Former Obama White House Senior Policy Advisor Charged With ‘Child Sex Offenses’

A 46-year-old former senior policy advisor the Obama administration appeared in a UK court over child sex offense charges.

Rahamim ‘Rami’ Shy, who worked for the White House under both President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is accused of arranging the commission of a child sex offense, possessing two ‘category C indecent images of children, and ‘possessing a prohibited image of a child,’ the Daily Mail reports.

Shy, a US citizen who lives in New Jersey, was arrested in late February by Bedfordshire police and charged the next day. On Friday, he appeared at Luton Crown Court via video-link from Bedford prison wearing a gray prison-issue tracksuit, and will remain in custody ahead of a June hearing.

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