The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 1 - 100 of 1356 Scandals
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
3/31/25
Quietly commuted the sentence of convicted felon Jason Galanis who still had over 10 years left in his prison sentence for his role in a massive fraud against Native American tribes as an apparent reward for his politicized testimony against Hunter Biden to House RepublicansAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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12.3mMAGA Enthusiast
3/29/25
Allegedly choked and beat his then-girlfriend during sex leaving her with deep bruising and a concussion which she documented in a police report filed days after the purported incidentAccording to a police report and civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Sheff GConservative Musician [R]
3/27/25
Led a criminal gang responsible for numerous shooting deaths in Brooklyn and awarded money, jewelry and fine dining to game members for the crimes they committedAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jacob DobbsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
3/26/25
Filed a false police report that accused his girlfriend of stealing his car when she had legal possession of it the entire timeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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3/26/25
Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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3/24/25
Shared highly classified operational details about a pending military strike against Yemen to a group chat with other top Administration officials on an unsecured appAccording to an exclusive report by The Atlantic
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John RatcliffeCIA Director
3/24/25
Included the name of an undercover CIA agent in a group chat on an unsecured publicly available app which potentially could have exposed her identity to our adversaries if they were spying on the conversationAccording to an exclusive report by The Atlantic
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3/24/25
Inexplicably included a prominent journalist to a group chat that included the Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State and other high-ranking Trump Adm. officials on a publicly available app that discussed highly classified war plans against a foreign adversaryAccording to an exclusive report by The Atlantic
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Jesse LawClark County GOP Chair
3/21/25
Installed GPS tracking devices on his ex-fiancée's cell phone and on the undercarriage of her car to monitor her movementsAccording to charging documents by local officials
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Scott JenkinsSheriff [R-VA]
3/21/25
Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people official deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permitAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
3/20/25
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Justin EichornFmr. State Senator [R-MN]
3/20/25
Solicited sex with who he thought was a 17-year-old girl after exchanging multiple sexually explicit texts with them and was arrested by police when he showed up at their agreed-upon rendezvous point while also being a married father with four childrenAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Solomon PeñaFmr. State Legislator Nominee
3/20/25
Fired his gun at the home of one of his perceived political enemies and hired four gunmen to conduct drive-by shootings at the homes of three others -- thankfully none of which resulted in anyone being injured -- after losing an election for a seat in the New Mexico HouseAccording to acting Alburquerque police commander Kyle Hartsock
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Jarrin JacksonFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/14/25
Was found liable for $4M in damages for falsely portraying a Republican political consultant who was affiliated with his primary opponent's campaign as a felon who tried to steal an electionAccording to a ruling issued by the presiding judge
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Eddie LauFmr. Campaign Manager [R]
3/13/25
Spread fake political endorsements with the intent to harm another politician's prospects in a local election over a series of online posts and advertisementsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Marion ThornberryCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
3/13/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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John RaymondPastor [R]
3/13/25
Suffocated a student who was only 4 years old to the point that they "went limp" and taped at least five additional students' mouths shut simply because they were talking during class during his time as headmaster of a Christian school he foundedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
3/12/25
Quietly pardoned disgraced former state Sen. and MAGA diehard Brian Kelsey mere days into his 21-month sentence for campaign finance fraudAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Kevin ChristensenFmr. State Judge [R-UT]
3/11/25
Exchanged 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 childrenAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Patrick GehoDir. of Public Relations
3/11/25
Solicited a prostitute online and was arrested by police conducting sting operations combating human traffickingAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Ike SkeltonCounty Commissioner [R-MS]
3/07/25
Stole a traffic camera even after he was specifically warned that he'd face criminal charges if he removed itAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Hayden HaynesMike Johnson Chief of Staff
3/05/25
Drunkenly backed into a U.S. Capitol vehicle around midnight shortly after Trump spoke to a joint session of CongressAccording to a report filed by US Capitol police
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
3/05/25
Raped and sexually assaulted numerous children including at least one prepubescent child over a decadelong period and documented many of his heinous and depraved acts in 100+ videos and images that he recordedAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Bob CampbellCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
3/04/25
Was pulled over for suspected DUI and arrested after he failed a sobriety test and admitted to the arresting officer that he shouldn't have been drivingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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3/04/25
Had a romantic relationship with at least two top military officials who frequently lobbied on behalf of the military to the Senate Armed Services Committee of which she was a memberAccording to an exclusive report by Pro Publica
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Ed MartinActing U.S. Attorney
2/24/25
Overruled D.C. police who wanted to charge MAGA Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL] with physically assaulting his 27-year-old paramour and refused to sign an arrest warrant they asked to execute against the CongressmanAccording to an exclusive report by NBC4 Washington
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
2/24/25
Nominated conspiracy theorist and far-right podcaster Dan Bongino to be second in command at the FBI despite his scant qualifications for the powerful job other than being a Trump sycophant since the early days of his political careerAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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2/21/25
Grabbed and forcefully shoved his paramour out of a door leaving noticeable bruising on her arm and then tried to get her to lie to the police about how she got her injuries while also being married with two young childrenAccording to an incident report released by the Washington DC police department
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Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair
2/21/25
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jason EllsworthState Senator [R-MT]
2/20/25
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 lawAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Gary ClarkFmr. Mayor [R-WA]
2/20/25
Sexually assaulted a girl between 4 and 8 years old multiple times over a multiyear period when her family visited his homeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Patricia LambFmr. Election Official
2/18/25
Stole $15,940 from taxpayers by charging thousands in personal expenses on her government credit card and falsifying records to get paid for work she didn't doAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Ryan JenksFmr. State Rep. Nominee
2/16/25
Sexually abused a child under the age of 16 who was receiving care at the mental health clinic he ownedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Scott McMahanCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
2/15/25
Lied about living in the district he was later elected to represent on candidacy forms that he swore under oath under were accurateAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
2/14/25
Consumed crystal meth at a drug house he drove to in his marked police vehicle while dressed in uniform and then lied to federal investigators when they questioned himAccording to charging documents filed by state and federal officials
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2/14/25
Shared classified national security information about a confidential government agency that designs, builds and maintains America's intelligence satellites on a public website for all to seeAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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463kMAGA Enthusiast
2/13/25
Allegedly groped another man's genitals while he gazed into his eyes after he was asked to leave a local bar because he was making people uncomfortable while also being marriedAccording to seven eyewitnesses who witnessed Schlapp grope the victim
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Randall HallState Representative
2/13/25
Forged signatures on at least ten campaign finance forms he submitted so he would qualify for taxpayer money to pay for his campaignAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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2/13/25
Sent numerous unsolicited sexualized texts to former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson asking her for "sexual favors” which would have become public if she were subpoenaed to testify under oath so Republican Speaker Mike Johnson dispatched his top aide to prevent it from happeningAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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Tracy EllixsonCounty Commissioner [R-NC]
2/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Aaron GleasonThe Daily Wire Blogger
2/12/25
Inappropriately hugged and grabbed the bottom of a female pupil who was under 12-years-old after she asked him for help on a school assignment while working as a teacher at a local Christian schoolAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Steve DeweeseFmr. County Commissioner
2/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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2/07/25
Accepted $25,000 from a Russian national who actively promotes pro-Russian propaganda for his participation in a film where he vowed to “shut down the FBI headquarters building and open it up as a museum to the ‘deep state’” mere months before Trump nominated him to take over as FBI DirectorAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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2/07/25
Brazenly violated House rules he voted in favor of by improperly having a Republican colleague cast two votes for him by proxy so he could skip town to participate in Bill Maher's "Real Time" show after he hypocritically spent years blasting Democrats for the processAccording to an exclusive scoop first reported by Punchbowl News
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]
2/07/25
Fraudulently received $30,120 in COVID unemployment benefits while he was still employed and concealed $54,700 in consulting fees he earned and "thousands of dollars in income" from the IRS when he filed his 2021 federal income taxesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Rob ChambersMayor Nominee [R-MS]
2/04/25
Jumped out from hiding in his bushes and kicked a 13-year-old boy in the groin who played a "ring and run" prank on his homeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Todd RokitaAttorney General [R-IN]
1/31/25
Reneged on an agreement he made to accept responsibility for his slanderous actions towards a medical doctor by publicly disavowing the very agreement he had signed which resulted in the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission recommending that he face civil charges of making false statements to the state Supreme CourtAccording to an official complaint filed by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
1/31/25
Threatened a teenage victim he had been charged with sexually assaulting by calling him at least 8 times and warning him that he better "keep his f*cking mouth shut"1/31/25
Sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy he had communicated with via Snapchat after driving to his house in the middle of the night to pick him up and then assaulted the same boy again one year laterAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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1/29/25
Ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to launch a politicized investigation into the "conduct" of retired Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley despite their being no credible allegations of official or unofficial misconduct ever leveled against General MilleyAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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1/27/25
Violated established protocols and nearly foiled a classified hostage rescue mission of two Americans held captive in Yemen by publicly commenting about it to a reporter before the American hostages had been rescued which infuriated FBI officials who claimed his recklessness put the entire mission at riskAccording to an FBI whistleblower and first reported by CBS News
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James McHenryActing Trump AG
1/27/25
Opened a sham investigation to harass apolitical career prosecutors who worked on Trump's criminal cases after baselessly firing them simply because they did their jobsAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
1/22/25
Pardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio who organized and directed members of the Proud Boys militia while they stormed and ransacked the US Capitol on 1/6Pardoned Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes who was convicted for leading a mob of far-right Oath Keepers as they ransacked the US Capitol and tried to prevent the peaceful transfer of powerPardoned Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio who organized and directed members of the Proud Boys militia while they stormed and ransacked the US Capitol on 1/61/22/25
Pardoned online drug kingpin Ross Ulbricht who facilitated the sale of over $200 million worth of illegal drugs, weapons and other illicit services on the dark web through his online marketplace "Silk Road" less than 10 years into his double lifetime sentenceAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Mariano RiveraFmr. Conservative Athlete
1/22/25
Allegedly "isolated and intimidated" an underage girl who told him one of his employees sexually abused her at his church and in Rivera's own home into keeping quiet in order to protect himself and the church he led instead of doing the right thing and reporting her perpetrator to the authoritiesAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Carolina AmestyFmr. State Representative
1/18/25
Illegally obtained $122,000 in COVID relief funds for two of her businesses by falsifying documents about their total revenues, number of employees and whether the businesses were legally incorporated to begin withAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ronald JohnsonSchool Board Member [R-NC]
1/18/25
Attempted to extort a congressional candidate by threatening to release a potentially damaging secret recording he had of him unless he pressured a woman Johnson was having an affair with to deny its existence and then removed evidence from his office while officers were executing a search warrant against himAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Chuck JonesFmr. Conservative Businesss Person
1/17/25
Conspired with his senior VP to bribe aspiring House Speaker nearly $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 electedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Michael DowlingFmr. Conservative Businesss Person
1/17/25
Conspired 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 electedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Kellye SoRelleOath Keepers Lawyer
1/17/25
Encouraged potential suspects and other witnesses to destroy evidence and lie to a federal grand jury investigating members of the far-right domestic terrorist group Oath Keepers and their involvement in the 1/6 insurrection in messages on an encrypted chat messaging boardAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Blake CozzensFmr. Iron County GOP Treasurer
1/16/25
Stole over $1.9 million from clients whose property he managed over a series of at least 19 wire transfers, checks and in-person withdrawals and deposited the money into two bank accounts he ownedAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Ryan WaltersState School Superintendent
1/16/25
Violated multiple campaign finance rules during his 2022 campaign and then stonewalled the state Ethics Commission when they demanded he hand over all "financial or accounting documents" from his campaign resulting in the commission going to court to subpoena the recordsAccording to a subpoena filed against Walters by the Oklahoma Ethics Commission
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Colton MooreState Senator [R-GA]
1/16/25
Physically engaged with state capitol security guards who were preventing him from illegally entering the Georgia House floor which he was banned from in 2022 for denigrating the former House speaker after his death which resulted in him being pushed to the ground by the guards and arrested by state policeAccording to a police report filed by state offcials
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Nate PaulConservative Businessman
1/15/25
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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1/14/25
Improperly purchased a "signification number" of publicly traded Twitter shares at "artificially low prices" because he failed to report his financial stake in the company as required by lawAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the SEC
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1/10/25
Settled a lawsuit with the SEC for $1.7m for illegally using company funds to secretly pay two women who accused him of sexual assault to keep quiet which caused WWE accountants to accidentally file false financial reports because they were kept in the dark about his paymentsAccording to a settlement agreement announced by the SEC
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Augustus Sol InvictusFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
1/10/25
Lit a fire with the intent of criminally intimidating counter-protesters who were challenging him and his racist companions at the 2017 "Unite the Right Rally"According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Timothy McGheeFmr. State Sen. Nominee
1/10/25
Initiated a sexual relationship with an underage high school girl he met while working as a substitute teacherAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Sal BonaccorsoFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
1/10/25
Illegally operated his private business out of the mayor's office where he utilized public resources and personnel to improperly obtain government permits that enriched him personally and then encouraged at least one witness to lie to investigators if they were questionedAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Gabe WhitleyFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
1/09/25
Filed three campaign finance reports that falsely claimed he had raised $222,690 for and loaned $100k to his "Honest Gabe for Congress" campaign to give the illusion he had popular supportAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Christopher MorrisFmr. Sheriff [R-OK]
1/08/25
Used government funds to purchase a UTV for the sheriff's department that he had previously owned and falsely claimed the vehicle was new so he could evade rules that were in place to deter exactly what he didAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Brandon SteeleState Representative
1/08/25
Brandished his assault rifle and drunkenly threatened multiple people admiring Christmas lights in his neighborhood which "terrified" his three children and wife so much they all hid in the bathroom while she spoke with 911 for 23 mins to let them know he was a "severe alcoholic" and that she was concerned he was going to shoot someoneAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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John SweeneyCity Council Member [R-WI]
1/07/25
Drove over a raised curb and drunkenly passed out in his car with the engine running in a Taco Bell parking lot around midnight, couldn't tell responding officers where he came from or where he lived, refused a breathalyzer test and was caught with a firearm on his person in violation of state lawAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Trump Mayor
4.2m
1/06/25
Ignored a court order that mandated he hand over pertinent information to two former George election workers he owed millions of dollars to after losing a defamation case to themAccording to a contempt ruling by the presiding judge
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Kevin HensleyState Representative
1/03/25
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
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12/23/24
Paid more than a dozen women tens of thousands of dollars for sex and left a paper trail by using a mobile cash app to give them the moneyAccording to bombshell report released by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee
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Matthew MelvinSheriff [R-IL]
12/19/24
Swerved in and out of his lane multiple times, sat at a green light for 10 seconds around 1:15am, had vomit on his driver’s side door, reeked of alcohol and refused to do field sobriety and breathalyzer testsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
12/18/24
Formed fake shell companies to conceal the millions of dollars he earned working as an unregistered foreign agent from the IRSAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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12/16/24
Crashed his ATV while driving drunk and left it behind instead of notifying the authorities who eventually caught up with him, refused a field sobriety test and was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit even after a long delay before he submitted to the testAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Patrick BaileyCounty GOP Treasurer
12/13/24
According to arrest records documents filed by the local police department
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Kurt SchenkPastor [R]
12/12/24
Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old relative who lived with autism and a learning disability in his garage after spending months gaining her trust as the pastor of her church and grooming her with secret sexualized communications while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/12/24
Called 911 over two dozen times one day and 14 times a week later and then told an officer who warned him to stop tying up emergency resources that he had “50 pounds of black powder and a cannon" and was ready to "take care of business” and threatened to fire on the officers who showed up to his home if they attempted to enterAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Joseph de SotoFmr. State Rep. Nominee
12/12/24
Threatened to kill at least five of his colleagues including the state speaker of the house over a number of intimidating emails and texts where he warned that an angel had given him a "vision to destroy" all of themAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/12/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Rob HentschelCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
12/09/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman who repeatedly told him and his friends to stop after a night of heavy drinkingAccording to a sworn affidavit filed by the alleged victim to local police
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Nick FuentesPropagandist
12/06/24
Pepper sprayed and forcefully pushed a woman backwards down the stairs of his front porch without saying a word to her after she rang his doorbell and then smashed her phone against the ground and kicked it inside his home before reentering and locking his door all while being recorded on her device the entire timeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
12/04/24
According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Ken YagerState Senator [R-TN]
12/04/24
Crashed into another vehicle, attempted to flee from the police but tripped and fell to the ground, was found with urine-soaked pants and spectacularly failed a field sobriety testAccording to charging documents filed by state police
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12/02/24
Ginned up a phony investigation to smear Joe Biden during an election year with constant and easily disproved propaganda over relatively minor, rarely prosecuted offenses committed by his son Hunter that presumably led to the overturning of a no jail plea deal by a Republican prosecutor and Trump appointed judgeAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Concerned Veterans for America
12/01/24
Cultivated such a toxic work culture for female employees that at least one woman was too scared to report a male colleague for sexual harassment because she "desperately" needed her job and because "fear of reprisal looms over every woman associated" with the organization12/01/24
Secretly paid a female employee an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with accusations that a male employee sexually assaulted her and that the company brushed her allegations aside by shockingly arguing the man shouldn't be held accountable because he was drunkAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
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12/01/24
Was "very handsy with women" and exhibited a "what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas" inclination during numerous work trips away from his wife and young children12/01/24
Sexually pursued multiple female subordinates that he thought were "party girls" and differentiated them from the women he called "not party girls" who he presumably thought wouldn't be interested in having a sexual relationship while also being married with a young child at the time12/01/24
Drank so much at a work event in Virginia Beach that he had to be carried to his hotel room because he was "totally sloshed"12/01/24
Drank to excess at work functions so often that it became routine for his staff to drag him away from situations because he was making scene12/01/24
Got so drunk during a night out with some subordinates that he "completely passed out in the middle seat" while being driven back to his hotel by a staffer and then required the help of two male staffers to get back to his room safelyAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
Belligerently yelled "Kill All Muslims!" over and over while out drinking at a bar during a work trip in OhioAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker12/01/24
Passed out in the back of a party bus and later urinated in public outside of his hotel after a night of heavy drinkingAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker