Longtime GOP operative nabbed for soliciting prostitute
07/25/2008 @ 5:15 pm
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( Ten, why were you in St. Paul, Minn.? )
A St. Paul, Minn., police sting operation targeting prostitutes and their customers has resulted in the arrest of a "longtime Republican operative," according to sources.
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The Star Tribune reports that Peter Hong was arrested Wednesday for soliciting a prostitute during a two-day sting which netted thirty-five other arrests, per a police spokesperson.
"Hong has been in and out of the Republican side of Minnesota politics since the mid-1990s," write Anthony Lonetree and Patricia Lopez for the Star Tribune, "when he surfaced as a genial bulldog campaign press secretary for former Sen. Rod Grams, R-Minn.
"He served as a spokesman for Gov. Tim Pawlenty's campaign in 2002 and for the Bush-Cheney campaign in Minnesota in 2004," the report continues. "Most recently, Hong was a point person for presidential candidate Mike Huckabee," though the paper notes that according to a spokesperson for the Minnesota GOP, he is not currently working for any state candidate.
Hong had no comment when reached by phone, the paper says. Pioneer Press reports that Hong is now self-employed and "'Always Searching for the Next Big Thing!' according to his profile on the business-networking Web site LinkedIn." |
