The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 201 - 300 of 1733 Scandals
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]
6/03/25Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom
According to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General -
Philip MoranFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
5/30/25Unsuccessfully tried to bribe an underage male victim of his son's sexual assault to keep him from having to face any legal consequences for his actions
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jenkins FranklinJustice of the Peace
5/29/25Threatened a defendant that "dead men can't testify" and pressured him to accept a plea deal that he didn't want to agree to during a phone call with him two days before his court date
5/29/25Coerced the chief clerk for his office into signing a false affidavit in an attempt to skirt accountability in a civil lawsuit he was involved with
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Richard BennettCity Council Member [R-NJ]
5/28/25Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening manner
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5/28/25Raped and trafficked at least three women in the United Kingdom over a yearslong period and was charged by UK authorities over ten years after his reported crimes
According to charging documents filed by UK officials -
Nancy MarksFmr. George Santos Treasurer
5/28/25Conspired with disgraced former Congressman George Santos to submit fraudulent campaign finance reports that falsely asserted he had loaned his campaign $500,000 because it made him look wealthier than he actually was and helped him get donor funding he very likely otherwise wouldn't have received
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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5/27/25Pardoned convicted felon Paul Walczak and spared him from serving any of his 18-month prison sentence or having to pay a penny of his nearly $4.4 million fine mere days after his mother attended a $1 million per person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago
Pardoned convicted fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley who illegally obtained over $30 million in improper loans and failed to pay any taxes on it mere months into their multi-year sentences
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Janssen WillhoitFmr. State Representative
5/26/25Physically assaulted someone in his household and was arrested by the police after they determined he was at fault
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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5/26/25Pardoned former MAGA sheriff Scott Jenkins who was convicted of accepting over $75k in bribes the day before he was set to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Jason KimbleState Judge [R-NC]
5/23/25Hit another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit with his young daughter in the car during the middle of a workday and then tried to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he was a judge and named police officers he personally knew
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Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/21/25Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her out and then fled to Thailand in a failed attempt to escape justice
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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5/20/25Pardoned a man who was still facing charges over his alleged role in the 1/6 insurrection who at the time of his pardon was under indictment for being caught with multiple firearms and ammunition near President Obama’s D.C. residence and for making a hoax bomb threat
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Cade CothrenGlen Casada Chief of Staff
5/16/25Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor
According to charging documents filed in federal court -
Glen CasadaFmr. House Speaker [R-TN]
5/16/25Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Rebecca HillCounty Clerk [R-SC]
5/15/25Gave access to sealed evidence during the infamous Murdaugh murder trial, lied about doing so under oath and used her position to promote a book about it which almost led to a mistrial.
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David CokerFmr. Legislative Aide
5/15/25Embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money meant for a development he never intended to build and used the money to purchase four vehicles, gold, silver and platinum bars, and to pay off personal debts
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Amy TarkanianFmr. Nevada GOP Chair
5/14/25Passed out in her car while idling in the middle of the road and then crashed into a parked vehicle after an officer woke her up and was taken to the hospital for observation because her BAC was over three times the legal limit
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Rodney CreechState Representative
5/13/25Allegedly climbed into his teenage daughter's bed with an erection and wearing only his underwear, but his personal friend the county sheriff deliberately buried the allegations without ever opening an investigation or filing a police report
According to an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) probe and text messages provided to the county sheriff by the daughter's stepfather -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
5/08/25Rammed his car into a vehicle stopped at a red light injuring the person inside and exhibited obvious signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, dilated pupils and unsteadiness on his feet when police arrived, responded with "lawyer" each of the many times he was asked to take a field sobriety test and resisted arrest by trying to pull away from officers handcuffing him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Arlene SwineyTax Collector [R-TX]
5/06/25Illegally put pressure on a government official to reassess their decision on a property appraisal she had an interest in
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
5/05/25Illegally contacted a witness he was ordered to refrain from speaking with and was ordered to be held behind bars until he was sentenced for a separate crime he pled guilty to
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jovanté TeagueFlorida GOP Co Chairs
5/01/25Had an illicit sexual relationship with a female inmate at the jail he worked at which in no way could have been considered consensual considering the power imbalance between the two
5/01/25
According to an exclusive report by the Miami Herald -
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4/30/25Pardoned a man who had yet to serve a single day of his 54-month federal prison sentence for assaulting US Capitol police officers and a press photographer on 1/6 while he was also awaiting sentencing for reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for intentionally driving the wrong way on an Illinois highway in what he testified was a failed suicide attempt
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
James BurlandLobbyist [R]
4/30/25Possessed 565 felony images of prepubescent children as young as twelve-years-old on his electronic devices
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Scott HopesFmr. County Administrator
4/28/25Stole at least $12,779 in county taxpayer funds by submitting false timecards for overtime pay he wasn't entitled to and then erased official records from his county-issued phone before he resigned in an attempt to cover his tracks
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kenneth NailFmr. St. Lucie GOP Chair
4/28/25Smuggled illegal prescription drugs, cell phones & phone chargers into a prison by concealing everything within a set of glued-together legal documents that he passed through a prison fence to an inmate on the inside
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David WhitmireCounty Commissioner [R-TX]
4/25/25Sexually assaulted a woman who also refused to have sex with him in exchange for money and political help in a child custody dispute
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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4/25/25Pardoned convicted felon and former Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore who was found guilty of stealing over $70k from a police charity meant for an officer killed in the line of duty before she ever had to face any type of judgement for her crimes
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John JessupCounty Commissioner [R-IN]
4/25/25Sexually assaulted his own daughter whom he got so intoxicated on an extremely potent alcoholic drink on her 21st birthday that she had to be taken to her hotel room in a wheelchair so he could violate her
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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4/25/25Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for Congress
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael CoxFmr. Sheriff [R-TX]
4/24/25Solicited a prostitute in a sting operation where he negotiated a price for sex over the Internet but was arrested by undercover police officers when he arrived at the hotel room they sent him to
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/20/25Shared classified details of military strikes against Yemen to a group chat he created that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer
According to an exclusive report by the New York Times -
Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
4/20/25Illegally pocketed at least $28,000 from hundreds of people who paid her roughly $150 each for her to select them as poll workers over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Kevin HensleyState Representative
4/16/25Crashed into another vehicle causing it to roll over multiple times resulting in injuries to the victim's hands, face and chest that required hospitalization while pulling out of a gas station driving under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police after he submitted to a breathalyzer test that found he had a BAC nearly twice the legal limit
Was pulled over for suspected DUI and later convicted of an "alcohol-related reckless driving" offense
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nate PaulConservative Businessman
4/16/25Fraudulently inflated his assets by tens of millions of dollars and grossly underreported his liabilities by millions more to financial institutions on multiple loan applications which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that otherwise wouldn't have been approved and then lied to authorities when they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Devan SeabaughState Representative
4/15/25Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcohol
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Eva RoyerHood County GOP Chair
4/10/25Fraudulently listed a vacation rental she didn't live at as her official address on campaign filings
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Aaron ClemonsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
4/09/25Robbed a gas station at knifepoint & threatened to kill the employee if they didn't comply with his demands
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kimberly MaynardFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived there
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jan KingFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived there
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
William KendallState Judge [R-UT]
4/02/25Groped an inebriated woman who had just consumed highly potent (and illegal) THC that he gave her following a night out drinking
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Dan HalloranFmr. City Council Member
4/02/25Had roughly 1,000 videos depicting explicit sex acts involving prepubescent and underage girls saved on his phone and tablet which he quickly admitted to ownership of after US Customs officials flagged him for a secondary inspection when his flight arrived in the US
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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3/31/25Quietly commuted the sentence of convicted felon Jason Galanis who still had over 10 years left in his prison sentence for his role in a massive fraud against Native American tribes as an apparent reward for his politicized testimony against Hunter Biden to House Republicans
According to news reports from credible media outlets -






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3/29/25
According to a police report and civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
Sheff GConservative Musician [R]
3/27/25Led a criminal gang responsible for numerous shooting deaths in Brooklyn and awarded money, jewelry and fine dining to game members for the crimes they committed
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Blake CozzensFmr. Iron County GOP Treasurer
3/27/25Stole over $2.1 million from clients whose property he managed over a series of at least 19 wire transfers, checks and in-person withdrawals and deposited the money into two bank accounts he owned
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jacob DobbsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
3/26/25Filed a false police report that accused his girlfriend of stealing his car when she had legal possession of it the entire time
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/26/25Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
3/24/25Shared highly classified operational details about a pending military strike against Yemen to a group chat with other top Administration officials on an unsecured app
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
John RatcliffeCIA Director
3/24/25Included the name of an undercover CIA agent in a group chat on an unsecured publicly available app which potentially could have exposed her identity to our adversaries if they were spying on the conversation
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
3/24/25Inexplicably included a prominent journalist to a group chat that included the Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State and other high-ranking Trump Adm. officials on a publicly available app that discussed highly classified war plans against a foreign adversary
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
Jesse LawClark County GOP Chair
3/21/25Installed GPS tracking devices on his ex-fiancée's cell phone and on the undercarriage of her car to monitor her movements
According to charging documents by local officials -
Scott JenkinsSheriff [R-VA]
3/21/25Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people official deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permit
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
3/20/25
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Justin EichornFmr. State Senator [R-MN]
3/20/25Solicited sex with who he thought was a 17-year-old girl after exchanging multiple sexually explicit texts and was arrested by police when he showed up at their agreed-upon rendezvous point while also being a married father with four children
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jarrin JacksonFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/14/25Was found liable for $4M in damages for falsely portraying a Republican political consultant who was affiliated with his primary opponent's campaign as a felon who tried to steal an election
According to a ruling issued by the presiding judge -
Eddie LauFmr. Campaign Manager [R]
3/13/25Spread fake political endorsements with the intent to harm another politician's prospects in a local election over a series of online posts and advertisements
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Marion ThornberryCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
3/13/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John RaymondPastor [R]
3/13/25Suffocated a student who was only 4 years old to the point that they "went limp" and taped at least five additional students' mouths shut simply because they were talking during class during his time as headmaster of a Christian school he founded
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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3/12/25Quietly pardoned disgraced former state Sen. and MAGA diehard Brian Kelsey mere days into his 21-month sentence for campaign finance fraud
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Kevin ChristensenFmr. State Judge [R-UT]
3/11/25Exchanged felony media with numerous underage girls as young as 13 years old and engaged in highly sexualized chats with a number of underage girls that depicted explicit sex acts involving children
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Patrick GehoDir. of Public Relations
3/11/25Solicited a prostitute online and was arrested by police conducting sting operations combating human trafficking
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John SweeneyCity Council Member [R-WI]
3/11/25Drove over a raised curb and drunkenly passed out in his car with the engine running in a Taco Bell parking lot around midnight, couldn't tell responding officers where he came from or where he lived, refused a breathalyzer test and was caught with a firearm on his person in violation of state law
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Hayden HaynesMike Johnson Chief of Staff
3/05/25Drunkenly backed into a U.S. Capitol vehicle around midnight shortly after Trump spoke to a joint session of Congress
According to a report filed by US Capitol police -
Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
3/05/25Raped and sexually assaulted numerous children including at least one prepubescent child over a decadelong period and documented many of his heinous and depraved acts in 100+ videos and images that he recorded
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Bob CampbellCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
3/04/25Passed out behind the wheel of his truck at a stop sign around midnight and was arrested after he failed a sobriety test and admitted to the arresting officer that he shouldn't have been driving
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/04/25Had a romantic relationship with at least two top military officials who frequently lobbied on behalf of the military to the Senate Armed Services Committee of which she was a member
According to an exclusive report by Pro Publica -
Tony DaneActivist [R]
2/28/25Threatened to file a false police report accusing former Nevada state rep Chris Edwards of asking for a $10k bribe unless he changed his vote for the state assembly speaker Dane wanted to win
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ed MartinActing U.S. Attorney
2/24/25Overruled D.C. police who wanted to charge MAGA Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL] with physically assaulting his 27-year-old paramour and refused to sign an arrest warrant they asked to execute against the Congressman
According to an exclusive report by NBC4 Washington -
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2/24/25Nominated conspiracy theorist and far-right podcaster Dan Bongino to be second in command at the FBI despite his scant qualifications for the powerful job other than being a Trump sycophant since the early days of his political career
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
2/21/25Grabbed and forcefully shoved his paramour out of a door leaving noticeable bruising on her arm and then tried to get her to lie to the police about how she got her injuries while also being married with two young children
According to an incident report released by the Washington DC police department -
Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair
2/21/25
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Gary ClarkFmr. Mayor [R-WA]
2/20/25Sexually assaulted a girl between 4 and 8 years old multiple times over a multiyear period when her family visited his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Andy StricklandFmr. Sheriff [R-SC]
2/19/25Slapped his girlfriend in the face, pulled her hair and then prevented her from calling the police while still serving probation for a prior domestic violence conviction
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott McMahanCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
2/15/25Lied about living in the district he was later elected to represent on candidacy forms that he swore under oath under were accurate
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
2/14/25Consumed crystal meth at a drug house he drove to in his marked police vehicle while dressed in uniform and then lied to federal investigators when they questioned him
According to charging documents filed by state and federal officials -
2/14/25Shared classified national security information about a confidential government agency that designs, builds and maintains America's intelligence satellites on a public website for all to see
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Zack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor
2/14/25Sexually assaulted his 8-year-old daughter who along with her siblings was granted an order of protection against him while authorities investigated the allegation further while still being married to his estranged wife
2/14/25Armed himself with a gun while experiencing what his aunt told police was a psychotic episode and got in a physical altercation with his minor children who wound up stabbing him twice to protect themselves and disarm him and was found to be in possession of thirty firearms and psychedelic mushrooms when police arrived
According to charging documents filed by state officials -


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2/13/25Groped another man's genitals while he gazed into his eyes after he was asked to leave a local bar because he was making people uncomfortable while also being married
According to seven eyewitnesses who witnessed Schlapp grope the victim -
Randall HallState Representative
2/13/25Forged signatures on at least ten campaign finance forms he submitted so he would qualify for taxpayer money to pay for his campaign
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
2/13/25Sent numerous unsolicited sexualized texts to former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson asking her for "sexual favors” which would have become public if she were subpoenaed to testify under oath so Republican Speaker Mike Johnson dispatched his top aide to prevent it from happening
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Tracy EllixsonCounty Commissioner [R-NC]
2/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Aaron GleasonThe Daily Wire Blogger
2/12/25Inappropriately hugged and grabbed the bottom of a female pupil who was under 12-years-old after she asked him for help on a school assignment while working as a teacher at a local Christian school
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Steve DeweeseFmr. County Commissioner
2/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
2/07/25Accepted $25,000 from a Russian national who actively promotes pro-Russian propaganda for his participation in a film where he vowed to “shut down the FBI headquarters building and open it up as a museum to the ‘deep state’” mere months before Trump nominated him to take over as FBI Director
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
2/07/25Brazenly violated House rules he voted in favor of by improperly having a Republican colleague cast two votes for him by proxy so he could skip town to participate in Bill Maher's "Real Time" show after he hypocritically spent years blasting Democrats for the process
According to an exclusive scoop first reported by Punchbowl News -
Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]
2/07/25Fraudulently received $30,120 in COVID unemployment benefits while he was still employed and concealed $54,700 in consulting fees he earned and "thousands of dollars in income" from the IRS when he filed his 2021 federal income taxes
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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2/06/25Pardoned a man who was convicted of assaulting police officers with bear spray and a metal whip on 1/6 just months into his 74-month prison sentence and later went on the run in an attempt to evade a warrant in Texas for soliciting a minor back in 2016
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Rob ChambersMayor Nominee [R-MS]
2/04/25Jumped out from hiding in his bushes and kicked a 13-year-old boy in the groin who played a "ring and run" prank on his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Todd RokitaAttorney General [R-IN]
1/31/25Reneged on an agreement he made to accept responsibility for his slanderous actions towards a medical doctor by publicly disavowing the very agreement he had signed which resulted in the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission recommending that he face civil charges of making false statements to the state Supreme Court
According to an official complaint filed by the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission -
Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
1/31/25Threatened a teenage victim he had been charged with sexually assaulting by calling him at least 8 times and warning him that he better "keep his f*cking mouth shut"
1/31/25Sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy he had communicated with via Snapchat after driving to his house in the middle of the night to pick him up and then assaulted the same boy again one year later
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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1/30/25Pardoned a man who had yet to be sentenced for felony destruction of property he caused during the 1/6 insurrection and who had recently been sentenced to 19 years in prison for sexually assaulting a seven-year-old
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
1/29/25Ordered the Pentagon's inspector general to launch a politicized investigation into the "conduct" of retired Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley despite their being no credible allegations of official or unofficial misconduct ever leveled against General Milley
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