Conservatives Forced to Settle Lawsuits
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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9/27/25Secretly settled a defamation lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for falsely claiming their machines rigged the 2020 election and spreading other conspiracy theories that severely damaged the company’s reputation
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Massachusetts Republican Party
9/11/25Accepted tens of thousands of dollars in illegal donations including $27k from an ineligible GOP candidate during the 2022 election and was forced to pay over $36k to settle a campaign finance claim filed against them
According to an exclusive report by The Boston Globe -
1/10/25Settled a lawsuit with the SEC for $1.7m for illegally using company funds to secretly pay two women who accused him of sexual assault to keep quiet which caused WWE accountants to accidentally file false financial reports because they were kept in the dark about his payments
According to a settlement agreement announced by the SEC -
Concerned Veterans for America
12/01/24Secretly paid a female employee an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with accusations that a male employee sexually assaulted her and that the company brushed her allegations aside by shockingly arguing the man shouldn't be held accountable because he was drunk
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker -
11/15/24Allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in her hotel room after a night of heavy drinking and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with her accusations
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
David LoveState Representative
8/23/24Smeared two "drag queen" performers by baselessly accusing them of being sex offenders who behave inappropriately with children when neither allegation was remotely true and later agreed to pay them $100k each to settle a defamation lawsuit they filed against him
According to court records reported by local media outlets -
Gateway ChurchGateway Church Leader
7/08/24Paid an underage sex abuse victim who was less than 12-years-old at the time of her assault an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she brought against the church that accused its top leaders of covering up her assault in order to protect her abuser from facing consequences for his actions
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
5/21/24Settled a lawsuit with electronic voting company Smartmatic for $40 million for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories that the company helped tilt the election which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brand
According to a settlement agreement reached between the two companies -
One America News
4/16/24Defamed voting technology company Smartmatic with bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and later secretly settled a lawsuit the firm brought against them for an undisclosed amount in order to avoid going to trial
According to a lawsuit filed by Smartmatic -
1/17/24Settled 14 separate lawsuits brought by former employees who alleged he illegally withheld their overtime pay for an undisclosed amount
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
6/30/23Agreed 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 of operating a hostile and discriminatory work environment
According to court records first reported by The New York Times -
Charlie PierceFmr. Mayor [R-AK]19 Years in GOP
4/19/23Sexually harassed his executive assistant with “constant unwanted physical touching, sexual remarks, and sexual advances” and created such a toxic work environment that she felt she couldn't report his misconduct without fear of retaliation and then paid her $237,500 to settle a sexual harassment case she brought against him
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and first reported on by The Anchorage Daily News -
4/18/23Settled 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
According to court records and public reporting by mainstream outlets -
2/10/23Retaliated 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 and later spent $3.3 million in taxpayer dollars to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit which also forced him to apologize for disparaging them
According to a settlement agreement reached between Paxton and the fired staffers -
7/10/22Secretly paid over $12 million to four women to keep them from going public with their allegations of sexual misconduct and made each of them sign a nondisclosure agreement to ensure their accusations never saw the light of day
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
6/21/22Secretly paid $1.6 million to a female Washington Commanders employee who accused him of sexual assault in order to keep her from going public with her allegations
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
5/19/22Exposed his erect penis and rubbed his massage therapists' leg without consent before offering to buy her a horse if she agreed to give him an erotic massage which she declined
Musk's company SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 and made her sign a nondisclosure agreement -
3/02/22Engaged in a yearlong extramarital affair with a woman who was formerly married to an ISIS terrorist and paid her $5,000 to keep quiet about it
According to a statement in which he admitted to the affair and announced he was ending his reelection campaign -
1/15/22Had an affair with a WWE employee 35 years younger than him and then doubled her salary to $200k and paid her $3 million after she agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement that forced her to keep their tryst a secret which she later testified in court was signed under duress
According to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -
Tim PhillipsFmr. Americans for Prosperity President
12/03/21Settled 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
According to an exclusive report by CNBC News -




6.5mLauded by Trump
7/13/21Routinely harassed Fox News producer Andrea Mackris with graphic sexual conversations at work and over the phone where he made her listen to all of his sexual fantasies about the two of them together while also being married and later paid her $9 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit that she brought against him
According to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
4/22/21Forced his physical trainer onto his bed, pushed her face into the mattress and raped her while she screamed and repeatedly shouted for him to stop and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money to secretly settle a lawsuit she filed against him
According to a lawsuit filed by his alleged victim -
10/01/20Sexually 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
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker -
Byron MallottFmr. Lt. Governor [R-AK]
9/10/20Invited a female public safety officer up to his hotel room under false pretenses and made it clear to her how attracted he was to her while also being married and when she rose to leave the room he vaguely threatened her by reminding her how much he has helped her professionally throughout her career and then secretly paid her an undisclosed amount of money and forced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement after she filed a complaint against him
According to an exclusive report by ProPublica -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
4/15/19Threw an ottoman, large glass vases and other dangerous objects from the window of his 14th-floor apartment nearly hitting a toddler below and later settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money after the family sued him
According to a lawsuit filed by the victim's family -
Jeff HooverFmr. State Representative
1/16/19Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old legislative staffer more than 50 times over a three-year period subjecting her to what she testified as "nearly daily touching" including groping between her legs while seated next to her at large political functions and then secretly settled a lawsuit she filed against him in order to prevent her allegations from becoming public while being married the entire time
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the legislative staffer -
9/26/18Paid former Fox News host Scottie Nell Hughes an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit she filed over being "blacklisted" from Fox networks after she publicly accused Fox Business host Charles Payne of raping her
According to court records first reported by The Wrap -
5/03/18Threw a woman he met online on a first date on his nanny's bed, ripped her pants off and digitally penetrated her anus and vagina and pinned her arms behind her head while he shoved his penis in her face before she was able to break free from his grip and get him off of her and then secretly paid her $200,000 and required her to sign a nondisclosure agreement in order to keep her from going to the police
According to an exclusive interview with the victim's daughter by People Magazine, Photographic evidence of bruises and lacerations taken the morning after the alleged attack -
Elliott BroidyFmr. RNC ExecutiveMajor Trump Fundraiser
4/13/18Secretly paid Playboy model Shera Bechard $1.6 million to keep their extramarital affair and details of his alleged abuse and manipulation secret with the help of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
According to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -
Steve WynnFmr. Wynn Resorts CEODonated 14.4m to Republican causes in 2020
1/27/18Coerced a manicurist who worked at one of his hotels to remove her clothing and have sex with him while also being married and later secretly paid her $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against him
According to an exclusive report by The wall Street Journal -
Pat MeehanFmr. U.S. Representative46 Years in GOP
1/20/18Propositioned an aide who was decades younger than him to become romantically involved while also being married 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 spending thousands of taxpayer dollars to settle
Confirmed by a total of 7 office employees and acquaintances in an exclusive report by The New York Times -
1/10/18Sexually harassed a female producer and 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
According to interviews with former colleagues at Fox News and reported by NPR -
Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO
12/20/17Solicited Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky for sex during private meetings while also being married and then retaliated against her after she rebuffed his advances by denying her a promotion to host her own show and drastically reduced her on-air appearances which resulted in him and Fox News secretly paying her an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she filed against him
Ailes and Fox News secretly paid her to keep quiet -
Blake FarentholdFmr. U.S. RepresentativeTea Party Enthusiast
12/04/17Openly talked with a male aide about "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" he had about his female communications director Lauren Greene and fired her after shortly after she filed a formal complaint and then secretly paid her $84,000 in taxpayer funds from a secretive "Office of Compliance" account after she agreed to drop a federal lawsuit she filed against him
12/04/17Settled 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
According to an exclusive report by Politico -




6.5mLauded by Trump
10/21/17Coerced Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl into a "non-consensual sexual relationship" while also being married himself and later secretly agreed to pay her $32 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against him
According to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser -
4/10/17Illegally paid $8,912 in campaign funds to the lawyer of a woman he had an extramarital affair with to help pay her legal fees in an attempt to keep their affair from becoming public
According to news reports from credible media outlets -




6.5mLauded by Trump
4/06/17Sexually harassed Fox Business host Rebecca Diamond in such a manner that she decided to record him to have proof of his behavior which led to him and Fox News secretly paying her an undisclosed amount in order to keep her from going public with her recordings
Caught on tape, O'Reilly and Fox News secretly paid her to keep quietIncessantly tried and failed to convince Fox News host Juliet Huddy to have a sexual relationship with him over repeated phone calls during which she reported it sometimes sounded like he was masturbating and in person (he once answered the door to his hotel room in his boxer shorts after he asked her to return a room key he supposedly needed) and then had Fox News secretly pay her a high six-figure nondisclosure agreement to keep her from going public with her accusations
Fox News secretly settled Huddy's lawsuit -
Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative
12/23/16Secretly 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
According to reports by local and state media -
Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO
7/06/16Solicited anchor Gretchen Carlson for sexual favors while also being married and then punished her professionally after she refused his advances in a manner so egregious that Fox News settled a lawsuit she filed for $20 million dollars
According to the details of a civil settlement and public apology Fox News gave Ms. Carlson -
Cindy GamratFmr. State Representative
9/10/15Had an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Todd Cotter and then used public funds to cover up the affair which resulted in her being expelled from the Michigan House
According to an investigation conducted by the Michigan House -




5.2mLauded by Trump
3/08/13Paid $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
According to the results of a civil lawsuit brought by the victim -
3/15/12Was 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
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the fired staffer -




5.2mLauded by Trump
9/29/10Paid 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
According to an exclusive repor by CNN -
Kevin GarnFmr. State Representative36 Years in GOP
3/12/10Got 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
According to the woman who went to the media to tell her story and confirmed by Garn -
Don SherwoodFmr. U.S. Representative
7/21/05Physically abused his paramour multiple times throughout their yearslong extramarital affair and then paid her $500k to settle a lawsuit she filed against him with the stipulation that she would get less if she went public
According to a lawsuit filed by his former paramour
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