2024 Crimes Committed by Notable Republicans

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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/30/24
Forcibly kissed and groped Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul moments after she was ushered into a room for a private meeting with him less than a month before he married MarlaAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Mail
10/23/24
Placed his hands "all over" model Stacey Williams' breasts, waist and buttocks after being introduced to her by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to MarlaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
5/11/24
Illegally 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
5/07/24
Violated a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his criminal hush-money case by criticizing the jury in an interview he gave and was fined $1,000 and warned that his next violation may result in jail timeAccording to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal case
Blatantly and repeatedly violated a gag order which prohibited him from verbally attacking witnesses, jurors and family members of court staff in his New York hush money trial and was ordered to remove all posts that ran afoul of the gag order and pay a $9,000 fine by the judge who held him in contemptAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
4/22/24
Promised to pardon his personal aide and "body man" Walt Nauta if he was convicted of lying to the FBI about his knowledge of Trump's illegal retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago if he becomes President againFirsthand account from a confidential witness who spoke with the FBI about their interactions with Trump
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Alex ZdanFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
3/14/24
Swerved into oncoming traffic while driving drunk and hit another car, fled the scene and was later found asleep in his car by police who reported he had noticeable signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes and then failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC three times the legal limit of 0.25According to charging documents filed by local police
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John RaeseFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
10/15/24
Crashed into another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC of nearly twice the legal limit after playing in a golf outing and exhibited multiple signs of being under the influence when the police arrived who then arrested him after he failed a field sobriety testAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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12/23/24
Paid more than a dozen women tens of thousands of dollars for sex and left a paper trail by using a mobile cash app to give them the moneyAccording to bombshell report released by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee
11/18/24
Attended numerous alcohol and drug-fueled "sex parties" where he consumed cocaine and other illicit drugs while he was a sitting congressmanAccording to an attorney representing two women who testified that they attended the parties with Gaetz
11/16/24
Allegedly had sex with an underage 17-year-old girl who had just completed her junior year in high school twice in one night at a party hosted by convicted sex offender Joel Greenberg and then paid her $400 in cash afterwardsAccording to bombshell report released by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee
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11/13/24
Consumed too much alcohol and then took some sleep medication while waiting for his flight at a local airport resulting in him missing his flight and being detained by police for public intoxicationAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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10/14/24
Violated election law by displaying the wrong election date in a newspaper advertisement targeting black voters while using the correct date in all other ads including one that was almost exactly the same but targeted white votersAccording to an official complaint filed by the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus
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Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/12/24
Called 911 over two dozen times one day and 14 times a week later and then told an officer who warned him to stop tying up emergency resources that he had “50 pounds of black powder and a cannon" and was ready to "take care of business” and threatened to fire on the officers who showed up to his home if they attempted to enterAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Larry Savage JrFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
10/29/24
Was caught on video stuffing two ballots into his sweatshirt pocket that he could later use to cast fraudulent votes during a public testing of local voting machinesAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
9/29/24
Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her outAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/08/24
Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped3/07/24
Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds resulting in his eventual death several days laterAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
12/18/24
Formed fake shell companies to conceal the millions of dollars he earned working as an unregistered foreign agent from the IRSAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Frank MylarFmr. AG Candidate [R-UT]
7/10/24
Offered his competitor for State AG a job at the office if he agreed to drop out of the race and endorse himAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Joshua KindredFmr. Federal Judge [R]
7/08/24
Coerced an assistant district attorney who argued cases in front of him and was also his former law clerk into laying down with him on his bed and began groping her which made her feel like "there’s nothing [she] can do about this, like this is about to happen" because he was so much bigger than her and then performed oral sex on her without consent7/08/24
7/08/24
Kissed and grabbed his law clerk's buttocks without her consent inside his chambers after taking her there instead of her home as he had promised following a night of drinking at a local barAccording to a report by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit
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Mark GrisantiState Judge [R-NY]
6/06/24
Pushed a police officer who was attempting to handcuff his wife over a dispute with their neighbor and warned the officer that he'll "be sorry" if he arrested his "f*cking wife" because he was friends with the mayor and two of his children are police officersAccording to a censure ruling by New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating
4/16/24
Stole 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 -
Andy SanbornFmr. State Senator [R-NH]
10/16/24
Fraudulently spent $188,474 in COVID relief funds on three luxury sports cars and other expenses after he lied about his company's earnings by nearly 1M in order to increase his chances of getting more grant moneyAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Ken YagerState Senator [R-TN]
12/04/24
Crashed into another vehicle, attempted to flee from the police but tripped and fell to the ground, was found with urine-soaked pants and spectacularly failed a field sobriety testAccording to charging documents filed by state police
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Mark SchoeslerState Senator [R-WA]
9/10/24
Rammed his truck into another vehicle while exiting a local fairground and exhibited “obvious signs of intoxication” to the police officer who found him sitting in his vehicle and arrested him for having a BAC nearly twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]
9/24/24
Committed “numerous traffic infractions” while driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in his arrest8/14/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jason BuckelState Representative
6/17/24
Was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he refused to take a field sobriety test while also driving on a suspended licenseAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Antwione WilliamsFmr. Conservative Athlete
11/15/24
Physically "attacked and overcame" two Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrectionAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jay CutlerConservative Athlete [R]
10/18/24
Crashed into another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol, attempted to flee the scene after unsuccessfully offering to bribe the driver he hit with $2k to not call the police, slurred his words and refused a field sobriety test when police arrived and was found to be in possession of a loaded pistol and second gun in violation of state lawAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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8/29/24
Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police when they arrived who determined she was heavily intoxicated with a BAC over twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
1/26/24
According to charging documents filed by local police
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Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
11/25/24
Illegally exploited a female sex worker by managing her rendezvous with johns and the money she got for her services and had nearly $80k in cash on him when he was arrestedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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12.3mMAGA Enthusiast
1/06/24
Choked a 20-year-old woman during sex without her consent so forcefully that the whites of her eyes turned red and she passed out and continued having sex with her while she was unconscious and then threatened to kill her when she awokeAccording to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun
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12/16/24
Crashed his ATV while driving drunk and left it behind instead of notifying the authorities who eventually caught up with him, refused a field sobriety test and was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit even after a long delay before he submitted to the testAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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1/25/24
Teamed up with a male WWE employee to physically restrain and sexually assault a female WWE employee after they shoved her into a locked room at company headquarters and mocked her pleas for them to stop by taunting that "No means yes" while also being married1/25/24
Showed illicit photos and videos of a WWE employee he had a nonconsensual sexual relationship with to multiple people without her knowledge or consentAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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12/01/24
Passed out in the back of a party bus and later urinated in public outside of his hotel after a night of heavy drinkingAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
11/15/24
Allegedly 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 accusationsAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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3/18/24
Helped remove a table from a room in the Capitol that was soon after used to physically assault police officers trying to regain control during the 1/6 insurrection and later lied to federal investigators by falsely telling them she never entered the Capitol during the riotAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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463kMAGA Enthusiast
3/27/24
Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of courtAccording to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast
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304kMAGA Enthusiast
3/25/24
Sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who went to his church and babysat his own children inside his church, personal office, car and also at her home over three-year period when he was in his mid-20's where she said he would often move her hand down to his groin to have her "touch him sexually" and he would "touch [her] in return" and also often kissed her "like a man kisses a woman" while also being married with young children at homeAccording to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star
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5/02/24
Led a mob of insurrectionists who overwhelmed police and broke into the US Capitol on 1/6 and proceeded to lead the mob towards the Senate chamber but was pushed back by riot police who eventually had to force him out of the building because he refused repeated commands to exitAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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10/04/24
Stole 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 and spent it on personal items including plastic surgery and her daughter's weddingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]
5k
8/13/24
Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officialsAccording to charging documents filed by the Colorado Attorney General -
10/23/24
Trespassed on a constituent's front porch and stole a campaign mailer sent by his political opponent and was caught laughing about his actions on the victim's doorbell cameraAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Joe LayneSt. Joseph County GOP Co Chairs
11/11/24
Snatched a microphone from and then shoved a County Council member who was speaking to a group of local RepublicansAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Rob HentschelCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
12/09/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman who repeatedly told him and his friends to stop after a night of heavy drinkingAccording to a sworn affidavit filed by the alleged victim to local police
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Craig CaldwellFmr. Lexington County GOP Chair
7/12/24
Stole $52,300 from a local Rotary Club Foundation over a series of 11 checks written to himself from the foundation's account while he was their treasurerAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
7/12/24
Illegally transferred $61,591 from a local GOP chapter's bank account to his personal accounts over 147 wire transfers in a five-year period and covered it up by falsifying reports he submitted to the local chapterAccording to charging document filed by local officials
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Carolina AmestyFmr. State Representative
9/18/24
Forged a professor's signature and notarized a document that falsely asserted the unaccredited Christian school she founded had acquired a credentialed professor to teach there resulting in her school improperly obtaining state licensing to operateAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Todd HiettCommissioner [R-OK]
7/30/24
Groped a male client's groin and other areas of his body after getting so drunk he couldn't "speak more than one or two words at a time" at a business conference while also being a married fatherAccording to an official complaint filed by at least two employees who were present
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Christopher MorrisFmr. Sheriff [R-OK]
5/31/24
Received free services from an auto shop in exchange for sending county vehicles to the shop when they needed work done on themAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
10/15/24
Fraudulently charged over $5 million on personal expenses including more than 130 luxury and classic cars which he then sold and pocketed the proceeds from, $60k worth of airline tickets for a woman he was having an extramarital affair with and other family members including his wife, vacations, designer clothes and a multitude of other expenses using fire department credit cards funded and paid for by the publicAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
4/09/24
Illegally purchased or retained two apparently "brand new" handguns and ammunition in violation of a judge's order to hand over all firearms he owned outside of a single shotgun he was allowed to keep for personal protectionAccording to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal trial
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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
9/13/24
Illegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong period8/28/24
Illegally pocketed at least $28,000 from hundreds of people who paid her roughly $150 each for her to select them as poll workers over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Lawrence GarveyRockland County GOP Chair
2/12/24
Drove under the influence of alcohol after attending a political fundraiser at the home of Trump Senior Advisor Tony Sayegh and was arrested after he failed field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer testAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Stefanie LambertConservative Lawyer
3/22/24
Illegally accessed at multiple voting machines used in the 2020 presidential election from numerous counties in Michigan by deceiving election officials into handing them over to her and her coconspiratorsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Barry BennettLobbyist [R]
1/03/24
Masterminded a scheme to illegally conceal $2.1 million he earned in a three-month period for lobbying services he provided for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with his coconspirator to hide the money from federal officialsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Doug WattsPolitical Operative [R]
1/03/24
Helped his coconspirator illegally conceal $2.1 million they earned lobbying for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with to hide the money from tax authorities and then lied to federal officials twice after they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Steven KramerPolitical Consultant [R]
5/23/24
Illegally created a fake AI-generated phone message with what sounded like President Biden's voice that falsely told recipients they wouldn't be able to vote in the 2024 Presidential election if they voted in the state primaryAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
8/26/24
3/19/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Mitchell BoschFmr. City Council Candidate
11/19/24
Led a mob that physically assaulted riot police multiple times as they were attempting to quell the 1/6 insurrection and fought them every step of the way until the police and National Guard were able to regain control hours laterAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Matthew MelvinSheriff [R-IL]
12/19/24
Swerved in and out of his lane multiple times, sat at a green light for 10 seconds around 1:15am, had vomit on his driver’s side door, reeked of alcohol and refused to do field sobriety and breathalyzer testsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Catherine NelsonDonor
7/06/24
Drove recklessly while drunk and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in her drivers-side door in violation of state lawAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Patrick BaileyCounty GOP Treasurer
12/13/24
According to arrest records documents filed by the local police department
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Kurt SchenkPastor [R]
12/12/24
Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old relative who lived with autism and a learning disability in his garage after spending months gaining her trust as the pastor of her church and grooming her with secret sexualized communications while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Austin SmithState Representative
4/18/24
Forged "rows" of voter names, addresses and signatures on petitions he filed to qualify for the 2024 Republican primary in Arizona while also championing himself as an "election integrity warrior" who routinely espoused voter fraud conspiracy theoriesAccording to an exclusive report by The Arizona Republic
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Joseph de SotoFmr. State Rep. Nominee
12/12/24
Threatened to kill at least five of his colleagues including the state speaker of the house over a number of intimidating emails and texts where he warned that an angel had given him a "vision to destroy" all of themAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Mike LynchState Representative
1/17/24
Recklessly drove 90mph on an interstate highway while under the influence of alcohol with a BAC nearly twice the legal limit and was found to be in possession of a firearm in violation of state law after police pulled him overAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jonathan RinaldiFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/05/24
Belligerently screamed and yelled inside a local polling station and ignored repeated police commands to stop after which he was arrested for trespassingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Carl MaughanState Representative
10/03/24
Was involved in a crash while driving under the influence of alcohol a mere two-months after his previous DUIAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
10/03/24
Committed multiple traffic infractions in short order and was found to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic handgun, empty bottle of whiskey and case of beer with multiple cans missing when police pulled him overAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Stephanie ScottFmr. County Clerk [R-MI]
5/09/24
Illegally retained possession of a voting machine and refused repeated commands to give it to an authorized vendor so they could conduct routine maintenance and testingAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Nick CocchiSheriff [R-MA]
9/23/24
Left his police vehicle that was missing a tire and had damage to another running in the valet parking area of a local casino after midnight and was arrested by state police when he returned because he reeked of alcohol and couldn't explain how his car got damagedAccording to charging documents filed by state police
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Neil FriskeState Representative
6/21/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted an exotic dancer and then chased her around with a loaded gun that he eventually fired in her vicinity outside of his home at 2:30 in the morningAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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James SchenkeFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/04/24
Illegally contacted a victim who had a protective order against him and was arrested by police after they determined he violated the orderAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Devan SeabaughState Representative
8/09/24
Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcoholAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Sean BrislinNancy Mace Legislative Aide
11/25/24
Drunkenly entered a female stranger's apartment while she was taking her trash out and passed out on her bed which traumatized her so much that she told a judge the incident left her feeling "like a stranger in [her] own dwelling"According to charging documents filed by local police
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Justin HerringFmr. Nebraska GOP Member
11/22/24
Allegedly physically abused his intimate partner multiple times over a two-year period including at least one incident that involved a gun and an infantAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
11/22/24
Illegally acquired at least a dozen firearms, knives, brass knuckles and numerous boxes of ammunition and stashed many of them in a hidden room in his basement likely because he isn't legally allowed to own any of them because he is a convicted felonAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Michelle MorrowFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
11/22/24
Illegally ran for local office and voted in a district she didn't reside in by fraudulently attesting that she lived thereAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Lucas LaniganState Representative
10/28/24
Choked his wife so forcefully that she required a trip to the hospital after she confronted him over an extramarital affair she suspected he was havingAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/21/24
Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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John JessupCounty Commissioner [R-IN]
11/14/24
Sexually assaulted an unconscious woman who was so intoxicated that she had to be taken to her hotel room in a wheelchair after he "kept feeding" her an extremely potent alcoholic drink long after she asked him to give her water insteadAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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James BurlandLobbyist [R]
11/01/24
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Robert MorrisFmr. Gateway Church TelevangelistTrump's "evangelical executive advisory board"
6/14/24
Digitally penetrated, groped and kissed a twelve-year-old girl over a multiyear period and only got caught after she told her parents once he began pressuring her to have sex with him when she turned sixteen while also being married with a young childAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jason YatesFmr. My Faith Votes CEO
11/05/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Becky HoodFmr. County Commissioner
11/01/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Tony YochamFmr. Chief of Police
1/09/24
Sexually abused a child multiple times before he was caught and arrested while also being a married father of five childrenAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
12/04/24
According to charging documents filed by state officials
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