North Carolina Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in NC

Cashed 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 Committee

Got on top of another man while he was naked and simulated receiving oral sex by repeatedly thrusting his pelvis near their head while making high-pitched moaning sounds

Attempted to take his loaded handgun onto his airplane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, but was stopped by TSA agents who took possession of his weapon and issued him a citation

Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by law

Was caught with an unloaded gun and loaded magazine clip in his carryon bag as he was going through security at a regional airport in North Carolina

Drove multiple women out into remote rural areas while in college and if they turned down his advances, he would drive back to campus recklessly at very high speeds because as one woman described it "he was upset that I had turned him down or refused his advances"

Illegally accepted over $25,000 in campaign contributions from a single family member far exceeding the $5,600 legal limit per person

Hit another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit with his young daughter in the car during the middle of a workday and then tried to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he was a judge and named police officers he personally knew

Came mere feet away from intentionally ramming into two demonstrators with his SUV and only avoided hitting them because they were able to jump out of the way moments before being struck

Was sued for $200k by a husband who claimed he used his position to persuade his wife, who was a mid-level state government employee, to engage in a yearslong affair that included instances of group sex and led to the eventual destruction of the couple's marriage

Was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving and refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety tests which resulted in police arresting him

Threatened to kill a state senator over his opposition to a shrimp trawling ban state legislators were considering

Attempted to extort a congressional candidate by threatening to release a potentially damaging secret recording he had of him unless he pressured a woman Johnson was having an affair with to deny its existence and then removed evidence from his office while officers were executing a search warrant against him

Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married

Swerved in and out of his lane while driving 50-mph in a 35-mph zone and went on a profanity-laden rant against his arresting officers where he threatened to get them fired and self-assuredly said he was going to call in political favors to make his charges disappear and when in custody took a breathalyzer test which was more than three times the legal limit

Pointed a gun at his wife and threatened to kill her

Illegally 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 for

Conspired to illegally collect and fill out unsuspecting voters absentee and mail-in ballots to help Republican candidates in the 2018 midterm election and later lied to federal authorities when they questioned him

Was charged with forcible rape and ordered to avoid any contact with his victim

Groped a woman's breast and legs inside of his police cruiser and unsuccessfully attempted to coerce her into doing other "things she did not want to do" before she was able to exit his car and report his actions to the police

Tried to coerce a young woman into giving him oral sex inside his police cruiser and then began "rubbing his crotch" while she sat next to him after she repeatedly told him she would not do what he asked

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police

Stole $6,200 dollars from the sheriff department's bank account which he used to pay for his re-election parties in 1998 and 2002 and to reimburse an employee for a travel expense and then obstructed justice by attempting to cover his tracks on expense reports

Had a monthslong extramarital affair with a female subordinate where they had sex in multiple places including his office, patrol car, home and a local shooting range and eventually impregnated her