According to a horrifying report in the Daily Mail, a former senior policy advisor in President Obama’s Administration was arrested in the United Kingdom in February and charged with child sex offenses. He most recently appeared via video on Friday, the 19th of April, before the Luton Crown Court. That adviser is Rahamim “Rami” Shy, a 46-year-old originally from New Jersey, and his alleged offenses include arranging the commission of a child sex offense and possessing indecent images of children.
As background, Shy was a staffer in the US Treasury Department between 2008 and 2014. While in the Treasury Department, he was notable mainly for advising the Obama Administration on how to combat terrorism financing, particularly for Al Qaeda and the Taliban. That included 2009 congressional testimony. Further, he worked under Secretary of State Hillary Clinton while she served in that role during Obama’s presidency.
In addition to those roles, Shy, who studied international security policy at Columbia University, was deployed to Afghanistan as part of his role in providing strategic analysis to the United States Department of Defense. While in the country, he also offered advice to the ISAF. Shy worked at Citi Bank following his time in the Obama Administration but, according to the bank, the Daily Mail reports, not employed there as of the time of his arrest.
In any case, the Daily Mail reports that Shy was arrested in late February of 2024 by the Bedfordshire Police. He was then charged the day afterward. Then, on Friday the 19th, Shy was wearing a grey prison tracksuit when he appeared in the Luton Crown Court via a video link, Shy was not asked to enter a plea. According to the Daily Mail’s report, Shy’s trial will not begin until August of 2024, and he will be held in crown custody until his next hearing takes place in June. He is being held at the HMP Bedford prison.
Conservative X personality Collin Rugg, posting about the situation on X, said, “JUST IN: President Barack Obama’s former senior policy advisor Rahamim Shy has been charged with child s*x offenses. Shy worked under the Obama Administration and helped on the U.S.’s strategy to combat terrorists from Al Qaeda and the Taliban.”
Rugg continued, “According to the Daily Mail, Shy has been charged in British court for child s*x offenses. The outlet reports that Shy was charged with “possession of two category C indecent images of children and possessing a prohibited image of a child.” The accused pedoph*le also worked under secretary of state Hillary Clinton. He is set to go on trial in August.”
Commenting on the post, one account noted that there are some pretty bad people working in the Swamp, saying, “Both sides of the aisle have some really s*ck people who are serving or who have served in Washington.”
Another commenter added that hopefully Shy faces real justice, unlike those who have managed to escape legal repercussions for this sort of awful crime. That commenter said, in part, “Imagine how many others have gotten away with these kinds of horrid sęx crimes against children. Hopefully Shy faces real legal justice and is locked up for life.”
Featured image credit: Rami Shy LinkedIn
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