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ANTON TONY LAZZARO

GOP donor Anton Lazzaro sentenced to 21 years for sex trafficking minors in Minnesota

August 9, 2023

KVRR Staff,

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A formerly well-connected GOP donor convicted of giving teenage girls gifts, alcohol and money in exchange for sex was sentenced Wednesday to 21 years in prison on sex trafficking charges. Anton “Tony” Lazzaro was found guilty in March by a federal jury of seven counts involving “commercial sex acts” with five girls ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when…

Minnesota GOP Chair Ignores Calls To Resign After Friend & Donor is Arrested

August 15, 2021

TJ Nelson,

Courtesy: MNGOPEDINA, Minn. — Minnesota GOP Chair Jennifer Carnahan is fighting back as several Minnesota lawmakers call on her to step down after a close friend and donor was indicted and arrested on underage sex trafficking charges. Carnahan released a statement saying that she does not plan to resign and wrote that it is “disappointing that leaders in our party…