Republican Cheating Scandals

Was caught engaging in a sex act with another man in his government office while also being married to a woman

Unzipped a sleeping 18-year-old male college student's pants and fondled him without consent while also being married

Sexted and had phone and cybersex with at least one congressional staffer and a number of other men while also being married

Routinely grabbed five female senate staff and lobbyists buttocks, breasts and other parts of their bodies and threatened to retaliate against them by refusing to take meetings with them if they complained about his behavior while also being married

Kissed a lobbyist on the lips in public less than two years after marrying his second wife

Had a monthslong affair with a married Fox News executive producer which resulted in a baby while also being married with kids himself

Coerced 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

Asked a woman he was having an extramarital affair with to get an abortion when she told him she thought she was pregnant while also having had voted in favor of numerous abortion restrictions against women

Allegedly "pressured" his way into Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes hotel room and raped her after she rebuffed his advances and told him to "stop" what he was doing while also being married

Allegedly coerced Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes into a 3-year-long abusive sexual relationship where she was forced to have sex with him in exchange for career advances and increased facetime on Fox News and Fox Business while also being married

Grabbed and kissed journalist Katy Tur on the cheek without her consent and before she had time to duck out of the way at the same time he was married to Melania

Impregnated his direct subordinate on the 2016 Trump campaign who went on to have a boy after a monthslong extramarital affair while his wife was pregnant with their second child

Coerced a subordinate into giving him oral sex multiple times -- once while he wore his black judge's robe -- and to have sex with him two times and would lash out her as a “horrible court manager” if she ever refused his advances, which she didn't do often because he was her boss, while being married the entire time

Had a yearslong extramarital affair with his senior political adviser and accidentally revealed it to his wife of 50 years when he texted her by mistake "I love you, Rebekah" which presumably didn't go over very well as his wife's named Dianne

Grabbed a legislative staff's breasts and buttocks and physically prevented her from walking away from him and also inappropriately touched a second woman while visibly drunk -- drinking rum and colas to excess is apparently a common occurrence for him -- after attending five events hosted by lobbyists and businesses with free alcohol and food while he was married with three children

Discussed showering and having sex with three subordinates in private messages, sent one a private message that said "I think if we had sex there would be very minimal awkwardness afterwards," drank to excess with them in his office and later fired all three after his wife caught him

"Really grabbed" Miss Finland 2006 Ninni Laaksonen's bottom as they both were sitting backstage at the Late Show with David Letterman which left her "disgusted"

Tightly hugged and kissed Adult Film star Jessica Drake without her consent inside his hotel suite while wearing his pajamas and later that night offered her $10,000 to return to his suite to eat dinner and presumably have sex with him less than a year after he married Melania

Tightly hugged and kissed two Adult Film actresses that fellow Adult Film actress Jessica Drake brought with her to his hotel room without their consent less than a year after he married Melania

Grabbed and kissed Mar-a-Lago guest Cathy Heller on the side of the mouth without consent and nearly caused her to lose balance as she tried to deflect his advances while being married to Marla

Digitally penetrated model Kristin Anderson through her underwear for up to 30 seconds without consent as he sat next to her in a booth at a New York nightclub while he was married to Ivana

Moved his hands up the skirt of first-class passenger Jessica Leeds "like an octopus" that had "40 zillion hands" and also groped her breasts in an incident she described as an "assault" that she only escaped from by retreating to a seat in coach while also married to Ivana

Kissed receptionist Rachel Crooks on the mouth without her consent outside of an elevator at Trump Tower after recently marrying Melania

Pushed journalist Natasha Stoynoff against a wall and shoved his tongue down her throat in a private room at Mar-a-Lago for a minute until she managed to break away and told her "you know we’re going to have an affair, don’t you?" moments before a pregnant Melania walked in to do a joint interview on their recent wedding and marriage

Kissed a close friend of CNN's Erin Burnett "almost on her lips" without her consent and later invited her into his office alone where he showered her with compliments and gave her his personal cell number presumably in an attempt to have an affair while married to Melania

Sent explicit texts to a 17-year-old boy asking if he and a 19-year-old friend of his would have three-way sex with him and for pictures of him in his underwear -- which may have violated a federal law designed to protect children from online obscenity even if it didn't violate his state's age of consent law -- leading to them eventually meeting in which he kissed him at a mall all while being married

Engaged in an extramarital affair with state representative Christy Perry where they would take advantage of legislative trips to discreetly spend time together without raising any suspicious from his wife

Coerced top Fox News staffer Laurie Luhn -- who was 22 years younger than him -- into starting an abusive sexual relationship while he was still married that lasted 20+ years and used the threat to release a videotape he made of her dancing in lingerie to help maintain psychological control

Had sex with a 20-year-old college student in his government office after drunkenly texting her that he'd like to see her "naked around midnight" and enticing her with a cooler full of beer and later had sex with her in his own home while also being married

Kissed a legislative assistant on the neck without her consent and sent suggestive text messages asking her for risqué pictures while also being married, which led to her quitting and finding a new job in the private sector to avoid interacting with him

Solicited erotic pictures from three unsuspecting female legislative staff over dozens of sexualized texts and social media messages while also being married

Allegedly tied a thirteen-year-old girl to a bed and raped her at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein and struck her in the face with his open hand after she pleaded with him to stop while he was married to Marla

Allegedly forced a thirteen-year-old girl to manually stimulate him until he ejaculated at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana

Allegedly forced two young girls aged 12 and 13 to perform oral sex on him and to engage in lesbian sex in front of him at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana

Repeatedly grabbed Miss Washington Cassandra Searles's buttocks and asked her to come to his hotel room to presumably have sex while he was married to Melania

Had sex with an intern in his private chambers and then later wrote her a letter of recommendation for a job in the local DA's office while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his life

Had sex with an attorney who practiced in his court in his private chambers while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his life

Kissed 21-year-old Miss USA contestant Temple Taggart "directly on the lips" without her consent on two occasions that made her say to herself "Oh my God, gross!" while he was married to Marla Maples

Paid $2,000 for a private exotic dance from a stripper at a Las Vegas club that turned into a nearly yearlong affair where the two would get together -- sometimes at the same resort where he married his wife -- whenever he was in Las Vegas to have sex with her

Forced American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth into Ivanka's bedroom at Mar-a-Lago and "kissed, fondled, and restrained” her without consent which made her so nauseated that she "vomited profusely" while he was engaged to his soon-to-be wife Marla

Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys -— the youngest being only 14-years-old —- during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was married

Tricked a woman into beginning an extramarital affair with him by lying to her about being divorced when he was in fact married

Made out with fellow state rep Tim Kelly with her pants down inside a parked car at a local park while being married to a pastor and having two kids and later falsely accused the park ranger who caught them of lying in an attempt to cover it up

Kissed fellow state rep Tara Mack with her pants down inside a car at a local park while also being nearly twenty years older than her and married with four children

Had 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

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

Engaged in an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Cindy Gamrat and then concocted a wild story that would allege he solicited a male prostitute to keep their affair from becoming public

Exchanged sexually charged text messages with a college freshman and congressional intern decades younger than him while also being married with three children

Received oral sex from a woman who wasn't his wife after they both partially undressed and fondled each other

Had a multiyear extramarital affair with a woman he knew was a prostitute while also being married

Coerced an assistant who was decades younger than him into having sex over a yearslong period by threatening to withhold her paycheck if she ever refused his advances, subjected her to a "steady stream of racially and sexually offensive comments" and fired her when she eventually stood up to him while also being married

Made out with one of his married congressional aides inside his office while he was married with five kids

Paid $300 to have sex with a 16-year-old girl virgin he claimed to have thought was a 19-year-old prostitute and ignored her attempts to squirm out of his grip by telling her to "just relax" while also being married

Fathered a son with a fellow US Senator's daughter while married with eight children and kept it secret for more than 30 years

Had extramarital affairs with one of his OBGYN patients, three coworkers and a pharmaceutical drug representative over a multiyear period

Pulled out his penis and began masturbating in front of a female staffer in his locked office after he unsuccessfully pressured her to take her shirt off while also being married with young children

Firmly grabbed a female staffer's buttocks without her consent while also being married

Urged a woman he was having an affair with who also happened to be his OBGYN patient to get an abortion while having had expressed ardently anti-choice views in public

Gave his real name when he visited a brothel presumably to have sex with a prostitute while also being married with a young child and was caught when police raided the establishment and came across his name resulting in him immediately resigning from his seat

Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends

Had an extramarital affair with the MN Senate Republican caucus spokesperson while also being married with a young child

Paid a male prostitute from an escort website $500 to have sex while also being married with two children

Engaged in a 13-year-long extramarital affair with a woman he met at a business conference and would often pay for her travel so they could rendezvous at luxury hotels like the Ritz-Carlton where he'd purchase expensive gifts for her and take her out to dinner at the finest restaurants

Emailed a shirtless photo of himself to a woman he found on a "Women Seeking Men" messaging board and lied about his marital status in his message to her

Frequently paid to have sex with a stripper he also snorted cocaine and abused prescription opioids with who happened to be a confidential informant while also being married

Had an extramarital affair with a college student he hired to work in his state senate office and on his election campaigns

Had a yearslong affair with a married staffer who he hypocritically filmed a video singing the praises of abstinence with

Hired a twenty-year-old male to touch his genitals and give him daily nude massages throughout a European vacation after finding him on the "rent boy" escort website while also being a married pastor who publicly espoused virulently anti-gay sentiments

Had a yearlong extramarital affair with his co-chief of staff who also happened to be the wife of his close friend and got caught when his friend saw a text message Ensign sent to his wife

Engaged in an extramarital affair with his 22-year-old intern after having hypocritically built a public persona as a pious man who often cited his firm belief in abstinence as reasons to oppose gay rights and funding for women's health services

Had an extramarital affair with a woman he previously dated in college and would have sex with her in a building designated for supposedly devoutly Christian lawmakers to live at while Congress was in session and his wife and five children were back home

Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with an Argentinian journalist and got caught when he disappeared to visit her in Argentenia without telling his staff or family where he went and then instructed his staff to lie to the public and report that he was hiking the Appalachian Trail after people noticed he was missing

Grabbed his personal secretary Donna Wilkerson's head and forced it down towards his groin, forcibly kissed her on the mouth after pinning her against his office door and subjected her to a myriad of other physical and emotional abuse over a seven-year period while also being married the entire time

Touched court employee Cathy McBroom under her clothing on two occasions which she likened to "being molested and groped by a drunken giant” and constantly solicited her for sexual favors over a period of six years while being married the entire time

Kept a secret second family with a former Air Force colonel who gave birth to his daughter and lived part time with them in another state while also being married with three young children who made conservative "family values" a central part of his political identity

Had an extramarital affair with a corrections officer who was also his subordinate and utilized an apartment he rented that his wife didn't live at while also having two young children at home

Used a notorious DC escort service at least five times as a US Representative while still married to his wife Wendy Vitter and after having spent most of his political career touting the importance of traditional "family values"

Digitally penetrated and fondled his 16 and 18-year-old foster daughters' breasts after deceitfully convincing them to let him perform "tests" on their private areas ostensibly to determine if they were good candidates to donate their eggs in exchange for a large sum of money while also being their trusted caregiver and a married father

Had an affair with a House staffer over twenty years younger than him and then divorced his wife weeks after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis because she didn't want to have an open marriage

Paid to have sex with a male prostitute on a monthly basis over a three-year period after finding him through an ad on the website "Rentboy.com" while also being a married father of five who was a vocal opponent of gay rights

Grabbed a bottle of lotion and began masturbating in front of a 20-year-old male volunteer at the church he led while they were lying in bed together even after being asked not to while also being married to his wife

Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with the publisher of his memoir where he used an apartment that was originally set aside for exhausted 9/11 ground zero rescue workers to rest and later rented for his personal use presumably at a substantial discount

Had a multi-year extramarital affair with a Beverly Hills socialite who he lavished with thousands of dollars in cash, a Ferrari, Range Rover, two Bentleys and a $1.8 million home he purchased for her to live in so he could visit whenever he wished over their three-year tryst

Engaged in a long affair with Marla Maples without his first wife Ivana finding out by among other things secretly housing her at his Atlantic City hotel