Republican Financial Crimes Scandals List
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10/04/24Funneled over $70,000 worth of donations she raised for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer shot and killed in the line of duty into her personal accounts to spend on purchases including plastic surgery, rent and her daughter's weddingAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m5/11/24Illegally claimed $168 million in business losses on his Chicago property by using dubious accounting tactics to write off his massive losses on the project on both his 2008 and then again on his 2010 tax returnsAccording to an exclusive joint report by The New York Times and Pro Publica
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating4/16/24Stole over $132,000 from multiple political accounts to pay for vacations with his family, housing costs and personal credit card statements by siphoning money from a loosely regulated political account that prosecutors alleged he used as his own "unregulated slush fund" into his own pocketAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner2/14/24Stole over $59k from a local Republican committee and spent it on personal expenses including mortgage payments, wine trips, luxury candies and everyday expenses like groceriesAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Keri BlairFmr. School Board Member1/12/24Stole a total of $728.61 worth of items from a local Target during seven visits over a 26-day period by not scanning some of the more expensive items in her cart at the self-checkout lineAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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12/13/23Secretly sold up to $50,000 of Boeing shares mere days before a House committee he was on released a highly critical report about the company and then failed to disclose the sale for more than two months and only reported it after he won reelection in a race he won by a mere 333 votesAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast11/16/23Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for CongressAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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10/20/23Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for by claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee [R-CA]9/27/23Funneled at least $107,885 worth of campaign contributions into his personal accounts which he used to fund trips to Las Vegas, Napa Valley and other locations by creating a sham charity called the โUnited Latino Foundationโ and enlisting his mother and close friend to help him transfer the moneyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m9/26/23Defrauded 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" and was ordered to pay a $355 million fine and prohibited from conducting business in New York state for three yearsAccording to a final ruling issued by the judge overseeing the case
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Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]9/22/23According to charging documents filed by local police
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Steve BuyerFmr. U.S. Representative32 Years in GOP9/19/23Illegally made more than $126,000 in profit after receiving confidential information about T-Mobile's intention to acquire Sprint from a T-Mobile executive at a golf outingIllegally profited more than $223,000 by acting on insider information to purchase shares of Navigant Consulting stock shortly before it was acquired by another consulting firmAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Eric UlrichFmr. Commissioner [R-NY]9/13/23Accepted over $150,000 in cash and gifts including premium NY Mets season tickets, a discounted beachfront apartment, a bespoke suit and a one-of-a-kind painting by an apprentice of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalรญ in exchange for helping his co-conspirators gain special access to top officials to get a leg up on various pet projects of theirsAccording to charging documents filed by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
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Sam MieleGeorge Santos Political Aide8/16/23Impersonated a top aide to then Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in fundraising emails that tricked more than a dozen donors into giving money to George Santos's political campaign and received a 15% commission on each contributionAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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8/11/23Illegally transferred $91,000 from his political campaign and a nonprofit organization to an authorized federal campaign committee supporting his candidacy using money not subject to reporting regulations to help his 2016 bid for US Congress and then hid the transactions from the FECAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ed MullinsFmr. NYPD Union President8/03/23Stole roughly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Scott JenkinsSheriff [R-VA]6/29/23Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people fake deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permitAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Larry HouseholderFmr. House Speaker [R-OH]6/29/23Masterminded a bribery scheme that saw him illegally raking in a whopping $60 million from a state nuclear energy company that in turn was given a $1.3 billion taxpayer bailout for two struggling nuclear power plants it operatedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Nate PaulConservative Businessman [R]6/09/23Lied to financial institutions on multiple loan applications by vastly overstating his assets -- by nearly $18 million on just one application alone -- and grossly underreporting his liabilities by millions of dollars which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that he otherwise wouldn't have been grantedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast5/10/23Illegally received over $24,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from New York while he was still employed making a $120,000 salary at his job in Florida and then later hypocritically signed on as a top cosigner of a House bill meant to recover these ill-gotten funds5/10/23Violated federal law by asserting he had upwards of $5 million in assets that didn't actually exist and falsely reported he loaned his campaign $500,000 on financial disclosure forms he submitted during his 2022 run for Congress because it helped him qualify for financial help from the RNCAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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5/03/23Defrauded a donor who gave him $535,200 to use on his campaign which he diverted to his personal business accounts instead and broke campaign finance laws by not disclosing it in a scheme multiple campaign finance experts called โunprecedented,โ โstunning,โ and โjaw-droppingโAccording to an exclusive investigative report by The Daily Beast
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Will DismukesFmr. State Representative4/14/23Stole $32,000 from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery, $4,800 from a local Alabama city hall and more than $2,500 worth of flooring materials and construction materials from his previous employer over a yearslong periodAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Rick JohnsonFmr. State Representative4/06/23Accepted $110,200 in cash and other bribes including thousands of dollars' worth of sex with a prostitute and chartered flights from a businessman and two lobbyists in exchange for approving their medical marijuana business licenses during his time as chair of Michigan's marijuana licensing boardAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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John CouchFmr. Mayor Candidate [R-IN]4/05/23Loaded his truck with stolen large scrap metal objects including an air conditioner, furnace and water heater (the latter of which a police officer caught him loading into his truck) from the dumpster area of a heating and cooling company which had signs posted in multiple areas explicitly warning people against taking anythingAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast3/09/23Allegedly paid an accomplice $100 per day to illegally tamper with ATM machines in order to sell customer credit and debit card data onlineAccording to a sworn affidavit submitted to the FBI and Secret Service by alleged accomplice Gustavo Ribeiro Trelha
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Tricia DergesFmr. State Representative2/28/23Fraudulently received $296,574 in taxpayer dollars to provide COVID-19 testing at three medical clinics she owned, but the clinics were closed and didn't conduct any testsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Robert OtterstatterFmr. City Council Member Candidate2/23/23Stole over $600 worth of groceries by not scanning items in the self-checkout on three separate occasionsAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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2/23/23Moved tens of thousands of campaign dollars into an account to fund a recount that he never actually sought after his 2022 election loss in an apparent attempt to hold on to the cash instead of giving it back to donors as required by lawAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Robert CzernekFmr. County Commissioner2/14/23Accepted over $280k in kickbacks from a local excavation company in exchange for approving over $700k in invoices for purported road work they never performed over an eight-year periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast2/09/23Purchased four golden retriever puppies from an Amish breeder with fraudulent checks that later bounced and left the owner of the puppies out of nearly $5,000 in lost incomeAccording to a complaint filed by the owner that was later dismissed when he paid him back
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Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]24 Years in GOP2/03/23Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returnsHe pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast1/17/23Pocketed $3,000 from a GoFundMe fundraiser meant to save a homeless veteran's dying service dog who later diedAccording to an investigative report by Patch.com
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276k32 Years in GOP1/06/23Cashed in between $628,000 and $1.72 million in stocks from companies seen as vulnerable to the burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak over a series of 33 separate transactions after receiving confidential briefings as chair of the Senate Intelligence CommitteeAccording to financial disclosures reported on by the media
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast12/19/22Stole a checkbook from a dying man his mother was caring for and used the stolen checks to purchase clothing and shoes while living in BrazilAccording to police in Brazil who said he confessed to the crime before leaving for the USA to elude authorities12/19/22Collected $50 per person at a fundraiser he hosted for animal rescue charity Friends of Pets United that did not appear to exist which makes you wonder where that money wentAccording to an investigative report by The New York Times
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Danny RampeyState Rep. Nominee [R-GA]12/16/22Stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living community he managed by entering their apartments when they were not home and was caught in the act by police who had been tipped off by residents who reported their missing prescriptions to the authoritiesAccording to charging documents filed by the Barrow County Sheriffโs Office
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11/23/22Claimed a $1,500 homestead tax exemption meant for people who claim Texas their "principal residence" while he was running for a Senate seat in Georgia at the exact same timeAccording to publicly available tax documents obtained by CNN
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Laurie SmithFmr. Sheriff [R-CA]51 Years in GOP11/03/22Raked in thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations and accepted gifts including a suite at an NHL game from wealthy donors in exchange for special treatment helping them obtain concealed weapons permits that her office was in charge of approvingAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Steve BannonFmr. Trump Chief StrategistLauded by Trump9/08/22Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accountsAccording to charging documents filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's office
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9/07/22Purchased a diary stolen from Joe Biden's granddaughter for $40,000 and soon after leaked it to a reporter at another rightwing outlet who posted the private material days before the 2020 Presidential electionAccording to court records reported by The Intercept
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Cade CothrenGlen Casada Chief of Staff8/23/22Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendorAccording to charging documents filed in federal court
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Glen CasadaFmr. House Speaker [R-TN]8/23/22Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendorAccording to charging documents filed in federal court
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative8/20/22Failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of taxable income to the government and siphoned even more to himself through a PAC that he earned from working as an unregistered foreign agent and lobbyist for the Venezuelan governmentAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Richard ImpallariaFmr. State Representative7/27/22Illegally paid $92,800 in taxpayer funds to his legislative aide's relatives to pay for rent at two cottages located well outside his district by falsely declaring that one cottage was his district office which entitled him to a taxpayer funded stipendAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]7/01/22Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroomAccording to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General
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Mark ThompsonCounty Commissioner [R-MO]6/29/22Entered private property without permission and stole a lawn sign that belonged to a political opponent of his while driving in a truck owned by county taxpayers mere months after being caught on video stealing the same opponent's sign from the parking lot of a private businessAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]5/20/22Raked in over $600,000 in kickbacks from a health insurance fraud scheme that charged providers with over $2.5 million worth of unnecessary tests that were ordered from doctors and conducted by a pharmaceutical company who were all involved in the conspiracyAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors5/12/22Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expensesAccording to a complaint filed by the Georgia Ethics Commission which he settled by agreeing to forfeit $128,000 dollars left in his campaign account without admitting any guilt
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4/26/22Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by lawThe House Ethics Committee ordered Cawthorn to pay $14,237.49 to charity after their investigation concluded he acted improperly
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4/20/22Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]3/18/22Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the saleAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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James HarrisFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate3/10/22Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed itAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David SchamensTrump PAC Exec3/08/22Defrauded 25+ people out of $6.8 million through a Ponzi scheme they thought was being invested on their behalf but was used to fund his lavish lifestyle insteadAccording to charging documents filed by federal authorities
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Robin SmithFmr. State Representative3/07/22Accepted an illegal $24,000 bribe in exchange for pressuring other state lawmakers to contract with a fake consulting company the state speaker of the house secretly createdShe pled guilty to wire fraud and agreed to become a cooperating witness for the prosecution
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Victor BarbosaFmr. City Council Member3/04/22Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council positionAccording to a report by The Daytona beach News-Journal
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John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner1/27/22Tricked a financial lender into giving him a $1 million loan to purchase and renovate a family home which he falsely represented as an investment property through a fake companyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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12/04/21According to charging documents filed by local police
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Roy McGrathFmr. Chief of Staff [R]10/05/21Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severanceAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Michael CappsFmr. State Representative2021 09Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salariesAccording to charging documents by federal prosecutors
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Allen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]2021 05Unlawfully evaded paying almost $2 million in taxes over a sixteen-year period on items including rent, luxury cars and private school tuition for his grandchildrenHe pled guilty to all charges and testified against the Trump Organization before being sentenced to five months in jail
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast4/16/21Illegally sheltered hundreds of thousands of dollars in a trust and a company he owned in order to avoid paying $205,410 in back taxes he and his wife owed to the IRSAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by federal officialsAccording to a lawsuit filed by federal officials
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Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]Friend of Rep. Matt Gaetz3/31/21Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabiliaHe pled guilty to a larger package of charges and then cooperated with federal authorities on a larger sex-trafficking investigation
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2/11/21Accepted thousands of dollars' worth of home remodeling and repairs in addition to securing employment for a woman he was having an affair with from wealthy real estate developer Nate Paul in exchange for investigating Paul's business adversaries and helping him settle a lawsuit in his favorAccording to an official complaint filed by seven of Paxton's top aides
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Sam McCannFmr. State Senator [R-IL]2/03/21Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaignAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Tricia DergesFmr. State Representative2/01/21Raked in $191,815 by selling fake stem-cell treatments to unsuspecting patients she told would help combat COVID-19, but in reality all she administered was amniotic fluid that had no known medical benefitsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair12/12/20He pled guilty to destruction of property and being in possession of a large-capacity firearm and was sentenced to five months in jail
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Jack BrewerConservative Athlete [R]"Black Voices for Trump" member8/25/20Illegally raked in a $35k profit after selling 100,000 shares of "penny stock" COPsync after receiving confidential information that it was about to crashAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Greg LindbergConservative Businessman [R]8/19/20Gave $1.5 million dollars in bribes to a North Carolina Insurance Commissioner in exchange for favorable treatment of his insurance company by state regulators and the firing of the deputy insurance commissionerAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Paul EricksonPolitical Operative [R]7/06/20Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims including his own god mother, family members, friends and former classmates by convincing them to invest in various schemes he concocted that promised massive returns, but instead kept the money for himselfHe was sentenced to seven years in federal prison but served only 8 months after Trump pardoned him
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Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]Friend of Rep. Matt Gaetz6/23/20Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operationalAccording to charging documents by federal authorities
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Shirley SosebeeFmr. Tax Collector [R-GA]3/17/20Forged her own brother's signature on a land deed in an attempt to transfer the title to her family without having to pay for the propertyAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Mitchell EnglanderFmr. City Council Member3/09/20Accepted bribes during a lavish trip to Las Vegas which included $10k in cash, a free room, sex with an escort and a nearly $35,000 tab at a night club in exchange for directing major development projects to a prominent businessman in Los AngelesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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George GilmoreOcean County GOP Chair2/22/20Cashed out over $570,000 from a $1.5 million mortgage loan he was able to refinance by lying to his bank about outstanding tax liabilities and illegally diverted his employees' payroll taxes to his personal accounts in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle and pay down his own tax obligationsHe was found guilty and sentenced to one year in federal prison but was pardoned by Trump before he began serving his sentence
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Kate GibbsFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate2/15/20Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying which resulted in her getting banned from the store and having to pay a $280 fineAccording to an exclusive report by the Burlington County Times
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Edward AmbrosinoFmr. City Council Member11/15/19Stole more than $800,000 in legal fees owed to his law firm by transferring the money to his personal account and then didn't pay the $254,628 tax bill that would have been due had the money been acquired legallyAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]10/21/19Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.comAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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McCrae DowlessFmr. Political Operative7/30/19Illegally collected Social Security Disability and retirement benefits from the government by neglecting to inform them about the more than $132,000 he earned working on political campaigns which would have drastically reduced the number of benefits he would have been eligible forAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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7/26/19Stole an eye-popping 279 items totaling $2,327.97 from a Target store and $40 worth of cat food from a local grocery store mere months apart from each otherAccording to a charging documents filed by local police
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Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]24 Years in GOP6/25/19Accepted cash bribes totaling over $150,000 from the co-owner of orthodontic clinics in exchange for his efforts to help overturn a dental practices law he didn't likeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Robin HayesFmr. North Carolina GOP Chair4/02/19Tried to bribe the NC state insurance commissioner with a $1.5 million donation to his reelection bid and another $250k donation from the NC Republican party in exchange for favorable treatment for a business associate friend of his and then lied to the FBI when they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m11/09/18Illegally paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by directing his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to pay her off and agreeing to reimburse him in monthly installments one month before the 2016 election in violation of campaign-finance lawsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jim HarrisonFmr. State Representative10/26/18Accepted over $900,000 from a well-connected political consultant in exchange for acting in his client's interests in secret by not disclosing the true source of the funds as required by state law and later lied to a grand jury about it in an attempt to cover it upHe was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in prison
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Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]10/04/18Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA with the help of his executive assistantAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Chris CollinsFmr. U.S. RepresentativeFirst US Rep. to endorse Trump8/08/18Illegally gave insider information to his son and others to help them avoid more than $768k in losses by selling their stock in a biotech company before news of a multiple sclerosis drug trial failing FDA authorization went public causing the stock to drop 90%He pled guilty to insider trading and was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison before Donald Trump pardoned him only two months into his sentence
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Allen LoughryFmr. Justice [R-WV]6/20/18Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himselfAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Sandra PihosFmr. State Representative6/05/18Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and returned later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store creditAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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John CoursonFmr. State Senator [R-SC]6/04/18Stole $159k from his election campaign and spent it on personal expenses by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactionsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jon StanardFmr. State Representative2/09/18Hired a prostitute on two separate occasions and took her to a hotel room he used taxpayer dollars to pay for while also being a married father of three who voted for stricter solicitation laws shortly before getting caughtAccording to an investigative report by the Daily Mail
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Jake FilesFmr. State Senator [R-AR]1/29/18Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never doneAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Rick Quinn Jr.Fmr. State Representative2017 12Accepted over $4 million from lobbyists working on behalf of his father's consulting firm and then advocated on their behalf for legislation that would benefit themAccording to charing documents filed by state officials
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Don LeemanFmr. State Rep. Candidate5/03/17Voted in a district he no longer resided in and later unsuccessfully tried to bribe a local Housing Authority employee into falsifying a letter to election officials that attested he had only temporarily moved out of the district in exchange for a donation to the county Housing AuthorityAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Steve StockmanFmr. U.S. Representative34 Years in GOP3/16/17Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasherAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Jon WoodsFmr. State Senator [R-AR]3/01/17Directed roughly $600,000 in taxpayer money to a Christian college and another non-profit organization in exchange for a large financial payoff that was facilitated through a third-party consulting company who concealed the bribesAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative2/08/17Gave $29,800 in campaign funds to a professional gambler with a long criminal record and an additional $25,000 to his wife, illegally reimbursed himself $11,946.65 from his campaign account for expenses he provided no documentation of and spent thousands more on personal expenses including an airplane ticket for his wife, custom suits, spa products, sunglasses, lawncare and paint for his home office, among many other thingsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outletsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Micah NealFmr. State Representative1/05/17Received a $38k bribe to funnel $600k in government funds to a private evangelical Christian college and another non-profit organizationAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m11/04/16Violated campaign-finance laws by paying former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal $150,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by orchestrating a convoluted payment scheme involving his lawyer Michael Cohen and the tabloid National Enquirer a week and a half before the 2016 electionAccording to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal