Republican Perjury Scandals List
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Allen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]4/10/24Lied under oath in a deposition and also at trial about his role in falsely asserting that Trump's private apartment in Trump Tower was nearly three times larger than it actually was on official tax formsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]5k5/06/23Illegally taped a court proceeding for her former chief deputy while seated in the gallery and then lied to the presiding judge when he confronted herAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Nate PaulConservative Businessman [R]3/04/23Lied to a judge under oath about financial transfers he made in violation of a previous court order which resulted in a judge sentencing him to 10 days in jail and fining him $181,760According to a ruling by the judge presiding over his criminal case
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast2/24/23Lied to a judge about working for Goldman Sachs during a bail hearing for a friend who was accused of fraudAccording to court documents obtained by Politico
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Ivan GonzalezFmr. Mayor Candidate [R-MD]8/20/21Falsely asserted he lived in the city of Baltimore on his official candidacy paperwork when he actually lived in the suburbs and was therefore ineligible to run for office in the cityAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Richard QuinnGOP Political Consultant4/18/19Repeatedly lied under oath to the grand jury investigating a wide-ranging State House corruption scandal that involved his own son in an act that violated a plea agreement he made with state prosecutors to truthfully testify before the groupAccording to a grand jury indictment
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Jim HarrisonFmr. State Representative10/26/18Accepted over $900,000 from a well-connected political consultant in exchange for acting in his client's interests in secret by not disclosing the true source of the funds as required by state law and later lied to a grand jury about it in an attempt to cover it upHe was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in prison
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Mark FullerFmr. Federal Judge [R]9/05/15Repeatedly lied under oath and made false statements to the chief judge of a federal court by falsely claiming her had never hit, kicked, or punched his ex-wife when in fact he had done all three on multiple occasionsAccording to a report conducted by federal officials submitted to Congress
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Samuel KentFmr. George H W Bush Federal Judge5/11/09Lied to a committee of judges investigating him for sexual harassment in an effort to shield himself from consequences for his behavior in what one law professor characterized as "sort of mind-blowing" for a federal judge to obstruct justice as it "betrayed his oath in the most fundamental way"According to court records reported by the media
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