The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 801 - 850 of 1076 Scandals
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Shawn HamerlinckFmr. State Senator [R-IA]7/18/17Often talked about female lobbyists' breast sizes -- even asking one staffer about the size of her areolas -- and how long female pages skirt lengths were right in front of themAccording to corroborated witnesses and reported by mainstream media
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Jim FriedrichFmr. Political Analyst [R-IA]7/18/17Would inquire about female subordinates sex lives and labele them "prudes" if they didn't play along and often said the word "c*nt" when discussing anything that has to do with a woman he dislikedAccording to corroborated witnesses and reported by mainstream media
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m6/30/17Directed three top White House officials to repeatedly call and threaten Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that a negative article about their private lives would be published in the National Enquirer unless they call him and personally apologize for their negative coverage of himAccording to both the anchors who reported Trump's actions in the Washington Post
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5/24/17Forcefully grabbed and body-slammed a reporter after he was asked a mundane question that came nowhere close to warranting an angry responseHe pleaded guilty to assault and underwent anger management training in addition to paying a fine and completing community service
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Russ CaseyFmr. Justice of the Peace [R-TX]5/16/17Coerced a subordinate into giving him oral sex multiple times -- once while he wore his black judge's robe -- and to have sex with him two times and would lash out her as a “horrible court manager” if she ever refused his advances, which she didn't do often because he was her boss, while being married the entire time5/16/17Exposed his penis to a subordinate cornered in her locked office and slammed the door back shut when she tried to flee and then threatened that she better think twice before reporting him because he's the only person standing between her and the unemployment lineAccording to a federal civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim5/16/17According to a federal civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Antonio Sabàto Jr.Fmr. U.S. Rep Nominee [R-CA]5/15/17Ingested excessively more prescription drugs than his doctor prescribed and quickly became dependent on them and also admitted to his partner that he previously used crystal meth before they began seeing each otherAccording to divorce proceeding documents reported by major outlets
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Don LeemanFmr. State Rep. Candidate [R-NH]5/03/17Voted in a district he no longer resided in and later unsuccessfully tried to bribe a local Housing Authority employee into falsifying a letter to election officials that attested he had only temporarily moved out of the district in exchange for a donation to the county Housing AuthorityAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Jeff KruseFmr. State Senator [R-OR]4/21/17Subjected state senator Elizabeth Steiner-Hayward to "unprofessional and inappropriate" touching that included "very close hugs" which made her so uneasy that she refused to be alone with himAccording to a formal complaint filed by state sen. Ms. Steiner-Hayward
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4/10/17Had a yearslong extramarital affair with his senior political adviser and accidentally revealed it to his wife of 50 years when he texted her by mistake "I love you, Rebekah" which presumably didn't go over very well as his wife's named Dianne4/10/17Told his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah that she better "watch herself" after he found out she helped his wife secretly record intimate conversations with a woman he was having an affair withOrdered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser4/10/17Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyedAccording to an investigative report by AL.com4/10/17Illegally paid $8,912 in campaign funds to the lawyer of a woman he had an extramarital affair with to help pay her legal fees in an attempt to keep their affair from becoming publicAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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6.5mLauded by Trump4/06/17Sexually harassed Fox Business host Rebecca Diamond in such a manner that she decided to record him to have proof of his behavior which led to him and Fox News secretly paying her an undisclosed amount in order to keep her from going public with her recordingsCaught on tape, O'Reilly and Fox News secretly paid her to keep quiet
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Steve StockmanFmr. U.S. Representative [R-TX]34 Years in GOP3/16/17Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasherAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Mark ChelgrenFmr. State Senator [R-IA]3/01/17Falsely claimed he earned a business degree from “Forbco Management school” which was actually a certificate he got from a "management course he took when he worked for Sizzler, kind of like Hamburger University at McDonald’s" according to a GOP spokespersonAccording to an exclusive report by NBC news
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Jon WoodsFmr. State Senator [R-AR]3/01/17Directed roughly $600,000 in taxpayer money to a Christian college and another non-profit organization in exchange for a large financial payoff that was facilitated through a third-party consulting company who concealed the bribesAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Ronnie DortchFmr. State Judge [R-KY]2/24/17Engaged in a yearlong sexual relationship with a woman who was a defendant in a felony case being litigated in his court and admitted to privately discussing the case with her when confrontedAccording to a final ruling by the Kentucky Judicial Conduct Commission
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Mark LovellFmr. State Representative [R-TN]2/14/17Grabbed a legislative staff's breasts and buttocks and physically prevented her from walking away from him and also inappropriately touched a second woman while visibly drunk -- drinking rum and colas to excess is apparently a common occurrence for him -- after attending five events hosted by lobbyists and businesses with free alcohol and food while he was married with three childrenAccording to an investigation conducted by the state house Ethics Committee
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Jack TateFmr. State Senator [R-CO]2/10/17Routinely made "sexual innuendoes" about an 18-year-old legislative intern's clothing including commenting on how a skirt "fit quite well" as he looked her up and down and often grabbed her shoulder where he would "wait a moment before letting go" when she tried to pull away from himAccording to a formal complaint filed by the alleged victim
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative [R-TN]2/08/17Gave $29,800 in campaign funds to a professional gambler with a long criminal record and an additional $25,000 to his wife, illegally reimbursed himself $11,946.65 from his campaign account for expenses he provided no documentation of and spent thousands more on personal expenses including an airplane ticket for his wife, custom suits, spa products, sunglasses, lawncare and paint for his home office, among many other thingsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outletsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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6.5mLauded by Trump1/10/17Incessantly tried and failed to convince Fox News host Juliet Huddy to have a sexual relationship with him over repeated phone calls during which she reported it sometimes sounded like he was masturbating and in person (he once answered the door to his hotel room in his boxer shorts after he asked her to return a room key he supposedly needed) and then had Fox News secretly pay her a high six-figure nondisclosure agreement to keep her from going public with her accusationsFox News secretly settled Huddy's lawsuit1/10/17Leaned in and kissed Fox News host Juliet Huddy on the mouth without her consent which repulsed her so much she "instinctively recoiled and actually fell to the ground" trying to get away from himAccording to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser
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Matthew ShirkFmr. District Attorney [R-FL]1/05/17Discussed showering and having sex with three subordinates in private messages, sent one a private message that said "I think if we had sex there would be very minimal awkwardness afterwards," drank to excess with them in his office and later fired all three after his wife caught himAccording to an exclusive report by The Florida Times-Union
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Micah NealFmr. State Representative [R-AR]1/05/17Received a $38k bribe to funnel $600k in government funds to a private evangelical Christian college and another non-profit organizationAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative [R-OK]12/23/16Routinely pestered his legal assistant -- who was thirty years younger than him -- to text topless photos of herself and go with him to a local strip club which she did presumably because she was afraid of losing her job and then fired her after she reported his harassmentAccording to reports by local and state media12/23/16Secretly paid $44,500 in taxpayer money to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by his former assistant that he fired after she complained about his behaviorAccording to reports by local and state media
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m11/04/16Violated campaign-finance laws by paying former Playboy Playmate of the Year Karen McDougal $150,000 in hush money to keep her from going public about an extramarital affair they had by orchestrating a convoluted payment scheme involving his lawyer Michael Cohen and the tabloid National Enquirer a week and a half before the 2016 electionAccording to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal
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David HuskMayor [R-NJ]11/03/16Modified his timecards so he could get paid for hours he didn't actually work on at least five separate occasions before he was caught by his employer and reported to the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/27/16"Really grabbed" Miss Finland 2006 Ninni Laaksonen's bottom as they both were sitting backstage at the Late Show with David Letterman which left her "disgusted"According to an exclusive report by Finnish paper Ilta-Sanomat10/26/16Solicited adult magazine model Brande Roderick for sex and constantly used vulgar and salacious terms to describe his feelings for her during her stint on Celebrity Apprentice while he was married to MelaniaCorroborated by tree former Apprentice employees10/22/16Tightly hugged and kissed Adult Film star Jessica Drake without her consent inside his hotel suite while wearing his pajamas and later that night offered her $10,000 to return to his suite to eat dinner and presumably have sex with him less than a year after he married Melania10/22/16Tightly hugged and kissed two Adult Film actresses that fellow Adult Film actress Jessica Drake brought with her to his hotel room without their consent less than a year after he married MelaniaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets10/22/16Offered to pay adult film star Jessica Drake $10,000 if she agreed to come to his hotel room and presumably have sex with him which she declined while also being married to MelaniaFirsthand account from Drake, Photographed with Trump at a golf tournament the day of the alleged incident10/20/16Grabbed yoga instructor Karena Virginia's chest and scoffed "Don't you know who I am?" after she reflexively pulled away from himAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets10/18/16Said he was going to be dating a very young girl he had just randomly crossed paths with in ten years when she still would have been a teenagerTold two 14-year-old girls singing Christmas carols with their youth choir that he'll be dating them in a "couple of years" after he asked them how old they wereCaught on video10/17/16Sexually assaulted his wife Ivana Trump -- 16 months since the last time they had sex -- in a way she later described to her friends as "rape" because he blamed her for painful side effects from a plastic surgery procedure she recommended he undertake to help cover his baldnessAccording to a sworn court deposition by Ivana Trump although friends said she described it to them as such right after it happened10/17/16Violently yanked out a fistful of Ivana Trump's hair because she recommended a plastic surgeon to remove a bald spot in a procedure that he did not know would be painfulAccording to a sworn court deposition by Ivana Trump10/16/16Grabbed and kissed Mar-a-Lago guest Cathy Heller on the side of the mouth without consent and nearly caused her to lose balance as she tried to deflect his advances while being married to MarlaFirsthand account from Heller, Confirmed by close friend Susan Klein whom Heller confided in soon after the alleged incident and a relative who was at the event and witnessed Trump being aggressive with her from a distance, Confided in close friends about the incident before it became public10/14/16Digitally penetrated model Kristin Anderson through her underwear for up to 30 seconds without consent as he sat next to her in a booth at a New York nightclub while he was married to Ivana10/14/16Moved his hands up the skirt of first-class passenger Jessica Leeds "like an octopus" that had "40 zillion hands" and also groped her breasts in an incident she described as an "assault" that she only escaped from by retreating to a seat in coach while also married to Ivana10/14/16Kissed receptionist Rachel Crooks on the mouth without her consent outside of an elevator at Trump Tower after recently marrying MelaniaAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets10/13/16Looked 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 Post10/12/16Grabbed 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!"Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets10/12/16Pushed 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 marriageConfided in a work colleague the next day10/12/16Barged 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 themselvesCorroborated by