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There are many instances of Nick admitting it on video. He didn't even have a good defense like he was just using Ali briefly for political clout and intending to expose him.

He wrote explicitly that "Ali was loyal" to him (i.e. he didn't deserve being exposed) and had little other reasoning. Nick's immediate reaction was to blame the underaged kids for seducing Ali and the pedo caught next to no flak from Nick for it.