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The Republican Standard
- November 20, 2024
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President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has reportedly been drafting a list of alternative nominees for defense secretary in case Trump rethinks his choice of, Fox & Friends Weekend co-host Pete Hegseth. According to Vanity Fair, which spoke to two unnamed Republican sources “close to Trump,” the president-elect’s transition team has been “quietly preparing a list of alternative defense secretary candidates should […]

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The Republican Standard
- November 16, 2024
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A Secret Service agent has been dismissed from duty after being implicated in a breach of protocol at the Obama family’s Hawaii estate. The agent, identified only by the pseudonym “Dale,” was reportedly terminated following an investigation into inappropriate conduct and multiple violations of agency rules. The scandal came to light when “Dale’s” ex-girlfriend, Koryeah […]

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The Republican Standard
- April 28, 2024
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The former director of a Virginia hospital that treats children and young adults has been acquitted following a high-profile trial. Dr. Daniel Davidow was indicted in November 2022 for allegedly subjecting two patients to sexual abuse. Several lawsuits were filed against Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents in New Kent County by more than three […]

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The Republican Standard
- April 19, 2022
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The fallout from the botched handling (to put it mildly) of a sexual assault case that rocked Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) could lead to criminal charges for certain officials who now find themselves under the scrutiny of a grand jury. The revelation that the district quietly transferred the student from Stone Bridge High School […]

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The Republican Standard
- April 18, 2022
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Jonathan George Skocik, a staff member at John Jenkins Elementary School in Woodbridge was arrested Friday after an investigation by police and Child Protective Services found him to be suspected of sexually assaulting several children at the school. According to a report from Fox News, Skocik was removed last month during the investigation, where it was […]

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- April 6, 2022
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A concerned father faces four misdemeanor charges thanks to an obscure law and a commonwealth’s attorney’s apparent decision to look the other way even though the defendant is a black man facing particularly dubious charges. Harry Jackson’s alleged crime? Tweeting that Jorge Torrico, a liberal activist, exhibited grooming behavior while interacting with Thomas Jefferson High […]

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The Republican Standard
- March 24, 2022
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School officials in Alexandria’s public school system said they followed procedure, including not informing parents, following the discovery of a violent sexual assault that occurred at the Minnie Howard campus, a satellite of Alexandria City High School that serves ninth-graders. According to FOIA documents obtained by Independent Women’s Forum (IWF), the police arrested a 14-year-old […]

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- January 22, 2022
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The chief of staff for the Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) finds himself out of a job tonight. Local outlets have confirmed that LCPS Chief of Staff Mark Smith lost his job. Smith is the district’s sole casualty from the fallout over its handling of multiple sexual assaults. The Daily Wire reports: A school board […]

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- January 15, 2022
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In one of his final acts as governor, Ralph Northam pardoned former state Sen. Joe Morrissey (D-Richmond). Morrissey, 64, was arrested in 2014 after authorities learned that he started a sexual relationship with his 17-year-old secretary. The Democrat pleaded guilty to one count of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. After a three month […]

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- January 15, 2022
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The Loudoun County School Board has decided to withhold the results of its investigation into the handling of two sexual assaults cases. While the school board laid out a series of measures to prevent future assaults on Friday, it decided that releasing its findings would violate the privacy of the victims and be illegal. As […]