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May will also have to register as a sexual offender for life. And, as a convicted felon, the former campaign consultant will no longer be allowed to vote or hold office.
May resigned in August from the House seat he'd held since 2020. His successor, Lexington County pastor John Lastinger, was sworn in Tuesday, the first day of the legislative session.
This case was "more severe than any other" involving child sexual abuse materials that Currie said she'd seen in more than three decades as a federal judge. The 220 videos May sent 479 times "include incest, force, rape, pain and humiliation," Currie said.
May's messages suggested a much longer history of sending and receiving videos than the five days investigators were able to prove, she said. He knew who to ask and what to ask for to get the videos he wanted, and he seemed to have no trouble switching from the illicit messages to business calls, she said.
