North Dakota Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in ND

Solicited sex via text message from a woman he thought was a prostitute, but who was actually a police officer

Had an extramarital affair with a married woman during his time as Lt. Governor and only admitted to it after a citizen journalist exposed it online

Was caught by police with his pants undone and his shirt untucked while peering into the windows of a female dormitory at North Dakota State University when he was 29 years old

Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year period

Downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personas

Sent nude images of himself to men decades younger than him on a gay dating website around the same time he voted against an anti-discrimination bill that intended to provide additional protections to the LGBTQ community

Spewed homophobic and racist taunts against police officers who pulled him over for swerving in and out of his lane and also failed a field sobriety test, refused to take a breathalyzer and threatened the officers by saying that he would "regret" arresting him because he knew the state AG and claimed he could falsely tell him that he was mistreated by the officers