MTG slams Trump admin for allowing Israel official to leave country after Las Vegas arrest for child sex sting
Tom Artiom Alexandrovich, 38 was one of eight people charged last week following an undercover operation 'targeting child sex predators,' the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police said in a statement issued last week.
Alexandrovich faces a felony charge of luring or attempting to lure a child or mentally ill person to commit a sex act 'with use of computer technology,' according to Nevada State records.
Israeli media said Alexandrovich, who they described as a senior department head in Israel 's National Cyber Directorate, was released by U.S. authorities and is back in Israel.
On Sunday, the State Department denied any government intervention in Alexandrovich's release, saying a state judge let him go pending a court date.
However, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson has told 8NewsNow Alexandrovich never saw a judge, merely posted bail and waived his right to a court appearance, as is standard under state law.
The next day, MAGA firebrand Greene slammed the State Department in a lengthy post to X that also called on the US to bring in children from Gaza who need life-saving medical treatment.
'We need to be the America that allows war torn children to come here for life saving surgeries and the America that never releases a foreign child sex predator that our great LEO's caught. But in this circumstance those war torn children are from Gaza and this foreign child sex predator is from Israel and works directly for Netanyahu,' she wrote.
She then chided that she would be seen as 'antisemitic' to say that the government should 'drag back' Alexandrovich 'and prosecute this pos to the full extent of the law.'
Greene - who has been accused of using antisemitic rhetoric in the past - then questioned if this was an abuse of America's relationship with Israel.
'When and how did America become so subservient to Israel that we immediately release a CHILD SEX PREDATOR after arrest, with a 100% locked up case with evidence, and let him off to fly back home to Israel??'
'I know God does not discriminate in his love for children. Why would we?'
Alexandrovich was believed to be in the Las Vegas area for Black Hat, one of the cybersecurity industry's most prominent conferences.
According to an 8NewsNow report, Alexandrovich spoke online with a decoy pretending to be a 15-year-old girl on an app called 'Pure,' advertised as 'a place where you can make (and break) your own rules and date, play and misbehave.'
'The sexual contact included bringing a condom and taking the decoy to 'Cirque du Soleil,' police said.
The report that an Israeli official accused of a felony sex crime was allowed to return home drew a storm of speculation online.
Alexandrovich 'did not claim diplomatic immunity and was released by a state judge pending a court date. Any claims that the U.S. government intervened are false,' the State Department said Monday on the social media site X.
The court records show a $10,000 bond was posted at the Henderson Detention Center, southeast of Las Vegas, on August 7. The records indicate he is due back in court on August 27.
The Israeli Embassy in Washington and the Israeli Prime Minister's Office did not immediately return messages.
Israeli media quoted the office as denying that Alexandrovich was arrested, saying only that a 'state employee' was 'questioned by American authorities during his stay' and he had 'returned to Israel as scheduled.'
The Las Vegas police statement credited the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Henderson Police Department, the North Las Vegas Police, and the Department of Homeland Security with organizing the undercover operation.
The Nevada District Attorney's office said that Alexandrovich's case will be dealt with at the county level in a statement.
'Last week, Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was arrested in a Nevada Internet Crimes Against Children joint operation; and he was booked into the Henderson Detention Center. This important multi-agency operation targeted child sex predators who preyed upon the most vulnerable members of our communities.'
'As a result of the operation, the Clark County District Attorney's Office is handling the prosecution.'
However, on Monday, Interim U.S. Attorney for Nevada Sigal Chattah slammed Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson.
'The individual who fled our country should have had his passport seized by the state authorities,' Chattah told 8NewsNow. 'He must be returned immediately to face justice.'
Wolfson defended Alexandrovich's treatment as the standard in Nevada.
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