Battery Physical Assaults Committed by Republicans

Physically "attacked and overcame" two Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrection

Threw his then-wife to the floor, pushed her against a wall and restrained her with his body weight, chocked her, slapped her, forced her head between his legs and squeezed them together and routinely assaulted her over a fifteen-year period until she finally had enough and reported him to the police

Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped

Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds which resulted in their eventual death several days later after medical personnel were unable to save their life

Choked a 20-year-old woman during sex without her consent so forcefully that the whites of her eyes turned red and she passed out and continued having sex with her while she was unconscious and then threatened to kill her when she came to

Grabbed and struck a woman in her forehead with a 9mm pistol leaving blood running down her face, an inch-wide cut on her face and a handprint bruise where he grabbed her on her forearm

Shot his wife in her back and arm causing serious but not life-threatening injuries and then killed himself while sitting in their car outside a fast-food restaurant in a botched murder-suicide attempt

Struck his wife in the head on two separate occasions, had a "history" of physically pinning her to the ground and once punched multiple holes in the wall during an argument

Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's Day

Kicked a fellow state GOP official Mark DeYoung in the groin and then grabbed him by the legs and knocked him to the ground as soon as DeYoung opened the door to a reportedly "closed" meeting Chapman didn't want him attending

Accosted WNBA star Brittney Griner at a Dallas airport and then forcefully pushed a WNBA security official who intervened to prevent him from reaching her

Forcefully grabbed and pushed back a citizen journalist filming him and other congresspeople giving a press conference outside the US Capitol as the victim yelled "you're hurting me!" while asking Higgins to let him go

Physically attacked a 59-year-old woman after striking her car in a parking lot in an unprovoked attack which caused serious enough injuries that she had to be hospitalized

Physically assaulted his estranged wife resulting in charges and a restraining order against him, which he promptly violated by going to her home, injuring her and damaging her property

Slapped his much smaller wife twice after she slapped him first at a NYE party

Kissed and cuddled with a woman who wasn't his wife in his office and then out of nowhere pushed her onto the couch and physically restrained her while he quietly stared at her with what she described as a "weird look" which frightened her so much that a judge granted her a restraining order against him for five years

Choked and threw a punch at his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Parsa after she confronted him about a woman she suspected he was cheating on her with

Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with him

Routinely choked his girlfriend unconscious during sex to the point of causing her to suffer convulsions even after she laid down clear ground rules stipulating what she was comfortable with and sometimes had anal sex with her while she was unconscious from his strangulation and unable to consent

Assaulted a police officer by grabbing and bending their hand backward while she was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest in which she refused police officer orders to exit her vehicle parked in the middle of the road and when asked if she wished to contact her attorney responded with “Blah Blah Blah”

Pushed his wife to the floor and took all her personal belongings including her cellphone, wallet and keys so she couldn't call for help or escape their house with her children

Strangled his wife during an argument and was arrested after police determined he “committed an act of felony domestic violence” against her

Strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong period

Repeatedly choked his girlfriend to the point of unconsciousness and beat her like a "rag doll" during which she suffered two black eyes, a swollen lip, deep bruising and scratches on her face

Punched and choked his ex-girlfriend so violently during what began as consensual sex that she suffered bloody eyes and bruises throughout her face and then sent her multiple texts threatening to kill her if he ever saw her again

Forcefully threw his girlfriend and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham against a wall and slapped her on the face in his apartment after she accused him of being unfaithful

Pointed a loaded gun against his ex-wife's head and threatened to kill her and her new boyfriend, after which she got a restraining order issued against him

Forcefully pushed and kneed a teenage high school student in the testicles after telling the boy he's about to "get the wrath of God" and then instructed another student to "check his nuts" as he laid on the ground in pain while he was working as a substitute teacher at a local public high school

Scratched her boyfriend's face and chest and vandalized the inside of his home during a drunken argument that happened when she wasn't old enough to legally drink alcohol

Physically assaulted someone at a local Waffle House restaurant

"Sucker punched" a bartender in the face after he informed Rodimer that other patrons were looking up his girlfriend's skirt

Punched a man in the head outside a local nightclub

Shoved and threw a hotel security guard to the ground and was taken to the hospital by police because he was so drunk he couldn't answer basic questions and later was arrested for refusing to leave the hospital after doctors discharged him

Punched his wife in the stomach during an argument witnessed by their son

Grabbed his wife by the neck and threw her against a shelving unit

Thrusted his body into a security guard who ordered him to leave a professional baseball game then had to be subdued by several security guards and police officers before being handcuffed and escorted away resulting in him being banned from the ballpark for one year

Kicked, punched and pinned his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil by the neck to a wall inside the state Capitol

Allegedly ran over his wife's foot with his car, put out a cigarette on her hand, threw her against a wall, forcefully yanked her hair and routinely emotionally abused her over a yearslong period

Punched his wife Colbie Holderness in the face giving her a black eye while they were vacationing in Italy of which she had photographic evidence

Kicked his newlywed wife Colbie Holderness in the leg during a flight to their honeymoon destination which left her stunned because she had just married him days earlier

Threw his wife Colbie Holderness on their bed and physically restrained her by grinding an elbow or knee into her body to "emphasize his anger" while he yelled at her on multiple occasions

Choked his wife Colbie Holderness on more than one occasion which she described a being "very scary and dehumanizing"

Violently yanked out a fistful of Ivana Trump's hair because she recommended a plastic surgeon to remove a bald spot in a procedure that he did not know would be painful

Physically attacked his victim causing him "visible bodily harm" in addition to slashing his tires and also damaged another woman's door and laptop causing over $500 in damages

Physically abused his wife at least eight separate times over a period of time ranging from when they were dating to the final assault that happened in a Ritz-Carlton hotel which resulted in his arrest

Allegedly choked his then-wife Maureen McPhilmy and dragged her down the stairs by her neck during an argument witnessed by his daughter

Physically abused his college girlfriend by grabbing her wrists so hard they would bruise and emotionally abused her by controlling many aspects of her life and demanding to approve of anyone she interacted with

Struck his wife multiple times in the face, yanked her hair and threw her to the ground where he dragged and kicked her after she confronted him over an affair he was having with a law clerk during a fight inside their hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton

Yanked his wife Jennifer Willoughby out of the shower by her neck and shoulders and violently screamed at her while she tried to get out of his grasp

Choked his wife from behind, raced to snatch her cell phone before she could grab it to call for help and vaguely threatened her with violence if she called the police all in front of their two young children

Had his longtime friend murder his ex-wife and her father at their home out of a bitter custody dispute over their young son in which she planned to move out of the state away from him but unfortunately was too late

Intentionally shot and killed his former fiancé months after she sought and received a protective restraining order against him