A Democrat running for Maricopa County District Attorney previously defended a man accused of sexually assaulting a mentally disabled child, suggesting the 12-year-old girl made up the story to get attention, and Soros We were able to gain support from advocacy groups supported by . .
In 2009, Tamika Wooten became the criminal defense attorney for Jacob Payne, who was accused of repeated child sexual assault, according to court records. Before becoming Wooten’s attorney, Mr. Payne admitted that he was an accomplice in the 2004 murder of a 19-year-old girl and was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty to kidnapping. . Mr Wooten, who represented Mr Payne in 2009, tried to discredit a girl who had accused him of assaulting a recently released inmate, saying: “Children with learning disabilities fabricate stories to get attention.” “I will.”
Who is Wooten? running A platform to reduce the number of offenders in prison by prioritizing “alternatives to incarceration.” safe Support Our Vote Our Voice Arizona on September 20th. Soros Family 2023 Open Society Action Fund gave The donation to the group is just over $1 million, a huge amount for an organization that has averaged about $2.5 million in annual revenue since 2020. According to on tax documents. (Stream The Daily Caller’s documentary “Lawless” here)
The girl who accused Payne of sexual assault said he repeatedly groped her and forced her to have sex, according to court filings. After one such assault, hospital staff found blood on her underwear, according to police accounts. According to police testimony, she was not on her period at the time.
Three of the girl’s siblings told the officers who arrested Payne that they saw their sister come out of the room while Payne was buttoning his pants, according to court filings. . The girl’s brother called her mother and told her that her sister had been sexually abused. When questioned by the girl’s mother on the phone, Payne hung up and attempted to flee the apartment.
Wooten, who moved to prevent prosecutors from calling Payne a “predator” or “pedophile,” urged the girl’s family to charge Payne with assault because of their “disgust” toward him. He claimed in court documents that he may have “set him up.” show. Wooten also said the girl’s inability to remember specific details about the assault was evidence that she was fabricating the story.
The girl had previously made false sexual assault allegations against her father, which is why her mother initially dismissed the allegations against Payne. Her siblings corroborated her daughter’s claims, and her mother took her seriously.
The jury ultimately found Payne not guilty.
George Soros, founder of the Open Society Foundations, attends the 2016 Concordia Summit. (Photo by Brian Bedder/Getty Images for Concordia Summit)
Payne was previously charged with child sexual abuse in 2013, this time for sexually abusing a 6-year-old girl, according to court records. Prosecutors ultimately dropped the charges “in the interest of justice,” but explicitly noted that the decision was not made because there was insufficient evidence. He pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in 2020 and was later convicted in 2023 of disseminating nude images taken without the woman’s consent.
The Soros family has undertaken extensive efforts to reform America’s criminal justice system away from incarceration and toward rehabilitation, spending tens of millions of dollars on criminal justice nonprofits and the selection of left-wing prosecutors. In many large cities where the Soros network worked to install prosecutors aligned with their views, crime increased significantly.
Many of the donors who support Vice President Kamala Harris also supported Soros’ efforts to elect liberal prosecutors.
Wooten has promised to fight mandatory sentencing laws and is running to unseat Republican Rachel Mitchell, who has focused on cracking down on organized crime and fentanyl, for the Washington State Review Board seat. reported.
Our Voice Our Vote Arizona and Wooten did not immediately respond to Daily Caller News Foundation requests for comment.
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