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tulipsandroses

(5,092 posts)
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 09:38 PM Jan 2020

Hyde gives 56K to Trump & Republicans but owes child support to his 13 yr old son

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Conn. candidate who deleted sexist tweet about Kamala Harris owes child support but gives big to Trump and GOP

HARTFORD, Conn. — Robert F. Hyde, the Republican candidate for Congress whose sexually suggestive tweet about Kamala Harris drew widespread condemnation from leaders of both political parties, owes the mother of his 13-year-old son more than $2,000 in child support, according to court records, even as he has continued to make donations to President Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee.

Morin said she was struck by the difference between Hyde’s public persona as a political figure and his abdication of personal responsibility regarding his teenage son.
“He can’t even afford $100 a week in child support but he’s golfing with Trump,” Morin said. She produced a photo from Hyde’s Facebook page showing him beaming as he stood next to Eric Trump at Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey. The same photo was posted to Hyde’s campaign Instagram page.

The court case between Morin and Hyde has been going on for years, she said. “We’re going back and forth and he’s stating he’s unemployed and can’t afford child support,” she said.
Hyde broke off their relationship in 2006, after he learned Morin was pregnant, she said. Since then Hyde has had sporadic contact with his son, and “there have been years during which there was no contact at all,” according to an April 2018 ruling issued by Judge Kari A. Dooley.

Morin, who drives a school bus for a living and earns less than $400 per week, sought additional child support and the court agreed, ordering Hyde to pay $300 per week as of Jan. 1, 2018. Hyde was also ordered to pay $4,000 in Morin’s attorney fees. The court rejected Hyde’s request for custody, granting him visitation rights only at the discretion of Morin.
In the court filings, Hyde said he could not afford to pay the court-ordered $300 a week in child support.
On Nov. 4, the family support magistrate in Torrington issued a temporary order for Hyde allowing him to pay $94 per week in child support, as well as weekly assessment of $14 to make up the $2,500 he owes Morin. The case was continued until Jan. 13.

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Hyde gives 56K to Trump & Republicans but owes child support to his 13 yr old son (Original Post) tulipsandroses Jan 2020 OP
What a scumbag! Liberalhammer Jan 2020 #1
Judge Judy might call him "a prince" or some other choice epithets. nt spooky3 Jan 2020 #4
He should do very well... Mike Nelson Jan 2020 #2
he owes child support? Takket Jan 2020 #3
So where did the money come from that he donated Grammy23 Jan 2020 #5
He owns a landscaping company in Simsbury CT dalton99a Jan 2020 #6
He owned it. People don't like deadbeat parents. nt Blue_true Jan 2020 #12
Those were my thoughts as well. Is this Russian money? Hmm? He can't find $100 for his tulipsandroses Jan 2020 #7
Exactly this Johnny2X2X Jan 2020 #8
Absolutely! Up for the worst person in the world award. Grammy23 Jan 2020 #9
Good question - His LinkedIn profile: dalton99a Jan 2020 #11
"government and public relations and social media" - ie he's a lobbyist muriel_volestrangler Jan 2020 #13
He is a an absolute pig. Literally and figuratively. smirkymonkey Jan 2020 #10
Mr. Hyde is such a gem meow2u3 Jan 2020 #14
So what happened on Jan. 13th? llmart Jan 2020 #15

Takket

(21,425 posts)
3. he owes child support?
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 09:44 PM
Jan 2020

We have a reason to haul his ass in.

Arrest him and start asking questions about Ukraine

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
5. So where did the money come from that he donated
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 09:46 PM
Jan 2020

to tRump and Republicans? Shouldn’t that have been a known fact....that he had money squirreled away? How did he make such a donation and then claim he couldn’t pay his child support. What a scumbag. Spread this information far and wide so he is a recognized Deadbeat dad.

tulipsandroses

(5,092 posts)
7. Those were my thoughts as well. Is this Russian money? Hmm? He can't find $100 for his
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 09:55 PM
Jan 2020

kid but he's got $56,000 for the Republican Party? Either way, whether he was getting funded by some nefarious source or he was hiding money, he's a dead beat and a poor excuse for a father. His kid deserves better.

Grammy23

(5,808 posts)
9. Absolutely! Up for the worst person in the world award.
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 09:57 PM
Jan 2020

Nods to Keith Olbermann. Where did he get the money? Inquiring minds want to know.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,154 posts)
13. "government and public relations and social media" - ie he's a lobbyist
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 10:04 AM
Jan 2020

And that's why his surveillance of a serving American ambassador, telling Lev Parnas something could be done to her for a price in Ukraine, followed by his meeting with Trump, and Trump calling the Ukrainian president that very day, are important.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
10. He is a an absolute pig. Literally and figuratively.
Tue Jan 14, 2020, 10:03 PM
Jan 2020
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No wonder he loves Trump. He is exactly like him.

meow2u3

(24,745 posts)
14. Mr. Hyde is such a gem
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 10:07 AM
Jan 2020


He can pay 56K to Nectarine Nero, but he can't pay 2 grand for child support for his own flesh and blood? What a set of priorities!

llmart

(15,501 posts)
15. So what happened on Jan. 13th?
Wed Jan 15, 2020, 10:33 AM
Jan 2020

Since Hyde is a public figure running for a public office, you'd think the judge would know and have access to the fact that he donated that much money to trump. Why wouldn't the judge throw the book at him? I know lesser individuals who don't pay back child support who get their licenses suspended and assets seized.

Maybe the judge is "sympathetic" to Hyde's causes???

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