![]() ![]() TV: And you got to do some work on that during your internships? JR: So for me, my big issues are foreign policy, defense policy, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. TV: What sort of issues were you working on? ![]() Eventually that worked its way into becoming an intern on Capitol Hill, which I just finished up four months in D.C. Then came just general political activism - working on the campaigns I worked on, the Beto O’Rourke campaign, Ben McAdams, Harley Rouda, Katie Hill, Katie Porter. So that was when the idea for “News in a Rush,” my weekly news show, started. After what we all know happened in 2016 happened, I realized that I needed to actually get involved and make my voice on it heard. So it became a passing interest for quite a while, and then after the 2016 election and in the run-up to the 2016 election I got even more involved. I had never really taken an interest in voting and politics and what not - that’s adult stuff, you know? And in that moment I realized, no, this is something really cool that I really like and am really interested by. It was two in the morning the race had already been called, and it was me, Wolf Blitzer, a pint of ice cream, and my laptop open showing the election results. It was election night of 2012, and I watched the election coverage on CNN. Westmoreland co-starred as Henry “Ham” Mack, the grandfather of Andi (Peyton Elizabeth Lee) in the 2017-19 series “Andi Mack.” Shortly after his arrest, Disney fired Westmoreland and edited him out of unaired episodes of the sitcom - which focused on Andi and her middle school friends - in which he had appeared.Ĭorrection: 6 p.m., June 9, 2022: The headline has been updated to more accurately reflect the initial accusation against Westmoreland.Josh Rush: There’s been a couple, but I remember the first one incredibly vividly. He also is prohibited from having contact with anyone under the age of 18 unless there is adult supervision. He must register as a sex offender, report all his social media and email accounts, and his computers, cellphones and other electronic devices will be subject to random searches. He was sentenced to two years in prison and 10 years of supervised probation. Facing up to 10 years in prison on those charges, Westmoreland instead pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of using interstate facilities to transmit information about a minor. State charges, including a third-degree felony count of attempted sexual exploitation of a minor, were dropped after Westmoreland was charged in federal court with one count of enticing a minor and four counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor. According to the charges, however, Westmoreland used a ride-sharing app to travel to meet the boy and bring him back to his room at the Little America Hotel. However, Westmoreland’s lawyers argued that their client knew he was communicating with an adult on Grindr and had no intention of meeting a 13-year-old. After his arrest, Westmoreland “admitted to sending nude photos, and that the male who he was speaking with told him he was 13 years old.” According to the charges, Westmoreland asked if the boy “would come to his hotel room and engage in sexual activity.” The actor sent three pictures of male genitalia and one of men having sex. ![]()
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