Stolen Valor Scandals

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Bill HaydenCounty Commissioner [R-NJ]
7/15/25
Illegally claimed a $6k federal tax deduction by falsely claiming he was a combat veteran who served in the Navy SEALsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials -
244kMAGA Enthusiast
5/06/24
Continued to prominently wear a military honor pin for that he didn’t earn and was awarded to him by mistake even after the military revoked the honorAccording to an exclusive report by CBS News
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Tim SheehyU.S. Senator [R-MT]
4/06/24
Reportedly lied about being shot during his deployment in Afghanistan when in reality he accidentally shot himself in the arm in a federal parkAccording to park ranger Kim Peach who claimed Sheehy personally told him that he shot himself in the arm and a former Navy SEAL who deployed to Afghanistan with Sheehy who claimed he knew nothing about him getting shot during their deployment
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9/28/22
Falsely claimed he was a combat veteran who served under "tough" conditions in the Afghanistan War, but military records show he never actually deployed to Afghanistan and instead spent six months loading planes on a military base in Qatar over 1,000 miles away from the fightingAccording to military records obtained by The Associated Press
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