The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 1 - 100 of 1185 Scandals
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Nick FuentesPropagandist12/06/24Pepper 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 police
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Ken YagerState Senator [R-TN]12/04/24Crashed 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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12/02/24Ginned 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 America12/01/24Cultivated 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 organization12/01/24Secretly 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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12/01/24Was "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 children12/01/24Sexually 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 time12/01/24Attempted to jump on the stage and gyrate with exotic dancers while he was extremely intoxicated at a gentlemen's club with his employees and had to be dragged off stage by a female subordinateAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker12/01/24Got "completely drunk in a public place" during a work event in Cleveland and behaved so belligerently that multiple high profile business associates who were also in attendance reported being "very disappointed" by his behaviorAccording to an exclusive report by The New YorkerDrank so much at a work event in Virginia Beach that he had to be carried to his hotel room because he was "totally sloshed"12/01/24Drank to excess at work functions so often that it became routine for his staff to drag him away from situations because he was making scene12/01/24Got 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 YorkerBelligerently 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 Yorker12/01/24Passed 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
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Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer11/25/24Functioned as an illegal pimp for a female sex worker where he advertised her services and coordinated rendezvous with johns and was found in possession of nearly $80k in cash when police searched his homeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Sean BrislinNancy Mace Legislative Aide11/25/24Drunkenly entered a female stranger's apartment while she was taking her trash out and passed out on her bed which traumatized her so much that she told a judge the incident left her feeling "like a stranger in [her] own dwelling"According to charging documents filed by local police
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Justin HerringFmr. Nebraska GOP Member11/22/24Allegedly physically abused his intimate partner multiple times over a two-year period including one incident that involved a gun and an infantAllegedly physically abused his intimate partner multiple times over a two-year period including at least one incident that involved a gun and an infantAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Michelle MorrowFmr. County Commissioner Candidate11/22/24Ran for local office and illegally voted in a district she didn't reside in by fraudulently attesting that she lived thereAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Justin HerringFmr. Nebraska GOP Member11/22/24Illegally acquired at least a dozen firearms, knives, brass knuckles and numerous boxes of ammunition and stashed many of them in a hidden room in his basement likely because he isn't legally allowed to own any of them because he is a convicted felonAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate11/22/24Criminally harassed a local government official over the phone multiple times resulting in his eventual arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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11/18/24According to an attorney representing two women who testified that they attended the parties with Gaetz11/18/24Paid at least two women for sex and left a paper trail by using a mobile cash app to give them the moneyAccording to sworn testimony by the two women to the House Ethics Committee
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11/17/24Defamed AZ County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) by baselessly accusing him of adding over 300,000 fraudulent ballots to Maricopa County's vote count in order to steal the election from her and then later admitted in court that she had no defense against his lawsuit and forfeited her right to a trialAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the individual she defamed
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11/16/24Allegedly had sex with an underage 17-year-old girl at a party hosted by convicted sex offender Joel Greenberg while he was a sitting CongressmanAccording to sworn testimony by the alleged victim and an unnamed eyewitness who testified she saw Gaetz having sex with her
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11/15/24Allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in her hotel room after a night of heavy drinking and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with her accusationsAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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Antwione WilliamsFmr. Conservative Athlete11/15/24Physically "attacked and overcame" two Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrectionAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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11/15/24Fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman which resulted in an "irretrievable breakdown" of his first marriage and eventual divorceAccording to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
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John JessupCounty Commissioner [R-IN]11/14/24Sexually assaulted an unconscious woman who was so intoxicated that she had to be taken to her hotel room in a wheelchair after he "kept feeding" her an extremely potent alcoholic drink long after she asked him to give her water insteadAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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11/13/24Consumed too much alcohol and then took some sleep medication while waiting for his flight at a local airport resulting in him missing his flight and being detained by police for public intoxicationAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jason YatesFmr. My Faith Votes CEO11/05/24According to charging documents filed by local officials
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James SchenkeFmr. State Rep. Nominee11/04/24Illegally contacted a victim who had a protective order against him and was arrested by police after they determined he violated the orderAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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James BurlandLobbyist [R]11/01/24Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Becky HoodFmr. County Commissioner [R]11/01/24According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/30/24Forcibly kissed and fondled Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul moments after she was ushered into a room for a private meeting with him less than a month before he married MarlaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Larry Savage JrFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate10/29/24Was caught on video stuffing two ballots into his sweatshirt pocket that he could later use to cast fraudulent votes during a public testing of local voting machinesAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Lucas LaniganState Representative [R-ME]10/28/24Grabbed his wife's neck and choked her for upwards of 20 seconds causing noticeable bruises on both sides of her neck and other injuries on her face after she confronted him over an extramarital affair she suspected he was havingAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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10/27/24Illegally resided in the United States when he launched his first business by utilizing a student visa he was granted for a graduate program at Stanford that he never actually enrolled in and then years later hypocritically claimed that undocumented immigrants are destroying the country he once unlawfully worked in himselfAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/25/24Once blocked $37 million in desperately needed disaster aid that was set aside to help victims displaced by wildfires in Washington simply because he had political disagreements with the state's Democratic governorThe state had to wait until Joe Biden took office to get any federal help
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10/25/24Hired a man she allegedly knew had sexually abused at least ten underage "Ring Boys" who did odd jobs at WWE wrestling events on the condition that he stop abusing young boys which he unsurprisingly did notAccording to a lawsuit filed against the McMahon's by five of the alleged victims
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10/24/24Violated contractual obligations he signed with the US military by acquiescing to Russian President Vladimir Putin's demand that he deny satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to the Chinese leader during one of his many secret conversations he had with the Russian leader over a two-year periodAccording to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/23/24Placed his hands "all over" model Stacey Williams' breasts, waist and buttocks after being introduced to her by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to MarlaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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10/23/24Trespassed on a constituent's front porch and stole a campaign mailer sent by his political opponent and was caught laughing about his actions on the victim's doorbell cameraAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Director at MAGA Church10/21/24Produced and solicited videos and more than 100 images of him sexually abusing multiple children including at least one prepubescent child over a decadelong periodAccording to charging documents filed by local officials10/21/24Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/21/24Smeared the "Central Park Five" who spent years in prison for a crime they didn't commit by falsely asserting they pled guilty to killing someone when they did no such thing and in fact had their sentences overturned after DNA evidence emerged proving their innocenceAccording to a federal lawsuit filed by the "Central Park Five"
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Jay CutlerConservative Athlete [R]10/18/24Crashed into another vehicle while driving under the influence of alcohol, attempted to flee the scene after unsuccessfully offering to bribe the driver he hit with $2k to not call the police, slurred his words and refused a field sobriety test when police arrived and was found to be in possession of a loaded pistol and second gun in violation of state lawAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Chuck JohnsonPropagandist [R]10/16/24Was sued by MAGA-friendly investment company Point Bridge Capital for fraud and extortion after he allegedly presented himself as a secret government agent who would sabotage their company unless they agreed to give him and his business partner lopsided investment returnsAccording to news reports from credible media outlets10/16/24Attempted to extort a founder of investment firm Point Bridge Capital by threatening to use government connections (which did not exist) to retaliate against defense and intelligence companies strongly dependent on government contractsAccording to a lawsuit filed by Point Bridge Capital
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Doug HamlinNRA CEO10/14/24Severed a cat's paws, strung the animal up and then set it on fire with the help of four of his fraternity brothers all because it didn't use the litter box properly resulting in criminal charges and expulsion from his fraternityAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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10/14/24Violated election law by displaying the wrong election date in a newspaper advertisement targeting black voters while using the correct date in all other ads including one that was almost exactly the same but targeted white votersAccording to an official complaint filed by the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/14/24Commuted convicted fraudster Phillip Esformes' sentence after he had only served less than two years of his twenty-year sentence for a massive healthcare fraud following a public relations campaign his well-connected family waged with the Trump White House and after released criminally threatened his wife and another family member with verbal threats and by breaking glassware set on a nearby tableAccording to news reports from credible media outlets10/08/24Clandestinely spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times after he left office, during which time he possessed highly classified national security documents he illegally took with him when he left the White House and realistically could have shared with PutinSecretly gave Russian President Vladimir Putin extremely rare Covid-19 test machines for his personal use at a time they were desperately needed all throughout the United States possibly to curry favor with Putin or as a reward for his 2016 election interference that helped put him in officeAccording to exclusive reporting by veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his book "War"
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10/04/24Funneled over $70,000 worth of donations she raised for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer shot and killed in the line of duty into her personal accounts to spend on purchases including plastic surgery, rent and her daughter's weddingAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Carl MaughanState Representative [R-KS]10/03/24Committed multiple traffic infractions in short order and was found to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic handgun, empty bottle of whiskey and case of beer with multiple cans missing when police pulled him overAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate9/29/24Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her outAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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9/27/24Deceitfully implied he was a married father of three children by sharing images and video footage of him posing and interacting with them around a dinner table on his campaign website and social media pages when in fact he is not married and has no childrenAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Times
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Nick CocchiSheriff [R-MA]9/23/24Left his police vehicle that was missing a tire and had damage to another running in the valet parking area of a local casino after midnight and was arrested by state police when he returned because he reeked of alcohol and couldn't explain how his car got damagedAccording to charging documents filed by state police
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9/23/24Starred in multiple gay adult videos under a pseudonym not long before he pivoted to become a self-described "school choice evangelist" who lambasted LGBTQ rights for gay studentsAccording to an exclusive report by Current Revolt
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9/23/24Used his local connections to get a taxpayer funded job in a local town village for his fiancée and a job with the local sanitation department for her sonAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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9/23/24Signed up for an account on a website that connects people looking to engage in extramarital affairs while also being marriedAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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9/23/24Had an affair with a woman and then paid her $7400 for part-time work in his local taxpayer paid for district office that she never showed up for according to four co-workers and only stopped paying her after his fiancée found outAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Mark RobinsonLt. Governor [R]422k9/19/24Posted such extremely lewd and shocking comments on an adult website that CNN refused to publish the vast majority due to their extraordinarily "graphic nature"According to an exclusive report by CNNWrote multiple shockingly vulgar posts about participating in a variety of explicit sex acts with his wife's sister on an adult website which were so detailed that it begs the question of whether he was fantasizing or actually admitting to having an affair with herAccording to news reports from credible media outlets9/19/24Frequented at least two adult video stores where he watched pornographic videos in a private booth he rented and also purchased "hundreds" of bootlegged pornographic videos over a yearslong periodAccording to an exclusive report by The Assembly: NC
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Jeff DotsethState Representative [R-MN]9/18/24Punched and kicked his family's 14-year-old dog on Christmas in front of his wife and young daughter who was yelling for him to stopAccording to a court affidavit filed by his then-wife9/16/24Threw his then-wife to the floor, pushed her against a wall and restrained her with his body weight, chocked her, slapped her, forced her head between his legs and squeezed them together and routinely assaulted her over a fifteen-year period until she finally had enough and reported him to the policeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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27.8mMAGA Enthusiast9/15/24Sensually kissed model and influencer Bettina Anderson at least three times on the mouth during what one witness described as "definitely" a date at a busy restaurant while also being engaged to MAGA firebrand Kimberly GuilfoyleAccording to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail
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9/13/24Had an extramarital affair with a woman that resulted in the destruction of his marriage after he refused his wife's overture to reconcile while also publicly portraying himself as “a Christian, conservative family man” who adheres to traditional Christian valuesAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]9/12/24Fraudulently 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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Mark SchoeslerState Senator [R-WA]9/10/24Rammed his truck into another vehicle while exiting a local fairground and exhibited “obvious signs of intoxication” to the police officer who found him sitting in his vehicle and arrested him for having a BAC nearly twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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8/29/24Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police when they arrived who determined she was heavily intoxicated with a BAC over twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate8/21/24Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]8/14/24According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]5k8/13/24Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officialsAccording to charging documents filed by the Colorado Attorney General
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Devan SeabaughState Representative [R-GA]8/09/24Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcoholAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Victoria SpartzU.S. Representative [R-IN]7/01/24Packed a handgun in her carryon bag and was caught by airport security when she went through a security checkAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Rocky HayesFmr. Jones County GOP Chair6/25/24Had multiple felony videos of young children between the ages of 8 to 13 doing sexual acts with older men saved on his cloud services accountAccording to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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Neil FriskeState Representative [R-MI]6/21/24Allegedly sexually assaulted an exotic dancer and then chased her around with a loaded gun that he eventually fired in her vicinity outside of his home at 2:30 in the morningAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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Jason BuckelState Representative [R-MD]6/17/24Was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he refused to take a field sobriety test while also driving on a suspended licenseAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Robert MorrisFmr. Televangelist [R]Trump's "evangelical executive advisory board"6/14/24Digitally penetrated, groped and kissed a twelve-year-old girl over a multiyear period and only got caught after she told her parents once he began pressuring her to have sex with him when she turned sixteen while also being married with a young childAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Kenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast6/04/24Conspired with others to submit forged elector paperwork that falsely asserted Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 electionAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]5/22/24Displayed a flag the far-right adopted as a symbol of support for Trump, used by insurrectionists on 1/6 and associated with the far-right Christian Nationalist movement known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or "Pine Tree" flag outside of his vacation home in New Jersey periodically over a three-month period while participating in numerous active cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving TrumpAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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5/21/24Settled a lawsuit with electronic voting company Smartmatic for an undisclosed amount for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories that the company helped tilt the election which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brandAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]5/17/24Displayed an upside-down American Flag, a signal of dire distress and something Trump supporters hijacked in the days after his 2020 loss, outside of his home days after the 1/6 insurrection and before Biden was sworn in to office while participating in numerous cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump at the same time and then blamed his wife when reporters questioned him about itAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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5/16/24Pardoned an admittedly racist convicted murderer who made good on his online threats to confront and shoot protesters by killing an Air Force veteran peacefully participating in a protest one year into his 25-year sentenceAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m5/11/24Illegally claimed $168 million in business losses on his Chicago property by using dubious accounting tactics to write off his massive losses on the project on both his 2008 and then again on his 2010 tax returnsAccording to an exclusive joint report by The New York Times and Pro Publica
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244kMAGA Enthusiast5/10/24Diverted more than $25,000 in campaign contributions to an entity that he was the sole proprietor of and was located at his home address by falsely claiming the money was used to pay rent on office space for his political campaignAccording to a report released by the nonpartisan House Ethics Committee
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Stephanie ScottFmr. County Clerk [R-MI]5/09/24Illegally retained possession of a voting machine and refused repeated commands to give it to an authorized vendor so they could conduct routine maintenance and testingAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m5/09/24Asked wealthy oil executives to spend $1 billion to elect him in 2024 and promised to throw out environmental regulations designed to combat global climate change on "Day 1" as a reward if he were to return to the White House5/07/24Criticized the jury in his criminal hush-money case during an interview in violation of a gag order imposed by the judge and was fined $1,000 and warned that his next violation may result in jail timeBlatantly and repeatedly violated a gag order which prohibited him from verbally attacking witnesses, jurors and family members of court staff in his New York hush money trial and was ordered to remove all posts that ran afoul of the gag order and pay a $9,000 fine by the judge who held him in contemptAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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2.3mLauded by Trump4/26/24Killed her 14-month-old puppy for the crime of acting like a puppy on a hunting trip and later proudly wrote about the incident in her book as if shooting unruly puppies was a perfectly normal thing to doNoem admitted to killing the dog in her bookShot her family goat once and then picked up an additional shotgun shell from her truck to finish the job since her first shot didn't kill the animalNoem admitted to killing the goat in her book
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Zack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor4/25/24Allegedly sexually assaulted his preteen daughter who along with her siblings was granted an order of protection against him while authorities investigated the allegation further while still being married to his estranged wife4/25/24Armed himself with a gun while experiencing what his aunt told police was a psychotic episode and got in a physical altercation with his minor children who wound up stabbing him twice to protect themselves and disarm him and was found to be in possession of thirty firearms and psychedelic mushrooms when police arrivedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]4/25/24Declined to recuse himself from a Supreme Court case determining whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempt to overturn the 2020 election despite the fact that his wife Ginni was intimately involved in the scheme to prevent Biden from becoming PresidentAccording to news reports from credible media outlets