{"id":23404,"date":"2026-02-20T10:05:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:05:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:05:57","slug":"a-federal-judge-appointed-by-donald-trump-upheld-the-lengthy-prison-sentence-of-a-self-proclaimed-satanist-convicted-of-child-sexual-abuse-rejecting-his-appeal-and-affirming-the-lower-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404","title":{"rendered":"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"410\">A federal judge appointed during the administration of <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Donald Trump<\/span><\/span> on Tuesday denied a legal appeal from <span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Bradley Cadenhead<\/span>.S. District Judge <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mark Pittman<\/span><\/span> rejected the appeal, noting that it largely reiterated arguments previously dismissed, leaving intact one of Texas\u2019s longest sentences for crimes tied to online extremist subcultures.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"412\" data-end=\"924\">Cadenhead argued that his attorney pressured him into pleading guilty without exploring alternatives, such as a psychological evaluation that could have highlighted his mental state, developmental history, and vulnerability to online influence. Judge Pittman determined these claims did not meet the legal threshold to overturn a conviction, emphasizing that Cadenhead had entered his guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily, and that the sentencing court had already considered extensive background information.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"926\" data-end=\"1379\">Authorities describe Cadenhead\u2019s group, \u201c764,\u201d as part of a broader set of online extremist networks operating on encrypted platforms. Founded by Cadenhead at age 15 on Discord, the group allegedly coerced minors into producing sexual content and participating in harmful acts. Prosecutors highlighted the graphic and violent nature of the material, the scale of exploitation, and Cadenhead\u2019s leadership role as justification for the lengthy sentence.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1872\">Court documents noted Cadenhead\u2019s difficult adolescence, including bullying, social isolation, and early exposure to violent content, which the defense argued influenced his trajectory. However, prosecutors maintained that the severity of the offenses outweighed mitigating factors. Erath County District Attorney <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">M. Alan Nash<\/span><\/span> previously urged against parole, emphasizing the intense and disturbing nature of the material and the ongoing danger posed by Cadenhead.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2323\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The ruling underscores ongoing concerns about online extremist communities and digital spaces that facilitate child exploitation. Former FBI Deputy Director <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Dan Bongino<\/span><\/span> highlighted the network in public commentary, warning parents to remain vigilant. Cadenhead\u2019s 80-year sentence remains in place, marking a significant enforcement outcome in federal efforts to combat crimes involving online sexual exploitation of minors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge appointed during the administration of Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a legal appeal from Bradley Cadenhead.S. District Judge Mark Pittman rejected the appeal, noting&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A federal judge appointed during the administration of Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a legal appeal from Bradley Cadenhead.S. District Judge Mark Pittman rejected the appeal, noting...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"magazine24\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-20T10:05:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sk.Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sk.Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404\",\"name\":\"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-20T10:05:57+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/\",\"name\":\"magazine24\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74\",\"name\":\"Sk.Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sk.Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24","og_description":"A federal judge appointed during the administration of Donald Trump on Tuesday denied a legal appeal from Bradley Cadenhead.S. District Judge Mark Pittman rejected the appeal, noting...","og_url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404","og_site_name":"magazine24","article_published_time":"2026-02-20T10:05:57+00:00","author":"Sk.Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sk.Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404","url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404","name":"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision. - magazine24","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-20T10:05:57+00:00","author":{"@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?p=23404#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A federal judge appointed by Donald Trump upheld the lengthy prison sentence of a self-proclaimed Satanist convicted of child sexual abuse, rejecting his appeal and affirming the lower court\u2019s decision."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#website","url":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/","name":"magazine24","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/ce7debb966dda59a6da4ebe878923a74","name":"Sk.Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"http:\/\/negatius.biz\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/de3e79686b16c005ec69d61203c42cbc56db9e6a47269911d3b26b6f2d704973?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sk.Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23406,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23404\/revisions\/23406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/negatius.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}