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GOP donor faces trial on charges of sex trafficking minors

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MINNEAPOLIS � A formerly well-connected Republican donor, accused of plying teenage girls with cash, liquor and gifts, goes on trial Tuesday on federal charges of sex trafficking minors.

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FILE - This booking photo released by Sherburne County Jail shows Anton Lazzaro. 

Anton “Tony� Lazzaro is charged with seven counts involving “commercial sex acts" with five minors ages 15 and 16 in 2020, when he was 30 years old. His indictment touched off a political firestorm that led to the downfall of Jennifer Carnahan as chair of the Republican Party of Minnesota.





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