The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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10/13/16Looked up women's skirts and pointed out who was and wasn't wearing underwear after a line of scantily clad women walked across his restaurant table of which model Lisa Boyne said was the "most offensive scene I’ve ever been a part of"
According to a report by Huffington Post
10/12/16Grabbed photographer's assistant Mindy McGillivray's bottom without her consent at Mar-a-Lago and then "looked away quickly" of which the photographer recalled her saying at the time, "Donald just grabbed my ass!"
According to an exclusive report by The Palm Beach Post
10/12/16Pushed journalist Natasha Stoynoff against a wall and shoved his tongue down her throat in a private room at Mar-a-Lago for a minute until she managed to break away and told her "you know we’re going to have an affair, don’t you?" moments before a pregnant Melania walked in to do a joint interview on their recent wedding and marriage
According to an exclusive report by People magazine
10/12/16Barged in on teenage girls as young as fifteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1997 Miss Teen USA beauty pageant and told the girls "don't worry, ladies, I've seen it all before" as the girls scrambled to cover themselves
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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10/11/16Walked in the dressing room of the 2001 Miss USA pageant when most of the contestants were naked or topless which made then 18-year-old Miss Arizona Tasha Dixon feel "very physically vulnerable" because she and other contestants weren't given a chance to cover up first
According to firsthand witnesses and reported by multiple major outlets
10/09/16Hugged Miss New Hampshire Bridget Sullivan “just a little low" on her backside in a way a "creepy uncle" would do at a party promoting the 2000 Miss USA pageant
10/09/16Walked in the dressing room of the 2000 Miss USA pageant when all the contestants were naked in a way Miss New Hampshire Bridget Sullivan described as "really shocking" because they weren't given a chance to cover up before he entered
According to an exclusive report by BuzzFeed News
10/08/16Solicited TV host Nancy O'Dell to have sex with him and persisted even after she rebuffed all his advances only a few months after he married Melania
Caught on audio
10/07/16Kissed a close friend of CNN's Erin Burnett "almost on her lips" without her consent and later invited her into his office alone where he showered her with compliments and gave her his personal cell number presumably in an attempt to have an affair while married to Melania
According to a corroborating witness and exclusively reported by CNN
10/03/16Asked one female "Apprentice" contestant what breast size she had and whether they were natural or augmented and asked other female contestants to wear shorter dresses that showed more of their cleavage on the show
Firsthand account from former "Apprentice" contestant Gene FolkesDirected 24-year-old female "Apprentice" contestant Poppy Carlig to twirl in front of him so he could gawk at her body
Confirmed by Carlig and several cast membetsRoutinely demeaned female "Apprentice" contestants by "rating" them on the size of their breasts and saying which ones he wanted to have sex with
Firsthand accounts by producer Katherine Welker, 2004 Apprentice contestant Kristi Frank whose breasts were objectified by Trump, 2005 Apprentice winner Randal Pinkett, 2010 Apprentice contestant Gene Folkes & 22 former Apprentice contestants and crew members
10/03/16Incessantly made inappropriate and lewd comments about an "Apprentice" camerawoman's buttocks and body and often stopped production to look at the camera she was operating over a period of more than 2 years
Firsthand accounts by producer Katherine Welker, Former "Apprentice" employees German Abarca, Rebecca Arndt & six former crew members, Corroborated by two crew members who said the victim told them how uncomfortable Trump's comments made her Openly discussed which female "Apprentice" contestants he’d like to have sex with -- sometimes with the woman present -- while also goading male contestants into participate by asking them questions like "you’d f*ck her, wouldn’t you? I’d f*ck her"
Firsthand accounts by producer Katherine Welker, 2004 Apprentice contestant Kristi Frank whose breasts were objectified by Trump, 2005 Apprentice winner Randal Pinkett, 2010 Apprentice contestant Gene Folkes & 22 former Apprentice contestants and crew members -
Mike YenniFmr. Alderman [R-LA]
9/29/16Sent explicit texts to a 17-year-old boy asking if he and a 19-year-old friend of his would have three-way sex with him and for pictures of him in his underwear -- which may have violated a federal law designed to protect children from online obscenity even if it didn't violate his state's age of consent law -- leading to them eventually meeting in which he kissed him at a mall all while being married
According to an exclusive investigative report by WWL-TV -
Brandon PhillipsMike Collins Chief of Staff
9/28/16Physically attacked someone else and slashed his tires and damaged another woman's door and laptop causing over $500 in damages
9/27/16
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Vance PhillipsFmr. County Commissioner
9/27/16Coerced an 18-year-old young woman who was only 16 when they first met and 30 years younger than him into a monthslong sexual relationship where she was compelled to participate in bondage fetishes of his that included using ropes, clamps, chains and sex toys that she did not willingly consent to and then threatened her with "a world of hurt" if she ever rebuffed his incessant advances
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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9/05/16Refused to publicly release his tax returns before the 2016 election and while he was President which broke over forty years of precedent meant to show that the President does not have any financial conflicts of interest that could affect his decision making
According to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets -
8/23/16Was sued by co-host Andrea Tantaros who alleged Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, former Senator Scott Brown and another male sexually harassed and made inappropriate comments to her
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Jim GuthrieState Senator [R-ID]
8/19/16Engaged in an extramarital affair with state representative Christy Perry where they would take advantage of legislative trips to discreetly spend time together without raising any suspicious from his wife
According to a report by the East Idaho News -
Curry ToddFmr. State Representative
8/04/16Was videotaped stealing his GOP primary opponent's lawn signs in two separate locations in broad daylight after his rival campaign staked them out after many of their signs went missing presumably because numbnuts here stole them
According to an arrest report by the local police -
Anthony SilvaFmr. Mayor [R-CA]
8/04/16Gave alcohol to underage male camp counselors as young as 16-years-old and also filmed and photographed many of the boys completely naked playing strip poker in his bedroom
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John OremFmr. Sheriff Candidate
8/02/16Overdosed on heroin twice in a single day and was administered a drug to reverse its effects both times
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO
7/29/16Coerced top Fox News staffer Laurie Luhn -- who was 22 years younger than him -- into starting an abusive sexual relationship while he was still married that lasted 20+ years and used the threat to release a videotape he made of her dancing in lingerie to help maintain psychological control
According to an investigative report by New York Magazine who read a confidential $3.15MM settlement Fox News paid
7/23/16Told Rudi Bakhtiar to stand up in front of him so he could look at her legs during her job interview and then laughed and told her to sit down after she asked him if that was "part of the job requirement"
According to an exclusive report by New York Magazine -
Brian WilsonFmr. Fox News Reporter
7/23/16Made a series of unwanted sexual advances towards newly hired correspondent and subordinate Rudi Bakhtiar and asked her to be "friends with benefits" with him even after she rebuffed his sexual advances and then reassigned her off his team when he was promoted
According to an exclusive report by New York Magazine -
Frank AntenoriFmr. State Senator [R-AZ]
7/21/16Unlawfully entered and hunted wild game on the grounds of a restricted military base in southern Arizona
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
7/13/16Had sex with a 20-year-old college student in his government office after drunkenly texting her that he'd like to see her "naked around midnight" and enticing her with a cooler full of beer and later had sex with her in his own home while also being married
7/13/16Kissed a legislative assistant on the neck without her consent and sent suggestive text messages asking her for risqué pictures while also being married, which led to her quitting and finding a new job in the private sector to avoid interacting with him
7/13/16Solicited erotic pictures from three unsuspecting female legislative staff over dozens of sexualized texts and social media messages while also being married
7/13/16Made "quite a display" of putting his hand in his pocket to accentuate his penis as he offered an unwrapped breath mint to a female lobbyist who merely asked for a piece of candy from a jar on his desk which led her to give him the nickname "Pants Candy"
According to a report from the Tennessee Attorney GeneralSexually harassed 22 female legislative staff, interns, lobbyists and others over a three-year period which led to the Tennessee House overwhelmingly voting to remove him from office
According to a report from the Tennessee Attorney General -
Drew HastingsFmr. Mayor [R-OH]
7/12/16Listed a fake address on his declaration of candidacy forms and illegally claimed a city refund of $500 on a vacant building he owned by altering official documents
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Mike HubbardFmr. House Speaker [R-AL]
7/08/16Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO
7/06/16Solicited anchor Gretchen Carlson for sexual favors while also being married and then punished her professionally after she refused his advances in a manner so egregious that Fox News settled a lawsuit she filed for $20 million dollars
According to the details of a civil settlement and public apology Fox News gave Ms. Carlson -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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6/23/16Allegedly tied a thirteen-year-old girl to a bed and raped her at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein and struck her in the face with his open hand after she pleaded with him to stop while he was married to Marla
Corroborated by "Tiffany Doe" who was hired by Epstein to recruit underage girls for sex
Allegedly forced a thirteen-year-old girl to manually stimulate him until he ejaculated at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana
Corroborated by rape of the two young girls in sworn testimony, Trump's ex-wife Ivana privately confided to multiple friends that he raped her
Allegedly forced two young girls aged 12 and 13 to perform oral sex on him and to engage in lesbian sex in front of him at a sex party hosted by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Ivana
6/17/16Repeatedly grabbed Miss Washington Cassandra Searles's buttocks and asked her to come to his hotel room to presumably have sex while he was married to Melania
Firsthand account from Searles -
Scott SteinerState Judge [R-CA]
6/09/16Had sex with an intern in his private chambers and then later wrote her a letter of recommendation for a job in the local DA's office while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his life
6/09/16Had sex with an attorney who practiced in his court in his private chambers while also being a married father of two young children who ran on a platform highlighting the "importance of family" in his life
According to an investigative report by The Washington Post -
Terry BurtonFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
5/18/16Crashed his car into a stop sign after drinking multiple alcoholic beverages inside a VIP tent at a concert and was found to have a BAC of .10 when police arrived
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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5/14/16Kissed 21-year-old Miss USA contestant Temple Taggart "directly on the lips" without her consent on two occasions that made her say to herself "Oh my God, gross!" while he was married to Marla Maples
Firsthand account from Taggart
5/14/16Asked Miss Universe Brook Lee "Don’t you think my daughter’s hot? She’s hot, right?" as they watched a then 16-year-old Ivanka helping on stage during the 1997 Miss Teen USA pageant in an incident she described thinking at the time as "That’s just weird. She was 16. That’s creepy."
Corroborated by Miss Universe Brook Lee -
Jesse BentonFmr. Mitch McConnell Campaign Mgr.
5/05/16Illegally paid Iowa state senator Kent Sorenson $73,000 to switch his 2016 Presidential candidate endorsement from Michelle Bachmann to Ron Paul and then falsified campaign reports to cover it up
According to a federal jury who convicted him -
5/04/16Paid $2,000 for a private exotic dance from a stripper at a Las Vegas club that turned into a nearly yearlong affair where the two would get together -- sometimes at the same resort where he married his wife -- whenever he was in Las Vegas to have sex with her
According to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail -
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4/18/16Immediately "started right in on the groping under the table" of American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth and grabbed her "intimate private parts" after he insisted on sitting next to her at a large dinner party
According to an exclusive report by The Boston Globe
4/18/16Entered 22-year-old American Dream Calendar Girls model Lauren Petrella's private room at Mar-a-Lago without her permission, laid on her bed until she entered and then tried to get her to have sex with him before being rebuffed at the same time he was engaged to Marla Maples
Detailed in a sworn deposition in an unrelated lawsuit filed against Trump
4/16/16Forced American Dream Calendar Girls vice president Jill Harth into Ivanka's bedroom at Mar-a-Lago and "kissed, fondled, and restrained” her without consent which made her so nauseated that she "vomited profusely" while he was engaged to his soon-to-be wife Marla
According to an exclusive report by The Boston Globe -
Dennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House
4/10/16Sexually abused and molested four teenage boys as young as 14-years-old during his time as a high school educator and wrestling coach while he was married
According to court filings submitted by federal prosecutors -
Duncan HunterFmr. U.S. RepresentativeFirst Rep. to endorse Trump in '16
2016 04Stole $250,000 from his campaign to spend on everyday personal expenses like family vacations, private school tuition and jewelry in addition to a multitude of expenses that funded at least five extramarital relationships on things like ride shares, bar tabs and hotel rooms
He pleaded guilty to using campaign funds for private use and was sentenced to eleven months in prison, but was pardoned by Donald Trump before his sentence began -
2016 03According to multiple eyewitnesses accounts and video surveillance -
Don GosenFmr. State Representative
2/19/16Tricked a woman into beginning an extramarital affair with him by lying to her about being divorced when he was in fact married
According to Gosen's own admission two days after his resignation
2/19/16Allegedly filmed himself having sex inside the state capitol with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with and also sent her at least one racy photograph of himself
According to an exclusive report by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
1/29/16Was accused of having an extramarital affair with a former state representative by the Lieutenant Governor
According to a statement by Republican Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey -
Reford TheboldMayor [R-CO]
1/08/16
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David LausmanActivist [R]
2016 01Took bribes including a free vacation to Thailand and a $11k luxury handbag from a military contractor when he was a captain in the Navy
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
12/09/15Illegally attempted to get an Adderall prescription by altering the refill date without permission from his doctor
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Garrett DeVriesPolitical Operative [R]
11/23/15Stole a historic 100-year-old handmade state flag from the state secretary of state's office and took it to his personal office at a Republican campaign research firm
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Michael CoxFmr. Sheriff [R-TX]
11/05/15Coerced a subordinate into taking an online certification course he personally would profit from with the help of his chief deputy who proctored the sham exam and submitted the results to state officials
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Thad ViersFmr. State Representative
10/20/15Conspired with a business executive to hide $524,000 in assets owed to an insurance company that was then left on the hook for a $6 million contract his coconspirator failed to fulfill and then intentionally lied to an IRS investigator when questioned about it
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
10/12/15Created a politicized special committee into the 2012 Benghazi attacks -- three years after the attacks happened -- that was designed to undermine Hillary Clinton's standing with the public just as she ramped up her Presidential campaign
According to reporting by all major mainstream outlets -
Jud McMillinFmr. State Representative
9/30/15Shared a sexually explicit video via text message to multiple people and abruptly resigned days later after the video was leaked to the press
According to an exclusive report by Indy Star -
Tara MackFmr. State Representative
9/15/15Made out with fellow state rep Tim Kelly with her pants down inside a parked car at a local park while being married to a pastor and having two kids and later falsely accused the park ranger who caught them of lying in an attempt to cover it up
According to a report filed by the park ranger who caught them -
Tim KellyFmr. State Representative
9/15/15Kissed fellow state rep Tara Mack with her pants down inside a car at a local park while also being nearly twenty years older than her and married with four children
According to a report filed by the park ranger who caught them -
Cindy GamratFmr. State Representative
9/10/15Had an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Todd Cotter and then used public funds to cover up the affair which resulted in her being expelled from the Michigan House
According to an investigation conducted by the Michigan House -
Mark FullerFmr. Federal Judge [R]
9/05/15Physically abused his wife at least eight separate times over a period of time ranging from when they were dating to the final assault that happened in a Ritz-Carlton hotel which resulted in his arrest
9/05/15Repeatedly lied under oath and made false statements to the chief judge of a federal court by falsely claiming he had never hit, kicked, or punched his ex-wife when in fact he had done all three on multiple occasions
According to a report conducted by federal officials submitted to Congress -
Drew WrigleyAttorney General [R-ND]
9/02/15Had an extramarital affair with a married woman during his time as Lt. Governor and only admitted to it after a citizen journalist exposed it online
According to a report by The Forum -
Peter BobyDuncan Hunter Political Aide
8/04/15Was caught with an unregistered firearm and ammunition on US Capitol grounds following a routine car inspection by Capitol police
According to a report by CNN -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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8/02/15Said he "wasn't interested" in "beautiful" 12-year-old Paris Hilton which is weird and creepy that a grown adult feels the need to qualify a statement like that
Interview on the Howard Stern Show -
8/01/15Convinced numerous people into investing $840,000 in a technology company that he secretly earned commissions on while giving the false impression he was actually an investor
According to charging documents filed by states attorneys -
Michael GrimmFmr. U.S. Representative
7/17/15Illegally concealed over $900,000 in business earnings and wages he paid to employees from state and federal tax authorities resulting in an underpayment of nearly $200,000 in taxes over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Annette BosworthFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
7/01/15Filed false election documents attesting she personally gathered the requisite amount of voter signatures required for her to get on the ballot for a US Senate election and then lied to state officials when they confronted her
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Vincent TaboneFmr. Queens GOP Co Chairs
7/01/15Accepted a $25,000 cash bribe and agreed to receive another $25,000 from a NY state senator once he followed through on a promise to use his position as Vice Chair of the Queens GOP to get him on the Republican primary ballot for NYC mayor
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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6/25/15Fearmongered that Mexico was bringing "crime" and "rapists" into the United States while at the same time having himself been credibly accused of rape and sexual assault by 25+ women
According to multiple sources and reported on by multiple major outlets -
Clayton KellyBlogger
6/15/15Snuck into a local nursing home, secretly took pictures of a US Senator's ailing wife and then posted them without her consent on his website
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Frank GuintaFmr. U.S. Representative
6/02/15Lied about the origins of a $355,000 loan to his 2010 congressional campaign that his parents gave him by falsely asserting the money came from earnings he made working in the private sector
He signed an agreement with the FEC where he agreed to repay the donation amount in addition to a $15,000 fine -
Dennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House
6/01/15Illegally structured hush money payments of $1.7 million to elude federal bank reporting requirements in order to hide the fact he was paying the victim of his past sex crimes and then lied to Federal investigators about it
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -




6.5mLauded by Trump
5/21/15Allegedly choked his then-wife Maureen McPhilmy and dragged her down the stairs by her neck during an argument witnessed by his daughter
According to allegations made by O'Reilly's daughter in court filings during his divorce proceedings -
John DiehlFmr. House Speaker [R-MO]17 Years in GOP
5/14/15Exchanged sexually charged text messages with a college freshman and congressional intern decades younger than him while also being married with three children
According to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star -
5/05/15Physically abused his college girlfriend by grabbing her wrists so hard they would bruise and emotionally abused her by controlling many aspects of her life and demanding to approve of anyone she interacted with
According to an exclusive interview of the alleged victim by The Courier-Journal
5/05/15Drove his college girlfriend to get a secret abortion at a Louisville clinic and became "enraged" when he learned she listed his real name as her driver home on the release form which exposed his anti-choice hypocrisy
According to an exclusive report by The Courier-Journal -
Randy BoehningFmr. State Representative
4/29/15Sent nude images of himself to men decades younger than him on a gay dating website around the same time he voted against an anti-discrimination bill that intended to provide additional protections to the LGBTQ community
According to private messages on a gay dating website provided by a young man he was in communication with -
James MettsFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
4/27/15Improperly intervened to facilitate the release of at least four undocumented immigrants who should have been turned over to federal officials at the request of business leaders in town who personally asked him to intervene while also being a "tough on crime" conservative
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Lisa Wilson-FoleyFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/24/15Fraudulently accepted at least $500k for her campaign from her husband by falsely reporting the money came from her personal accounts and accepted an additional $30k from four straw donors who concealed that he was the source of the funds
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
3/24/15Illegally paid convicted felon and former Governor John Rowland $35,000 under the table to work on her 2012 Republican congressional campaign instead of using campaign funds as required by law
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Aaron SchockFmr. U.S. Representative
3/17/15Billed $50,000 in false expense reports to his campaign by lying about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did on reimbursement forms
According to a report by Politico -
Matthew PennellFmr. Political Aide [R-KS]
3/07/15
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dan HalloranFmr. City Council Member
3/04/15Accepted more than $15,000 in bribes in exchange for designating roughly $80,000 in taxpayer funds to a nonprofit entity
Accepted $20,500 in bribes for his role in orchestrating a $200k scheme to rig the 2013 Republican ballot for NYC mayor
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Bernard MolloyFmr. Political Aide [R-NY]
2/27/15Weaved through traffic lanes and had a BAC more than twice the legal limit after submitting to a breathalyzer test
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Aaron SchockFmr. U.S. Representative
2/06/15Sold his home to a major Republican donor for more than three times its assessed value of $255,000 at the height of his reelection campaign
According to an exclusive report by Blue Nation Review -
2/05/15Received oral sex from a woman who wasn't his wife after they both partially undressed and fondled each other
According to a sworn deposition from the woman he allegedly had the affair with -
Aaron SchockFmr. U.S. Representative
2/02/15Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period
According to a bombshell report by The Washington Post
2/02/15Spent over $100,000 in taxpayer money renovating his Congressional office to resemble a room on the show "Downton Abbey"
According to a report by The Washington Post -
Bryce MarlattFmr. State Senator [R-OK]
12/03/14Passed out in his GMC pickup with his head against the steering wheel and the truck still in gear at 3am and reeked of alcohol when police arrived who then woke him up and took him into custody
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Ben SuarezConservative Businesss Person
11/14/14Illegally used his family, employees and friends as "straw donors" to donate $100k each to two political candidates and later interfered with the criminal case by attempting to influence a government witness
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors







