An upstate Home candidate pontificated concerning the Epstein recordsdata and a would-be politician’s assault scandal – regardless of hitting the marketing campaign path alongside his registered intercourse offender brother-in-law, The Put up has discovered.
Democrat Aaron Gies, who’s trying to unseat two-term Republican Rep. Nick Langworthy, was assisted by his brother-in-law Christopher Nathan White, a former North Carolina trainer convicted on rape and intercourse offense fees involving two teen college students – who allegedly shot video at a winter “Polar Plunge” occasion.
“He was there,” Gies informed The Put up Sunday of the marketing campaign plunge occasion that unfolded Dec. 26, 2025.
“Chris will not be a part of my marketing campaign,” he mentioned however famous that White “did his time” for his crime. He referred to as the scenario a “distraction” from his push for higher well being care and housing alternatives.
“I’ve not been accused of any legal wrongdoing and haven’t lined up legal wrongdoing on the a part of others,” the candidate mentioned.
Gies, a theology professor at St. Bonaventure College, had gotten on his excessive horse final week and urged Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner to drop his election bid as a consequence of claims of rape and sexual assault.
He additionally slammed Langworthy for allegedly utilizing his place on the Home Oversight Committee to dam “accountability for individuals within the Epstein recordsdata.”
However these feedback got here after his brother-in-law appeared at his personal marketing campaign occasion, regardless of doing 5 years behind bars after he was convicted of 1 rely of rape and two counts of intercourse offense in opposition to two college students, ages 15 and 17.
White moved to New York after getting out of jail and now works at a veterinary clinic run by Gies’ spouse and his sister in Olean. He’s listed as a Degree 2 Intercourse Offender within the state Division of Prison Justice Providers’ Intercourse Offender Registry.
Retired Marine Chris Hahn, who attended the polar plunge occasion, mentioned he was left feeling uneasy when he discovered who shot the video on the fundraiser, which noticed contributors in bathing fits soar right into a frigid pond at a non-public residence.
“I used to be shocked to see somebody like that may be on the marketing campaign path — brother-in-law or not,” mentioned Hahn, who attended along with his 15-year-old daughter.
“Wow. Do individuals who need to vote for Geis know this?” Hahn informed The Put up. “You don’t have a leg to face on. You’re not setting a superb instance.”
Langworthy, the Republican incumbent, unloaded on Geis for unhealthy judgment.
“To deliver a convicted intercourse offender and somebody responsible of 2nd diploma rape of a minor to marketing campaign occasions is deeply, deeply disturbing and exhibits an alarming lack of judgment for any grownup, not to mention somebody looking for public workplace,” Langworthy informed The Put up.
“As members of Congress, we’ve got an unlimited accountability to place in place legal guidelines that defend victims and youngsters, not put them in danger.”
Gies is trying to unseat Langworthy in New York’s twenty third Congressional District that features a giant swath of the suburbs exterior of Buffalo.
Lively registered Republicans outnumber Democrats 209,390 to 144,342 within the district though there are 132,176 non-affiliated voters within the twenty third, in keeping with the most recent state Board of Elections enrollment figures.
