The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 101 - 200 of 1409 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
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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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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
Attempted 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 Yorker
12/01/24
Got "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"12/01/24
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
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Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
11/25/24
Illegally exploited a female sex worker by managing her rendezvous with johns and the money she got for her services and had nearly $80k in cash on him when he was arrestedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Sean BrislinNancy Mace Legislative Aide
11/25/24
Drunkenly 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 Member
11/22/24
Allegedly 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 Candidate
11/22/24
Illegally ran for local office and 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 Member
11/22/24
Illegally 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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11/20/24
Lied about holding a bachelor’s degree in education on a questionnaire for a Connecticut Board of Education job when in reality she earned her bachelor's degree in FrenchAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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Mitchell BoschFmr. City Council Candidate
11/19/24
Led 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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11/18/24
Attended 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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11/17/24
Defamed 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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11/16/24
Allegedly 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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11/15/24
Allegedly 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 Athlete
11/15/24
Physically "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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11/15/24
Fathered 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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11/13/24
Consumed 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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Joe LayneSt. Joseph County GOP Co Chairs
11/11/24
Snatched a microphone from and then shoved a County Council member who was speaking to a group of local RepublicansAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jonathan RinaldiFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/05/24
Belligerently screamed and yelled inside a local polling station and ignored repeated police commands to stop after which he was arrested for trespassingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jason YatesFmr. My Faith Votes CEO
11/05/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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James SchenkeFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/04/24
Illegally 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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Becky HoodFmr. County Commissioner
11/01/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/30/24
Forcibly kissed and groped 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 MarlaAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Mail
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Larry Savage JrFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
10/29/24
Was 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
10/28/24
Choked 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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10/27/24
Illegally 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 Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/25/24
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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10/25/24
Hired 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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10/24/24
Violated 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 Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/23/24
Placed 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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10/23/24
Trespassed 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 cameraAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
10/21/24
Solicited sexually abusive videos and texts from at least ten boys and one girl depicting them in various stages of undress and even masturbating by bribing them with gifts, money or visits to restaurantsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/21/24
Smeared 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]
10/18/24
Crashed 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 lawAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Andy SanbornFmr. State Senator [R-NH]
10/16/24
Fraudulently 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]
10/16/24
Was 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 outlets
10/16/24
Attempted 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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Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
10/15/24
Fraudulently charged over $5 million on personal expenses including more than 130 luxury and classic cars which he then sold and pocketed the proceeds from, $60k worth of airline tickets for a woman he was having an extramarital affair with and other family members including his wife, vacations, designer clothes and a multitude of other expenses using fire department credit cards funded and paid for by the publicAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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John RaeseFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
10/15/24
Crashed 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 CEO
10/14/24
Severed 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 fraternityAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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10/14/24
Violated 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 Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/14/24
Commuted 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 outlets10/08/24
Clandestinely 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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10/04/24
Stole 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 weddingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Carl MaughanState Representative
10/03/24
Committed 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
10/03/24
Was 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 Candidate
9/29/24
Threatened 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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9/27/24
Deceitfully 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]
9/24/24
Committed “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]
9/23/24
Left 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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9/23/24
Starred 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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9/23/24
Used 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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9/23/24
Signed 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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9/23/24
Had an affair with a woman and then paid her $7,400 for part-time work at his local district office that she never showed up for and only stopped paying her after his fiancée found outAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Mark RobinsonLt. Governor [R]
422k
9/19/24
Posted 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 CNN
Wrote 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 outlets
9/19/24
Frequented 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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Carolina AmestyFmr. State Representative
9/18/24
Forged a professor's signature and notarized a document that falsely asserted the unaccredited Christian school she founded had acquired a credentialed professor to teach there resulting in her school improperly obtaining state licensing to operateAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jeff DotsethState Representative
9/18/24
Punched 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-wife
9/16/24
Choked, kicked and physically assaulted his wife on several occasions over a decade until she finally had enough and reported him to the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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27.8mMAGA Enthusiast
9/15/24
Sensually 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 Leader
9/13/24
Illegally 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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9/13/24
Had an extramarital affair with a woman nearly 30 years younger than him that resulted in the destruction of his marriage of 35 years while also publicly portraying himself as “a Christian, conservative family man” who adheres to traditional family valuesAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Post
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Mark SchoeslerState Senator [R-WA]
9/10/24
Rammed 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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8/29/24
Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jailAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
8/28/24
Illegally 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 period8/28/24
Illegally pocketed at least $28,000 from hundreds of people who paid her roughly $150 each for her to select them as poll workers over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
8/26/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Karen PhillipsCounty Clerk [R-TX]
8/26/24
Pushed one police officer and grabbed another as they moved to subdue her son who was resisting arrest after he fled the scene of a traffic stop to seek refuge in her homeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David LoveState Representative
8/23/24
Smeared two "drag queen" performers by baselessly accusing them of being sex offenders who behave inappropriately with children when neither allegation was remotely true and later agreed to pay them $100k each to settle a defamation lawsuit they filed against himAccording to court records reported by local media outlets
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Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/21/24
Sexually 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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Shawn DenningFmr. Chief of Police
8/16/24
Oversaw a cocaine and methamphetamine drug ring that shipped drugs via US mail throughout the country that started when he was a police captain and kicked into high gear when he became chief of policeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials