Montana Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in MT

Killed his copilot and pinned a teenage girl against a wall after losing power midair and crashing the plane he was flying into a residential home which authorities later concluded happened in part due to his negligent flying

Forcefully grabbed and body-slammed a reporter after he was asked a mundane question that came nowhere close to warranting an angry response

Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear period

Rushed to give his close friend and former business associate $170k in taxpayer dollars for contract work by skipping the public bidding process that is required by state law and was penalized by his peers with a lifetime ban from the state senate floor

Hysterically waved his loaded gun all around and also directly at his partner during a fit of rage and then she said he "laid his 300-pound self" on top of her and tried to "force" her to shoot him while she tried to escape his grasp

Choked, pushed his partner down a flight of stairs and physically abused her multiple times throughout the course of their six-year relationship

Verbally accosted a police officer who issued him a written warning for driving 88 mph in a 55-mph zone and then tried to get out of trouble by claiming legislative immunity even though the state legislature had adjourned nearly a month before he was pulled over and went so far as threatening to call the state AG and reporting the officer for simply doing his job