GOP Senator Justin Eichorn arrested, charged with soliciting sex from teenage girl online
You may have already heard the news about GOP lawmaker Justin Eichorn, the Republican Senator from Minnesota, who was arrested on felony charges for soliciting sex from a teenage girl. But just in case you haven’t, on March 19, Eichorn was formally charged on U.S. District Court with one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor.
Background: On March 12, 2025, police in Bloomington, Minnesota, began an undercover operation to target commercial sex involving juveniles. Law enforcement placed online advertisements offering commercial sex. Unbeknownst to the prospective sex buyers, it was in fact undercover law enforcement officers who received and responded to the messages.
On March 11, 2025, undercover officers began receiving messages from the 40-year-old Eichorn, who was inquiring, “I saw your post and [sic] chance you are still available tonight?” and then later, “What’s a guy gota do to get with the hottest girl online tonight.”
Over the course of messaging over several days, the undercover officer repeatedly said that she was not 18 but was, in fact, 17 years old. Even so, Eichorn proceeded to ask the undercover officer about pricing for various sex acts she might perform, and then Eichorn arranged an in-person meet-up to pay for commercial sex.
Eichorn also requested that the undercover officer—whom he believed to be a 17-year-old minor—send him “a naught[y] pic” including one “with lot less clothes.” Eichorn arrived at the agreed-upon location to find law enforcement waiting to apprehend him. In his car, among other things, law enforcement found cash and a condom.
According to CBS News, following his arrest, Republicans and Democrats in both chambers of the state legislature called for his resignation.
On Tuesday, the Senate GOP caucus put out a statement together, saying he should step down. Sen. Minority Leader Mark Johnson, R-East Grand Forks, told reporters Wednesday that the additional revelations outlined in the charging documents made his Republicans “more adamant” in their request.
“If you come to the Orange Jumpsuit District looking to have sex with someone’s child, expect to leave in handcuffs,” said Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges. “We will not tolerate predators in our community. I have long advocated for stronger penalties for these crimes, and this case is yet another example of why tougher laws are necessary. Our state legislature must take this issue seriously—protecting children should never be up for debate.”
Eichorn also made the headlines earlier this week when he and a few other Republican lawmakers introduced a bill defining “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness in state law. Mere days later, Eichorn was arrested for soliciting sex from a teenage girl.
For more on the Republican Senator’s arrest, see the video accompanying this article.
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(Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Minnesota)
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