The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 1001 - 1100 of 1660 Scandals
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Bill BroughFmr. State RepresentativeWorked in George W Bush's Administration
12/05/20Allegedly 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
12/05/20Incessantly 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
12/05/20Tried 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
12/05/20Told 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 12Inappropriately 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 -
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11/26/20Rewarded 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 -
Bunny WelshFmr. Sheriff [R-PA]
11/25/20Illegally allowed police deputies she oversaw to stay "on the clock" and also accrue vacation time during supposed volunteer work done outside their normal work hours
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
11/18/20Unsuccessfully 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 -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
11/17/20Destroyed a surveillance camera and threw his bicycle at a security-guard shack at the gated community he lived and only avoided charges because the HOA president feared that he'd retaliate against her or her employees
According to an exclusive report by The Miami Herald -
11/09/20Coerced 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
11/09/20Repeatedly 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
11/09/20Texted 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
11/09/20Left 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 -
11/05/20Prescribed 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 -
11/05/20Had 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 -
Andy StricklandFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
10/23/20Punched his wife in the face more than once and then took her cellphone away so she couldn't call for help
10/23/20Made police deputies and other staff members perform non-work services for his personal businesses, at his private property and for his political campaign during their regular work hours
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John DowState Judge [R-UT]
10/15/20
According to a report by the Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission -
Amy JohnsonPolitical Person [R]
10/09/20Shot 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 officials -
David BlackwelderFmr. Sheriff Candidate
10/02/20According to charging documents filed by local officials -
10/01/20Sexually 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
10/01/20Attempted 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 -
Ravi ZachariasFmr. Minister [R]
9/29/20Masturbated in front his massage therapist more than fifty times, asked her to give him explicit photos of her and asked her for sex at least twice over a five-year period while also being married the entire time
According to an exclusive report by Christianity Today -
Brent WaltzFmr. State Senator [R-IN]
9/29/20Illegally funneled $40,500 in campaign contributions from an Indiana casino through "straw donors" who were reimbursed through fake consulting fees and then lied to federal officials when they questioned him about it
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Roberta MarcianoFmr. Scott Taylor Political Strategist
9/24/20Conspired with coworkers in Rep. Scott Taylor's office to forge petition signatures that included the names of dead people and voters who had moved out of the district and then signed sworn affidavits that falsely asserted he had witnessed registered voters do the signing in an effort get a third-party "spoiler" candidate on the ballot to help siphon votes away from Taylor's Democratic rival in the 2018 midterm election
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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9/17/20Shoved 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
According to an exclusive report by The Guardian -
9/15/20Was 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 RavnsborgFmr. Att. General [R-SD]Lauded by Trump
9/15/20Fatally struck a pedestrian and kept driving while dragging their body along for a period of time which police questioned how he could have missed since his victim's "face was [on his] windshield," their broken glasses somehow got into his car and their flashlight was later found still illuminating and investigators later determined he was browsing 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 -
Byron MallottFmr. Lt. Governor [R-AK]
9/10/20Invited a female public safety officer up to his hotel room under false pretenses and made it clear to her how attracted he was to her while also being married and when she rose to leave the room he vaguely threatened her by reminding her how much he has helped her professionally throughout her career and then secretly paid her an undisclosed amount of money and forced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement after she filed a complaint against him
According to an exclusive report by ProPublica -
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9/06/20Attended 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
8/28/20Gave 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 -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
8/26/20Instructed 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 BrewerConservative Athlete [R]"Black Voices for Trump" member
8/25/20Improperly 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 a civil lawsuit filed by federal officials -
Greg LindbergConservative Businesss Person
8/19/20Gave $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 -
7/21/20Allegedly 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 -
Steve WatkinsFmr. U.S. Representative95.3% Voted with Trump
7/14/20Illegally used a local UPS store as his legal address for voting purposes in violation of state election law
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Paul EricksonPolitical Operative [R]
7/06/20Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims including his own god mother, family members, friends and former classmates by convincing them to invest in various schemes he concocted that promised massive returns, but instead kept the money for himself
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Loren CulpFmr. Chief of Police Candidate
7/05/20Refused to report a 17-year-old victim's credible allegations against her stepfather who had been raping and sexually assaulting her since she was only 5 years old in violation of state law and threatened to charge her with making false claims instead
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media -
Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]
6/23/20Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational
According to charging documents by federal authorities
6/23/20Maliciously smeared his GOP primary opponent as being a racist child molester through defamatory posts from fake social media accounts he created
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
6/12/20Threw a rock at a delivery driver's vehicle and then instigated a physical altercation with him after refusing to pay the $860 balance he owed
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Vanessa TijerinaFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/11/20Refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger in
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Curtis HillFmr. Att. General [R-IN]
5/11/20Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days
According to a final ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court -
Rebecca DohertyState Judge [R-OH]
4/16/20Crashed her SUV into a ditch and then told the police who arrived and observed vomit in her car and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath that "I am absolutely out of my mind. I am so intoxicated," failed a field sobriety test and refused a breathalyzer test and tried to get out of trouble by telling the officers that she was a judge -- several times -- and demanded they call a sheriff's deputy in a not-so-veiled attempt to avoid getting arrested for drunk driving
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Derek LewisState Representative
4/16/20Crashed his pickup truck into a ditch, almost fell over getting out, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his words, acted belligerently, refused to do field sobriety tests telling police “I ain’t gonna do a goddamn thing you want” and then tried to use his position in government to get out of trouble by repeatedly demanding that the deputy call the local sheriff on his behalf
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/19/20Cashed in between $1.275 and $3.1 million in stocks from companies seen as vulnerable to the burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak over a series of 27 transactions that began mere hours after she received a confidential Senate briefing
According to financial disclosures reported on by the media -
Shirley SosebeeFmr. Tax Collector [R-GA]
3/17/20Forged her own brother's signature on a land deed in an attempt to transfer the title to her family without having to pay for the property
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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3/14/20Asked 17-year-old teenage model Barbara Pilling out for a dinner date while he was still married to Ivana and then exclaimed "you're not too old and not too young. That's just great!" when she told him her age
Firsthand account from Barbara Pilling in a report aired by The Guardian -
Gabrielle LeDouxFmr. State Representative
3/13/20Asked people who no longer lived in her home district to break the law and vote there anyway in two different elections, one of which she only won by 117 votes
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Mike McCullyFmr. Deputy Sheriff [R-OK]
3/12/20Was fired by his Republican boss he was running against in a sheriff's election who claimed he improperly arrested an innocent black man, was insubordinate, disobeyed the chain of command and misused trademarked county images for his campaign
According to a report by The Oklahoman -
Mitchell EnglanderFmr. City Council Member
3/09/20Had sex with an escort that was paid for by a businessperson he was accepting bribes from during a trip in Las Vegas while being married to his "high school sweetheart" and having two children
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
3/09/20Accepted bribes during a lavish trip to Las Vegas which included $10k in cash, a free room, sex with an escort and a nearly $35,000 tab at a night club in exchange for directing major development projects to a prominent businessman in Los Angeles
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Angela Stanton-KingFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
3/06/20According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Lauren PeabodyFmr. Scott Taylor Political Strategist
3/03/20Conspired with coworkers in Rep. Scott Taylor's office to forge petition signatures that included the names of dead people and voters who had moved out of the district and then signed sworn affidavits that falsely asserted she had witnessed registered voters do the signing in an effort get a third-party "spoiler" candidate on the ballot to help siphon votes away from Taylor's Democratic rival in the 2018 midterm election
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kim ChaneyFmr. State Judge [R-AL]
2/26/20Improperly directed $105,000 in court-appointed legal work to his son who was an attorney in the public defenders office
According to a final ruling by the Alabama Court of the Judiciary that fined him $3,700 -
Casey UrlacherMayor [R-IL]
2/20/20Helped rake in millions of dollars for an illegal offshore sports gambling ring run by the Chicago mob as a debt collector and recruiter
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Andy StricklandFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
2/18/20Coerced a subordinate into having a sexual relationship with him by threatening to manipulate her salary or fire her outright if she didn't agree
2/18/20Gave alcohol to a subordinate who wasn't old enough to drink and also gave illegal narcotics to another subordinate who didn't have a prescription during a law enforcement conference they attended
2/18/20According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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2/18/20Pardoned a Republican House candidate and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was a major Trump backer and previously served two years in prison for her role in an organized auto theft ring back in 2004
2/18/20Pardoned former New York police commissioner and vocal Trump supporter Bernard Kerik who illegally received over $250,000 from a company with suspected connections to organized crime four years after his prison sentence concluded after lobbying from his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani
2/18/20Rewarded business executive Paul Pogue who served three years' probation for failing to pay over $400k in taxes with a pardon months after his son and daughter-in-law donated $238,541 to Trump's reelection campaign
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Kate GibbsFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
2/15/20
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2/13/20Violated campaign finance law by coordinating with a Super PAC that ran political attack ads against his opponents without reporting the ads as a gift as required by state and federal law and was fined $178,000 by The Missouri Ethics Commission
According to the results of a state ethics investigation which found he violated the law -
Joseph MeltonFmr. Mayor Candidate
2/03/20Possessed an unlicensed illegal gun silencer at the gun store he owned which was found along with 17 additional violations by federal inspectors when they conducted a routine compliance check
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
George GilmoreOcean County GOP Chair
1/22/20Cashed out over $570,000 from a $1.5 million mortgage loan he was able to refinance by lying to his bank about outstanding tax liabilities and illegally diverted his employees' payroll taxes to his personal accounts in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle and pay down his own tax obligations
He was found guilty and sentenced to one year in federal prison but was pardoned by Trump before he began serving his sentence -
Ed MurrayFmr. Sec. of State [R-WY]
1/20/20Crashed his vehicle near his home and smelled of alcohol, had slurred speech and poor balance when police arrived who proceeded to arrest him after he refused to take a sobriety test
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kelley RogersConservative Businesss Person
1/17/20Illegally kept millions of dollars that donors gave to a Super PAC he ran under the assumption that the money would be used for political purposes but was instead used to enrich himself and those closest to him
1/17/20Used "straw donors" to make contributions to a US House candidate that exceeded the legal individual campaign contribution limits
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
1/10/20Instigated a sexual relationship with a subordinate 14 years younger than him after intentionally deflating her tires so "she couldn't go anywhere" and therefore make it more likely she would accept a ride home from him while being married with two young children
According to an acknowledgement on live TV in which he bragged about his actions -
Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/25/19Drunkenly choked his ex-wife and then disobeyed repeated commands to surrender peacefully after barricading himself inside a residence resulting in police eventually being forced to shoot his dog after it became aggressive
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Trump Campaign
12/24/19Was sued for discrimination by a staffer who alleged the campaign rescinded a job offer in the Trump White House after finding out that she was pregnant with incoming White House communications director Jason Miller's child
According to a civil lawsuit filed by former staffer A.J. Delgado -
John CesaroCounty Commissioner [R-NJ]
12/19/19Illegally accepted two checks for $2,600 each -- the exact amount someone can legally donate to a political candidate -- from a straw donor who also happened to be cooperating with the authorities
12/19/19Accepted at least $10k in cash stuffed in an envelope and $2,350 worth of checks from a business executive turned government informant he promised to make tax counsel for the county and award government contracts to
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
12/14/19Rewarded convicted murderer Patrick Baker -- who had only served two years of his 19-year sentence -- with a pardon after his family donated $29,500 to his reelection campaign
According to reporting by mainstream media outletsPardoned a man who murdered his 6-week-old baby so brutally that "the seams between the bones in his skull were pushed half an inch apart" after he had only served 18-years of his life sentence
According to news reports from credible media outletsPardoned a man convicted of sodomizing an unconscious 15-year-old boy with a sex toy less than 4 years into his 15-year sentence
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
12/10/19Lurked outside his ex-girlfriends home late at night and texted her "b*tch, I came to see you" from a blocked number in violation of a five-year restraining order she received against him earlier in the year and was apprehended by police when they responded to her 911 call
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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12/09/19Illegally entered the Trump Plaza hotel suite of a world-famous model who wouldn't return his phone calls intruding on her and her boyfriend while they were naked in bed, promptly left slamming the door and then angrily lashed out that he hates "sloppy seconds" when they confronted him about it soon afterwards in the lobby presumably out of jealousy that she had rejected him for another man all while being married to Marla Maples
Firsthand account from the model's boyfriend at the time who was with her when Trump entered the room
12/09/19Paraded teenage girls aged fourteen to sixteen-years-old down a yacht's staircase and had them individually dance for him while he lapped everything up in a way one former model later described as "objectifying" and "gross"
Firsthand account from then fourteen-year-old model Shawna Lee -
Jonathan ParkerFmr. Idaho GOP Chair
12/09/19Repeatedly spied on his estranged wife from the bushes outside her apartment window while pleasuring himself which also violated a restraining order against him that she was granted
He pleaded guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 27 days in jail and five years of probation -
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12/09/19Walked in on teenage girls as young as fifteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1991 Look of the Year contest which made at least one contestant "really uncomfortable", but many girls were afraid to complain because they didn't want to hurt their chances of winning the contest
According to an exclusive report by Cosmopolitan Walked in on teenage girls as young as fourteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1992 Look of the Year contest in a way one contestant described as him taking a "slow stroll" as he stopped and gawked at each teenager individually
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11/15/19Lied under oath to the House Intelligence Committee about his contacts with WikiLeaks around the time they released stolen emails the Russian government hacked from Hillary Clinton's server, falsely named Randy Credico as his "back-channel" to the head of WikiLeaks in a subsequent letter to the committee and then urged Credico to either back up his lie or invoke his Fifth Amendment right to stay silent
Stone was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, but Trump commuted his sentence days before he was to report to prison -
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11/15/19Pardoned former Army Major Mathew Golsteyn before his trial started for the premeditated murder of an unarmed and detained Afghan man because they suspected him of being a bombmaker
Pardoned former Army lieutenant Clint Lorance after serving only 6 years of a 19-year sentence for the war crime of ordering the shooting of two unarmed Afghanistan men
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Edward AmbrosinoFmr. City Council Member
11/15/19Stole more than $800,000 in legal fees owed to his law firm by transferring the money to his personal account and then didn't pay the $254,628 tax bill that would have been due had the money been acquired legally
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Dean DavisState Representative
11/07/19Weaved in and out of his lane while driving almost 15 miles per hour over the speed limit, smelled of alcohol when police pulled him over and resisted arrest and then called multiple state house colleagues from jail where he threatened to use his position as an elected official to retaliate against the police department for his arrest
11/07/19According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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10/24/19Thrust his crotch on Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos and forcibly kissed her without consent inside a Beverly Hills Hotel suite he asked her to visit ostensibly to talk about future employment opportunities at the same time he was married to Melania
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outletsGrabbed and fondled a model’s breasts under the guise of "inspecting" her bra’s fabric backstage at a lingerie show while he was married to Marla
According to an exclusive report by CosmopolitanPlaced his hands on runway model NaKina Carr in the "most inappropriate places" like her hip, buttocks and breasts and would often kiss her without consent when he interacted with her while he was married to Ivana
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]
10/21/19Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.com
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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10/21/19Made his way down a line of models participating in an event and felt their bodies before guessing their dress size
Firsthand account from model NaKina Carr, Confirmed by multiple unnamed eyewitnesses verified by Cosmopolitan Magazine
10/18/19Allegedly paid for group sex with an adult-film star and a young looking teenager of unknown age inside a secret Times Square sex club run by the Mafia while he was married to Ivana
Firsthand account from mobster and self-proclaimed eyewitness John Tino, Deemed credible enough for publication by authors Barry Levine and Monique El-Faizy -
Gregg TrudeMontana Right to Life Director
10/16/19Carelessly tossed a loaded rifle on the backseat of his truck which accidentally discharged and instantly killed his hunting partner while also being a firearm safety instructor who should have known better
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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10/09/19Grabbed Mar-a-Lago resident Karen Johnson by her vagina and pulled her behind a tapestry where he kissed and fondled her without consent while knowing Melania was upstairs at the same time
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
10/08/19
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