The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 1 - 100 of 1580 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
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Giovanni CapriglioneState Representative
7/25/25
Mused about ejaculating in cookies made for girls in the neighborhood with his exotic dancer paramourAccording to his paramour Alex Grace who spoke exclusively with the Texas Tribune
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7/25/25
Illegally claimed three different homes as his primary address which allowed him to save tens of thousands of dollars he otherwise would have had to pay had he not lied on his paperworkIllegally claimed three different homes as his primary address which allowed him to save tens of thousands of dollars he otherwise would have had to pay had he not lied on his paperworkAccording to filings in his divorce proceedings
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Giovanni CapriglioneState Representative
7/25/25
Paid an exotic dancer for "meetups" during their 17-year extramarital affair and hypocritically funded multiple abortions she underwent throughout their affair while also authoring one of the most extreme anti-abortion laws in the country that made it a state crime for women in Texas to seek or obtain the procedureAccording to his paramour Alex Grace who spoke exclusively with the Texas Tribune
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Allison SalinasFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
7/24/25
Was charged with solicitation of murder and prosecutors were so concerned about her potential for violence that they asked a judge to deny bail and keep her in jail until the conclusion of her trialAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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James TaylorCommissioner [R-FL]
7/24/25
Sent multiple nude photos of himself to a 12-year-old girl he preyed on via Snapchat over a monthslong period while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Scott TrueloveFmr. School Board Member
7/23/25
Exposed himself to an undercover police officer in a local park filled with families & alluded that he wanted to have sexAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jeff ZellState Senator [R-SC]
7/22/25
Reportedly threatened to physically attack a conservative radio host and accosted the wife of a local county GOP chair without provocation during a drunken rage at a party hosted by Republican state senator Matt LeberAccording to an exclusive report by FITSNews South Caroline
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Curtis CochranSheriff [R-NC]
7/22/25
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Lee Ann ReiterMayor [R-WY]
7/21/25
Was charged with DUI after getting pulled over around 2am, failing field sobriety tests & having a BAC over 0.08%According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Bill HaydenCounty Commissioner [R-NJ]
7/15/25
Illegally claimed a $6k federal tax deduction by falsely claiming he was a combat veteran who served in the Navy SEALsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kevin TolsonFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
7/14/25
Severely damaged his truck after he crashed into a telephone pole and then fled the scene instead of calling the authoritiesAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Josh KimbrellState Senator [R-SC]
7/13/25
Stole $2 million from his business partner over a two-and-a-half-year period by improperly diverting company assets to a secret corporation he and his wife createdAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by his former business partner
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Jack TompkinsMayor [R-NJ]
7/11/25
Sexually harassed a female government employee and retaliated against her when she filed an official complaint and then used taxpayer dollars to settle a lawsuit she filed against him and the town7/11/25
According to an exclusive report by WHYY public media
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Brant FrostDonor [R]
7/11/25
Bilked 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 at the same time, yet the DOJ only brought a CIVIL lawsuit against himAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the SEC
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Michael DoranCounty Recorder
7/09/25
Was charged with "sexual imposition" following an incident on April 25th, 2025 that a special prosecutor determined warranted his arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Anthony CostanzaCounty Commissioner Candidate
7/08/25
Decreased his home’s assessed value in an apparent attempt to illegally lower his taxes by taking advantage of his position as town assessorAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joe FitzgeraldSchool Board Member [R-NJ]
7/08/25
Had an unregistered pistol, a second gun and a stun gun that was shaped like brass knuckles which police found in his car after they pulled him over following a 911 call that reported he was heavily armed and driving to confront someoneAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Kelly GilesRandall County GOP Chair
7/08/25
Submitted a false certification that his application and nomination petitions met the legal requirements for him to run for election in 2024According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Ron WeinbergState Representative
7/07/25
Bluntly told a married colleague's husband that he is "gonna f*ck your wife" right in front of her while also being married and proceeded to act like nothing happened at all when they ran into each other at work the very next dayEmbraced a married colleague's husband and told him that he planned on "f*cking your wife" right in front of her which she made abundantly clear wouldn't happen while also being marriedAccording to a victim impact statement sent by Jacqueline Anderson to the Colorado legislature
Approached a woman he barely knew at a party and told her that he'd put his "d*ck in [her] mouth" before doubling down and asking her if she'd prefer to put his "d*ck in [her] vagina" instead while also being marriedAccording to an official letter sent by the woman to the Colorado legislature
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
7/02/25
Pardoned a man who was convicted of assaulting a capitol police officer on 1/6 who went on to get sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to assassinate FBI agents and other law enforcement officials and attack their buildings with car bombs and other explosive devicesAccording to news reports from credible media outlets -
Linda WallaceFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
7/02/25
Coerced a court clerk to withhold testimony in a case against her boss and fellow Republican Robert Jenkins FranklinAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jessica StaggsCounty Auditor
7/01/25
Stole $80k from local taxpayers by keeping money that was supposed to pay for the community's utility billsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Susie HedalenState Schools Superintendent
6/27/25
Drove erratically around 1am and had a "dazed expression," bloodshot eyes, smelled of alcohol and refused to take a breathalyzer after police pulled her overAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Curtis CochranSheriff [R-NC]
6/27/25
Groped a woman's breast and legs inside of his police cruiser and unsuccessfully attempted to coerce her into doing other "things she did not want to do" before she was able to exit his car and report his actions to the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
6/27/25
Tried to coerce a young woman into giving him oral sex inside his police cruiser and then began "rubbing his crotch" while she sat next to him after she repeatedly told him she would not do what he askedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Doug GheeFmr. State Senator [R-AL]
6/26/25
Promised a handcuffed and shackled female inmate that he would use his friendship with the judge and assistant district attorney overseeing her case to go lenient on her as long as she agreed to be his “sex slave” and give him $2,500According to charging documents filed by state officials6/26/25
Groped and forcibly kissed a handcuffed and shackled female inmate inside a private room where inmates meet with their lawyersAccording to a corrections officer who was monitoring the room via live video feed and intervened to remove her to safety
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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]
6/25/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Anthony StreetFmr. State Auditor Nominee
6/24/25
Threatened to kill a state senator over his opposition to a shrimp trawling ban state legislators were consideringAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Bret AustinCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
6/20/25
Drove into a Taco Bell parking lot around midnight with his running board dragging on the ground behind him, ran over a group of rocks and a culvert, hit the bumper of a vehicle and then fled the sceneAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Shadrack McGillFmr. State Senator [R-AL]
6/20/25
Was charged with felony domestic abuse of his ex-wife and was ordered to restrain from contacting her in any wayAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Sandra BaxterSuper PAC Fundraiser
6/17/25
Lied to state officials about her role in helping improperly funnel money from a Super PAC she was associated with that secretly funded a right-wing ballot initiative in MichiganAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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6/16/25
Defamed a top employee at Dominion Voting Systems following the 2020 election by baselessly accusing him of being a traitor and was ordered to pay him $2.3 million in damagesAccording to a verdict by a federal jury
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Michael TaitConservative Musician [R]
6/13/25
Drugged and sexually molested a 16-year-old boy on at least one occasion and coerced him into consuming cocaine and alcohol numerous other times which the victim said "destroyed" his entire life6/13/25
Repeatedly groped a young man's penis and tried to kiss him against his will inside a hot tub after peer pressuring him into consuming cocaine and alcohol despite his protestations6/13/25
Drugged and sexually molested a young man inside his home who woke up while Tait was manually stimulating him6/13/25
Groped a young man's thigh and stroked his ear without consent shortly after finishing a meal with him6/13/25
Groped a young man's bare rearend under his clothing and also exposed himself to the same male earlier in the nightAccording to an exclusive report by The Guardian
6/13/25
Exposed and manually stimulated himself in front of a 13-year-old boy for upwards of an entire minute inside of a restaurant bathroomAccording to an exclusive report by The Guardian6/13/25
Sexually assaulted at least three underage boys and young men, inappropriately touched at least 4 others and routinely binged on hard drugs and alcohol with many more including underage boys over a decadeslong period which he himself admitted was like living a "double life" considering he preached "traditional" heterosexual relationships, sexual abstinence and sobriety in his musicAccording to an exclusive report by The Guardian
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Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
6/13/25
Provoked a brawl, snatched a security officer's gun and shot at a man outside a celebrity boxing event in MiamiAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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RJ MayFmr. State Representative
6/12/25
Shared felony media depicting underage children to a social messaging platform at least ten different times while also being a married father of young children who is a self-proclaimed "family values" ChristianAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Walter LundyAdvisor [R]
6/11/25
Drunkenly beat his son with a baseball bat around 2am and then snuck marijuana into jail following his arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Katie AbbeyFmr. County Treasurer
6/10/25
Stole over $58,000 from taxpayers by falsifying cash slips and checks drawn from county bank accounts she managed to make it appear that lower amounts of taxes and other revenue were receivedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Austin SmithState Representative
6/10/25
Forged "rows" of voter names, addresses and signatures on petitions he filed to qualify for the 2024 Republican primary in Arizona while also championing himself as an "election integrity warrior" who routinely espoused voter fraud conspiracy theoriesAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Rick RennoCounty Treasurer [R-MO]
6/09/25
Solicited sex from and exchanged nude photos with underage boys and young men as young as 14 via the gay app Grindr over a 10-year periodAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Justin BarberaFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-NJ]
6/09/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Malcolm RoachCounty Elections Board Member
6/09/25
Illegally downloaded lewd photos and videos depicting a human engaged in sexual conduct with an animal and then erased his search history in a failed attempt to hide his crimeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Andrew DoFmr. County Commissioner
6/09/25
Raked in more than $700,000 for himself and his daughter in exchange for helping to steer more than $10 million in COVID relief funds to a nonprofit she worked at that was supposed to feed needy seniors who were food insecure but instead spent lavishly on private expenses including a $1 million homeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Rick RennoCounty Treasurer [R-MO]
6/09/25
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Nick SmithSheriff [R-AL]
6/09/25
Illegally deputized six individuals who didn't have the proper certifications for employment and sent four of them to work as armed school resourced officers in charge of keeping children safe while hiring another as an armed jailerAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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James SnyderFmr. Mayor [R-IN]
6/09/25
Intentionally falsified documents to hide from the IRS the real financial status of his private businessesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mike BohacekState Senator [R-IN]
6/02/25
Got a DUI with a staggering 0.28 with signs of intoxication midafternoon that included drinking alcohol inside his car, stumbling to walk into a Panda Express, swerving and speeding in his vehicle after he left and had bloodshot eyes, trouble speaking and was found covered in food when pulled overAccording to charging documents filed by state officials -
Philip MoranFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
5/30/25
Unsuccessfully 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 actionsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Daniel DuffeyPolitical Strategist [R]
5/30/25
Falsely accused someone he barely knew of sexual assault by distributing flyers in their neighborhood with his name and photo, inundated him and members of his family with a torrent of messages, traveled to his county the week he got married apparently to harass him and created a fake account on a gay website in their name simply because he didn't respond to text messages fast enoughAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jenkins FranklinJustice of the Peace
5/29/25
Threatened a defendant that "dead men can't testify" and pressured him to accept a plea deal that he didn't want to agree to during a phone call with him two days before his court date5/29/25
Coerced the chief clerk for his office into signing a false affidavit in an attempt to skirt accountability in a civil lawsuit he was involved withAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Richard BennettCity Council Member [R-NJ]
5/28/25
Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening mannerAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
12.3mMAGA Enthusiast
5/28/25
Raped and trafficked at least three women in the United Kingdom over a yearslong period and was charged by UK authorities over ten years after his reported crimesAccording to charging documents filed by UK officials -
Nancy MarksFmr. George Santos Treasurer
5/28/25
Conspired with disgraced former Congressman George Santos to submit fraudulent campaign finance reports that falsely asserted he had loaned his campaign $500,000 because it made him look wealthier than he actually was and helped him get donor funding he very likely otherwise wouldn't have receivedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
5/27/25
Pardoned convicted felon Paul Walczak and spared him from serving any of his 18-month prison sentence or having to pay a penny of his nearly $4.4 million fine mere days after his mother attended a $1 million per person fundraiser at Mar-a-LagoPardoned convicted fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley who illegally obtained over $30 million in improper loans and failed to pay any taxes on it mere months into their multi-year sentencesAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Janssen WillhoitFmr. State Representative
5/26/25
Physically assaulted someone in his household and was arrested by the police after they determined he was at faultAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
5/26/25
Pardoned former MAGA sheriff Scott Jenkins who was convicted of accepting over $75k in bribes the day before he was set to begin serving his 10-year prison sentenceAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Jason KimbleState Judge [R-NC]
5/23/25
Hit another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit with his young daughter in the car during the middle of a workday and then tried to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he was a judge and named police officers he personally knewAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/21/25
Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her out and then fled to Thailand in a failed attempt to escape justiceAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Cade CothrenGlen Casada Chief of Staff
5/16/25
Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendorAccording to charging documents filed in federal court
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Glen CasadaFmr. House Speaker [R-TN]
5/16/25
Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendorAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Rebecca HillCounty Clerk [R-SC]
5/15/25
Gave 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 almost led to a mistrial.According to charging documents filed by local officials
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David CokerFmr. Legislative Aide
5/15/25
Embezzled 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 debtsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Amy TarkanianFmr. Nevada GOP Chair
5/14/25
Passed out in her car while idling in the middle of the road and then crashed into a parked vehicle after an officer woke her up and was taken to the hospital for observation because her BAC was over three times the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
5/08/25
Crashed his car after which arriving officers observed signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, dilated pupils, unsteadiness on his feet, responded with "lawyer" each of the many times he was asked to take a field sobriety test and resisted arrest by trying to pull away from officers handcuffing himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Arlene SwineyTax Collector [R-TX]
5/06/25
Illegally put pressure on a government official to reassess their decision on a property appraisal she had an interest inAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
5/05/25
Illegally contacted a witness he was ordered to refrain from speaking with and was ordered to be held behind bars until he's sentenced for a separate crime he pled guilty toAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jovanté TeagueFlorida GOP Co Chairs
5/01/25
Had an illicit sexual relationship with a female inmate at the jail he worked at which in no way could have been considered consensual considering the power imbalance between the two5/01/25
According to an exclusive report by the Miami Herald
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James BurlandLobbyist [R]
4/30/25
Possessed 565 felony images of prepubescent children as young as twelve-years-old on his electronic devicesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Kenneth NailFmr. St. Lucie GOP Chair
4/28/25
Smuggled illegal prescription drugs, cell phones & phone chargers into a prison by concealing everything within a set of glued-together legal documents that he passed through a prison fence to an inmate on the insideAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
David WhitmireCounty Commissioner [R-TX]
4/25/25
Sexually assaulted a woman who also refused to have sex with him in exchange for money and political help in a child custody disputeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
4/25/25
Pardoned convicted felon and former Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore who was found guilty of stealing over $70k from a police charity meant for an officer killed in the line of duty before she ever had to face any type of judgement for her crimesAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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John JessupCounty Commissioner [R-IN]
4/25/25
Sexually assaulted his own daughter whom he got so intoxicated on an extremely potent alcoholic drink on her 21st birthday that she had to be taken to her hotel room in a wheelchair so he could violate herAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative
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697kMAGA Enthusiast
4/25/25
Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for CongressAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Michael CoxFmr. Sheriff [R-TX]
4/24/25
Solicited a prostitute in a sting operation where he negotiated a price for sex over the Internet but was arrested by undercover police officers when he arrived at the hotel room they sent him toAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/20/25
Shared classified details of military strikes against Yemen to a group chat he created that included his wife, brother and personal lawyerAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Times
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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
4/20/25
Illegally pocketed at least $28,000 from hundreds of people who paid her roughly $150 each for her to select them as poll workers over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Kevin HensleyState Representative
4/16/25
Crashed into another vehicle causing it to roll over multiple times resulting in injuries to the victim's hands, face and chest that required hospitalization while pulling out of a gas station driving under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police after he submitted to a breathalyzer test that found he had a BAC nearly twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
Was pulled over for suspected DUI and later convicted of an "alcohol-related reckless driving" offenseAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Nate PaulConservative Businessman
4/16/25
Fraudulently inflated his assets by tens of millions of dollars and grossly underreported his liabilities by millions more to financial institutions on multiple loan applications which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that otherwise wouldn't have been approved and then lied to authorities when they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Eva RoyerHood County GOP Chair
4/10/25
Fraudulently listed a vacation rental she didn't live at as her official address on campaign filingsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Aaron ClemonsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
4/09/25
Robbed a gas station at knifepoint & threatened to kill the employee if they didn't comply with his demandsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Kimberly MaynardFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25
Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived thereAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jan KingFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25
Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived thereAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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William KendallState Judge [R-UT]
4/02/25
Groped an inebriated woman who had just consumed highly potent (and illegal) THC that he gave her following a night out drinkingAccording to charging documents filed by state officials