The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 1 - 100 of 1892 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
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Tracy WheelerState Sen. Nominee [R-GA]
8/10/26Pointed a handgun at her restaurant co-owner and an employee during a parking lot confrontation over a broken air conditioner
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ashley PowellCounty Clerk [R-AL]
8/07/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Shaun AdamsMayor [R-NC]
8/03/26Ran an illicit methamphetamine and cocaine trafficking operation from his home, which was discovered following a routine traffic stop where authorities found him carrying an illegal concealed firearm and cocaine
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Austin McCollumState Representative
8/01/26Punched his wife in the face, threw her onto the ground and forcefully slammed her head against the floor multiple times during an unhinged fit of rage
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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7/31/26Rigged prediction markets by betting against his own heavily hyped SOTU attendance and then didn't show up to the speech in a blatant attempt to cash in on his own bet
According to bets flagged by prediction site Kalshi that they forwarded to federal officials -
Tammy RobinkoffRiverhead GOP Chair
7/29/26Drunkenly slammed into five parked cars, a telephone pole & a neighbor's garage door before her vehicle finally broke down
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nick AdamsFLAG CEO
7/28/26Ran a charity scheme where he and his mom illegally took over 50% of its $1.1M revenue for themselves, lied on IRS filings about employing family, misrepresented personal book sales as educational donations, and operated an illicit $1 million sweepstakes
According to an exclusive report by Pro Publica -
Victor MarxGov. Nominee [R-CO]
7/27/26Illegally accepted $78k in campaign contributions from 197 donations that were above the legal limit
According to an official report by the Colorado Secretary of State -
Michael DickinsonFmr. Mayor [R-TX]
7/27/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John WardSheriff [R-OR]
7/27/26Pent over $125k in donated public funds on an RV, jet ski & over $50k worth of personal gifts from a local metal shop
According to an official complaint filed by the county government -
Bill AllemandState Representative
7/24/26
7/24/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John SuplizioFmr. City Manager
7/23/26Funneled over $1.5 million in taxpayer funds and from a charity he managed to his personal accounts which he then used to make multiple "large cash withdrawals," pay his personal credit card bills, make political donations and gamble
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Elliott PrittState Representative
7/22/26Engaged in sexual activity with an 8th-grade girl in his classroom as many as ten times after having used social media to groom her into sending him CSAM over a monthslong period while also being married with four young children
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Neil DeSantiState Rep. Candidate
7/21/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials
7/21/26Illegally voted in 16 elections since 2012 as an ineligible convicted felon who also publicly admitted to owning firearms in violation of state and federal law barring felons from possessing guns
According to charging documents filed by state officials
7/21/26Drove under the influence of alcohol while on a suspended driver's license and was convicted of a felony
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gary BrownState Representative
7/20/26Broke into his ex-girlfriend's house, cut her furnace gas line, left a lit cigarette on a book of matches and later threatened to harm her close friend
According to an exclusive report by Wyofile -
Bryan DavisCounty Commissioner [R-OH]
7/20/26Steered $1.5M in public funds to a business park project in exchange for over $67K in kickbacks sent through his wife’s consulting firm and then lied to the authorities when they caught him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -






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7/20/26Raped, sex trafficked, physically assaulted and possessed CSAM of at least seven women and underage girls in the United Kingdom over a yearslong period
According to charging documents filed by UK officials -
Steven SumnerFmr. County Commissioner
7/20/26Performed sexual acts on a girl younger than 16 years old and tried to get her to do the same to him after providing her alcoholic drinks
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James BialotaFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
7/18/26Beat on a locked glass door with a cane and shouted questions at then-Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden while he shopped at a local store
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Travis HillJustice of the Peace
7/17/26
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Bill AllemandState Representative
7/17/26Barely avoided drunkenly crashing into another vehicle with an open beer can in his console and a loaded firearm in the passenger seat
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gabriel PerezTrump Teleprompter Operator
7/16/26Flouted insider trading laws to win over $100k by placing prediction market bets based on advance drafts of over a dozen of Trump's speeches.
According to an exclusive report by ABC News -
7/15/26Sexually harassed and defamed a male legislative aide and a male legislative intern after making unwanted sexual advances towards them which were rebuffed
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victims -
Victor MarxGov. Nominee [R-CO]
7/14/26Once admitted to threatening to kill a psychologist and has been arrested for disorderly conduct on two occasions
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
7/14/26Illegally paid $1M to three Wisconsin residents who promised to vote for the state supreme court candidate he backed in the 2025 election
According to a criminal complaint filed by the bipartisan Wisconsin Elections Commission that was forwarded to two district attorneys for possible criminal prosecution -
Joe LombardoGovernor [R-NV]
7/14/26Name-dropped himself to a police officer who pulled him over for illegally turning right on red and weaseled his way out of a ticket
According to an exclusive report by the Associated Press -
Jason EllsworthState Senator [R-MT]
7/14/26Illegally rushed to give his close friend and former business associate $170k in taxpayer dollars for contract work by skipping the public bidding process that is required by state law
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Andrew HavasFranklin County GOP Co Chairs
7/10/26
According to an exclusive report by NBC News -
Chuck WrightFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
7/10/26Stole nearly $113k from a sheriff’s office benevolence fund meant to help grieving police families, paid off his drug dealer using a blank check from the same fund, pocketed nearly 150 oxycodone and hydrocodone pills that citizens surrendered to a drug take-back disposal program, orchestrated a massive ghost-employee scheme that funneled $350k in taxpayer-funded salary and benefits to his cousin for a full-time law enforcement job he never actually performed & charged taxpayers an additional $53k in personal expenses that he racked up on a county-issued credit card for high-end steakhouses, hotels, and streaming services
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Justin CoferCounty Commissioner Nominee
7/08/26Was caught possessing a controlled substance while working at a county correctional facility and was charged with a felony
According to an exclusive report by Knoxville News Sentinel -
Brent MetzFmr. City Council Member
7/08/26
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Briana JordanPolitical Consultant
7/08/26Conspired with four others to create a fraudulent Republican primary voter guide which was sent to tens of thousands of voters in an attempt to trick them with fake candidate endorsements and then attempted to destroy evidence of her crimes in order to avoid accountability
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jake KnoblochJeff Davis GOP Chair
7/07/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jamie Lynn JohnsonPolitical Consultant
7/07/26Conspired with four others to create a fraudulent Republican primary voter guide which was sent to tens of thousands of voters in an attempt to trick them with fake candidate endorsements and then tampered with evidence in an attempt to cover her tracks and avoid accountability
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Dylan RumrellFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
7/07/26Conspired with four others to create a fraudulent Republican primary voter guide which was sent to tens of thousands of voters in an attempt to trick them with fake candidate endorsements
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Christian WhitehurstCounty Commissioner [R-FL]
7/07/26Conspired with four others to create a fraudulent Republican primary voter guide which was sent to tens of thousands of voters in an attempt to trick them with fake candidate endorsements
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Sarah ArnoldCounty Commissioner [R-FL]
7/07/26Conspired with four others to create a fraudulent Republican primary voter guide which was sent to tens of thousands of voters in an attempt to trick them with fake candidate endorsements
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State
7/07/26Solicited a sexual encounter with 13-year-old girl over the internet and drove to meet her in a local park only to get arrested by police who posed as the young girl
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dustin WeitzelSheriff [R-NE]
7/06/26Stole over $45k from the county Fraternal Order of Police and deposited it into his personal accounts while serving as its treasurer over a 5-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Marcellus WileyFmr. Conservative Athlete
7/05/26Forcefully poked his wife in the cheek and then threatened to kill her in front of their seven-year-old daughter in a Florida hotel room on July 4th
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ken HendersonSheriff [R-GA]
7/02/26Illegally wrote himself a taxpayer-funded check from a sheriff's office bank account while he was suspended from his duties because he was facing felony charges in an unrelated case and then lied about it when he was questioned by state officials
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
James Gosnell JrState Judge [R-SC]
7/02/26Possessed over 3,700 illicit videos and images of child sexual abuse material involving infants, toddlers and other minors on a flash drive he owned
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Marilyn HarpTownship Treasurer
7/01/26Stole an astounding $750k from local taxpayers to fund her lavish lifestyle including the construction of her vacation home over an 11-year period and then destroyed evidence once investigators began to question her
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Tony BarrettCounty Commissioner Candidate
7/01/26Illegally showed up to his girlfriend's house less than two weeks after his initial arrest for domestic battery against her in blatant violation of his pretrial release conditions
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Anne MartinLt. Governor Candidate
7/01/26Forged 1,279 signatures including dead people on her ballot petitions probably because she lacked real voter support
According to the MA State Ballot Law Commission which disqualified Walsh after a formal review -
Michael WalshAG Candidate [R-MA]
7/01/26Forged 1,021 signatures including dead people on his ballot petitions probably because he lacked real voter support
According to the MA State Ballot Law Commission which disqualified Walsh after a formal review -
Tom PischkeState Senator [R-SD]
6/25/26Forged at least 16 signatures to put candidates forward for state Republican Party positions without their knowledge or consent
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kimberly SkaggsFmr. New Mexico GOP Treasurer
6/25/26Struck and killed a 40-year-old bicyclist and then fled the scene only to have her vehicle eventually found with her victim's blood on it, damage consistent with having hit a bicycle and new license plate tags that were purchased the same day as her crash
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Philip MoranFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
6/24/26Unsuccessfully tried to bribe an underage male victim of his son's sexual assault to keep him from having to face any legal consequences for his actions
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John AliteCity Council Member [R-NJ]
6/20/26Threatened to bash two people on the head with a baseball bat and gut them "like a fish" if they didn't repay the money he loaned them in addition to the exorbitant interest rates he charged them in a timely manner
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tony BarrettCounty Commissioner Candidate
6/18/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Richard KellySheriff [R-IN]
6/15/26Helped his wife scam over $205k from the state police pension fund in fake disability claims over a six-year period while she lived a life of luxury on the public dime
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Travis IsmayState Representative
6/11/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Misty RobertsFmr. Mayor [R-LA]
6/10/26Raped her own son's 16-year-old best friend after supplying a house full of teenagers with copious amounts of alcohol at a pool party, got caught in the act through a window by her own traumatized son, ordered emergency contraception via DoorDash to cover her tracks & then pressured the minor witnesses to "lie 'til you die" to investigators
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jake LangU.S. Senate Candidate
6/10/26Caused widespread fear outside of a courthouse following a high-profile murder verdict in an act so egregious that a judge ordered him held on a $1M bond
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Sholdon DanielsFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
6/10/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jennette SankeyFmr. City Treasurer [R-PA]
6/08/26Stole over $6k in taxpayer money, tried to stop an audit to cover her tracks & sent a blackmail letter threatening to unleash "chaos" if exposed
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kenny Freeman JrSheriff [R-IN]
6/08/26Stole his opponents' campaign signs and discarded them in his personal dumpster until a hidden GPS tracker caught him red-handed and then lied to investigators when they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kevin ChristensenFmr. State Judge [R-UT]
6/08/26Exchanged felony media with numerous underage girls as young as 13 years old and engaged in highly sexualized chats with a number of underage girls that depicted explicit sex acts involving children
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Ryan NelsonFederal Judge [R]
6/06/26Ripped off a man's glasses, threw them across a parking lot & smashed them with his foot during an argument over a parking space that was caught on video
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gabriel GarciaCounty Clerk [R-TX]
6/05/26
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Erin StewartFmr. Mayor Candidate
6/04/26Illegally demanded a $200k taxpayer-funded severance by audaciously asserting she never took one day off, bypassed city rules to claim an unearned pension & stuck taxpayers with a $31k tuition bill
According to an independent investigation report released by the Crumbie Law Group -
Randy SmithSheriff [R-LA]
6/04/26Attacked a restaurant patron from behind, slammed him to the ground & threatened to kill him during a blackout drunken rage
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Chuck JonesFmr. Conservative Businesss Person
6/04/26Conspired with his senior VP Michael Dowling to bribe aspiring House Speaker Larry Householder $60 million to help elect Republicans who then went on to give the struggling energy company a $1.3 billion taxpayer-funded bailout after they were elected
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael DowlingFmr. Conservative Businesss Person
6/04/26Conspired with company CEO Chuck Jones to bribe aspiring House Speaker Larry Householder $60 million to help elect Republicans who then went on to give the struggling energy company a $1.3 billion taxpayer-funded bailout after they were elected
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jake LangU.S. Senate Candidate
6/03/26Filmed himself admitting that he illegally broke into a high school track stadium that was an active crime scene
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ed JagelsFmr. District Attorney
6/02/26Drove erratically in the middle of the afternoon and was arrested for DUI while also having spent his entire career as a "tough on crime" DA who later had many of his convictions overturned because he coerced and manipulated witnesses into lying on the stand
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Steven BlankenSchool Board Member [R-TN]
5/29/26Sexually abused a 16-year-old girl inside his vehicle at a remote location multiple times over a three-month period while also being married and was found in possession of felony media depicting minors when police conducted a search
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Anthony CaprettaCounty Auditor
5/28/26Spent $46k in taxpayer money on a personal photographer & videographer to bolster his public image for his re-election campaign
According to a formal complaint filed by the Ohio State Auditor -




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5/28/26Repeatedly punched his girlfriend in the face, threatened to crush her head with a lamp & then screamed that he would kill everyone there while in a drunken rage
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gregory MuseFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
5/28/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Timothy ArvidsonFmr. State Sen. Candidate
5/27/26Walked up his neighbor's driveway and shot him in cold blood after baselessly accusing him of illegal activity
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mark RobinsonLt. Governor [R]

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5/27/26Was sued by an adult video shop clerk who asked a court to force the politician to pay for the thousands of dollars in legal fees the clerk spent defending himself against Robinson's frivolous 2024 lawsuit
According to a civil lawsuit filed by Louis Love Money -
David CokerFmr. Legislative Aide
5/27/26Embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money meant for a development he never intended to build and used the money to purchase four vehicles, gold, silver and platinum bars, and to pay off personal debts
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Randall HallState Representative
5/26/26Forged signatures on at least ten campaign finance forms he submitted so he would qualify for taxpayer money to pay for his campaign
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Joshua HefnerSocial Media Influencer
5/24/26Possessed "child abuse material" while also horrifyingly working as an elementary school playground assistant
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jake LangU.S. Senate Candidate
5/22/26Interrupted a criminal court proceeding with an unhinged outburst and was immediately held in criminal contempt of court by the presiding judge
According to the presiding judge who threw him in jail for 10 days -
Mark LambUS Rep. Candidate
5/20/26Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with a campaign volunteer while he was running for Sheriff that included them exchanging sexually explicit text messages and nude photos and later threatened to send state troopers after her to keep her quiet
5/20/26Used his position as Sheriff to threaten multiple women with police action to scare them into keeping quiet about their sexual encounters and both unsolicited and consensual salacious messages he exchanged with them
5/20/26Participated in a salacious "lifestyle" with his wife and their married close friend whose wife was kept in the dark where they engaged in group oral sex rendezvous and sexually charged group chats that included exchanging raunchy photos
5/20/26Indulged in a multi-year extramarital affair with a former campaign volunteer, took part in a swinger "lifestyle" with his wife and close friend whose wife was kept in the dark and also sent unsolicited sexually explicit messages and nude photos to several women while all along having spent years cultivating his public image as a devout LDS Sunday school teacher who adhered to traditional family values
According to an exclusive report by the Arizona Republic -
Keith ErvinSchool Board Member [R-TN]
5/20/26Side hugged a high school girl and called her "hot" during a livestreamed public school board meeting
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Alan ChambersAnti-LGBT Activist
5/19/26Spent months exchanging explicit messages and plotting to buy sex from an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ryan BrowningFmr. County Commissioner
5/18/26Broke into a home and pointed his handgun at the owner after he used an app to track his wife to the location
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Hunter RiveraFmr. Weld County GOP Chair
5/18/26Solicited sex from who he thought was a 14-year-old girl online and then showed up at an agreed-upon rendezvous spot to find police waiting for him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brett JensenFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/18/26Slapped and strangled his wife and then lied to hospital staff by claiming she caused the injuries herself while also hypocritically having portrayed himself as a vocal "family values" conservative who was endorsed by the local sheriff
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jeff HaleState Representative
5/18/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Aaron BrutgerState Sen. Candidate
5/18/26Strangled his then-fiancé to the point of unconsciousness, slammed a car door on her legs and threatened to murder her
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kodak BlackConservative Musician [R]
5/15/26Fled the police and then resisted arrest after his armed friends reportedly blocked and surrounded a traffic stop with their vehicles which allowed the rapper to flee the scene in his pink Jeep
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jimmy JonesFmr. Sheriff [R-TN]
5/14/26Conspired with 10 others to steal well over $300k from taxpayers & cash seized from drug investigations to spend on personal expenses like home renovations, electronics & hunting equipment
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Rebecca HillCounty Clerk [R-SC]
5/14/26Gave access to sealed evidence during the infamous Murdaugh murder trial, lied about doing so under oath and used her position to promote a book about it which led to the state supreme court declaring a mistrial in his case
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Justin EichornFmr. State Senator [R-MN]
5/14/26Solicited sex with who he thought was a 17-year-old girl after exchanging multiple sexually explicit texts and was arrested by police when he showed up at their agreed-upon rendezvous point while also being a married father with four children
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Brant FrostDonor [R]
5/12/26Bilked his 300 clients out of over $140 million by operating a Ponzi scheme that funneled nearly $20 million to his personal accounts which he spent on jewelry, rare coins and luxury vacations while grossly mismanaging his firm's books
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Erin StewartFmr. Mayor Candidate
5/10/26Illegally spent $207,076 in taxpayer funds on personal luxuries including an $18k private club membership, fancy dinners, wedding invitations, maternity clothes, Halloween costumes, makeup & even kids' vitamins
According to spending reports revealed by local news station Eyewitness News 3 -
Kevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney
5/08/26Had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computer
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Kodak BlackConservative Musician [R]
5/07/26Approached police who were searching vehicles associated with him where they discovered MDMA, $37k in cash, and his photo ID inside a bag of drugs he had previously showcased in his own Instagram posts
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Chuck EdwardsU.S. Representative [R-NC]
5/04/26Showered two staffers 35 years younger than him with jewelry, customized blue and pink handguns, designer purses, and handwritten letters expressing his desire for them
According to an exclusive report by Axios



