Perry Hooper Jr. is a former Alabama state representative. He was also the co-chair of former disgraced President Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, and he is a current and active member of the Alabama Republican Party’s Executive Committee. He was also arrested by U.S. Marshals on Tuesday, when he was booked and charged with first-degree sex abuse.
According to the scant reports available, 67-year-old Hooper Jr. was arrested based on an incident that took place in the evening of Aug. 16. He was booked at the Montgomery County Detention Facility with bond set at $15,000. The state’s GOP released a statement saying: “The Alabama Republican Party strongly condemns all forms sexual abuse and sexual assault.”
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According to NBC news, the address given for where the incident took place matches the Hampton Inn & Suites Montgomery-Downtown. The Montgomery-Adviser reports that an affidavit released on Wednesday alleged that “Hooper grabbed a woman from behind, thrust against her and attempted to kiss her.” In more graphic detail, the affidavit says: “The suspect grabbed the victim’s breasts and waist while shoving his pelvis against the victim’s backside. He then began kissing her neck before she was able to break free.”
Yuck. This is yet another Trump campaign chair to be charged with sex crimes. In 2017, former Oklahoma state Sen. Ralph Shortey, who was also the chair of Trump’s campaign, was arrested, charged, and convicted and sentenced to a minimum of eight years for child sex trafficking.
Here he is with the Trump family, who will soon to be telling you all they never heard of him.
Here are some photos of Perry Hooper Jr., and some of the fine moral upstanding GOP luminaries of the last few decades.
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