August 19, 2021

MN GOP to vote on Carnahan ouster

The Chair of the Minnesota Republican party, Jennifer Carnahan, will face a vote of no confidence Thursday following calls for her resignation related to the federal sex trafficking case against her associate Anton Lazzaro. 

Carnahan and Lazzaro previously co-hosted a podcast, and were often seen together socially. Carnahan has categorically denied any knowledge of Lazzaro's illegal activities. 

Court records also show in December – at Lazzaro's downtown Minneapolis condo – the FBI seized his Ferrari, $371,000, 13 cell phones, computers and memory cards. Gisela Castro Medina, a 19-year-old college student from Delano who has been identified as the chair of the University of St. Thomas College Republicans chapter, was also indicted and made her first court appearance on Monday, Aug. 16.

She has taken at least $130k from Lazzaro and her husband USRep Jim Hagedorn has taken at least $31k from Lazzaro. In addition, she faces sexual harrassment charges from staffers, used Trump-style NDAs to hide her bad activity, and endorsed 'My Pillow' Mike Lindell for Minnesota Governor.

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