsealed in October 2023.
Holmberg served in the Legislature from 1976 until mid-2022. He first announced his intent not to seek reelection, but he resigned following reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead that he exchanged dozens of text messages with a man in jail for child sexual abuse material.
Records obtained by The Associated Press showed that Holmberg took dozens of trips throughout the U.S. and to other countries since 1999. Destinations included cities in more than 30 states as well as Canada, Puerto Rico and Norway.
Earlier this year, the North Dakota School Boards Association returned about $142,000 to the state and ended its role in the Global Bridges teacher exchange program months after releasing travel records following Holmberg's indictment that showed he traveled to Prague and other European cities in 2011, 2018 and 2019, utilizing state funds. It's unclear whether the misconduct alleged by authorities occurred during any of those trips.
And the hypocrisy continues, You do realize that there have been plenty of Dimocrats that have done some sick and perverted things also, right? I don't expect you to acknowledge that.
Hypocrites will be hypocrites.
Blackvegatble's hypcorisy summed up in one post:
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Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑7 minutes ago
Very simple questions...
From which you are running...
Blackvegetable » 7 minutes ago » wrote: ↑7 minutes ago
Very simple questions...
From which you are running...
24 Jun 2024 6:28 pm
Why would anyone take the word of a Level 0.27 loser for that?Vegas » 24 Jun 2024, 6:02 pm » wrote: ↑ And the hypocrisy continues, You do realize that there have been plenty of Dimocrats that have done some sick and perverted things also, right? I don't expect you to acknowledge that.
Hypocrites will be hypocrites.
Can you prove you're not a moron?
24 Jun 2024 6:44 pm
Great story...OdeToJoy » 24 Jun 2024, 5:45 pm » wrote: ↑ Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-north ... 54599.html
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota lawmaker who was one of the most powerful members of the Legislature has signed a plea agreement with federal prosecutors on a charge that he traveled to Europe with the intent of paying for sex with a minor.
Former Republican state Sen. Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, signed the plea agreement last week. It was filed Monday. He agreed to plead guilty to travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Prosecutors will recommend the low end of the sentencing guideline range and move to dismiss Holmberg's other charge, receipt and attempted receipt of child sexual abuse material, according to the plea agreement. He would have to register as a sex offender under the plea deal.The maximum penalties are 30 years in prison, a $250,000 fine and lifetime supervised release, according to the document. Prosecutors will likely recommend a prison sentence of roughly three to four years, Holmberg attorney Mark Friese said. The court will schedule a plea hearing and order a presentence investigation report, he said. Sentencing is likely to happen sometime this fall, he said.
Prosecutors alleged Holmberg repeatedly traveled to Prague in the Czech Republic with intent to pay for sex with a minor from around June 2011 to November 2016. The indictment against Holmberg was unsealed in October 2023.
Holmberg served in the Legislature from 1976 until mid-2022. He first announced his intent not to seek reelection, but he resigned following reporting from The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead that he exchanged dozens of text messages with a man in jail for child sexual abuse material.
Records obtained by The Associated Press showed that Holmberg took dozens of trips throughout the U.S. and to other countries since 1999. Destinations included cities in more than 30 states as well as Canada, Puerto Rico and Norway.
Earlier this year, the North Dakota School Boards Association returned about $142,000 to the state and ended its role in the Global Bridges teacher exchange program months after releasing travel records following Holmberg's indictment that showed he traveled to Prague and other European cities in 2011, 2018 and 2019, utilizing state funds. It's unclear whether the misconduct alleged by authorities occurred during any of those trips.
Did you know....
We had a Democrat in Massachusetts that admitted having sex with teenage boys
Reelected 6 times
24 Jun 2024 7:01 pm
Aren't you preparing to cast a 3rd vote for a rapist felon?BooRadley » 24 Jun 2024, 6:44 pm » wrote: ↑ Great story...
Did you know....
We had a Democrat in Massachusetts that admitted having sex with teenage boys
Reelected 6 times
24 Jun 2024 8:06 pm
24 Jun 2024 8:47 pm
This stupid son of a bitch thinks Trump is a convicted rapist.Blackvegetable » 24 Jun 2024, 7:01 pm » wrote: ↑ Aren't you preparing to cast a 3rd vote for a rapist felon?
25 Jun 2024 5:16 am
You parse that, Toady...golfboy » 24 Jun 2024, 8:47 pm » wrote: ↑ This stupid son of a bitch thinks Trump is a convicted rapist.
25 Jun 2024 5:18 am
Imagine ...Blackvegetable » 24 Jun 2024, 7:01 pm » wrote: ↑ Aren't you preparing to cast a 3rd vote for a rapist felon?
Admitting you're having sex with teenage boys and you get reelected 6 times
Democrat values
25 Jun 2024 5:34 am
Imagine telling the world you presume to grab women by the ******, and having the Pious declare you a messiah.BooRadley » 25 Jun 2024, 5:18 am » wrote: ↑ Imagine ...
Admitting you're haivng sex with teenage boys and you get reelected 6 times
Democrat values
25 Jun 2024 6:55 am
Not guilty on rape, boi...Blackvegetable » 25 Jun 2024, 5:34 am » wrote: ↑ Imagine telling the world you presume to grab women by the ******, and having the Pious declare you a messiah.
tell us how he "told the world"...GO!
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
25 Jun 2024 6:56 am
Where do they find them this **** stupid?ROG62 » 25 Jun 2024, 6:55 am » wrote: ↑ Not guilty on rape, boi...
tell us how he "told the world"...GO!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tr ... ywood_tape
25 Jun 2024 7:01 am
wow, 1.1 million viewers...I'm sure everyone in Nepal was talking about it...Blackvegetable » 25 Jun 2024, 6:56 am » wrote: ↑ Where do they find them this **** stupid?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Tr ... ywood_tape
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
25 Jun 2024 7:11 am
Imagine....Blackvegetable » 25 Jun 2024, 5:34 am » wrote: ↑ Imagine telling the world you presume to grab women by the ******, and having the Pious declare you a messiah.
Admitting you're a US Congressman close to 40 years old and you're having sex with teenage boys
And getting reelected 6 times
25 Jun 2024 7:15 am
Put a collar on him and you'd insist he was the victimBooRadley » 25 Jun 2024, 7:11 am » wrote: ↑ Imagine....
Admitting you're a US Congressman close to 40 years old and you're having sex with teenage boys
And getting reelected 6 times
Talk to one of his voters.
I'm talking to one of the raping Grifter's now...
25 Jun 2024 7:19 am
Rog,ROG62 » 25 Jun 2024, 7:01 am » wrote: ↑ wow, 1.1 million viewers...I'm sure everyone in Nepal was talking about it...
Meet yet another person "smarter" than you...
25 Jun 2024 9:04 am
C'mon RN, tell us how Nepal was all a buzz...GO!
JuCo 5 percenter...72
“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime” ~ LAVRENTIY BERIA
"Try to get past your passionate ignorance and learn to accept what actually happened." ~ brown's unheeded words of wisdom
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Libruls are often fascists on vacation..."
25 Jun 2024 9:06 am
Do you understand why Hope had to testify before Merchan?
25 Jun 2024 9:20 am
Notice he is charged in a red state, where that activity is still prosecuted.OdeToJoy » 24 Jun 2024, 5:45 pm » wrote: ↑ Former North Dakota lawmaker to plead guilty to traveling to pay for sex with minor
Had he come to your area, he'd have been fine to mess with other people's kids. Because that is what you vote for and support.
He could even have put on strip shows for them and regaled them with information about sucking dicks and such - could have showed them how to fellate a banana, other such "harmless entertainment" and sexual interference with children.
That's you. That's the world you support. Your only reason for posting this information is to **** with the people who are AGAINST this sort of behavior, to nanny-nanny-boo-boo them about kids getting molested, which you support with your votes and your **** advocacy.
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
25 Jun 2024 9:22 am
The hypocrisy is not her glee in finding the rare republican doing democrat things.Vegas » 24 Jun 2024, 6:02 pm » wrote: ↑ And the hypocrisy continues, You do realize that there have been plenty of Dimocrats that have done some sick and perverted things also, right? I don't expect you to acknowledge that.
Hypocrites will be hypocrites.
The hypocrisy is in her pretending that she disagrees with sexing up kids.
She VOTES FOR IT. She is IN ON IT.
When you complain, ur friends roll their eyes and ur enemies rejoice
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
"Because I SAY I am" is a todler's tantrum, not "science"
You cannot betray me - only yourself, to me.
Who cuts off your dick is not a friend
An opinion you won't defend is not your own
Humanity's Law of the Jungle: Survival NOT of the fittest, but of the tribe
When peeing in the pool, stand on the edge
If gender is not sex, why should a gender claim change what sex you shower with?
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