The former senior policy advisor to the former president of the United States Barack Obama is accused of sexual crimes against children in the United Kingdom. Rahamim Shy, 46, was arrested on a series of charges, including organizing pedophilia and possessing pornographic images of minors.
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The criminal appeared at Luton Crown Court, in England, last Friday, 20th. The police have not yet released details of the acts, but Shy remains in custody until his next court hearing, scheduled for June.
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Shy worked at the United States Treasury Department between 2008 and 2014. He held a position of extreme trust in the government, to the point of advising the White House on how to combat the financing of terrorism by Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
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Currently, the pedophile worked as an executive at Citi bank. However, a spokesperson for the institution stated that he has already been removed from his position. Shy’s LinkedIn and social media accounts have been deleted.
Obama’s National Security Official also ended up in prison
In November 2023, another former advisor to Barack Obama was arrested in New York, USA. Stuart Seldowitz was a National Security official for that government. He went to jail after insulting a Muslim, calling him a “terrorist”.
Seldowitz told police he offended the Muslim man after the man showed support for him. Hamas.
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“I’m sorry that everything happened,” he told US media. “In the heat of the moment, I said things I probably shouldn’t have said.” Seldowitz also stated that he wouldn’t have brought up the religious aspect if he could do it all over again. And that he is not an “Islamophobe”. “I have defended the equal treatment of Muslims on numerous occasions with different people.”
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