Mar 15, 2016 7:34 PM GMT

http://www.latimes.com/local/politics/la-me-text-charges-20160221-story.html
As a top official in the Los Angeles County Republican Party, Scott Hounsell was quick to tweet sex scandals involving prominent Democrats such as former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner...
...But over the last three years, the one-time head of the GOP in L.A. has been mired in a scandal of his own. Twice, Los Angeles prosecutors have accused Hounsell of sending inappropriate messages online to teenage girls...
...Prosecutors say Hounsell is falsely claiming partisan dirty tricks to distract from his misbehavior... (oh, so the Republican is a liar and sex abuser, excellent!)...
...Hounsell, 33, has a wife and two kids, and lives in Los Angeles. As a nationally ranked speaker while attending Cal State Northridge, he earned an internship with a Republican assemblyman during his senior year...
...Hounsell is free on $40,000 bail...
