Civil Legal Scandals

Defrauded banks in New York by vastly overinflating the value of his assets by as much as $3.6 billion dollars in order to obtain more favorable loan terms in a scheme a judge overseeing his case described as "persistent and repeated fraud"

Was sued for $1.36 million by his former lawyers -- one of which was a longtime friend -- for an outstanding legal bill of which he paid off only $214k since 2019

Lost a defamation lawsuit by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter for spreading a conspiracy theory that they cast thousands of fraudulent votes for Biden after which despicable zealots made their lives a "living nightmare" with racist and sexist threats, MAGA thugs pushed their way into a family home looking for them and Ruby was forced to vacate her home for 2 months under advice from the FBI which left them both traumatized and fearful for their lives

Baselessly accused a Trump supporter on the Capitol grounds during 1/6 of being a covert government agent who was "the central figure" in inciting the insurrection which led to him receiving numerous death threats and being forced to sell his home and business and relocate to a secluded place to protect himself and his wife

Agreed to pay former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg $12 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against them which accused the network of pressuring her to commit perjury in a legal deposition and operating a hostile and discriminatory work environment

Was sued for defamation by a Republican county recorder she baselessly accused of adding over 300,000 fraudulent ballots to Maricopa County's vote count in order to steal the election from her

Was sued for using his position to "aggressively" pursue a married mid-level state government employee which began a yearslong affair that included instances of group sex and led to the eventual destruction of the couple's marriage

Copiloted a small airplane that crashed into a residential home after losing power midair due to "carelessly and negligently flying" killing a second pilot and pinning a teenage girl against a wall

Was sued by Fox News for breach of contract after he debuted a show on Twitter that violated the terms of his contract with them

Was sued by his former company Project Veritas for spending $150,000 on private cars, $10,000 on a helicopter flight and other frivolous expenses in violation of his contract

Smeared a Boise, Idaho, hospital by falsely accusing them of kidnapping a neglected baby and engaging in “child trafficking” which spurned his zealot followers to force a lockdown that rerouted incoming ambulances to other hospitals which the hospital sued him for $50,000

Settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories about their voting machines which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brand

Unmasked the identity of a 19-year-old victim who was raped by a legislative ally and shared a picture of the victim when she was a minor on her Facebook page that resulted in a sustained torrent of harassment against her online and in public

Unmasked the identity of a 19-year-old victim who accused him of rape by including her name in a formal response to an ethics investigation against him

Retaliated against four staffers who reported his alleged corruption to the FBI by maligning them as "rogue employees" and fired or forced them out through other means then spent $3.3 million in taxpayer dollars to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit that also forced him to apologize for disparaging them

Was found liable for $120k for violating wiretapping laws after illegally recording multiple conversations inside a Democratic political consulting group which they later "heavily edited" to deceitfully insinuate the group was involved in unscrupulous activities

Settled a workplace discrimination lawsuit for an undisclosed amount with a woman who was skipped over for a promotion as a hiring manager for a less experienced and qualified man who then promptly used his newly gotten authority to fire her

Was sued for defamation by rightwing activist Lawyer Larry Klayman after he called him a child molester

Routinely accosted Fox News producer Andrea Mackris with graphic sexual conversations he initiated during all hours of the night and during work functions, unsuccessfully solicited her and a friend of hers to have group sex, and tried to persuade her to have phone sex with him all after totally ignoring her repeated demands that he stop -- all while he was married -- of which he eventually paid her $9 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against him

Was sued for defamation by disgraced former host Ed Henry because he claimed the network and CEO Suzanne Scott publicly portrayed him as a "sex criminal" and only fired him because Ms. Scott was trying to save face after the explosive allegations against him came to light

Sexually harassed an assistant of hers so incessantly that she eventually filed a 42-page complaint against Fox News which resulted in them paying her a secret multimillion-dollar settlement

Was ordered to pay thousands of dollars in owed back child support and $3,167 per month to a woman he had a baby with during an extramarital affair until the child turns 18

Maliciously smeared his GOP primary opponent as being a racist child molester through defamatory posts from fake social media accounts he created

Was sued for discrimination by a staffer who alleged the campaign rescinded a job offer in the Trump White House after finding out that she was pregnant with incoming White House communications director Jason Miller's child

Was found liable to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for defamation and battery for "sexual abuse" at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in 1996

Coerced a manicurist who worked at one of his hotels to remove her clothing and have sex with him while also being married then secretly paid her $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against him

Propositioned an aide who was decades younger than him to become romantically involved and then made her life in the office so miserable after she rebuffed his advances that she quit and sued him for sexual harassment, which resulted in him secretly using taxpayer funds to settle while also being married

Sexually harassed a female producer then secretly worked with Fox News to privately settle her complaint with a deal that allowed her to extend her stay in the U.S. since she wasn't an American citizen

Settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a confidentiality agreement for $84,000 using a secret taxpayer funded account which kept it from the public for years

Were ordered to pay $2.2 million to a sexual harassment victim who was fired a mere seven hours after she filed a memo that accused the group of turning a blind eye to a "boys club" culture in the statehouse

Unsuccessfully pressured Fox News host Juliet Huddy to have sex with him multiple times -- once he insisted she come up to return something to his hotel room and answered the door only wearing his boxer shorts -- then had Fox News secretly pay her $1.6 million to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit she filed against him and the company

Secretly paid $44,500 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former assistant that he fired after she complained about his behavior

Solicited anchor Gretchen Carlson for sexual favors and then punished her professionally after she refused his advances in a manner so egregious Fox News settled a lawsuit she filed for $20 million dollars

Paid $100k to settle a lawsuit brought by an employee of an NGO helping lower income families who he smeared as supporting criminal behavior through a deceptively edited secret recording leaving out the key fact he called the police on them immediately after

Was sued for illegally firing without cause a staffer who had an extramarital affair with the MN Senate GOP Leader and later agreed to pay $30,000 to settle the wrongful termination lawsuit he brought against the State Senate

Paid a five-figure settlement to CNN correspondent Abbie Boudreau over a disgusting failed attempt to smear her reputation by recording her aboard a boat filled with inappropriate sexualized items including sex toys

Got naked with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub when he was in his late twenties and later paid her $150,000 to keep quiet when he ran for US Congress