Did Republican Heather Wilson (R-NM) Protect A Child Molester?

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Congresswoman on page board buried file on husband's child abuse allegation

Brian Beutler

Published: Thursday October 19, 2006

A file allegedly suppressed by Congresswoman Heather Wilson (R-NM) has been obtained by RAW STORY. In 1995, just three days into her tenure as Secretary of the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, Wilson removed a routine working file alleging that her husband had engaged in inappropriate contact with a minor. The file was then transferred to the department's attorney in her own Albuquerque office, where it soon went missing.

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More than ten years later, RAW STORY has uncovered and confirmed the authenticity of the police incident report believed to be contained in the missing dossier. Filed as a case of child abuse in 1993, it contends that Wilson's husband Jay Hone, an Albuquerque attorney, touched a then-16 year old boy "in a manner that was not welcome."

Charges were never filed against her husband, but Wilson's handling of the affair drew the ire of Bob Schwartz who at the time served as district attorney in Bernalillo County. He described Wilson's actions to the news team as "absolutely inappropriate," citing her "obvious conflict of interest." He also admonished Wilson for not following official procedure for the removal of official documents. "If this file is behind Secretary Wilson's desk," Schwartz said, "then she shouldn't be behind this desk anymore. She should resign."

Wilson originally denied to the news team that she had removed the file. Footage from that investigation was available on the internet site YouTube as recently as several days ago, but has since been removed by the site over concerns regarding copyright infringment. In that video, also uncovered by RAW STORY, Wilson flatly denies ordering the removal of the document. The Congresswoman ultimately admitted to doing so in a press conference just days later.

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http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Congresswoman_on_page_board_buried_file_1019.html

The police report is shown at the link. WHILE THERE IS NO ALLEGATION OF ACTUAL SEX, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TEENAGER INVOLVED WAS 100% UNPROTECTED. HE LIVED IN A GROUP HOME. That is the sort of victim such predators will often pick. And what in the HELL was this Jay Hone guy doing asking a teenage boy to come to his house for a movie and pizza? Sorry, but that's rather too obvious, to me. FYI, any kid in foster care is guaranteed to be considered easy game by predators within the system.

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1. more than likely she was protecting herself

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2. Of course! But it was her husband who allegedly tried to seduce the child.

Family values galore, these repukes have!:rofl:

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3. Ever heard this piece of work speak..

... she is one of the most quivering-voice sanctimonious douchebags you will ever hear.

No surprise that she's just another Republican hypocrite.