Connecticut Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in CT

Fraudulently accepted at least $500k for her campaign from her husband by falsely reporting the money came from her personal accounts and accepted an additional $30k from four straw donors who concealed that he was the source of the funds

Illegally paid convicted felon and former Governor John Rowland $35,000 under the table to work on her 2012 Republican congressional campaign instead of using campaign funds as required by law

Fraudulently concealed $35,000 he received working for the 2012 campaign of Republican congressional candidate Lisa Wilson-Foley by creating a fake third-party contract with her husband's business to disguise the fact that a convicted criminal was providing them campaign advice

Accepted free vacations and construction services at his vacation home valued at $107,000 in exchange for directing state contracts to a prominent businessman and also failed to report the income on his taxes

Doused his girlfriend's cat with bleach and then beat the animal to death

Chemically burned his girlfriend's cat so viciously that its tail had to be amputated, threatened to "inflict chemical burns" on responding police officers and told one detective that he'd "make him pay" if he was arrested

Poured boiling water on his fiancé's helpless dog and beat her other dog so forcefully that he broke its ribs

Shot an unarmed tenant five times as he tried to flee from her resulting in his death and then lied to police and claimed self-defense which State's Attorney Michelle Manning refuted because video surveillance clearly showed her victim was aggressive towards her in "no way, shape, or form"

Lied about holding a bachelor’s degree in education on a questionnaire for a Connecticut Board of Education job when in reality she earned her bachelor's degree in French

Hired a man she allegedly knew had sexually abused at least ten underage "Ring Boys" who did odd jobs at WWE wrestling events on the condition that he stop abusing young boys which he unsurprisingly did not