The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

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Displaying 1601 - 1650 of 1650 Scandals
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  • Ian SmithIan SmithFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
       
    4/28/07
    Killed a 19-year-old after he drunkenly barreled through a stop sign and crashed into his victim's car and then admitted to police that he drank 10-12 beers not long before his crash
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Newt GingrichNewt GingrichFmr. Speaker of the HouseTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconRumble iconTruthSocial icon4.2m
    3/09/07
    Had an affair with a House staffer over twenty years younger than him and then divorced his wife weeks after she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis because she didn't want to have an open marriage
    According to his ex-wife Marianne Ginther and reported on by the national press
  • Jon MatthewsJon MatthewsFmr. Radio Host
       
    2/27/07
    Described in graphic detail felony sex acts he imagined subjecting a 3-year-old boy to in an online group chat which resulted in his expulsion from the sex offenders counseling program he was enrolled in for a previous offense involving an 11-year-old girl and also abused alcohol for several weeks in violation of his parole
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Joseph McDadeJoseph McDadeFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    2/15/07
    Pleasured himself a mere 10 to 15 feet away from an unsuspecting woman he followed from the beach to the pool at a Florida resort
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Bob NeyBob NeyFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    1/18/07
    Accepted over $170k worth of international and domestic trips, meals and drinks totaling "many thousands of dollars," tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, box suite tickets to concerts and sporting events and numerous free fundraisers paid for by Jack Abramoff in exchange for supporting and/or opposing legislation that would benefit Abramoff and then lied under oath to a congressional committee when questioned about his actions
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Mark FoleyMark FoleyFmr. U.S. Representative35 Years in GOP
    11/02/06
    Offered a 17-year-old boy working as a Congressional page oral sex in exchange for free lodgings at his home at the same time he was chair of a special Congressional committee dedicated to protecting exploited children
    According to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets
  • Ted HaggardTed HaggardPastor [R]Facebook icon2k
    11/01/06
    Paid to have sex with a male prostitute on a monthly basis over a three-year period after finding him through an ad on the website "Rentboy.com" while also being a married father of five who was a vocal opponent of gay rights
    According to an exclusive report by The Denver Post
    11/01/06
    Grabbed a bottle of lotion and began masturbating in front of a 20-year-old male volunteer at the church he led while they were lying in bed together even after being asked not to while also being married to his wife
    11/01/06
    Hypocritically engaged in gay behavior including seeing a male prostitute for years and inappropriately touching an underage boy while also being an ardent opponent of gay rights
    According to multiple reports by mainstream outlets
    11/01/06
    Routinely consumed crystal methamphetamine he purchased from a gay prostitute he regularly had sex with
    According to an exclusive report by The Denver Post
  • Mark FoleyMark FoleyFmr. U.S. Representative35 Years in GOP
    10/15/06
    Had sexual relations with two former male pages and sent dozens of inappropriate and sexually suggestive emails and instant messages to underage male pages over a yearslong period while also having voted in favor of numerous pieces of anti-gay legislation throughout his time in Congress
    10/15/06
    Asked a 16-year-old male Congressional page to send him photographs of himself and inquired what he could buy him for his birthday over five emails that the page said "really freaked" him out and made him feel "sick"
    According to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets
    10/04/06
    Routinely got drunk and sent sexualized emails and chat messages to underage male Congressional pages over a multiyear period
    According to reporting by NBC News & other media outlets
  • Richard RoachRichard RoachFmr. District Attorney
       
    6/26/06
    Routinely stole methamphetamine and other strong narcotics from police evidence lockers and openly injected himself with drugs in front of his office secretary while also being a District Attorney who was a fervent prosecutor of drug offenses who secured very harsh drug sentences
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Duke CunninghamDuke CunninghamFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    3/03/06
    Raked in at least $2.4 million in bribes in the form of cash, a home and a plethora of luxury gifts from defense contractors who he then awarded upwards of $40 billion worth of defense and intelligence contracts funded by the US taxpayer using his clout as a prominent member of the House Appropriations and Intelligence committees
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Dick CheneyDick CheneyFmr. U.S. Vice-PresidentAEI Conservative of the Year (2009)
    2/12/06
    Shot his hunting partner Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest with a 28-gauge shotgun from only 30 yards away which resulted in him being admitted into the ICU at a local hospital and didn't report the shooting publicly for nearly 24 hours and only did so after a local news station reported on the incident
    According to reporting by mainstream outlets
  • Tom DeLayTom DeLayFmr. House Majority Leader
       
    12/30/05
    Accepted over $120k worth of lavish luxury resort stays and expensive golf trips paid for through his involvement in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal while trading political favors and legislative influence for the trips
    Exploited his role as Majority Leader to push the agenda of Jack Abramoff and his clients including Native American tribes seeking to protect casino profits while his wife quietly accepted over $115k from firms tied to Abramoff, his political action committees pulled in donations funneled through Abramoff’s network and his nonprofit the US Family Network pocketed a $1m payment from Russian energy interests linked to Abramoff
    According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
  • Kevin BradyKevin BradyFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    10/11/05
    Smelled of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after being pulled over for a malfunctioning tail light
    According to a police report filed by local authorities
  • Don SherwoodDon SherwoodFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    7/21/05
    Physically abused his paramour multiple times throughout their yearslong extramarital affair and then paid her $500k to settle a lawsuit she filed against him with the stipulation that she would get less if she went public
    According to a lawsuit filed by his former paramour
  • Richard RoachRichard RoachFmr. District Attorney
       
    6/20/05
    Lied on a sworn affidavit where he falsely claimed to have no assets in an attempt to have taxpayers pay for a court-appointed attorney to represent him at his trial when in reality he had more than enough assets and collateral to pay for his own attorney
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
    6/02/05
    Hid two guns in a briefcase that he attempted to bring into a courthouse with him and was also found to be carrying methamphetamines and cocaine when court security searched him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Joshua WheelerFmr. Political Aide [R-KS]
       
    6/01/05
    Attempted to enter the US Capitol with an unregistered handgun that Capitol Police found during a security check
    According to charging documents filed by Capitol Police
  • Jim WestJim WestFmr. Mayor [R-WA]
       
    5/05/05
    Tried to woo an 18-year-old man with gifts and other favors he found on the website Gay.com who turned out to be a professional investigator hired by a local newspaper while he was married and after having hypocritically spent two decades in the state legislature pushing anti-LGBTQ legislation
    According to an investigative report by The Spokesman-Review
  • John RowlandJohn RowlandFmr. Governor [R-CT]
       
    12/23/04
    Accepted free vacations and construction services at his vacation home valued at $107,000 in exchange for directing state contracts to a prominent businessman and also failed to report the income on his taxes
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Bernard KerikBernard KerikFmr. Commissioner [R-NY]TikTok iconTwitter iconInstagram iconFacebook icon1.2m
    12/15/04
    Engaged in a yearslong extramarital affair with the publisher of his memoir where he used an apartment that was originally set aside for exhausted 9/11 ground zero rescue workers to rest and later rented for his personal use presumably at a substantial discount
    According to an exclusive report by The New York Times
  • Donald SterlingDonald SterlingConservative Businessman
       
    8/12/04
    Had a multi-year extramarital affair with a Beverly Hills socialite who he lavished with thousands of dollars in cash, a Ferrari, Range Rover, two Bentleys and a $1.8 million home he purchased for her to live in so he could visit whenever he wished over their three-year tryst
    According to court records reported by the media
  • Jon MatthewsJon MatthewsFmr. Radio Host
       
    6/22/04
    Pulled his shorts down and exposed his penis to an 11-year-old girl who had come over to play with his new puppy after
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • David SwartzDavid SwartzFmr. County Commissioner
       
    2/03/04
    Repeatedly raped and sexually violated a young girl over a ten-year period beginning when she was only six years old
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Allen WestAllen WestFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    12/13/03
    Fired his gun inches from the head of a detained Iraqi police officer after his subordinates beat him in order to gain information that the detainee later described as "meaningless information induced by fear and pain" in violation of international law and was fined $5,000 by a military court
    According to the results of the military hearing reported on by the media
  • Gerald HegeGerald HegeFmr. Sheriff [R-NC]
       
    9/20/03
    Stole $6,200 dollars from the sheriff department's bank account which he used to pay for his re-election parties in 1998 and 2002 and to reimburse an employee for a travel expense and then obstructed justice by attempting to cover his tracks on expense reports
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Keith WestmorelandKeith WestmorelandFmr. State Representative
       
    6/18/02
    Exposed his genitals to three underage girls in a hotel pool and hot tub
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Drew LewisDrew LewisFmr. Sec. of the Treasury
       
    1/10/02
    Flipped over his SUV while pulling out of his own driveway and then registered a BAC over three times the legal limit of .30 after police were able to free him from the vehicle
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Robert HanssenRobert HanssenFBI Special Agent
       
    2/18/01
    Sold highly classified national security and intelligence information to the Soviet Union and later Russia over a 22-year period including the identities of double agents who were executed as a result, details of US nuclear war defense plans, technical operations against the Soviets and FBI surveillance methods in exchange for more than $1.4m in cash and diamonds
    According to charging documents filed by Federal officials
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump47th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m  
    3/02/90
    Engaged in a long affair with Marla Maples without his first wife Ivana finding out by among other things secretly housing her at his Atlantic City hotel
    Trump brought Marla as his date to a public event while he was still married to Ivana
  • James Yokeley Jr.James Yokeley Jr.Board of Elections Chair
       
    Put cocaine and MDMA into his 15- and 16-year-old granddaughters’ ice cream at a Dairy Queen and was caught in the act on the store's video surveillance system
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Jose ColomJose ColomFmr. Mildred Fernandez Political Aide
       
    Threatened to murder a witness in his boss's bribery trial if they testified against her at trial
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Kevin RobertsKevin RobertsThe Heritage Foundation PresidentTwitter icon82k
    Twitter icon82k  
    Allegedly bragged about killing his neighbor's dog with a shovel to multiple colleagues in the months and years after the incident
    According to an exclusive report by The Guardian
  • Bernie MorenoBernie MorenoU.S. Senate Nominee [R-OH]Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon43k
    Was found liable to pay $416,000 to two former employees for unpaid overtime, damages and attorney's fees
    According to news reports from credible media outlets