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Representative Eric Swalwell and his staff were silent when asked if the Congressman planned to comment on his endorsement of the first transgender-identifying woman to hold state office who was arrested in June for distributing child pornography. 39-year-old Stacie Laughton, who formerly went by his male name Bruce, was the first state transgender-identifying representative in the state of New Hampshire. Laughton was arrested and charged in June for soliciting pornographic images of children from his partner who was a daycare worker at the time. The former representative is facing one count of sexual exploitation of minors and aiding and abetting...

The first openly trans lawmaker in the US — who was hailed as a trail-blazer — has admitted to sickening child sex charges involving young kids in a daycare. Former Democratic New Hampshire state Rep. Stacie-Marie Laughton, 41, a biological male who identifies as female, pleaded guilty to charges including sexual exploitation of children last week in a Boston federal court, WMUR reported. Laughton now faces up to 30 years in federal prison. Four pictures of children believed to be 3 to 5 years old were sent to Laughton by former partner, Lindsay Groves, who took the horrific images in...