The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 1101 - 1200 of 1646 Scandals
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Eddie GirdlerFmr. Mayor [R-KY]
8/11/19Ran a red light and struck a 15-year-old bicyclist with his car causing internal injuries so severe she later needed to be air lifted to a second hospital for special treatment and reportedly "sat for a few seconds and then left" the scene of the accident before police arrived
According to charging documents filed by local police -
7/26/19Stole an eye-popping 279 items totaling $2,327.97 from a Target store and $40 worth of cat food from a local grocery store mere months apart from each other
According to a charging documents filed by local police
7/25/19Drove under the influence of alcohol, tried to flee when police attempted to pull her over and was arrested for DUI
According to court records first reported by The Guardian -
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7/17/19Kissed journalist Faith Daniels on the lips right in front of the paparazzi without her consent while he was dating future wife Marla Maples at the time
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7/16/19Had an extramarital affair with Ted Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign's press secretary while his wife was pregnant with their second child
According to an exclusive report by Mediaite
7/16/19Paid to have sex with numerous prostitutes and professional escorts and frequented massage parlors where he paid for "happy endings" over a sixteen-year period while also being married the entire time
According to an exclusive report by Mediaite -
Adam ThomasState Representative
7/10/19Falsely claimed a campaign donor's home was his official address in order to run for a state congressional seat in a district he didn't live in
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Matt GrossellState Representative
6/26/19Shoved and threw a hotel security guard to the ground and was taken to the hospital by police because he was so drunk he couldn't answer basic questions and later was arrested for refusing to leave the hospital after doctors discharged him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Val DiGiorgioFmr. Pennsylvania GOP Chair
6/25/19Sent a picture of his erect penis and exchanged sexually charged text messages with a woman who initially sought his advice on her potential city council run while also being married and escalated things over the next four months to the point where the woman told him to stop "sexually harassing" her
According to an exclusive report by The Philadelphia Inquirer -
Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]25 Years in GOP
6/25/19Accepted cash bribes totaling over $150,000 from the co-owner of orthodontic clinics in exchange for his efforts to help overturn a dental practices law he didn't like
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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6/24/19Kissed "Apprentice" contestant Jennifer Murphy on the mouth without her consent outside of an elevator at Trump Tower the same year he married Melania
Firsthand account from Jennifer Murphy, Voted for Trump
6/21/19Allegedly raped writer E. Jean Carroll after he forcibly pushed her against a dressing room wall inside the Bergdorf Goodman department store while he was married to Marla
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Patrick ShanahanFmr. Sec. of Defense [R]
6/19/19
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Nate SchottFmr. Rutherford County GOP Chair
6/07/19Illegally charged health insurance companies over $950k for dental procedures he didn't actually perform over a five-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Todd PooleFmr. Ted Budd Political Aide
5/29/19
According to charging documents by local police -
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5/15/19Pardoned personal friend Conrad Black who published a fawning book with a title calling him a "President Like No Other" and previously served time for scheming to siphon off millions of dollars from the newspaper company he was CEO of
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
David MartinezFmr. City Council Nominee
5/11/19Posted nude images of his wife on the internet without her consent in retaliation for a restraining order she filed against him for domestic violence
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Bryce MarlattFmr. State Senator [R-OK]
5/09/19Forcibly grabbed and kissed his female Uber driver on her neck without consent while also being married with three children
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Cade CothrenGlen Casada Chief of Staff
5/06/19Repeatedly solicited oral sex and nude pictures from a legislative intern who worked in the state capitol
According to an exclusive report by the Tennessean
5/06/19Snorted cocaine in the state capitol complex numerous times over a multiyear period while he served as press secretary for the Tennessee House Republican Caucus which advocated for drug testing welfare recipients but apparently took a different position when it came to their own staff
According to an exclusive report by News Channel 5 Nashville
5/06/19Exchanged a multitude of misogynistic, sexist and racist texts with state speaker Glen Casada and numerous other staff who worked in Casada's office over a monthslong period
According to an exclusive report by the Tennessean -
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5/06/19Pardoned former Army lieutenant Michael Behenna who was convicted of murdering an unarmed Iraqi detainee and attempting to cover it up after Republican Governor Mary Falin and state AG Mike Hunter personally intervened on his behalf
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
William HenryFmr. State Representative
5/02/19Conspired with at least three doctors to defraud Medicare and enrich himself with taxpayer dollars by paying them kickbacks in exchange for recommending their patients suffering with chronic pain to his pain management company
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Sabrina BellFmr. State Judge [R-IN]
5/01/19Drunkenly flipped off and engaged in a verbal altercation with two men in another vehicle while parked outside of a White Castle restaurant around 3:15 am which escalated dramatically after two of her male colleagues were shot by one of the men following a night of heavy drinking while attending a judicial conference
According to reports by local media -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
4/15/19Threw an ottoman, large glass vases and other dangerous objects from the window of his 14th-floor apartment nearly hitting a toddler below and later settled a lawsuit for an undisclosed amount of money after the family sued him
According to a lawsuit filed by the victim's family -
Robin HayesFmr. North Carolina GOP Chair
4/02/19Tried to bribe the NC state insurance commissioner with a $1.5 million donation to his reelection bid and another $250k donation from the NC Republican party in exchange for favorable treatment for a business associate friend of his and then lied to the FBI when they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
David StringerFmr. State Representative
3/30/19Paid two teenage boys he met in a park $10 each to perform oral sex on them and then had them perform oral sex on him
According to an exclusive report by the Arizona Republic
3/29/19Had oral and penetrative sex with an underage boy as young as 13-years-old on ten separate occasions and got caught when the boy's father found out and reported him to the police
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Andrew BautschLouisiana GOP Director
3/29/19Shoved a police officer who was guiding him to the elevator in a hotel around 1:30am on the night of his wedding
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Paul LePageFmr. Governor [R-ME]MAGA Enthusiast
3/27/19Pardoned his late mentor's grandson who was convicted of felony drug trafficking and tried to keep it secret in a breach of precedent in which governors usually publicly identify the names of people they pardoned
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Brian EllisFmr. State Representative
3/20/19Had sex with an unconscious woman who woke up naked in a bed next to him without any memory of the assault after she had made it "abundantly clear" to him many times before that she was not interested in a sexual relationship, not least because he was married
According to an exclusive report by The Philadelphia Inquirer -
Paul ManafortFmr. Trump Campaign Chair
3/13/19Falsely inflated his income and hid debts in mortgage applications to secure millions in loans which he otherwise wouldn't have been eligible for
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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3/13/19Communicated through close intermediaries to his personal lawyer Michael Cohen that he would pardon him if he didn't cooperate with prosecutors and provide them with potentially damaging information about his business and financial dealings days after the FBI raided Cohen's office and residence
According to the text of two emails obtained by CNN -
Paul ManafortFmr. Trump Campaign Chair
3/07/19Received $60 million dollars to illegally lobby on behalf of pro-Russia Ukrainian politicians as an unregistered foreign agent of which he used a portion to pay former European politicians known as the Hapsburg Group to influence U.S. policy and then stashed the vast majority of the money in offshore bank accounts to avoid paying his taxes
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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2/28/19Ordered that his son-in-law Jared Kushner receive a top-secret security clearance over the objection of national security and intelligence officials who recommended he be denied clearance due to his business ties in foreign countries
According to an investigative report by The New York Times who -
McCrae DowlessFmr. Political Operative
2/27/19Conspired to illegally collect and fill out unsuspecting voters absentee and mail-in ballots to help Republican candidates in the 2018 midterm election and later lied to federal authorities when they questioned him
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
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2/25/19Grabbed the hand of and kissed campaign worker Alva Johnson on the mouth even after she tried to turn her head away while he was married to Melania
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Jerod PruntyClay Higgins Political Aide
2/17/19Visited a massage parlor suspected of operating a human sex trafficking ring and was arrested for pandering three days after the parlor was raided by police presumably because they found evidence against him
According to charging documents filed by local police and first reported by The Advocate -
Michael SilvestriFmr. State Rep. Candidate
2/15/19Was accused of sexually assaulting a former campaign aide at a local GOP headquarters and later texting her pictures of weapons to scare her from reporting him to the police
According to an exclusive report by The Trentonian
2/13/19Sent an unsolicited picture of his erect penis and other sexually inappropriate pictures to a subordinate
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Allen LoughryFmr. Justice [R-WV]
2/13/19Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for over a yearslong period, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himself
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Ralph ShorteyFmr. State Senator [R-OK]Trump 2016 Oklahoma campaign chair
2/01/19Paid for sex with a 17-year-old minor boy he found on Craigslist at a local Super 8 Motel while also being a married father of four young children and an avid supporter of Anti-LGBT legislation who proclaimed he was a “family values Republican”
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeff HooverFmr. State Representative
1/16/19Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old legislative staffer more than 50 times over a three-year period subjecting her to what she testified as "nearly daily touching" including groping between her legs while seated next to her at large political functions and then secretly settled a lawsuit she filed against him in order to prevent her allegations from becoming public while being married the entire time
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the legislative staffer -
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1/13/19Confiscated the notes taken by a staffer who interpreted a meeting between himself and Vladimir Putin and ordered them to not divulge details of the conversation even to senior members in his Administration, which former deputy secretary of state Strobe Tallbott said gave Putin "much more scope to manipulate Trump" because senior Administration officials are left in the dark
According to current and former officials and reported on by The Washington Post -
Terry BurtonFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
12/20/18Swerved off the road, crashed into a ditch and failed a field sobriety test when police arrived upon which he was arrested for suspected DUI
Drove under the influence of alcohol and prescription pain killers and pled guilty to DUI the very next day
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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11/27/18Publicly signaled he would pardon his former campaign manager Paul Manafort if he refused to cooperate with the Mueller investigation after it was reported Manafort repeatedly lied to federal investigators in violation of his earlier plea agreement
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11/16/18Failed to act on multiple sexual harassment complaints his female staff filed against his senior aide Kenny West and even continued paying West's salary for two months after he resigned
According to a report by the House Ethics Committee -
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11/09/18Illegally paid adult film star Stormy Daniels $130,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by directing his personal lawyer Michael Cohen to pay her off and agreeing to reimburse him in monthly installments one month before the 2016 election in violation of campaign-finance laws
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
11/06/18Received 16 trademarks from the Chinese government on items ranging from handbags to jewelry three months *after* she supposedly shut down her brand ostensibly to focus on working for her dad in the White House
According to records from China’s Trademark Office obtained by The Associated PressReceived special treatment from the Chinese government who fast tracked 34 of her company's patent applications in one year alone which led to various ethics groups questioning whether Trump made foreign policy decisions that benefited himself and his family’s businesses
According to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets -
Andy DulinFmr. State Representative
10/30/18Was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving and refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety tests which resulted in police arresting him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Steve WatkinsFmr. U.S. Representative95.3% Voted with Trump
10/26/18Engaged in multiple extramarital affairs which an acquaintance described as being "out of control" while professing in public to be a "family man" who was devoted to his wife
According to multiple verified sources in an investigative report by The Topeka Capital-Journal
10/26/18Inappropriately touched a female Army contractor without her consent and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a room he had just locked while also being married
According to accuser Chelsea Scarlett and reported on by the Topeka Capital-Journal -
Jim HarrisonFmr. State Representative
10/26/18Accepted over $900,000 from a well-connected political consultant in exchange for acting in his client's interests in secret by not disclosing the true source of the funds as required by state law and later lied to a grand jury about it in an attempt to cover it up
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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10/24/18Used an unsecured private cell phone to speak with friends and acquaintances even after repeated warnings from US intelligence officials that Chinese and Russian spies were listening in on his calls
According to both current and former US officials and reported on by The New York Times -
Raymond NeubergerFmr. City Council Member
10/11/18Poured boiling water on his fiancé's helpless dog and beat her other dog so forcefully that he broke its ribs
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]
10/04/18Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA with the help of his executive assistant
According to charging documents filed by local police -
9/26/18Paid former Fox News host Scottie Nell Hughes an undisclosed amount to settle a lawsuit she filed over being "blacklisted" from Fox networks after she publicly accused Fox Business host Charles Payne of raping her
According to court records first reported by The Wrap -
Charles SchwertnerState Senator [R-TX]
9/26/18Sent unsolicited nude pictures of himself in the shower and texted "I just really want to f*ck you" to a graduate student he met at a campus event while also being married with three children
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Garrett VentryFmr. Senate Republicans Spokesperson
9/22/18Sexually harassed a female state government employee and was terminated after she filed a formal complaint against him
According to an exclusive report by NBC News
9/22/18Claimed he had a paid position on Senator Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign when in fact he had only been an unpaid volunteer
According to two sources in an investigative report by NBC News -
Brett KavanaughSupreme Court Justice [R]
9/16/18Allegedly threw high school student Christine Blasey Ford onto a bed, drunkenly tried to rip her shirt and bathing suit off, humped her body, covered her mouth with his hand when she screamed and only stopped when a classmate jumped on top of them which finally allowed her to escape
According to a firsthand account of the assault from Christine Blasey Ford shared exclusively with The Washington Post -
George PapadopoulosFmr. Trump Aide
9/07/18Lied to the FBI about his interactions with an agent of the Russian government while he was employed by the 2016 Trump campaign
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Scott LloydFmr. Health & Human Services Federal Executive
8/22/18Drove his pregnant girlfriend to get an abortion when they were both young, but later when he oversaw a refugee resettlement agency, he hypocritically intervened to prevent teen migrants -- including a rape victim -- from obtaining the same procedure
According to a report by Mother Jones -
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8/22/18Tried and failed to seduce Stormy Daniels one year after their first sexual encounter in his suite at the Beverly Hills Hotel after he supposedly invited her there to talk about future employment opportunities at the same time he was married to Melania
Firsthand account from Daniels during an exclusive interview on 60 Minutes, Trump secretly paid her $130,000 through his lawyer Michael Cohen to keep quiet about their affair days before the 2016 Presidential election -
Antwione WilliamsFmr. Conservative Athlete
8/16/18Recklessly drove over 25mph over the speed limit while under the influence of alcohol and was arrested after he failed a breathalyzer test
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jeff MillerFmr. City Council Member
8/15/18Rubbed his hands in-between the thighs of a 10-year-old girl, cupped her buttocks, put his hands up her shirt and gave her massages with a battery-powered device that wasn't remotely age-appropriate while ignoring her repeated pleas for him to stop
According to charging documents filed by local police
8/15/18Cupped a 10-year-old girls buttocks while giving her a piggyback ride at his home on more than one occasion
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Chris CollinsFmr. U.S. RepresentativeFirst US Rep. to endorse Trump
8/08/18Illegally gave insider information to his son and others to help them avoid more than $768k in losses by selling their stock in a biotech company before news of a multiple sclerosis drug trial failing FDA authorization went public causing the stock to drop 90%
He pled guilty to insider trading and was sentenced to 26 months in federal prison before Donald Trump pardoned him only two months into his sentence -
Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
7/31/18Attempted to board an airplane at Pellston Regional Airport in Michigan with an unregistered loaded handgun he had in a carryon bag and was fined nearly $4,000 by the TSA
According to a report filed by TSA in conjunction with local police -
Matt HallState Representative
7/26/18Wrote two threatening emails in all caps to a fellow student that warned he had just put a bullet inside his shotgun with the student's "NAME ON IT" and told him that he "BETTER WATCH OUT!!" if he didn't want trouble
According to a police report filed by local authorities -
Caleb BaileyTrump 2016 delegate
7/25/18Hoarded unregistered machine guns, short-barreled rifles and other destructive devices in his underground bunker that was discovered by police after he got caught illegally trying to mail 300 rounds of ammunition via the USPS
7/25/18Used hidden cameras to secretly record over 100 graphic videos of young boys and was found in possession of 280 images and 54 videos depicting prepubescent children engaging in sexually explicit conduct
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
David MartinezFmr. City Council Nominee
7/16/18According to court records reported by local media
7/16/18Screamed "f*ck you!" to multiple library staff so loudly that he could be heard in the children's area on the other side of the building then refused a police officer's order to leave after staff called them for assistance resulting in him being banned from city libraries for one month
According to a police report filed by local officials and reported by local media -
Tony DaneActivist [R]
7/12/18Killed a woman and seriously injured her three children and mother after running a stop sign in his uninsured food truck that he knew had faulty brakes and slamming into their car
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David MartinezFmr. City Council Nominee
7/11/18Thrusted his body into a security guard who ordered him to leave a professional baseball game and then had to be subdued by several security guards and police officers before being handcuffed and escorted away resulting in him being banned from the ballpark for one year
According to a video of the incident reported by local media -
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7/10/18Rewarded Arizona real estate developer Mike Ingram who donated $10,000 to a Trump super PAC a week prior by pardoning two men he advocated for: convicted arsonists Dwight and Steven Hammond who intentionally set a fire on their property to destroy evidence of their illegal poaching that got out of control and spread to federal land
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
7/03/18Ignored repeated accusations of sexual molestation by a team physician for a college wrestling team he coached and even told one student athlete that he wanted "nothing to do with this" after they told him about the alleged abuse
According to six former student-athletes he coached and first reported by NBC News -
Jake FilesFmr. State Senator [R-AR]
6/18/18Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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6/12/18Openly engaged in an extramarital affair with a married woman twenty years younger than him and even spent a night with her at a posh resort five days before his wife filed for divorce
According to divorce papers filed by his estranged wife -
Sandra PihosFmr. State Representative
6/05/18Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and went back later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store credit
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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5/31/18Pardoned radical rightwing filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza six years after his conviction of making illegal campaign contributions after Senator Ted Cruz personally lobbied for it
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Jonathon HortonSheriff [R-AL]
5/30/18Crashed into another vehicle so forcefully while driving drunk in his taxpayer-issued vehicle that her car rolled over and she had to be cut free by first responders and later required multiple surgeries to fix numerous injuries she suffered as a result of his actions
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Will GardnerFmr. Sec. of State Candidate
5/20/18Was caught by police with his pants undone and his shirt untucked while peering into the windows of a female dormitory at North Dakota State University when he was 29 years old
According to charging documents filed by university police -
Nick MiccarelliFmr. State Representative
5/18/18Kicked, punched and pinned his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil by the neck to a wall inside the state Capitol
According to an exclusive report published by The New York Times -
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5/09/18Pardoned Navy sailor Kristian Saucier who illegally took photographs of classified areas inside a nuclear submarine after he and his lawyers baselessly compared his illegal actions to Hillary Clinton using a private server to send and receive emails during her time as Secretary of State
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Tim NolanFmr. State Judge [R-KY]
5/04/18Coerced seven underage girls in to performing sex acts with him, supplied them with heroin and other opioids and threatened to take the drugs away and report them to the police if they didn't submit to his sexual demands while also being married
5/04/18Coerced 12 young women -- all but two of whom were battling a heroin or opioid addiction and were already tangled up in the criminal justice system -- in to having sex with him by supplying them with heroin and threatened to take the drugs away and call the police on them if they rebuffed his sexual demands while also being married
He pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison -
5/03/18Threw a woman he met online on a first date on his nanny's bed, ripped her pants off and digitally penetrated her anus and vagina and pinned her arms behind her head while he shoved his penis in her face before she was able to break free from his grip and get him off of her and then secretly paid her $200,000 and required her to sign a nondisclosure agreement in order to keep her from going to the police
According to an exclusive interview with the victim's daughter by People Magazine, Photographic evidence of bruises and lacerations taken the morning after the alleged attack -
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4/17/18Had a six-month tryst with Playboy Playmate Barbara Moore while his fiancée Marla Maples was pregnant with their daughter Tiffany
Firsthand account from Barbara Moore in an interview published by The Daily Mail, Trump supporter
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Elliott BroidyFmr. RNC ExecutiveMajor Trump Fundraiser
4/13/18Had sex with Playboy model Shera Bechard without using a condom despite also allegedly having herpes, during which he began to hurt her physically in ways she did not consent to while also being married
4/13/18Secretly paid Playboy model Shera Bechard $1.6 million to keep their extramarital affair and details of his alleged abuse and manipulation secret with the help of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen
According to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -



590kMAGA Enthusiast
4/11/18Coerced his hairstylist into giving him oral sex -- which she did out of fear of what he would do to her if she refused -- while also being married with young children
According to testimony from the alleged victim before a select investigative committee -
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4/09/18Tried and failed to have sex with Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado while he owned the pageant company and made disrespectful comments about her and her weight including calling her "Miss Piggy" at the same time he was married to wife Marla
Firsthand account from Miss Universe Alicia Machado in an interview published by Telemundo -
Frank PageFmr. SBC President
3/30/18
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post







