FITS News reports:
Federal agents conducting an ongoing investigation involving a sitting member of the South Carolina General Assembly are probing allegations related to “child exploitation” – specifically allegations tied to child sex abuse materials (or “CSAM”), more commonly known as child pornography.
These allegations – confirmed by multiple sources familiar with the status of the investigation – served as the basis for a search warrant executed yesterday at the home of second-term S.C. state representative RJ May III of West Columbia, S.C.
Agents of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) special investigations unit (HSI) – with support from the S.C. State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) – executed a search warrant on May’s home early Monday morning (August 5, 2024).
Read the full article. May appeared here in 2022 when lawmakers approved his ban on trans youth playing sports.
Wow. This guy is the poster child of the @SCFreedomCaucus and has been on the front lines of banning books in our schools.https://t.co/b4YCeUQ3Sf
— Bill Kimler for SC State House 13 🇺🇸 (@KimlerForSC) August 6, 2024
RJ May and John R McCravy III arguing Convention of States in the South Carolina House of Representatives. pic.twitter.com/GBt7jnAyYS
— Thomas D Murphy For US Senate , SC (R) (@tommurphy8485) February 29, 2024
South Carolina Representative, RJ May, the former vice chair of the South Carolina Freedom Caucus, is currently the subject of a federal investigation for possessing images of children being sexually abused. pic.twitter.com/EKDIn7x52U
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) August 6, 2024
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— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) August 6, 2024
Federal agents conducting an ongoing investigation involving a sitting member of the South Carolina General Assembly are probing allegations related to “child exploitation” – specifically allegations tied to child sex abuse materials (or “CSAM”)https://t.co/Nab1Acot87 pic.twitter.com/rydfIwQN61
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) August 6, 2024