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Florida's Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd took aim at MAGA influencer and Jan. 6 riot participant Craig Long on Friday after the pro-Trump figure was caught in a human trafficking sting operation.

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NEWS: MAGA influencer Craig Long has been arrested in a human trafficking and prostitution sting in Florida, along with Ryan Yates, a Trump supporter who pleaded guilty in Feb 2024 for his involvement in January 6. Long posted this photo with Donald Trump and Donald Trump Jr. just a few weeks ago.

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-- MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) May 2, 2026 at 5:06 PM

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According to CBS-affiliate 10 Tampa Bay, Long, 41, was a participant in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, and is an influential MAGA influencer and strong supporter of President Donald Trump. He was sentenced to six months in prison for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, but was released after Trump signed a blanket pardon for those who stormed the capitol on his first day back in the White House.

Is stinky going to pardon him again?

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-02 09:35 AM | Reply

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-05-02 01:14 PM | Reply

You don't have to be a Republican to be pedophile.

But it does seem like most pedophiles are republicans.

Better networking.

More perks.

#3 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-05-02 01:16 PM | Reply

Another J6 feral trumper was arrested during the same sting.

Another arrest highlighted by Judd was Ryan Yates of Odessa. Yates' arrest report was not available at the time of this report, but PCSO said he was caught on camera entering the undercover location (a hotel room), talking to the undercover detective and taking his pants off.

Yates was sentenced to six months in prison for participating in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, in which supporters of President Trump stormed the Capitol building in an attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Yates was later pardoned by the president.

www.wfla.com

#4 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-05-02 05:45 PM | Reply

Add him to the list: RightWingSexualPredators

#5 | Posted by hamburglar at 2026-05-02 06:09 PM | Reply

Watch your back, Bill Johnson.

#6 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-05-02 07:30 PM | Reply

Human trafficking?

That's what Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump did.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2026-05-03 12:27 PM | Reply

"Florida's Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd turns on one of his own."

#8 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-05-03 01:12 PM | Reply

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