Conservative Writer Who Accused Drag Queens of ‘Grooming’ Is Arrested on Child Molestation Charges

Okaloosa County Corrections

A conservative writer who has written for publications such as The Federalist and The Daily Wire was arrested on charges of molesting a child under the age of 12.

Aaron Craig Gleason was booked in Okaloosa County, Florida on Jan 28 and posted bail in the amount of $75,000. The 39-year-old had written a praiseworthy review of Sound Of Freedom, an anti-sex trafficking film that he deemed a “call to action.”

“It’s about the children — lost, invisible children who suffer in the depths of hell every single day,” he wrote for The Federalist in 2023. “While the rich and powerful try to indoctrinate us with critical race theory and other ideological moralisms, true victims suffer in literal cages and chains.”

The Daily Dot reported on Thursday that Gleason has been teaching the Bible at a Rocky Bayou Christian School and has been its soccer coach.

“I regret to inform you that one of our Middle School teachers was arrested today by local law enforcement officers,” an email from the school to parents read. “The teacher has been on paid administrative leave and off campus for two weeks.”

The email did not mention Gleason by name.

In June 2023, Gleason quote-tweeted a video of Pride marchers – some of whom were in drag – and accused them of “grooming” kids. The marchers chanted, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re not going shopping.” During one of the chants, a person off camera says, “We’re here, we’re queer, we’re coming for your children.”

“No grooming going on here, they’re just coming for our children,” Gleason wrote.

Gleason wrote at least two articles for The Daily Wire, which has removed his author page, though it still exists on The Wayback Machine. His author page on The Federalist remains live as of this writing.