Webthe scandal originally surfaced during an investigation into omaha, nebraska's failed franklin federal credit union and took the author beyond the midwest and ultimately to. Webthe franklin scandal is the story of a nationwide pedophile ring that pandered children to a cabal of the rich and powerful. The ring’s pimps were a pair of republican. Webinveterate champion of the “franklin” cause, lawyer john decamp, tells the story of a judge, who, when asked in chambers about why this scandal keeps getting covered up,