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Season 11: Episode 5: Robert Bauman

Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:30:49
Publish Date: 2022-12-01 09:00:00
Description:

In 1980, conservative congressman Robert Bauman was caught soliciting sex from a 16-year-old boy. The scandal landed the married father of four on the front page of newspapers across the country. It spelled the end of his political career—and the start of a years-long journey toward self-acceptance.

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