Republican Election Crimes

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Displaying 45 Scandals
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  • Tina PetersTina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]TruthSocial icon5k
    8/13/24
    Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officials
    According to charging documents filed by the Colorado Attorney General
  • Lee ChatfieldLee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating
    4/16/24
    Stole over $132,000 from multiple political accounts to pay for vacations with his family, housing costs and personal credit card statements by siphoning money from a loosely regulated political account that prosecutors alleged he used as his own "unregulated slush fund" into his own pocket
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Brian PritchardBrian PritchardGeorgia GOP Vice-President
       
    3/28/24
    Illegally voted in nine elections between 2008 and 2011 while he was on probation for a prior felony conviction and ineligible to vote in Georgia while also having hypocritically spread baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and was later fined $5,000 and given a public reprimand by the judge overseeing his case
    According to an investigative report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • Peggy JuddPeggy JuddFmr. State RepresentativeMAGA Enthusiast
    11/29/23
    Illegally delayed certifying her county's 2022 midterm election results for weeks by citing unfounded and baseless allegations of fraud and only allowed the certification to go through after a judge ordered her to
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Tom CrosbyTom CrosbyCounty Commissioner [R-AZ]
       
    11/29/23
    Delayed certifying the results of his county's 2022 midterm election by citing baseless allegations of supposed voter fraud
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Jenna EllisJenna EllisTrump Campaign LawyerFacebook iconInstagram iconRumble iconTruthSocial iconGab icon483k
    10/24/23
    Lied to Georgia state senators about supposed voter fraud in the 2020 election and "intentionally aided and abetted" Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani after who also pushed election falsehoods to the state legislators
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Kenneth ChesebroKenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast
    10/20/23
    Devised and executed a plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results in Georgia in which he conspired with 16 Republicans to falsely certify Trump won the state and declare themselves the “duly elected and qualified” electors
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Sidney PowellSidney PowellFmr. Trump Campaign LawyerLauded by Trump
    10/19/23
    Paid two coconspirators to illegally access voting machines in Coffee County, GA and copy voter data from the 2020 election presumably to search for anything that could back up their unhinged election conspiracy theories
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • David ColeDavid ColeFmr. State Representative
       
    10/10/23
    Fraudulently claimed a 5-by-5-foot closet-sized space he rented for $5 a month was his official residence in order to run for office in a district he didn't actually live in
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Brian KelseyBrian KelseyFmr. State Senator [R-TN]Facebook iconTwitter icon11k
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    8/11/23
    Illegally transferred $91,000 from his political campaign and a nonprofit organization to an authorized federal campaign committee supporting his candidacy using money not subject to reporting regulations to help his 2016 bid for US Congress and then hid the transactions from the FEC
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Matt DePernoMatt DePernoFmr. Att. General NomineeTwitter icon45k
    8/01/23
    Organized a group to illegally seize voting machines used in the 2020 election and perform "tests" on the equipment which election security experts warn compromised the machines and could have altered the votes cast on them
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Daire RendonFmr. State Representative
       
    8/01/23
    Organized a group to illegally seize voting machines used in the 2020 election and perform "tests" on the equipment which election security experts warn compromised the machines and could have altered the votes cast on them
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Shawn WilmothShawn WilmothGOP Election Consultant
       
    6/22/23
    Forged thousands of fake signatures over hundreds of petitions his third-party company conducted that the State AG charged were full of “obvious fraud” and done in such a “sophomoric” way that he misspelled people's names and cities and had signatures of people who were dead or had moved and then submitted them to candidates who contracted his services and proceeded to inadvertently submit the fraudulent petition signatures to election officials
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Jeremy HutchinsonJeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]24 Years in GOP
    2/03/23
    Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returns
    He pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines
  • Kim Phuong TaylorKim Phuong TaylorWife [R]
       
    1/12/23
    Illegally submitted dozens of phony voter registrations, absentee ballot requests and absentee ballots from members of the Vietnamese community in her district in the 2020 Iowa Republican primary in an attempt to help her husband Jeremy Taylor's campaign for the US House
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Drew FergusonDrew FergusonU.S. Representative [R-GA]Facebook iconTwitter iconInstagram icon43k
    12/21/22
    Voted using his former invalid address instead of the one he actually lived at in a different county 60 miles away in the 2022 primary, general and U.S. Senate runoff elections
    According to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • John WahlJohn WahlAlabama GOP ChairFacebook iconTwitter icon3k
    10/03/22
    Used an illegal ID card he made that implied he was a state employee to vote in multiple elections
    According to investigative report by AL.com
  • Jason SchofieldJason SchofieldCommissioner [R-NY]
       
    9/13/22
    Filled out and submitted eight absentee ballots for unwitting voters without their knowledge or consent by taking advantage of his position on a local elections board to access their voter information
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Paul ManniPaul ManniFmr. City Council Nominee
       
    8/09/22
    Forged signatures on at least nine absentee voter applications for people who were unaware he was submitting the request and lied to the county clerk by attesting he had permission to deliver the applications
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Kimberly McPhersonKimberly McPhersonFmr. City Council Member
       
    6/08/22
    Cast three ballots in other people's names in a general election and in one other person's name in a primary election held in 2021
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • John OxendineJohn OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]
       
    5/12/22
    Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expenses
    According to a complaint filed by the Georgia Ethics Commission which he settled by agreeing to forfeit $128,000 dollars left in his campaign account without admitting any guilt
  • Brian YoungBrian YoungFmr. City Council Member
       
    4/06/22
    Illegally voted in multiple elections and even represented a district he didn't actually live in after using his parents address as his own on his voter registration
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Mark MeadowsMark MeadowsFmr. Trump Chief of StaffTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon1.1m
    3/06/22
    Registered to vote from NC mobile home he never visited in violation of state law that says it's illegal to vote from an address where you are not a legal resident
    According to an investigative report by The New Yorker
  • Jeff FortenberryJeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    10/19/21
    Accepted a $30,200 campaign contribution from Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury through three "straw donors" and then lied to federal authorities after they confronted him about it
    According to charging documents filed by federal authorities
  • Frederick GattusoFrederick GattusoFmr. Mayor Nominee [R-NJ]
       
    7/29/21
    Voted twice using two different but similar sounding names in the 2020 election
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    3/15/21
    Pressured Georgia's Secretary of State to illegally "find 11,780 votes" that would overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state
    According to the recording of a conversation between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger obtained by The Washington Post
  • Sam McCannSam McCannFmr. State Senator [R-IL]
       
    2/03/21
    Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaign
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m  
    1/06/21
    Incited the January 6th insurrection on the Capitol by fomenting a large crowd into a frenzy and directing them to do whatever they can to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory
    He was impeached by a bipartisan majority in the House, but the Senate fell 10 votes short of convicting him
  • Brent WaltzBrent WaltzFmr. State Senator [R-IN]
       
    9/29/20
    Illegally funneled $40,500 in campaign contributions from an Indiana casino through "straw donors" who were reimbursed through faked consulting fees
    He pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison
  • Steve WatkinsSteve WatkinsFmr. U.S. Representative95.3% Voted with Trump
    7/14/20
    Illegally used a local UPS store as his legal address for voting purposes in violation of state election law
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Gabrielle LeDouxGabrielle LeDouxFmr. State Representative
       
    3/13/20
    Asked people who no longer lived in her home district to break the law and vote there anyway in two different elections, one of which she only won by 117 votes
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • McCrae DowlessFmr. Political Operative
       
    2/27/19
    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
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • John CoursonFmr. State Senator [R-SC]
       
    6/04/18
    Stole $159k from his election campaign and spent it on personal expenses by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactions
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Russ CaseyRuss CaseyFmr. Justice of the Peace
       
    1/11/18
    Forged more than 100 signatures on a candidate petition to ensure he could get on the ballot for the 2018 Republican primary
    He pled guilty to tampering with govenment records and was sentenced to five years of probation
  • Don LeemanFmr. State Rep. Candidate
       
    5/03/17
    Voted in a district he no longer resided in and later unsuccessfully tried to bribe a local Housing Authority employee into falsifying a letter to election officials that attested he had only temporarily moved out of the district in exchange for a donation to the county Housing Authority
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Jeremy DurhamJeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
       
    2/08/17
    Gave $29,800 in campaign funds to a professional gambler with a long criminal record and an additional $25,000 to his wife, illegally reimbursed himself $11,946.65 from his campaign account for expenses he provided no documentation of and spent thousands more on personal expenses including an airplane ticket for his wife, custom suits, spa products, sunglasses, lawncare and paint for his home office, among many other things
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
    Illegally spent more than $100,000 in campaign funds to invest in a wealthy GOP donor's company
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Drew HastingsFmr. Mayor [R-OH]
       
    7/12/16
    Listed a fake address on his declaration of candidacy forms and illegally claimed a city refund of $500 on a vacant building he owned and altered official documents related to the refund
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Duncan HunterDuncan HunterFmr. U.S. RepresentativeFirst Rep. to endorse Trump in '16
    2016 04
    Stole $250,000 from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry in addition to a multitude of expenses that funded at least five extramarital relationships on things like ride shares, bar tabs and hotel rooms
    He pleaded guilty to using campaign funds for private use and was sentenced to eleven months in prison, but was pardoned by Donald Trump before his sentence began
  • Annette BosworthAnnette BosworthFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
       
    7/01/15
    Filed false election documents attesting she personally gathered the requisite amount of voter signatures required for her to get on the ballot for a US Senate election and then lied to state officials when they confronted her
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Lisa Wilson-FoleyLisa Wilson-FoleyFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
       
    3/24/15
    Fraudulently accepted at least $500k for her campaign from her husband by falsely reporting the money came from her personal accounts and accepted an additional $30k from four straw donors who concealed that he was the source of the funds
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Aaron SchockAaron SchockFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    3/17/15
    Filed $50,000 in false expense reports to his campaign lying about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms
    According to a report by Politico
  • Ben SuarezConservative Businessman [R]
       
    11/14/14
    Illegally used his family, employees and friends as "straw donors" to donate $100k each to two political candidates and later interfered with the criminal case by attempting to influence a government witness
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • John CouchJohn CouchFmr. Mayor Candidate [R-IN]
       
    10/27/14
    Listed an address he didn't reside at on his candidacy application in violation of state law
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Shawn WilmothShawn WilmothGOP Election Consultant
       
    5/05/11
    Paid two felons who weren't legally eligible to vote $2 per signature to fraudulently sign off on petitions for a local ballot proposal he supported
    According to charging documents filed by state officials