The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 651 - 700 of 1074 Scandals
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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 HouseAccording 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 businessesAccording to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets
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Andy DulinFmr. State Representative [R-NC]10/30/18Was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving and refused a breathalyzer and field sobriety tests which resulted in police arresting himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Steve WatkinsFmr. U.S. Representative [R-KS]95.3% Voted with Trump10/26/18Engaged 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 wifeAccording to multiple verified sources in an investigative report by The Topeka Capital-Journal10/26/18Touched 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 marriedAccording to accuser Chelsea Scarlett and reported on by the Topeka Capital-Journal
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Jim HarrisonFmr. State Representative [R-SC]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 upHe was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in prison
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/24/18Used 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 callsAccording to both current and former US officials and reported on by The New York Times
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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 assistantAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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 childrenAccording to a complaint filed by the alleged victim first reported by The Austin American-Statesmen
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Garrett VentryFmr. Senate Republicans Spokesperson9/22/18Was quickly fired for sexually harassing a female employee working for the Republican General Assembly in North Carolina after she filed an official complaint against himAccording to an exclusive report by NBC News9/22/18Claimed he had a paid position on Senator Marco Rubio's 2016 presidential campaign when in fact he had only been an unpaid volunteerAccording to two sources in an investigative report by NBC News
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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 escapeAccording to a firsthand account of the assault from Christine Blasey Ford shared exclusively with The Washington Post
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Adam ThomasState Representative [R-KS]9/06/18Lied on an official document by attesting that a campaign donor's home he and his family were temporarily residing in was his official address which allowed him to run for a state congressional district that he otherwise wouldn't have been able to since his permanent address was outside district linesAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Scott LloydFmr. Health & Human Services Federal Executive8/22/18Drove 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 procedureAccording to a report by Mother Jones
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m8/22/18Tried 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 MelaniaFirsthand 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
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Jeff MillerFmr. City Council Member [R-IN]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 stopAccording to charging documents filed by local police8/15/18Cupped a 10-year-old girls buttocks while giving her a piggyback ride at his home on more than one occasionAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Chris CollinsFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NY]First US Rep. to endorse Trump8/08/18Illegally 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
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Nick SauerFmr. State Representative [R-IL]8/02/18Shared nude images of his ex-girlfriend to eight men using a fake Instagram account under her name so that he could creepily "catfish" them by pretending to be her and sharing intimate details of her lifeAccording to a report by Politico
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating7/31/18Attempted 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 TSAAccording to a report filed by TSA in conjunction with local police
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David MartinezFmr. City Council Member Nominee [R-MN]7/16/18According to court records reported by local media7/16/18Posted nude images of his wife on the internet without her consent in retaliation for a restraining order she filed against him for domestic violenceAccording to charging documents filed by local police7/16/18Screamed "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 monthAccording to a police report filed by local officials and reported by local media7/11/18Thrusted his body into a security guard who ordered him to leave a professional baseball game 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 yearAccording to a video of the incident reported by local media
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m7/10/18Rewarded 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 landAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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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 abuseAccording to six former student-athletes he coached and first reported by NBC News
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Allen LoughryFmr. Justice [R-WV]6/20/18Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himselfAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m6/12/18Openly 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 divorceAccording to divorce papers filed by his estranged wife
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Sandra PihosFmr. State Representative [R-IL]6/05/18Stole nearly $600 worth of clothes from a local department store and returned later that same day to try and return the stolen items for cash or store creditAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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John CoursonFmr. State Senator [R-SC]6/04/18Stole $159k from his election campaign and spent it on personal expenses by routing funds through a political consulting firm that in turn paid him over a series of transactionsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m5/31/18Pardoned radical rightwing filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza six years after his conviction of making illegal campaign contributions after Senator Ted Cruz personally lobbied for itAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Will GardnerFmr. Secretary of State Candidate [R-ND]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 oldAccording to charging documents filed by university police
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Nick MiccarelliFmr. State Representative [R-PA]5/18/18Kicked, pinched and pinned his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil by the neck to a wall inside the state CapitolAccording to an exclusive report published by The New York Times
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m5/09/18Pardoned 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 StateAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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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 married5/04/18Coerced 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 marriedHe pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison
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5/03/18Threw his 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 policeAccording 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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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m4/17/18Had a six-month tryst with Playboy Playmate Barbara Moore while his fiancée Marla Maples was pregnant with their daughter TiffanyFirsthand account from Barbara Moore in an interview published by The Daily Mail, Trump supporter
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Elliott BroidyFmr. RNC ExecutiveMajor Trump Fundraiser4/13/18Had 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 marriedAccording to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal4/13/18Secretly 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 CohenAccording to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal
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590kMAGA Enthusiast4/11/18Coerced 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 childrenAccording to testimony from the alleged victim before a select investigative committee
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m4/09/18Tried 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 MarlaFirsthand account from Miss Universe Alicia Machado in an interview published by Telemundo
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3/30/18Sucker-punched someone in the back of the head and attempted to run away from the police but got caughtAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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David ByrdFmr. State Representative [R-TN]3/27/18Inappropriately touched and kissed three underage girls on the high school basketball team he coached while also being married with young childrenAccording to firsthand accounts of the alleged victims first reported by local a TV station
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m3/25/18Had sex with famous adult-film star Stormy Daniels without a condom and had her spank his bare bottom with a Forbes magazine with his face on the cover in his hotel suite after meeting her at a celebrity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe while his wife Melania was home with their infant sonFirsthand 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
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Bob GreenleeFmr. Mayor [R-CO]3/23/18Crashed head-on into a 70-year-old woman's car at 89 MPH resulting in her instant death and struck another car causing it to roll onto its side after dangerously attempting to pass the car in front of him on a two-lane highwayAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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27.8mMAGA Enthusiast3/21/18Had a monthslong affair with Celebrity Apprentice contestant Aubrey O'Day after meeting her on set while his pregnant wife Vanessa was with their two young children at homeAccording to an exclusive report by New York Magazine
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Nick MiccarelliFmr. State Representative [R-PA]3/13/18According to an exclusive report by Penn Live