The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

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Displaying 501 - 550 of 1074 Scandals
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  • Mitchell EnglanderMitchell EnglanderFmr. City Council Member [R-CA]
       
    1/25/21
    Schemed to cover up evidence of his acceptance of bribes by lying to federal authorities who confronted him and "counseled" his coconspirator how to mislead federal investigators on multiple occasions without knowing that he was working as a cooperating witness
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    1/20/21
    Pardoned his former top-adviser Steve Bannon before his case went to trial for stealing one million dollars from donors to an online charity fundraiser to build a wall on the Mexico border
    Pardoned Republican mayor of Mettawa, IL and brother of famed NFL player Brian Urlacher who was charged with being a leader of a multi-million dollar illegal offshore sports gambling ring led by the Chicago mob after personally meeting with the former player at the White House and before the case against his brother had concluded
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    Pardoned former Republican Rep. Rick Renzi who served time in prison for corruption giving credence to a public relations campaign he led that baselessly accused the DOJ of wrongfully imprisoning him
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    Pardoned former Republican Rep. Robin Hayes who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his role in a $1.5 million bribery scheme following a request from Republican Senator Thom Tillis
    Pardoned notorious former Republican Rep. Duke Cunningham who served an eight-year prison sentence for raking in $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
  • Lauren BoebertLauren BoebertU.S. Representative [R-CO]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook iconYouTube icon4.1m
    1/16/21
    Scratched her boyfriend's face and chest and vandalized the inside of his home during a drunken argument that happened when she wasn't old enough to legally drink alcohol
    According to an exclusive report by The New York Post
    1/16/21
    Cursed and yelled at police officers who were in the process of arresting minors they caught drinking alcohol and urged the teens to run away which police reported caused the teens to become "unruly" while also portraying herself as a "law and order" politician who supports the police
    According to arrest records first reported by Colorado News Online
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    1/06/21
    Incited the January 6th insurrection on the Capitol by fomenting a large crowd into a frenzy and directing them to do whatever they can to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory
    He was impeached by a bipartisan majority in the House, but the Senate fell 10 votes short of convicting him
    12/30/20
    Pardoned four Blackwater security contractor criminals after serving only a little over a year of long sentences (three 15-year and one life) for murdering 14 Iraqi civilians and injuring 20 more of which George W. Bush's appointed commander of the Iraq war at the time General Petraeus called "hugely damaging, an action that tells the world that Americans abroad can commit the most heinous crimes with impunity"
    12/24/20
    Honored a request from Senator Rand Paul to pardon two aides who worked on his father Ron's 2012 Presidential campaign and were convicted for bribing a state senator $73,000 to change his vote in the Iowa caucuses
    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
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    12/23/20
    Rewarded his 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort with a pardon after he served less than two years of his 7-year sentence for breaking his plea deal by lying to investigators about information potentially damaging to Trump
    Pardoned his senior adviser Roger Stone as a reward for him refusing to testify against Trump after publicly bashing the US Attorneys who prosecuted the criminal obstruction and witness tampering case against him
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    Rewarded Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan with a pardon after he refused to cooperate with the Mueller investigation and served a 30-day sentence for lying to the FBI about his work with top Trump adviser Rick Gates and an individual tied to Russian intelligence services
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    12/23/20
    Pardoned former border agent Gary Brugman who served a two-year prison sentence for violently striking two detained undocumented immigrants who were complying with orders posing no threat of which he defended his actions instead of expressing remorse
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    12/23/20
    Pardoned the wife of disgraced Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter who pleaded guilty to stealing campaign contributions for personal use
    12/23/20
    Pardoned his son-in-law's father Charles Kushner who served 14 months in prison in the early 2000's for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering 14 years after he concluded his sentence which benefits his namesake company by making it much easier for them to secure financing for major projects
    12/22/20
    Pardoned former Rep. and early 2016 campaign supporter Duncan Hunter who admitted to stealing campaign contributions for personal use days before he was set to begin his 11-month prison sentence
    12/22/20
    Pardoned former Rep. Chris Collins as a reward for being the first member of Congress to endorse his 2016 campaign resulting in him only serving 10 weeks of a 26-month prison sentence for insider trading
    12/22/20
    Commuted former Republican Rep. Steve Stockman's ten-year prison sentence after serving only two years for stealing $1.25 million meant for a charity but using it for personal expenses and to fund his campaign instead
    Pardoned his former campaign aide George Papadopoulos who lied to the FBI about his many interactions with top Russian intelligence officials who claimed they had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton that could help the Trump campaign and used the occasion to lash out at Special Counsel Robert Mueller for prosecuting him in the first place
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
    12/18/20
    Funneled hundreds of millions of dollars through two shell companies connected to his son-in-law to hide its spending during the 2020 Presidential campaign
    According to a formal FEC complaint filed by the nonpartisan Campaign Legal Center
  • Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair
       
    12/12/20
    Stole and burned Black Lives Matter banners from prominent D.C. churches
    He pled guilty to destruction of property and being in possession of a large-capacity firearm and was sentenced to five months in jail
  • Bill BroughBill BroughFmr. State Representative [R-CA]Worked in George W Bush's Administration
    12/05/20
    Allegedly forcibly pinned down, raped and sodomized a legislative aide in her car as she screamed and attempted to flee while also being married with young children at home
    According to an official complaint filed by the victim with the Sacramento police five years after the alleged offense
    12/05/20
    Incessantly subjected a legislative staffer to "extremely offensive and non-consensual physical contact" and peppered her with "repeated and unwanted advances" over a yearslong period while also being married
    12/05/20
    Tried to manhandle fellow city council member Lisa Bartlett from behind through a side door at a local restaurant presumably in an attempt to be intimate with her while also being married but she was able to get away from his grip before he could go any further
    12/05/20
    Told a female legislative staffer that he's been "watching" her for a long time and said he could help her politically if she went to his home presumably to have sex, which she declined while also being married
    According to a report by local ABC affiliate Eyewitness News
    2020 12
    Inappropriately touched and unsuccessfully propositioned three female congressional staff members over a decade-long period while also being married with two children
    According to an investigative report by The Orange County Register
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    11/26/20
    Rewarded former national security adviser Michael Flynn with a pardon after he stopped cooperating with investigators following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI over his communications with top Russian officials before he was sentenced and without consulting with the Justice Department first
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
  • Lindsey GrahamLindsey GrahamU.S. Senator [R-SC]Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon2.7m
    11/18/20
    Unsuccessfully pushed Georgia's Secretary of State to illegally discard thousands of legally cast ballots from the 2020 Presidential election
    According to a top staffer for Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger
  • Ed HenryEd HenryFmr. Fox News ReporterTwitter iconInstagram icon352k
    11/09/20
    Coerced a 25-year-old woman seeking his mentorship to get naked and enter the bathtub in his Las Vegas hotel suite and fondled her until she "submitted to the pressure" of his advances and had sex with him while also being married
    According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by Jennifer Eckhart
    11/09/20
    Repeatedly attempted to have sex with media relations professional Brooke Hammerling in such a persistent manner that she likened it to "swatting him away like a fly" while also being married
    According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by Jennifer Eckhart
    11/09/20
    Texted multiple sexually explicit messages to Fox News commentator Cathy Areu and later retaliated against her by drastically reducing her on-air appearances after she rebuffed his advances while also being married
    11/09/20
    Left threatening messages and sent a private investigator to scare a woman he had recently sexually coerced to make sure she kept her "mouth closed" or else he would sue her
    According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by Jennifer Eckhart
  • Joey HensleyJoey HensleyState Senator [R-TN]Facebook icon6k
    11/05/20
    Prescribed opioids to several family members and his romantic partner in violation of rules prohibiting doctors from treating and prescribing medication to people they are close with
    According to a ruling placing his medical license on probation by the TN Board of Medical Examiners
  • Ken PaxtonKen PaxtonAttorney General [R-TX]Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon701k
    11/05/20
    Had a yearslong extramarital affair with a woman who worked for a Republican state senator and was able to keep it secret by using a fake Uber account to rendezvous with her and then facilitated her transfer to a job working for a wealthy business executive and donor he was criminally involved with
    According to two people with direct knowledge who spoke on condition of anonymity with The Associated Press
  • Amy JohnsonPolitical Person [R]
       
    10/09/20
    Shot an unarmed woman in the stomach after she went to her car and grabbed her gun following a verbal argument that hadn't even turned physical, causing the victim to be airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery mere weeks after being given a prime time speaking role at the 2020 Republican National Convention
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Kimberly GuilfoyleKimberly GuilfoyleFmr. Trump PAC Finance ChairTwitter iconInstagram iconFacebook iconRumble iconTruthSocial icon4.3m
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    10/01/20
    Sexually harassed an assistant of hers so incessantly that she eventually filed a 42-page complaint against Fox News which resulted in them paying her a secret multimillion-dollar settlement
    According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
  • Ross SpanoFmr. U.S. Representative [R-FL]
       
    10/01/20
    Attempted to take his loaded concealed handgun onto an airplane at Tampa International Airport, but was stopped by airport security and forced to secure it before being allowed to board his flight
    According to an airport spokesperson and reported by mainstream outlets
  • Brent WaltzBrent WaltzFmr. State Senator [R-IN]
       
    9/29/20
    Illegally funneled $40,500 in campaign contributions from an Indiana casino through "straw donors" who were reimbursed through faked consulting fees
    He pled guilty and was sentenced to 10 months in prison
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    9/17/20
    Shoved his tongue down aspiring actress Amy Dorris' throat and groped her in a way she felt like an "octopus was hugging" her when she was away from view of her boyfriend in Trump's box at the 1997 US Open Tennis Championships while he was married to Marla Maples
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Jason MillerJason MillerFmr. Trump Comms AdviserTwitter iconInstagram icon471k
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    9/15/20
    Was ordered to pay thousands of dollars in owed back child support and $3,167 per month to a woman he had a baby with during an extramarital affair until the child turns 18
    According to a lawsuit filed by former staffer A.J. Delgado
  • Jason RavnsborgJason RavnsborgFmr. Attorney General [R-SD]Lauded by Trump
    9/15/20
    Fatally struck a pedestrian dragging him for some undermined period of time in a way detectives described as "his face was in your windshield", his broken glasses were found in the car, a flashlight the victim was using was later found still on and investigators determined he was browsing news websites on his phone likely just beforehand which is probably why he left the scene and called 911 with the excuse that he thought he hit a deer
    According to a police report filed by local officials
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    9/06/20
    Attended a risque Las Vegas show where exotic dancers urinated on each other with a Russian oligarch of which his lawyer at the time Michael Cohen recalled him watching “with delight”
    Firsthand account from Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen
    8/28/20
    Gave his 2020 Republican acceptance speech from the White House lawn in what one expert described as an “abomination” that “may be the most visible misuse of official position for private gain in America’s history”
    According to multiple experts on the law and government regulations
  • 8/26/20
    Instructed subordinates to secretly record Washington Commanders cheerleader's who were modeling for a swimsuit calendar in various states of undress with the explicit command to make sure the videos "get the good bits" and created a personal soundtrack to go along with a 10-minute video that was prepared for him
    According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
  • Jack BrewerJack BrewerConservative Athlete [R]"Black Voices for Trump" member
    8/25/20
    Illegally raked in a $35k profit after selling 100,000 shares of "penny stock" COPsync after receiving confidential information that it was about to crash
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Greg LindbergConservative Businessman [R]
       
    8/19/20
    Gave $1.5 million dollars in bribes to a North Carolina Insurance Commissioner in exchange for favorable treatment of his insurance company by state regulators and the firing of the deputy insurance commissioner
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Ed HenryEd HenryFmr. Fox News ReporterTwitter iconInstagram icon352k
    7/21/20
    Allegedly handcuffed and "violently" raped Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart so roughly that he left her "bruised and battered with bloody wrists" after he lured her to his hotel room ostensibly to discuss her career trajectory at Fox News while also being married
    According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by the alleged victim