The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 101 - 150 of 925 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
  • City Council Member Matthew Reilly [R-RI]
    Passed out in his car in a parking lot after consuming crack cocaine laced with fentanyl and was later found to have two crack pipes and "white rock-like" substance in his possession when police arrived to check on him after a concerned citizen reported that it looked like he was choking and exhibiting signs of an overdose
    15 May 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Incessantly called his aide Noelle Dunphy 306 times over a two-week period -- 103 of which were made in back-to-back days -- to keep tabs on her and make sure she wasn't speaking to anyone without his explicit approval
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Discussed classified and sensitive information with Donald Trump on speakerphone while his aide could hear and gave the same aide unfettered access to his email accounts that also contained confidential and highly sensitive information
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Coerced his staffer Noelle Dunphy into having sex with him multiple times and to participate in BDSM sex acts -- often after she was unable to consent due to being intoxicated -- and creepily told her that he thinks of her "as my daughter" while they were having sex
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy undress for him during almost all of their videoconferences during which he often pleasured himself under a bed sheet
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy to work "naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them" that he purchased for her to wear when she was in the office and also when she worked from home remotely
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Forced staffer Noelle Dunphy to perform oral sex multiple times including while he was on the speakerphone with Trump and once after pulling out his erect penis saying he couldn't get any work done until "you take care of this"
    15 May 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
  • Aide Vish Burra
    Tweeted numerous vulgar and menacing posts falsely insinuating that an investigative reporter wanted to have sex with him by writing posts like she "couldn't keep her eyes off me!" and that he thinks "she wants me to hit her with something else" -- a not-so-subtle reference to having sex with her -- over a series of targeted Tweets towards her
    12 May 2023
    According to a report by The Daily Beaast
  • Gov. Greg Abbott [R-TX]
    Pressured the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles to fast-track the pardon approval process of a convicted murderer who killed a peaceful protester in a move the DA trying the case called "deeply troubling"
    12 May 2023
    According to a statement from the Governor that asked the Board to review the case
  • Violated federal law by asserting he had upwards of $5 million in assets that didn't actually exist on financial disclosure forms he submitted during his 2022 run for Congress which makes you wonder why someone would falsely report having assets that didn't actually exist
    10 May 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Objectified an aide to press secretary Stephanie Grisham by having her sent to his office aboard Air Force One so that he and other men could "look at her ass", which concerned Grisham to the point that she made sure the staffer was never alone with Trump again because she was "really nervous about what could happen"
    10 May 2023
    According to firsthand accounts by Stephanie Grisham in an interview with CNN
  • Illegally received over $24,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from New York while he was still employed making a $120,000 salary at his job in Florida and then later hypocritically signed on as a top cosigner of a House bill meant to recover these ill-gotten funds
    10 May 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [R]
    Failed to report $100,000 in secret payments his wife accepted from a rightwing organization who filed a legal brief arguing to strike down a major part of the Voting Rights Act after which he joined a 5-4 majority doing just that
    04 May 2023
    According to an investigative report by The Washington Post
  • Herschel Walker [2022 GOP GA Senator Nominee]
    Defrauded a donor who gave him $535,200 to use on his campaign which he diverted to his personal business accounts instead and broke campaign finance laws by not disclosing it in a scheme multiple campaign finance experts called “unprecedented,” “stunning,” and “jaw-dropping”
    03 May 2023
    According to an exclusive investigative report by The Daily Beast
  • Steven Crowder [Blaze Media Podcaster]
    Exposed his penis to his co-host Dave Landau while he was seated at a conference table with other people in the room as a witness described as an attempted "power play" who later learned "this was something he did" and noted that if any other manager did something like this it would be "national news"
    02 May 2023
    According to ten former employees who spoke exclusively with The New York Post
  • Steven Crowder [Blaze Media Podcaster]
    Exposed his penis to a male staff member seemingly out of the blue while they were filming a video in a screening room
    02 May 2023
    According to ten former employees who spoke exclusively with The New York Post
  • Composed a large "oppo file" file of reportedly damaging information against fired host Tucker Carlson that documented allegations he operated a misogynist and toxic workplace environment and planned to publicly release some or all of their files if Carlson publicly attacked the network
    25 Apr 2023
    According to 8 Fox News sources who spoke exclusively with Rolling Stone
  • Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch [R]
    Didn't report that the person who purchased a large property he owned -- nine days after he was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice -- was the CEO of a major law firm that regularly argued for conservative causes before the Supreme Court
    25 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive report by Politico
  • Tucker Carlson [Fox News Host]
    Was abruptly fired by Fox News less than a week after the company settled a defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million likely because explicitly racist text messages he wrote that were found during the discovery process were so damning they had no choice but to settle
    24 Apr 2023
    According to a public statement released by Fox News
  • Influencer Ali Alexander
    Solicited nude pictures from a 15-year-old boy by promising him that he'll share his "entire network" of right-wing friends with the aspiring young activist if he complied
    20 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
  • State Rep. Scotty Campbell [R-TN]
    Told a college-aged legislative intern that he fantasized about her and a female friend "performing sexual acts" on each other and habitually sexually harassed her so badly that thousands of taxpayer dollars were used to help relocate her as she lived in the apartment building as him
    20 Apr 2023
    According to a report by the bipartisan state House Ethics Subcommittee
  • Activist Ammon Bundy
    Smeared a Boise, Idaho, hospital by falsely accusing them of kidnapping a neglected baby and engaging in “child trafficking” which spurned his zealot followers to force a lockdown that rerouted incoming ambulances to other hospitals which the hospital sued him for $50,000
    19 Apr 2023
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the hospital and a warrant issued for his arrest
  • Settled a lawsuit with Dominion Voting Systems for $787.5 million for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories about their voting machines which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brand
    18 Apr 2023
    According to court records and public reporting by mainstream outlets
  • GOP Donor Kent Stermon
    Coerced a teenage girl into showing him her breasts in order to get VIP Taylor Swift concert tickets he supposedly had then offered to pay the girl's father thousands of dollars to stay quiet
    18 Apr 2023
    According to a police report filed by local officials after he committed suicide
  • Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH]
    Pressured a sexual abuse victim's elderly parents to convince their son to retract his accusation that he knew about rampant sexual abuse by a team doctor he worked with and turned a blind eye to it for years
    17 Apr 2023
    According to an investigative report by The New York Times
  • Influencer Ali Alexander
    Asked a 17-year-old boy to send him a picture of his penis by texting "show me ur [eggplant emjoi]" and replying "Omg d*ck" when the boy asked what the emoji meant
    17 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
  • State Rep. Will Dismukes [R-AL]
    Stole $32,000 from the Veterans Administration Hospital in Montgomery, $4,800 from a local Alabama city hall and more than $2,500 worth of flooring materials and construction materials from his previous employer over a yearslong period
    14 Apr 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • State Rep. Bryan Slaton [R-TX]
    Provided a 19-year-old legislative intern and her friends with a "lot of alcohol" at an apartment he rented separate from his wife and kids when the legislature was in session and then had unprotected sex with her which a Republican-led investigation determined was tantamount to rape because his victim "could not effectively consent to intercourse" due to the influence of alcohol, and also because she very likely would have said no as it was her first time having sex
    14 Apr 2023
    According to an official complaint filed against Slaton and exclusively reported by The Texas Tribune
  • Harvest Bible Chapel Televangelist James MacDonald
    Physically attacked a 59-year-old woman after striking her car in a parking lot in an unprovoked attack which caused serious enough injuries that she had to be hospitalized
    13 Apr 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [R]
    Didn't report the proceeds from the sale of family property to conservative donor Harlan Crow -- who then allowed Thomas's mother to continue living at rent-free for years -- on his public disclosure records as required by law
    13 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica
  • Tennessee House Republicans
    Infighting resulted in one unknown Republican house member urinating on a chair in the legislative office of fellow state Rep. Rick Tillis [R] while a small group of operatives watched presumably in retaliation to his operation of an anonymous Twitter account which posted negative gossip about fellow Republicans he disliked
    08 Apr 2023
    According to multiple eyewitness reports and confirmed by mainstream outlets
  • State Rep. Rick Johnson [R-MI]
    Accepted $110,200 in cash and other bribes including chartered flights from a businessman and two lobbyists in exchange for approving their medical marijuana business licenses during his time as chair of Michigan's marijuana licensing board
    06 Apr 2023
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Tennessee House Republicans
    Expelled Democratic State Representatives Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for a one-time rules infraction on the house floor during a gun safety protest whereas only two other members were expelled in the past 150 years for much worse offenses of bribery and sexual harassment
    06 Apr 2023
  • Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas [R]
    Secretly took luxurious trips over a twenty-year period without disclosing they were paid by ultra-wealthy conservative donor Harlan Crow which included multiple private jet flights, lavish vacations aboard a 162-foot mega yacht, and luxury accommodations at resorts throughout the world
    06 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica
  • Rupert Murdoch [Fmr. Fox News CEO]
    Had an affair with business executive Wendi Deng and divorced his wife of 30 years to marry her
    05 Apr 2023
    According to an exclusive interview his ex-wife gave to New York magazine
  • John Couch [2022 IN GOP Mayor Candidate]
    Loaded his truck with stolen large scrap metal objects including an air conditioner, furnace, and water heater (the latter of which a police officer caught him loading into his truck) from the dumpster area of a heating and cooling company which had signs posted in multiple areas explicitly stating that "all materials in and around dumpster is property" of the company
    05 Apr 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • County Clerk Karen Phillips [R-TX]
    Aided her son in his attempt to avoid getting arrested by the police following a traffic stop gone awry
    05 Apr 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Baselessly accused a wide swath of election officials and everyday citizens of a myriad of election crimes without any evidence while he himself committed actual election crimes like pressuring the Georgia Secretary of State to throw out thousands of legally cast ballots, making illegal campaign finance payments to cover up sex scandals and inciting an insurrection against the US Government to overturn Joe Biden's decisive election victory
    30 Mar 2023
    According to reporting by numerous outlets over a yearslong period
  • State Rep. Dean Davis [R-OK]
    Drunkenly told police officers they had no idea “how bad you messed up" and claimed they "cannot detain" him because he was a state representative after getting arrested for ignoring repeated commands to leave a bar that had closed at 2am and could no longer have alcohol consumed on the premises
    25 Mar 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • David Truax
    Physically assaulted his estranged wife resulting in charges and a restraining order against him, which he promptly violated by going to her home, injuring her and damaging her property
    25 Mar 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • State Comptroller Richard Eckstrom [R-SC]
    Misreported $3.5 billion that did not exist in South Carolina's yearly financial report due to a coding error that compounded for 15 years while he was in charge during which he once brandished an "Accounting for Dummies" book at a talk for new employees for dramatic effect and may explain why he ignored repeated warnings by auditors and waited five years to approve a recommended full review that finally uncovered the problem
    23 Mar 2023
    According to an investigative report by South Carolina representatives that resulted in his resignation
  • Intentionally lied to his own attorneys about his knowledge of any classified documents in his possession which resulted in his lawyer unwittingly submitting a false sworn certification of that fact to federal investigators
    22 Mar 2023
    According to multiple sources and reported on by multiple major outlets
  • GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]
    Had cocaine in his possession when police arrested him for an unrelated offense
    16 Mar 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Accepted two loans totaling $8 million for Trump Media from a shadowy entity closely associated with Russian oligarchs at the same time the company was on the verge of dissolution for lack of funding
    15 Mar 2023
    According to multiple sources in an investigative report by The Guardian
  • Commissioner Brian McAllister [R-MI]
    Drove in a way that state police pulled him over on suspicion of drunk driving resulting in his arrest after they determined he was under the influence
    14 Mar 2023
    According to arrest records filed by local police
  • State Rep. Jeffrey Greeson [R-NH]
    Violently swiped at and verbally accosted a snowplow driver for doing his job
    11 Mar 2023
    According to charging documents filed by local police and corroborated by video footage taken by the victim
  • Commissioner Brian McAllister [R-MI]
    Was pulled over on suspicion of drunk driving and had a BAC more than twice the legal limit of 0.17 after submitting to a breathalyzer test
    10 Mar 2023
    According to arrest records filed by local police