A Democrat who has run for governor twice in Maine was arrested on Friday on child pornography charges.
Eliot Cutler was apprehended by Maine State Police after a search warrant was issued on his two homes.
A two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate and major Democrat donor was arrested after searches of his two homes.
Eliot Cutler was arrested for being in possession of child pornography, 4 counts of unlawful sexually explicit material of a minor under 12 https://t.co/5Oq9PtpYA1
— Bart Marcois (@bmarcois) March 29, 2022
Possibly more charges
“Hancock County District Attorney Matthew Foster said there may be additional charges filed against Culter after the authorities finish reviewing the material obtained by the search warrants,” the Daily Caller reported.
“The search warrants covered alleged crimes from December through March and authorities are still reviewing the material, Foster said, according to the outlet,” the report added.
Two-time Maine gubernatorial candidate Eliot Cutler was arrested for alleged possession of child pornography, two days after search warrants were executed on his two homes in the state. https://t.co/LWXcdiFWC9
— ABC News (@ABC) March 26, 2022
Democrat donor
In addition to running for governor, Cutler has been a major donor of other Democrat campaigns.
“He’s given tens of thousands to Democrat campaigns nationwide, including Janet Mills,” Maine GOP tweeted.
Democrat Megadonor Eliot Cutler has been arrested.
He’s given tens of thousands to Democrat campaigns nationwide, including Janet Mills. #mepolitics pic.twitter.com/ZakryxpdoC
— Maine GOP (@mainegop) March 25, 2022
The news has already led, “Three top Maine politicians who received campaign contributions from former two-time gubernatorial hopeful Eliot Cutler said they were donating funds to charity on Monday after Cutler was arrested on child pornography charges,” according to Bangor Daily News.
BREAKING: Janet Mills, Jared Golden and Angus King to give past Eliot Cutler donations to charityhttps://t.co/LcQTjqMFCt
— Bangor Daily News (@bangordailynews) March 28, 2022
The sad events will reveal more in the days ahead and the public only hopes the crimes aren’t worse than what has already been reported.