The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 1 - 100 of 1247 Scandals
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Augustus Sol InvictusFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate1/10/25Lit 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. Nominee1/10/25Initiated 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]1/10/25Illegally 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 Candidate1/09/25Filed 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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Brandon SteeleState Representative1/08/25Brandished 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]1/07/25Drove 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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Jesse LawClark County GOP Chair1/07/25Installed 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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Kevin HensleyState Representative1/03/25Crashed 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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12/23/24Paid 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]12/19/24Swerved 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. Representative12/18/24Illegally received $5.5 million lobbying for a Venezuelan businessman who wanted to be removed from ICE's "Most Wanted" list and then formed fake shell companies using the names of a law firm and a government official without their knowledge which he used to create false invoices and conceal his money from tax authoritiesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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12/16/24Crashed 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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Steve DeweeseFmr. County Commissioner12/16/24Pocketed $4k in ad revenue from a calendar for the Sheriff's department that he led into his personal account instead of the department'sAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Patrick BaileyCounty GOP Treasurer12/13/24Stole $14,400 from the county GOP bank account he oversaw by depositing checks from the organization into his personal bank accountAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Kurt SchenkPastor [R]12/12/24Sexually 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 Candidate12/12/24Called 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. Nominee12/12/24Threatened 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 Candidate12/12/24According to charging documents filed by local officials
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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 officials
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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 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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Mitchell BoschFmr. City Council Candidate11/19/24Led a mob that physically assaulted riot police multiple times as they were attempting to quell the 1/6 insurrection and fought them every step of the way until the police and National Guard were able to regain control hours laterAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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11/18/24Attended numerous alcohol and drug-fueled "sex parties" where he consumed cocaine and other illicit drugs while he was a sitting congressmanAccording to an attorney representing two women who testified that they attended the parties with Gaetz
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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 who had just completed her junior year in high school twice in one night at a party hosted by convicted sex offender Joel Greenberg and then paid her $400 in cash afterwardsAccording to bombshell report released by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee
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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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Jonathan RinaldiFmr. State Rep. Nominee11/05/24Belligerently screamed and yelled inside a local polling station and ignored repeated police commands to stop after which he was arrestedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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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 Commissioner11/01/24According 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 Representative10/28/24Choked his wife so forcefully that she required a trip to the hospital 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. President162.3m10/25/24Blocked $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 Dir. 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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Andy SanbornFmr. State Senator [R-NH]10/16/24Fraudulently spent $188,474 in COVID relief funds on three luxury sports cars and other expenses after he lied about his company's earnings by nearly 1M in order to increase his chances of getting more grant moneyAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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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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John RaeseFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee10/15/24Crashed into another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC of nearly twice the legal limit after playing in a golf outing and exhibited multiple signs of being under the influence when the police arrived who then arrested him after he failed a field sobriety testAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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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10/04/24Stole 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 and spent it on personal items including plastic surgery and her daughter's weddingAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Carl MaughanState Representative10/03/24Committed 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 police10/03/24Was involved in a crash while driving under the influence of alcohol a mere two-months after his previous DUIAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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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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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]9/24/24Committed “numerous traffic infractions” while driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in his arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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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 Representative9/18/24Punched 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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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader9/13/24Illegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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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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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader8/28/24Illegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials