Gimmemymoney

It's so convenient that he's from inbred USA.

Vindicator

Woo hoo! Get to give this a "Swamp Takedown" flair. Wish we could connect this guy to anyone big, but the fact he was arrested and sentenced so long after the crime tells me we are making some progress with the corrupt justice system.

Are_we_sure

how was this guy part of the swamp?

Vindicator

The fact that they reopenned his case six years after the fact, tried and convicted him though crimes were committed in another country points to signs of a turnaround in the judicial system, as I stated in my flair comment.

Are_we_sure

You should try to research the facts before you make a claim like a turnaround in the judicial system.

The fact that they reopenned his case six years after the fact, tried and convicted him though crimes were committed in another country points to signs of a turnaround in the judicial system

They reopened this case? What case? There was no US case on him 6 years ago. In 2011 Haiti arrested him BUT NOT FOR child exploitation. The US case on him started in 2015 as I shall detail below.

First, let's take a look at your claims that something has changed in 'the swamp." It's not unusual to arrest someone for child exploitation overseas. Going to another country to have sex with kids has been illegal since 2002. Expanded federal authority to pursue them overseas has been law since 2003. Extraditing Americans back to the US for their trials is common.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2010/12/us-sex-tourist-sentenced-to-nine-years-in-prison-for-abusing-cambodian-girl-.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/31/AR2009083102291.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/08/us/us-is-now-pursuing-americans-who-commit-sex-crimes-overseas.html

6 years? If you think the case was reopened in 2017, you are incorrect.

The US government's case started in 2015 when a tip came into HSI on their tip line. HSI is the investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security

Here's the court documents https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4612547/united-states-v-pye/ https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4612547/1/united-states-v-pye/

The case was opened in April 2015 when a tip came into HSI Miami. He was arrested in February 2017, the conviction in November 2017. Between the original tip and his arrest, they built a case by locating and interviewing witness, gettting supoenas for his travel records, his financial records and his facebook page. With HSI, multiple teams worked on this investigation ](https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/arkansas-man-arrested-child-sex-tourism-charges))

HSI Miam

HSI Santo Domingo,

HQ Forced Child Labor Program

HSI Texarkana

HSI Harrisonburg

HSI Austin

HSI Raleigh

HSI Forensic Interview Team.

The flair isn't justified.

Snailracer

Laura Silsby has been going by the name Laura Gayler since she married Norman Gayler. Her ill fated trafficking "mission" was largely sponsored by Central Valley Baptist Church (CVBC) in Idaho. CVBC claims to sponsor missions in 75 locations, such as Fiji, and also has a branch church in Manteca, CA.

Daniel Pye was associated with Joy In Hope, which was a sponsor of Haitian Children's Home (HCH). HCH at it's peak after the earthquake was home to around 9000 displaced children in Jacmel. HCH was following a non-standard orphanage plan which placed a small group of children with an adult to act as a surrogate parent in the makeshift camp. HCH is funded through FONSOPED which accepts donations from various organizations.

Neither CVBC nor FONSOPED have a published online list of donors / missions. Circumstantially, Laura Silsby took kids from neighborhoods north of Port of Prince, while Jacmel is somewhat south of Port of Prince, so it seems likely that Laura Silsby isn't connected to Daniel Pye.

According to prosecution charging papers Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) identified 11 minor victims of Daniel Pye, 4 of which lived in Florida.

new4now

If there is a connection, I would look for it through the Clinton/Giustra Partnership in Canada

In the court record, someone put link in comments, it mentioned Haitian Children's Home, which I think was the name before they handed everything over to Joy in Hope

I could be wrong but that's how I took it

This HUH is out of Canada

Also the Partnership can hide stuff from the US officials up there, no accountability

Also found out about him going to MRI retreat in Colorado, think it was off his FB page

That's Missionary Training International

This place might be worth checking into

It's not cheap either

thewebofslime

Happened in the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. They tried to smuggle tens of children they kidnapped in Haiti to the Dominican Republic and then to the US. She is the founder of the involved organization "New Life Children's Refuge" (one of their numerous "New Life ..." orgs). See relevant threads for further info on her and her connections: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/search?q=silsby&restrict_sr=on&include_over_18=on

Also, pedophile Daniel Pye was arrested at that time too in Haiti but eventually also got off scott free. Here's his softball interview after release. He too was running orphanages and is connected to the "New Life ..." organizations. And now just few days ago a Miami federal jury found Daniel John Pye guilty of traveling to Haiti from Miami on three separate dates for the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with minor girls in his care: https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7cfc8m/former_haiti_orphanage_operator_found_guilty_of/

https://www.reddit.com/r/The_Donald/comments/7ehv54/alertsense_why_is_laura_silsby_arrested_for/

carmencita

There was a Raid in a hotel and they rescued a group of abused children. The hotel was next door to the one Hill and Bill stayed in on their Honeymoon to Haiti. That first trip where they fell in love with that beautiful place. So beautiful in fact that they ran it into the ground and $tole the people's children.

Narcissism

Thats what Narcissists do they can't stand beauty in anything without wanting to destroy it - meanwhile posing as the saviours of course.

carmencita

They sure sound like Narcissists. They are never satisfied either. They can't take no for an answer because they just have to have whatever they want. Everything is theirs for the taking. Including our children. Selfish Morons.

septimasexta

NSFW Here is the court case archive. It isn't clear that Pye was connected with the Clintons or Silsby. It appears to be limited to the individual. That said, there is room for speculation. https://www.unitedstatescourts.org/federal/flsd/502098/7-0.html UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 17-02276-MJ-JG

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA vs. DANIEL JOHN PYE,

Defendant.

septimasexta

Jay Sekulow's org, ACLJ, originally got Pye out of jail.

"Last Friday, Leann contacted the ACLJ and we began working with officials in Washington and Danny’s attorney in Haiti to secure his release.

The fact that Danny was detained and held for months in jail with no charges of any kind is very troubling and points to a judicial system in Haiti is badly in need of reform. We are pleased that we were able to assist in a team effort in this country and in Haiti that has resulted in his release." https://www.onfaith.co/onfaith/2011/03/18/christian-faith-at-its-best/17111

Jay has represented Donald Trump since his election.

septimasexta

"Joy in Hope Haiti Update February 4th, 2010" https://wjtl.com/pages/joy-in-hope-haiti-update-3/

"The Joy in Hope staff on the ground has been honored to serve the community in various (and unusual) capacities as first responders, but we also acknowledge that as major relief organizations/government organizations have and continue to be mobilized in Jacmel, our role will again morph. After much discussion amongst our team, we’ve come to agree that our main role in the restoration of Jacmel will likely be in a supporting role to these larger, better-resourced, more highly-focused organizations. Because of the long term relationships/connections we have in Jacmel, we find ourselves in a place where we’re uniquely positioned to offer logistical support such as housing, transport, supplies, connections, and access to a steady stream of available workers."

"Yesterday we also began hosting a team of 8 doctors who are literally saving lives. I brought a tiny, very sick baby to them yesterday… a baby I believe was on the brink of death, and they were able to help."

"On top of all that, we have 2 orphanages that are running well." "And it’s so awesome to be involved in something so much bigger than ourselves."

Are_we_sure

Allegedly a Laura Silsby associate.

This is absolutely false.

Gothamgirl

I found this sorry takes up lots of space but I think its important.

http://archive.is/1wjXQ

Florida Man Mysteriously Imprisoned in Haiti for Months With No Charges, Wife Says

By Diane Macedo Published March 09, 2011Fox News

Leann and Daniel Pye sit with their 4-year-old daughter Riann in front of their orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti. (Leann Pye) A Florida woman is pleading for help to free her missionary husband, who has been imprisoned in Haiti for five months without charge.

Leann Pye, 27, says her husband Daniel, 29, was mysteriously detained in October when the couple, who have operated an orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti, for the past seven years, went before a judge to divide assets with an organization they had previously worked for. But once an agreement was reached, the judge in the case, Jean Samedy, had Pye arrested.

The reason, according to at least one legal expert: Samedy was apparently angry over getting bumped from a hotel room by a relief organization in the aftermath of the Haiti earthquake.

“Daniel Pye helped an organization rent the place, a hotel or guest house, and he (the judge) was living in the place and the judge at that time was forced to leave,” Osner Fevry, a Haitian legal expert assisting in the Pye case pro bono, told FoxNews.com. “I heard that from the prosecutor personally.”

Others have suggested the U.S.-based non-profit organization involved in the hearing with Pye, Joy in Hope, was behind the arrest. “Two judges wouldn’t even take their case … but they finally found their third judge and I will tell you that there are reports that the judge was paid money to follow through on that and that the judge was subsequently paid more money to re-arrest him,” said a source who wished to remain anonymous told FoxNews.com.

Daniel himself says in a video taken last week that it was a “fellow American” that “stabbed him in the back and put him in jail.”

Leann Pye, who is currently in Bradenton with her mother, said the whole situation has been very difficult to piece together, especially since they had already resolved their civil dispute with Joy in Hope when Daniel was arrested.

“We agreed to sign everything over to the organization and at that point my husband was handcuffed, and he was led out,” said Leann, who is nearly nine months pregnant with the couple's second child. “No one seemed to know what was happening.”

With no explanation given for the arrest, her lawyer suggested it might be a pressure tactic to ensure they followed through with their agreement. A few days later, they officially signed over all of the disputed assets. But Daniel was not released.

“That’s when I found out that the judge was refusing to sign the release papers and that he was allowed to hold somebody for up to 90 days while he investigated, ” Leann said.

But Samedy refused to tell Leann why he was investigating Daniel. Joy in Hope, which denies any involvement in Daniel’s detention, says he wouldn’t tell them either.

“When he was handcuffed none of us understood why,” said Brian Williams, director of Joy in Hope, the non-profit that was negotiating assets with the Pyes. “I looked at the director on the ground and I said, ‘Why is he being handcuffed, we just settled all of this?’ and we were literally told it was time to go.”

Williams told FoxNews.com that the organization was subsequently told “it wasn’t a Joy in Hope issue anymore.”

Roughly two months later, the couple’s lawyer secured Daniel’s release with an appeal arguing Samedy had no grounds for his investigation. “The Dean of the Court ordered he be released immediately because the arrest was illegal,” said Fevry.

But just minutes after being released on Christmas Eve, Daniel was re-arrested.

“We were literally maybe 10 feet out of the prison and we were approached by the police officer for the judge and Danny was handed a piece of paper that was in French,” Leann said. “He handed it to me and we were like ‘What’s this?’ and the police officer just said, ‘Read the paper,’ then turned my husband around and handcuffed him again, took the paper out of my hands.”

Leann, who speaks Creole but not French, said she could see the arrest order was signed by Samedy.

Fevry said the second arrest also was illegal, because Samedy did not seek the legal consideration of the prosecutor, as required by Haitian law, and because the warrant was written only in French. “It is clearly established by the constitution that all warrants must be written into both French and Creole, period,” he said.

Leann later discovered her husband was accused of being in “possession of a false document” for an ID card he was carrying, which only created more confusion.

“From what the American Embassy and my lawyer have told me, the ID card that we got is legal, I mean we went to the immigration office in Port Au Prince, the only place you can get it,” she said. “…every missionary that I’ve talked to has one because to put things in your name, like to buy a new vehicle, you have to have it.”

Leann said the U.S. Embassy also told her in January that the judge had an extra 30 days to either file official charges against Daniel or sign his release papers. But Pye remains in prison, and isn’t eligible for Haiti’s equivalent of bail because he hasn’t been charged.

“At least five very difficult complex facts are impeding Daniel to be released from prison: the prosecutor has been fired, the former dean passed away, there is a strike of the deputy prosecutors… and the judge is now sick,” Fevry said Friday. “… I asked the new dean last night why she can’t appoint a new judge and she said people will accuse her of trying to be partisan to Daniel Pye.”

Leann, who has since returned to the U.S. on doctor’s orders, said she’s now left with more open-ended questions than answers. And while she’s still not sure whether to believe the hotel bump explanation, it now seems to “have the most validations behind it.”

“After the earthquake we helped a lot of organizations … one organization wanted to rent a hotel to put their teams in, they had teams coming in back to back, so Danny helped them find a lawyer, get the lease agreement written up, get it notarized, pretty much get everything done. People have since told me that the judge was one of the tenants that lived in the hotel and one of the stipulations of the agreement was that the judge had to go.”

Fevry said that rumor was confirmed by the former prosecutor in the case, Vladimir Yayo, who suggested directly to him Samedy was still angry.

“Only a judge with personal interest in a matter would do what Judge Samedy is doing in this case … and the judge is not supposed to investigate the case of someone with whom he had in the past those kind of relationships, whether they were bad or good.”

A State Department official would not discuss details of the case, but told FoxNews.com learned that the department is monitoring the case closely and providing all appropriate counselor assistance.

“Our last counselor visit to him was on March 1; the deputy chief of mission and the consul general held a productive meeting with the Haitian minister of justice in which they reiterated our desire to see Mr. Pye afforded due process as soon as possible.”

think-

the U.S.-based non-profit organization involved in the hearing with Pye, Joy in Hope

Joy in Hope needs some digging.

think-

He's got two children of his own, at least one daughter... :-(

think-

Bingo!!! He's from (((Arkansas)))! A mere coincidence, of course... cough cough

Will do some digging and edit this comment.

QuoteUnquoteArt

Silsby associate? Where do you see that?

iamthepizzanow

Edited accordingly.

QuoteUnquoteArt

Who's alleging it? You?

iamthepizzanow

It is recognized that a possible correlation between the two exists. Refer to the other threads about Daniel Pye/Silsby/Haiti connections.

QuoteUnquoteArt

So what you're saying is, there's nothing linking this creep and Silsby, nobody is even alleging one, but somehow he's still an alleged Silsby associate, because...just because?

think-

He got 40 years. That's pretty cool.

Please note the emphasis:

Daniel John Pye, 36, an Ashdown, Arkansas, resident was sentenced to 40 years of imprisonment, to be followed by 25 years of supervised release, for traveling in foreign commerce with the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, also known as child sex tourism.

Pye, originally of Bradenton, Florida, was convicted in November 2017, after a week-long trial before U.S. District Judge Ursula Ungaro, of three counts of traveling in foreign commerce with the purpose of engaging in illicit sexual conduct with a minor, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2423(b).

According to court records and the evidence presented at trial, Pye was a missionary who operated an orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti, from the years of 2006 through 2012. The orphanage provided shelter, clothing, food, and school tuition to children without families and to children whose families could not afford to feed or otherwise support their children.

Pye obtained financial support for the orphanage through his connections with numerous religious organizations and other nonprofit groups in the United States. During his time operating the orphanage, Pye would regularly sexually abuse the female residents of his orphanage, including girls as young as six years old.

As described by the Haitian victims during trial, Pye routinely sexually abuse his victims both at the orphanage and while at the beach.

QuoteUnquoteArt

Connections. Interesting.

think-

Connections. Interesting.

Isn't it? I wonder who these 'religious organizations' and NGOs were.

RagingShieldMaiden

LDS?

Gone_N8ive

LDS don't do short-term missions. Nor di they go anywhere unsafe.

RagingShieldMaiden

They went to the eastern bloc and were/still are there when Dyncorp was doing their thing. They serve as eyes/ears for CIA overseas.

This I was told by a former Mormon sent to eastern Europe and saw a lot of paperwork go across the mission president's desk.

pipilongstockings

Another one bites the dust.