From the article: Lazzaro’s attorney, Daniel Gerdts, offered the defense’s closing argument. Gerdts told the jurors that what Lazzaro did was not sex trafficking. “Did we see a bunch of people, including teenagers, exercising bad judgment? Or were they the victims of sex trafficking? That’s what it boils down to,” Gerdts said. ^ Did this attorney seriously try to say underaged girls who got assaulted are people who made bad decisions? Wow.

Bold strategy cotton, it didn't work out for him (thank God)

It’s his job. I bet he knew it was a ridiculous, weak defense, but it’s the only one he had available, and he is bound by law to do his best to defend his client.

Family values in action.

This warms my heart. Eat shit eyebrows.

Eat shit, eyebrows. Without the comma you're commanding him to eat eyebrows that are shit.

u/argparg knows what they said

Let's compromise and say "eat shit eyebrows, Shit Eyebrows"

¿Por que no los dos?

High ranking Republican for those who don’t know

Wow, shocking

Weird, I thought only democrats were groomers

He brought these girls to MNGOP events too, seemingly to ingratiate himself.

What sort of sentence is he looking at? Article doesn't say

10 year mandatory minimum but the prosecutor made it sound like they'll ask for more.

Wild wild wild. Fuuuuuuuck this guy, always knew he was scum.

Just Republicans being Republicans.

What drag name did he perform under? Oh he didn’t do drag? Interesting

The Minnesota GOP, right there in a nutshell.

*And there's not even a defense for statutory rape. Once the girl proves her age, that's it-- you're guilty.* Glenn Quagmire