The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 1 - 100 of 1805 Scandals
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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 -
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 StewartGov. Candidate [R-CT]
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 -
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, designer purses, and handwritten letters expressing his desire for them
According to an exclusive report by Axios -
Jerol GohrickDistrict GOP Chair
5/04/26Pointed a loaded rifle in a worker's face and threatened to blow his head off because they were working on a project near his property
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Frank SchmitterTown Supervisor
5/01/26Shoved a fellow board member into a door during an argument resulting in over $1k in damages and his victim requesting a restraining order against him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Craig LongSocial Media Influencer
5/01/26Solicited a sex worker by offering $100 to an undercover police officer posing as one for "something quick" while also being married
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
5/01/26Failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of taxable income to the government and siphoned even more to himself through a PAC that he earned from working as an unregistered foreign agent and lobbyist for the Venezuelan government
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Chuck EdwardsU.S. Representative [R-NC]
4/30/26Engaged in a yearslong affair with his deputy chief of staff in violation of House rules after having spent his political career portraying himself as a "traditional family values" politician who was devoted to his wife of 45+ years
According to three sources from the House Ethics committee who confirmed an investigation into the allegations -
Chadwick KluttzNorth Carolina GOP Staffer
4/28/26Forged over 150 petition signatures including a number of dead people in an effort to overturn Utah's independent redistricting law
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Michael WhatleyChair Nominee [R-NC]
4/28/26Ignored multiple court summons over a multiyear period for routinely driving recklessly which resulted in two bench warrants being issued for his arrest while also hypocritically portraying himself as a "law & order" Republican who supported the police
According to an exclusive report by The Citizen Times -
Ryan DavidsonCounty Commissioner [R-ID]
4/27/26Lied about his residency by listing a vacant lot on one set of official forms and claiming to live at a property owned by his father on another even though he did not show up there for months on end
According to a formal complaint filed by his political opponent Holly Cook -
David AlexandreCounty Treasurer [R-AZ]
4/27/26Reportedly misused taxpayer funds so egregiously the county board of supervisors voted to retain a high-powered lawyer to investigate his alleged crimes
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Konner EarnestPolitical Operative
4/26/26
According to a sworn affidavit filed by his ex-girlfriend in a pre-trial filing -
4/24/26Drank to excess at multiple bars and got caught by police while he relieved his bladder in public during his walk home
According to an exclusive report by The Intercept -
Brandi DiffeyTax Collector [R-AR]
4/23/26Unsuccessfully attempted to charge $45k in taxpayer funds to buy a vehicle and also exploited an existing government vehicle for personal use
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joseph BairdCounty Administrator
4/22/26Crashed his SUV into a truck, fled the scene on foot because he was drunk & then forced police to use breaching tools to enter his home because he refused to peacefully surrender
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/22/26Tested positive for marijuana barely a month after she was sentenced to probation for her 2024 drunk driving conviction
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Frederick Alfred JrState Sen. Candidate
4/21/26Abandoned his young children at a resort pool to go buy an alcoholic drink and while they were alone his 4-year-old daughter lost consciousness, foamed at the mouth & required CPR from a good Samaritan who rescued her from drowning
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/18/26Routinely drank to oblivion on duty and was once so intoxicated his security detail required breaching equipment to access his locked room, racked up prolonged, unexplained absences, and repeatedly forced staff to push early morning briefings to later in the day while he recovered from alcohol-fueled nights at private clubs like Ned's and the Poodle Room, all of which deeply alarmed top DOJ officials who expressed severe concern over his erratic behavior and worried he was a threat to America's national security
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic that cited nine current and former FBI and DOJ officials -
Jesse ChulaySheriff Candidate [R-NV]
4/16/26Used taxpayer money to pay for gas in his personal vehicle by inputting fake odometer readings into a government-owned fuel pump while he worked as a juvenile probation officer
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Lubby NavarroSchool Board Member [R-FL]
4/14/26Stole over $100k in school district funds to buy luxury vacations, electronics, clothing, household goods & furnishings, food, & gift cards
According to charges filed by local officials -
Chris RiceSheriff Candidate [R-ID]
4/14/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John MorelandYouth Pastor
4/14/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Matthew DantzerMayor [R-TX]
4/14/26Grabbed his pregnant subordinate by the throat and pinned her against the wall outside of a hotel after he attempted to pull her pants down
According to charging documents filed by local officials
4/14/26Waged a relentless multiyear campaign of sexual harassment and stalking against his city secretary where he routinely cornered her in her office and showed up unannounced at her private family home during her lunch breaks, introduced her to City Hall guests as the “city sexetary” and “my sexetary,” physically assaulted her at least once and then fired her when she filed an official report that detailed all of his abhorrent actions over the years
According to a report filed by the Texas Rangers -
William WaggonerState Judge [R-TX]
4/13/26Swerved in and out of his lane while driving nearly 30mph over the speed limit, had a firearm and empty beer can in his car with him, exhibited obvious signs of intoxication, refused to submit to field sobriety tests and then unsuccessfully attempted to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he is a sitting judge and was arrested for his fourth DUI
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Richard KellySheriff [R-IN]
4/10/26Helped 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 -
Kevin ChristensenFmr. State Judge [R-UT]
4/10/26Exchanged 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 -
Tom KleinhelterSheriff [R-IN]
4/09/26Stole nearly $17k in taxpayer funds to buy plane tickets to Dubai, grills and Visa gift cards, falsely deputized his wife to cover her travel expenses and then lied about it when confronted by state officials
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Thomas LohmannCity Council Member [R-NY]
4/09/26Violently assaulted a fellow town council member in the jaw, neck and shoulder during a closed-door meeting so badly that his victim required an MRI on four different parts of his body
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tina KorenTax Collector [R-PA]
4/08/26Abused her power to issue fake tax bills and secretly photograph her neighbors who built a greenhouse to feed the homeless
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brian YoumansFmr. Orange County Young Republicans Co Chairs
4/08/26Lied on an application about a prior felony conviction in order to illegally purchase a rifle at a local gun show
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According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Neil DeSantiState Rep. Candidate
4/08/26Illegally 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 an exclusive report by the Arizona Mirror -
Earl McMahanCounty Commissioner [R-TN]
4/07/26Crashed into a ditch and was so drunk that police didn't even bother giving him sobriety tests because he couldn't stand up straight to take any in the first place and also had a handgun on him in violation of a state law prohibiting people under the influence from carrying their firearm while also hypocritically being a member of the county Beer Board
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rachel AlexanderSocial Media Influencer
4/07/26Swerved all over the road and ran a red light before police pulled her over, noticed her wine-stained lips & arrested her for "extreme DUI" with a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit of .23 while she berated them & repeatedly botched the sheriff's name in an attempt to dodge arrest
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mike RaitaRegional Director
4/06/26Stole $236k from the International Motorsports Hall of Fame over a five-year period and used the stolen funds to buy vintage cars for himself and his wife
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tony GonzalesU.S. Representative [R-TX]
4/06/26Pestered a second campaign aide for sex and pleaded for her to give him nude photos of her over a dozen times in three days and wouldn't stop even after she repeatedly declined his advances
According to an exclusive report by the San Antonio Express-News -
Chad DesormeauxFmr. School Board Member
4/05/26Stole so much merchandise in the self-checkout lane over multiple visits at a Super One Foods grocery store that he was charged with a felony
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dominic CapobiancoCity Council President
3/31/26Spent nearly $2,500 in taxpayer money to gas up his family vehicles and portable red containers using his city-issued credit card
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brenda EldridgeFmr. Cumberland County GOP Chair
3/31/26Funneled $25k by acting as a straw donor to illegally pay Michael Flynn to appear at a Republican fundraiser
According to a formal complaint filed by North Carolina campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall and backed up by sworn affidavits from five Cumberland County GOP operatives and politicians -
Brody HarshbargerFish and Game Commissioner
3/31/26Shot at elk from inside a car and illegally killed two animals on private and federal land without a valid hunting tag
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Brian HyattAR Medical Board Chair
3/30/26Orchestrated a four-year kidnapping conspiracy in which he abducted at least 27 psychiatric patients and kept them in his facility by force-feeding them mind-altering controlled substances to maintain their compliance and subjected them to horrific physical abuse including having a staff member break a patient's collarbone all so he could bill Medicaid for his supposed therapeutic services
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Forrest WolfeMike Dunleavy Legislative Aide
3/30/26Nearly caused a crash in downtown Juneau and then exhibited a strong odor of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James AppelFmr. Finance Chairs [R]
3/30/26Stole a staggering $200,000 from a state lawmaker's campaign account while serving as her treasurer in order to refinance a loan on his 65-foot yacht
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
James McCordCounty Council Member
3/27/26Drunkenly drove his vehicle directly into a hospital ambulance bay and proceeded to get belligerent with hospital security
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Elliott EngenState Representative
3/27/26Was pulled over for speeding with a broken headlight and expired tags around 2am and was found to have a BAC nearly twice the legal limit
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Elizabeth JohnsonCampaign Treasurer
3/26/26Stole $32k from her own father's state senate campaign to secretly cover expenses for her failing business
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Ben BrownCounty Commissioner [R-TN]
3/25/26Orchestrated a staggering $1.5 million fake check fraud scheme by ruthlessly exploiting an elderly adult over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John RevellaCounty Commissioner [R-NY]
3/25/26Hid $1.1M in personal income by cashing 1,700 checks from his law firm's client trust account in an attempt to avoid paying nearly $400k in federal taxes over a four-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Harry WaitActivist [R]
3/25/26Illegally received the absentee ballots of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason by exploiting a flaw in the state voting portal
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kendra DuggarConservative Celebrity
3/21/26Endangered the welfare of her children and falsely imprisoned them behind locked doors discovered during a police welfare check following her husband's arrest for sexually abusing a minor
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
George MargetasState Rep. Candidate
3/19/26Illegally drove into oncoming traffic and then backed his SUV into another car before completely fleeing the crash scene so he could drop his kid off at school
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joseph DuggarConservative Celebrity
3/18/26Repeatedly lured a 9-year-old girl under a blanket to sexually assault her during a family vacation before confessing his horrifying actions on a recorded phone call with the victims' father
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dan McKeonFmr. State Senator [R-NE]
3/18/26Groped a woman's buttocks during a party at a local country club while also being a married father of four
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Thomas PellegrinoSchool Board Member [R-NJ]
3/16/26Drunkenly drove through several lawns, ran into two cars and then crashed through the wall of a house and barely missed hitting a sleeping teenager
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joshua NassLobbyist [R]
3/14/26Paid an enforcer to kidnap and assault a former client's son over an unpaid debt he owed for helping him secure a pardon from Donald Trump
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Leo BlundoNye County GOP Chair
3/11/26Stole over $500k in COVID-relief funds by wildly inflating his restaurant's payroll and number of employees who worked for him on applications
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gloria NiedbalskiCounty Appraiser
3/09/26Impersonated a neighbor to send police and child services to a political rival's home at 1 a.m. with fake reports of abandoned children as revenge for a lost vote
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joe CrimCounty Commissioner [R-NV]
3/06/26Illegally killed a black bear inside a closed area with the help of an unlicensed guide and had the audacity to post with its carcass afterwards
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tony GonzalesU.S. Representative [R-TX]
3/04/26Had an affair with a subordinate staffer who he rewarded with a massive raise and bonus leaving her earning thousands more than her colleagues while also being an unabashed married "family values" Republican with six children
According to a press release by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee announcing a formal investigation into Rep. Gonzales -
Gerald CouchSheriff [R-GA]
3/01/26Drunkenly swerved his taxpayer-funded SUV around 10am and had a strong odor of alcohol among other obvious signs of impairment after his own deputy pulled him over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Theodore HambyFmr. City Council Member
2/27/26Illegally used a taxpayer-funded credit card for personal purchases at a convenience store and then blatantly lied to state investigators when he was confronted about the purchases
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Chad StewartCounty Commissioner Candidate
2/27/26Smashed his Corvette into a stopped school bus carrying children and then shockingly fled the scene instead of making sure everyone was safe
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Caleb SlaterFmr. State Sen. Nominee
2/26/26Stole almost $250,000 in taxpayer money by bribing straw donors with Visa gift cards to fraudulently secure public campaign funds and funnel the cash directly into an LLC he controlled
According to a notice of enforcement from the New York Public Campaign Finance Board who fined him $286,052 in penalties and repayments -
Jacy ToddGov. Candidate [R-NE]
2/25/26Illegally notarized medical marijuana petitions for a fraudster who forged signatures from a phone book and then lied about it under oath when confronted
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Christopher GriecoFmr. Trump Lawyer
2/23/26Violently struck his hockey opponent in the head with a hockey stick and then continued to pummel him until other players intervened
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
2/23/26Funneled at least $268,932 worth of campaign contributions into his personal accounts which he used to fund trips to Las Vegas, Napa Valley and other locations by creating a sham charity called the “United Latino Foundation” and enlisting his mother and close friend to help him launder the money
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Craig ValdezGeorge Rauscher Legislative Aide
2/20/26Coerced and sexually exploited at least eleven girls as young as 13-years-old to give him CSAM by grooming them on social media
2/20/26Lured a 15-year-old girl to his home and got her blackout drunk to sexually exploit her but her mother tracked them down and punched him in the face to rescue her
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Greg SmithState Representative
2/16/26Broke state ethics laws by illegally sneaking a retroactive $66k salary increase into a federal grant application and then refused to repay the money after getting caught
According to an exclusive report by The Oregonian -
2/16/26Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jail
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Doug NarosFmr. County Commissioner
2/13/26Illegally charged taxpayers for automotive work on his personal vehicle, a 100-gallon fuel tank & over $1k worth of gravel for his home driveway
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ryan JenksFmr. State Rep. Nominee
2/13/26Sexually abused a 12-year-old girl who was receiving care at the mental health clinic he owned multiple times over a yearlong period
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David JohnsonWasatch County GOP Chair
2/11/26Waterboarded his teenage daughter in a bathroom sink as punishment for not cleaning her room to his spotless expectations
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jesse HockenburyCity Council Member [R-KY]
2/02/26Subjected a student to unwanted sexual contact while working as a staff member at the victim's high school
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Bill CarnsFmr. Nye County GOP Chair
2/02/26Distributed CSAM and was found with a stash of illegal short-barreled rifles and 'ghost guns' when police conducted a search of his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tifany AdamsCimarron County GOP Chair
2/02/26Kidnapped and murdered her ex-daughter-in-law and a pastor's wife and then stuffed their bodies in a freezer which was buried beneath a cow pasture with the help of three other members of an anti-government group over a custody dispute involving her grandchildren
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Manuel BarrazaFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
1/30/26Solicited sexual favors from a female defendant & accepted cash bribes to fix cases while serving as a criminal judge
According to charging documents filed by Federal officials -
James KyrkanidesRep Wesley Hunt Chief of Staff
1/28/26
According to an exclusive report by Politico -
Michael KamfoltActivist [R]
1/26/26Stockpiled a secret bunker accessed by a 100-ft tunnel with 13 illegal guns including a machine gun, body armor and 10k rounds of ammo, which were all found after police executed a search warrant to shut down his illegal marijuana grow operation
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brandon BarreraJustice of the Peace
1/25/26Physically fought with a Walmart loss prevention employee and was found with a baggie of drugs on him when police arrived
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Patrick AtenCity Secretary
1/21/26Created fake personas including stealing the identity of an active-duty soldier to criminally harass his replacement in city government
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Michael CrainCity Council Member [R-TX]
1/18/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
William KendallState Judge [R-UT]
1/15/26Groped an inebriated woman who had just consumed highly potent (and illegal) THC that he gave her following a night out drinking
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
RJ MayFmr. State Representative
1/14/26Shared and exchanged nearly 500 felony media depicting very young children being sexually abused to a social messaging platform in a matter of mere days while also being a married father of young children who is a self-proclaimed "family values" Christian
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Lori Chavez-DeRemerDonald Trump Secretary [R]
1/12/26Ordered her top aides to create fake official work trips to justify travel that was actually for personal reasons including to go on rendezvous with a staffer she reportedly had an extramarital affair with and to visit family and friends on the taxpayer's dime
1/12/26Illegally used taxpayer funds to travel to a Las Vegas casino for her niece’s 40th birthday party by disguising the trip as official business
According to an exclusive report by The New York Post -
Jason BoultonSheriff [R-TX]
1/08/26According to charging documents filed by local officials

