Former Democratic Aide Avoids Jail Time for Rapes

Do Democrats Get a Pass for Scandals?

The Tea Party News Network (TPNN) reports that in 2014, Donny Ray Williams, a former Democrat congressional aide, pled guilty to raping two women - but will not be serving any jail time.

TPNN reports that Williams began his D.C. career in 1999, working with politicians such as Sen. Mary Landrieu and Sen. Herb Kohl. He worked as the general deputy assistant secretary for congressional and intergovernmental relations in the Department of Housing and Urban Development between April 2009 and October 2010, and served as a staff director for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee.

In 2010 Williams drugged his first victim, an intern, with Ambien before assaulting her. Later that same year he raped another woman who was too drunk to give consent. He pled guilty.

So why no jail sentence? In 2013 Williams himself was assaulted by a man who poured acid on his face and body. After the attack,

Williams' lawyer convinced Judge Robert Morin that his client's disfiguring and debilitating injuries were serious enough to warrant five years probation in lieu of prison time. Williams, who says he is now jobless and $1 million in debt, claimed that "he needed to focus on his health after the attack and not a trial," and promised that henceforth, "I will protect a woman’s right to her own body.”

TPNN asserts that this is an example of a "serious double standard" in which conservatives are held accountable for scandals and crimes but "Democrats, more often than not, get a free pass."

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