Former two-term Republican state Sen. Ralph Shortey, left, arrives at the federal courthouse in Oklahoma City, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, with his attorney, Ed Blau, right, to plead guilty to a federal charge of child sex trafficking. Shortey resigned in March after he was arrested on state charges of engaging in child prostitution and transporting a minor for prostitution. Police found Shortey with a 17-year-old boy in a motel room and alleged he had hired the boy for sex. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
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