Republican Egregious Ethics Violations

Brazenly violated House rules he voted in favor of by improperly having a Republican colleague cast two votes for him by proxy so he could skip town to participate in Bill Maher's "Real Time" show after he hypocritically spent years blasting Democrats for the process

Violated multiple campaign finance rules during his 2022 campaign and then stonewalled the state Ethics Commission when they demanded he hand over all "financial or accounting documents" from his campaign resulting in the commission going to court to subpoena the records

Threatened to send critical pamphlets or move to censure lawmakers who supported a state rep he didn't want to become speaker in the Texas House

Displayed a flag the far-right adopted as a symbol of support for Trump, used by insurrectionists on 1/6 and associated with the far-right Christian Nationalist movement known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or "Pine Tree" flag outside of his vacation home in New Jersey periodically over a three-month period while participating in numerous active cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump

Displayed an upside-down American Flag, a signal of dire distress and something Trump supporters hijacked in the days after his 2020 loss, outside of his home days after the 1/6 insurrection and before Biden was sworn in to office while participating in numerous cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump at the same time and then blamed his wife when reporters questioned him about it

Secretly flew on a private plane to attend events hosted by a right-wing organization which frequently argued cases before the Supreme Court and failed to disclose it which George W. Bush appointed judge John E. Jones III characterized as taking his "breath away" and noted that it would have resulted in a "disciplinary hearing" for any lower court federal judge

Violated ethics laws by financing a $267,230 recreational vehicle he couldn't otherwise afford due to debt through a wealthy health care executive of which both parties refused to disclose the terms of the loan presumably because they would appear to be overly favorable

Violated the law by failing to disclose interviews that discussed his far-right views on gay rights, female contraception and other hot-button topics with Christian radio stations in paperwork he submitted to the Senate after Trump nominated him to become a federal judge

Deceived US Senators considering his nomination to become a federal judge by removing his name from a rightwing law review article he was the sole author of that openly criticized President Obama's policies towards vulnerable communities and replaced it with those of two colleagues at his legal group after Trump nominated him to become a federal judge

Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who was serving jury duty in the court he was prosecuting cases in and would often boast to her that he "don't have no boss" who could reprimand him for it

Had an extramarital affair with a probation officer who worked closely with defendants he presumably could have secured convictions on which makes him vulnerable to claims of bias in court

Had sex with a married woman who was actively involved in a case in his courtroom and didn't recuse himself or disclose his behavior

Prescribed opioids to several family members and his romantic partner in violation of rules prohibiting doctors from treating and prescribing medication to people they are close with

Improperly directed $105,000 in court-appointed legal work to his son who was an attorney in the public defenders office

Illegally accepted $24,000 from a pharmaceutical company in exchange for giving them non-public information he had access to that helped the company financially