Jaimeson's Future Uncertain, Sources Says

MAVOCKE, CEA--Deputy House Majority Leader Dlg. Ty Jaimeson (C-CEA) has served in his current position for just over a year and a half. But sources within the Conservative Party now say Jaimeson may step down from his position as the second most powerful delegate in the House, possibly as soon as October.

Jaimeson was elected to Assistant Majority Leader after his election in 2007. At age 27, he became the youngest Conservative to hold that position. But recently, rumors have surfaced that Dlg. Jaimeson may step down from his leadership position in the House. Suspicions were first raised when House Majority Leader Dlg. Joan Fhonda (C-DES) announced she was retiring. The logical replacement for Fhonda was Jaimeson, but shortly after Fhonda's retirement announcement, Jaimeson announced he would not seek the Majority Leader position.

Jaimeson cited his differences with the Party's leadership as his primary reason for not seeking Majority Leader. "I have found that often times, my position is different than the party's. And I can't effectively lead others and tell them how to vote while I hold a different opinion. You can't lead when you don't believe in what you're promoting," he said.

For some time, insiders within the Conservative Party have believed that Jaimeson may step down from Ast. Maj. Leader. But now, sources from within the party, who have asked GNN NEWS not to release their identity discussing party politics, are saying that Jaimeson may not even run for re-election in 2012.

"We'll just have to wait and see. He may run, he may not. But right now, it's looking like he won't," one CON aide told GNN.

Sources say Jaimeson is too fed up with partisan politics, and the personal attacks from political opponents.

He has faced tough opposition at times for his ideas and opinions. Most recently, Jaimeson came under scrutiny after a web-video was posted on the internet, showing him having sex with two women and a man in a Madagen hotel room. Jaimeson immediately came under fire from Nationalists, while Conservatives withheld initial criticism. He denied he appeared in the video, even though his face was clearly visible in the film.

As soon as the video broke and gained international news coverage, Jaimeson and his lawyers went on the defensive, insisting he had never appeared in a video and had never engaged in sexual relations with the people in the video. His legal team argued that someone who disliked Jaimeson had filmed the video with another man, and then digitally copied and inserted Jaimeson's face into the video to make it appear as if the delegate himself was appearing in the video.

The next day, computer experts hired by the Madagen Police Department and separate experts hired by GNN NEWS confirmed the video had been altered, and that Jaimeson's face was digitally manipulated to make it appear as if he participated in the video. When the delegate was cleared of any wrong-doing, some of his opponents apologized for jumping to criticism. The delegate's attorneys said apologies were not enough.

"Because of a few people who decided to make a disgusting and demented video, and several politicians who jumped the gun and surmised Mr. Jaimeson as guilty, one of the most impeccable members of our government has been wrongly defamed and degraded everywhere within the public sphere," Leon Lawson, Jaimeson's attorney told the media.

No arrests have been made in the fake video of Dlg. Jaimeson. Police say that because the video was posted on the internet, it is hard to track down exactly who is responsible. But when the suspects are caught, they will prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, says Madagen Police Sgt. Dave Ramsey.

"Right now, we don't know who made this awful video, but we have their faces on camera. So it should only be a matter of time before we find them," Ramsey said. "What happened to Dlg. Jaimeson was clearly wrong and immoral. They showed him doing something that did not happen, something that he would never engage in, and that's defamation at the highest."

Since the video scadal was put to rest in late July, Jaimeson has been extra guarded, close friends to the delegate say. But polls show the scandal that falsely accused him of sexual indiscretions has not impacted his popularity in Ceona, where voters still hold a 61% approval rating of him.

Still, sources say Jaimeson may be ready to return to his private life and possibly resume his modeling career, which he was actively involved in before his run for office. GNN attempted to contact the delegate's office, but was declined comment.