Republican Criminal Abusive Behavior Scandals

Shot an unarmed woman in the stomach after she went to her car and grabbed her gun following a verbal argument that hadn't even turned physical, causing the victim to be airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery mere weeks after being given a prime time speaking role at the 2020 Republican National Convention

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police

Refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger in

Killed a 19-year-old after he drunkenly barreled through a stop sign and crashed into his victim's car and then admitted to police that he drank 10-12 beers not long before his crash

Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days

Crashed her SUV into a ditch and then told the police who arrived and observed vomit in her car and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath that "I am absolutely out of my mind. I am so intoxicated," failed a field sobriety test and refused a breathalyzer test and tried to get out of trouble by telling the officers that she was a judge -- several times -- and demanded they call a sheriff's deputy in a not-so-veiled attempt to avoid getting arrested for drunk driving

Crashed his pickup truck into a ditch, almost fell over getting out, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his words, acted belligerently, refused to do field sobriety tests telling police “I ain’t gonna do a goddamn thing you want” and then tried to use his position in government to get out of trouble by repeatedly demanding that the deputy call the local sheriff on his behalf

Coerced a subordinate into having a sexual relationship with him by threatening to manipulate her salary or fire her outright if she didn't agree

Gave alcohol to a subordinate who wasn't old enough to drink and also gave illegal narcotics to another subordinate who didn't have a prescription during a law enforcement conference they attended

Possessed an unlicensed illegal gun silencer at the gun store he owned which was found along with 17 additional violations by federal inspectors when they conducted a routine compliance check

Drunkenly choked his ex-wife and then disobeyed repeated commands to surrender peacefully after barricading himself inside a residence resulting in police eventually being forced to shoot his dog after it became aggressive

Lurked outside his ex-girlfriends home late at night and texted her "b*tch, I came to see you" from a blocked number in violation of a five-year restraining order she received against him earlier in the year and was apprehended by police when they responded to her 911 call

Repeatedly spied on his estranged wife from the bushes outside her apartment window while pleasuring himself which also violated a restraining order against him that she was granted

Weaved in and out of his lane while driving almost 15 miles per hour over the speed limit, smelled of alcohol when police pulled him over and resisted arrest and then called multiple state house colleagues from jail where he threatened to use his position as an elected official to retaliate against the police department for his arrest

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police

Shouted profanities at first responders who were assisting him after a car he was a passenger in crashed into two palm trees and soon after passed out in the back of a patrol car presumably because he was drunk

Allegedly pulled down his pants and shoved his exposed penis towards an unsuspecting female college freshman which she inadvertently touched when she instinctively swatted her hands at it during an alcohol-fueled dorm party

Weaved in and out of his lane and was arrested after police found him to have a BAC nearly three times the legal limit

Drove 20 mph over the speed limit, ran his truck into a curb, failed a field sobriety test during which he told an officer "I have had too much to drink tonight" and failed a breathalyzer test with a BAC of .146

Drove under the influence of alcohol, tried to flee when police attempted to pull her over and was arrested for DUI

Shoved and threw a hotel security guard to the ground and was taken to the hospital by police because he was so drunk he couldn't answer basic questions and later was arrested for refusing to leave the hospital after doctors discharged him

Punched his wife in the stomach during an argument witnessed by their son

Posted nude images of his wife on the internet without her consent in retaliation for a restraining order she filed against him for domestic violence

Snorted cocaine in the state capitol complex numerous times over a multiyear period while he served as press secretary for the Tennessee House Republican Caucus which advocated for drug testing welfare recipients but apparently took a different position when it came to their own staff

Drunkenly flicked off and engaged in a verbal altercation with two men in another vehicle while parked outside of a White Castle restaurant around 3:15 am which escalated dramatically after two of her male colleagues were shot by one of the men following a night of heavy drinking while attending a judicial conference

Swerved off the road, crashed into a ditch and failed a field sobriety test when police arrived upon which he was arrested for suspected DUI

Drove under the influence of alcohol and prescription pain killers and pled guilty to DUI the very next day

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

Poured boiling water on his fiancé's helpless dog and beat her other dog so forcefully that he broke its ribs

Allegedly threw high school student Christine Blasey Ford onto a bed, drunkenly tried to rip her shirt and bathing suit off, humped her body, covered her mouth with his hand when she screamed and only stopped when a classmate jumped on top of them which finally allowed her to escape

Recklessly drove over 25mph over the speed limit while under the influence of alcohol and was arrested after he failed a breathalyzer test

Wrote two threatening emails in all caps to a fellow student that warned he had just put a bullet inside his shotgun with the student's "NAME ON IT" and told him that he "BETTER WATCH OUT!!" if he didn't want trouble

Hoarded unregistered machine guns, short-barreled rifles and other destructive devices in his underground bunker that was discovered by police after he got caught illegally trying to mail 300 rounds of ammunition via the USPS

Grabbed his wife by the neck and threw her against a shelving unit

Screamed "f*ck you!" to multiple library staff so loudly that he could be heard in the children's area on the other side of the building then refused a police officer's order to leave after staff called them for assistance resulting in him being banned from city libraries for one month

Crashed into his victim so forcefully while driving drunk in his taxpayer-issued vehicle that her car rolled over and she had to be cut free by first responders and later required multiple surgeries to fix numerous injuries she suffered as a result of his actions

Kicked, punched and pinned his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil by the neck to a wall inside the state Capitol

Coerced seven underage girls in to performing sex acts with him, supplied them with heroin and other opioids and threatened to take the drugs away and report them to the police if they didn't submit to his sexual demands while also being married

Coerced 12 young women -- all but two of whom were battling a heroin or opioid addiction and were already tangled up in the criminal justice system -- in to having sex with him by supplying them with heroin and threatened to take the drugs away and call the police on them if they rebuffed his sexual demands while also being married

Punched through a glass door leaving a trail of blood from his wrist during a physical altercation with another patron outside of a hookah bar at 2am and then left the scene before police arrived

Shared intimate photos of his ex-girlfriend without her knowledge or consent

Brandished his gun and threatened to kill his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil and himself, threatened to kill them both by taking the car they were in up to 100 mph and crashing it and stalked her so incessantly that a judge granted her a restraining order

Coerced a massage therapist to perform more than 50 sexual acts on him in his locked office guarded by security dogs and gave her a $400 “tip” each time while also being married

Coerced a massage therapist into giving him "happy endings" by tipping $1,000 for regular massages as a guise and then later propositioned her to give him sexual favors in return which she reluctantly agreed to after becoming financially dependent on the job and money while also being newly married

Allegedly ran over his wife's foot with his car, put out a cigarette on her hand, threw her against a wall, forcefully yanked her hair and routinely emotionally abused her over a yearslong period

Punched his wife Colbie Holderness in the face giving her a black eye while they were vacationing in Italy of which she had photographic evidence

Kicked his newlywed wife Colbie Holderness in the leg during a flight to their honeymoon destination which left her stunned because she had just married him days earlier

Threw his wife Colbie Holderness on their bed and physically restrained her by grinding an elbow or knee into her body to "emphasize his anger" while he yelled at her on multiple occasions throughout their marriage

Choked his wife Colbie Holderness on more than one occasion which she described a being "very scary and dehumanizing"

Was "abusive, degrading, a liar and a cheater" to an ex-girlfriend according to a message she sent to an ex-wife seeking someone who could "relate to the hell I have gone through" (spoiler alert: the ex-wife could)

Smashed his fist through his estranged wife Jennifer Willoughby's glass pane of her front door while demanding to speak with her which resulted in her being granted a temporary restraining order

Coerced a manicurist who worked at one of his hotels to remove her clothing and have sex with him while also being married and later secretly paid her $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against him

Sent pictures of himself masturbating to three women -- two whom he had an extramarital affair with -- and threatened to sic the Capitol Police on one of the women he was involved with if she went public with his naked pictures

Illegally consumed marijuana with a teenage boy he met on Craigslist in a hotel room after he cosponsored a bill that would have made it so people who get caught with even small amounts of marijuana would be charged with a felony instead of a misdemeanor

Rear-ended a vehicle while driving under the influence and tried to get out of it by switching places with his wife before the police arrived, but the victim told police she saw him behind the wheel when he crashed into her after which he was arrested

Pointed a gun at the driver of a car he was dangerously tailing and tried to run her off the road as he zoomed past her

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

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

Attached an electronic tracking device on his ex-wife's car on Valentine's Day to monitor her movements

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

Physically threatened his ex-fiancé and her sister after finding them by tracking her location on the "Find My iPhone" App installed on her phone which prompted a judge to issue a restraining order against him

Neglected his 20-year-old horse to the point of emaciation

Directed three top White House officials to repeatedly call and threaten Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that a negative article about their private lives would be published in the National Enquirer unless they call him and personally apologize for their negative coverage of him

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

Ingested excessively more prescription drugs than his doctor prescribed and quickly became dependent on them and also admitted to his partner that he previously used crystal meth before they began seeing each other

Was observed exiting a restaurant and bar and getting into his illegally parked vehicle by police who arrested him after they determined he was under the influence of alcohol

Sexually assaulted his wife Ivana Trump -- 16 months since the last time they had sex -- in a way she later described to her friends as "rape" because he blamed her for painful side effects from a plastic surgery procedure she recommended he undertake to help cover his baldness

Violently yanked out a fistful of Ivana Trump's hair because she recommended a plastic surgeon to remove a bald spot in a procedure that he did not know would be painful

Pointed his gun at an unarmed woman who simply knocked on his door

Coerced an 18-year-old young woman who was only 16 when they first met and 30 years younger than him into a monthslong sexual relationship where she was compelled to participate in bondage fetishes of his that included using ropes, clamps, chains and sex toys that she did not willingly consent to and then threatened her with "a world of hurt" if she ever rebuffed his incessant advances

Gave alcohol to underage male camp counselors as young as 16-years-old and also filmed and photographed many of the boys getting completely naked as they played strip poker in his bedroom

Overdosed on heroin twice in a single day and was administered a drug to reverse its effects both times

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

Crashed his car into a stop sign after drinking multiple alcoholic beverages inside a VIP tent at a concert and was found to have a BAC of .10 when police arrived

Illegally attempted to get an Adderall prescription by altering the refill date without permission from his doctor

Physically abused his wife at least eight separate times over a period of time ranging from when they were dating to the final assault that happened in a Ritz-Carlton hotel which resulted in his arrest

Allegedly choked his then-wife Maureen McPhilmy and dragged her down the stairs by her neck during an argument witnessed by his daughter

Physically abused his college girlfriend by grabbing her wrists so hard they would bruise and emotionally abused her by controlling many aspects of her life and demanding to approve of anyone she interacted with

Weaved through traffic lanes and had a BAC more than twice the legal limit after submitting to a breathalyzer test

Passed out in his GMC pickup with his head against the steering wheel and the truck still in gear at 3am and reeked of alcohol when police arrived who then woke him up and took him into custody

Rebuffed police commands to exit her vehicle and refused to submit to a breathalyzer and field sobriety test after getting pulled over for speeding and suspicion of driving under the influence and lied about being a "reserve cop" to the arresting officer in an attempt to get out of trouble

Trailed and harassed Democratic state rep Karlee Macer at least six times and sent a number of threatening emails and calls to her personal cellphone over a six-month period including one time when he approached her at the tax services center he worked at to let her know he "knew everything" about her

Drunkenly “grabbed and squeezed” a strip club employee's chest without her consent and then refused to leave after police ordered him to

Drove erratically and was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, argued with the officer and refused to submit to a breathalyzer or field sobriety tests upon which he was arrested for drunk driving

Struck his wife multiple times in the face, yanked her hair and threw her to the ground where he dragged and kicked her after she confronted him over an affair he was having with a law clerk during a fight inside their hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton

Tested positive for cocaine on two separate occasions resulting in a six-month suspension in 2012 and a leave of absence in 2014

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

Drove in and out of his lane for an extended period of time and had such "extreme difficulty with sobriety testing" after getting pulled over that the police officer decided to arrest him on the spot instead of conducting further tests

Had three grams of cocaine and illicit prescription drugs in his possession when he was pulled over for a routine traffic stop

Ran a stoplight and nearly crashed into a curb after he departed a Taco Bell at 2am, stumbled while getting out of his car and refused to submit to a field sobriety test after the police officer smelled a strong odor of alcohol on him and inside the car

Had a difficult time handing his license and registration to police officers after getting pulled over for speeding, couldn't stand upright without swaying and refused field sobriety and breathalyzer tests upon which he was arrested

Inundated his ex-girlfriend with so many calls, texts and emails after they broke up that she compiled them all into a three-ring binder and reported him to the police and continued to harass her even after a detective visited him and told him to stop contacting her

Strongarmed leaders of a copper mining company into purchasing a large tract of land from a business associate who owed him money in exchange for him sponsoring legislation that would be favorable to the company, even once explicitly telling those involved "no Sandlin Property, no bill" and then failed to pay taxes on the $733,000 he received from the sale once the deal went through

Came to a complete stop roughly 30 yards before a green traffic light at 1:45am, swerved in and out of his lane, was observed acting "confused" by police after getting pulled over and refused to take a breathalyzer test upon which he was arrested

Swerved in and out of his lane just before midnight and then refused to submit to a breathalyzer test when police pulled him over which resulted in his arrest

Handed the wrong ID to the officer who stopped him on suspicion of DUI, slurred his speech, acted "very scared and nervous" and was found to have a BAC of .105 after he submitted to a breathalyzer test

Yanked his wife Jennifer Willoughby out of the shower by her neck and shoulders and violently screamed at her while she tried to get out of his grasp

Failed a field sobriety test and refused to submit to a breathalyzer test after being pulled over by police for a suspected DUI upon which they also found a loaded handgun lodged between the driver seat and center console

Ran a red light and then told the officer who pulled him over that he had drank "several shots of vodka" that evening, failed multiple field sobriety tests and submitted to a breathalyzer test which found he had a BAC of .14%