The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 201 - 300 of 1962 Scandals
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Tom KleinhelterSheriff [R-IN]
4/09/26Stole nearly $17k in taxpayer funds to buy plane tickets to Dubai, grills and Visa gift cards, falsely deputized his wife to cover her travel expenses and then lied about it when confronted by state officials
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Thomas LohmannCity Council Member [R-NY]
4/09/26Violently assaulted a fellow town council member in the jaw, neck and shoulder during a closed-door meeting so badly that his victim required an MRI on four different parts of his body
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tina KorenTax Collector [R-PA]
4/08/26Abused her power to issue fake tax bills and secretly photograph her neighbors who built a greenhouse to feed the homeless
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brian YoumansFmr. Orange County Young Republicans Co Chairs
4/08/26Lied on an application about a prior felony conviction in order to illegally purchase a rifle at a local gun show
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Earl McMahanCounty Commissioner [R-TN]
4/07/26Crashed into a ditch and was so drunk that police didn't even bother giving him sobriety tests because he couldn't stand up straight to take any in the first place and also had a handgun on him in violation of a state law prohibiting people under the influence from carrying their firearm while also hypocritically being a member of the county Beer Board
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rachel AlexanderSocial Media Influencer
4/07/26Swerved all over the road and ran a red light before police pulled her over, noticed her wine-stained lips & arrested her for "extreme DUI" with a BAC of nearly three times the legal limit of .23 while she berated them & repeatedly botched the sheriff's name in an attempt to dodge arrest
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mike RaitaRegional Director
4/06/26Stole $236k from the International Motorsports Hall of Fame over a five-year period and used the stolen funds to buy vintage cars for himself and his wife
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tony GonzalesU.S. Representative [R-TX]
4/06/26Pestered a second campaign aide for sex and pleaded for her to give him nude photos of her over a dozen times in three days and wouldn't stop even after she repeatedly declined his advances
According to an exclusive report by the San Antonio Express-News -
Chad DesormeauxFmr. School Board Member
4/05/26Stole so much merchandise in the self-checkout lane over multiple visits at a Super One Foods grocery store that he was charged with a felony
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dominic CapobiancoCity Council President
3/31/26Spent nearly $2,500 in taxpayer money to gas up his family vehicles and portable red containers using his city-issued credit card
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brenda EldridgeFmr. Cumberland County GOP Chair
3/31/26Funneled $25k by acting as a straw donor to illegally pay Michael Flynn to appear at a Republican fundraiser
According to a formal complaint filed by North Carolina campaign finance watchdog Bob Hall and backed up by sworn affidavits from five Cumberland County GOP operatives and politicians -
Brody HarshbargerFish and Game Commissioner
3/31/26Shot at elk from inside a car and illegally killed two animals on private and federal land without a valid hunting tag
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Brian HyattAR Medical Board Chair
3/30/26Orchestrated a four-year kidnapping conspiracy in which he abducted at least 27 psychiatric patients and kept them in his facility by force-feeding them mind-altering controlled substances to maintain their compliance and subjected them to horrific physical abuse including having a staff member break a patient's collarbone all so he could bill Medicaid for his supposed therapeutic services
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Forrest WolfeMike Dunleavy Legislative Aide
3/30/26Nearly caused a crash in downtown Juneau and then exhibited a strong odor of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James AppelFmr. Finance Chairs [R]
3/30/26Stole a staggering $200,000 from a state lawmaker's campaign account while serving as her treasurer in order to refinance a loan on his 65-foot yacht
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
James McCordCounty Council Member
3/27/26Drunkenly drove his vehicle directly into a hospital ambulance bay and proceeded to get belligerent with hospital security
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Elizabeth JohnsonCampaign Treasurer
3/26/26Stole $32k from her own father's state senate campaign to secretly cover expenses for her failing business
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Ben BrownCounty Commissioner [R-TN]
3/25/26Orchestrated a staggering $1.5 million fake check fraud scheme by ruthlessly exploiting an elderly adult over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John RevellaCounty Commissioner [R-NY]
3/25/26Hid $1.1M in personal income by cashing 1,700 checks from his law firm's client trust account in an attempt to avoid paying nearly $400k in federal taxes over a four-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Harry WaitActivist [R]
3/25/26Illegally received the absentee ballots of Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason by exploiting a flaw in the state voting portal
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kendra DuggarConservative Celebrity
3/21/26Endangered the welfare of her children and falsely imprisoned them behind locked doors discovered during a police welfare check following her husband's arrest for sexually abusing a minor
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
George MargetasState Rep. Candidate
3/19/26Illegally drove into oncoming traffic and then backed his SUV into another car before completely fleeing the crash scene so he could drop his kid off at school
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Emily CookDistrict Attorney Candidate
3/18/26Was charged with the misapplication of fiduciary or financial property while serving on a county Housing Authority Board and later violated her bond conditions by attempting to meet with an individual she was prohibited from speaking to
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/18/26Groped a minor boy that he had gotten drunk after they fell asleep, tried to block him from leaving once he woke up and was later found to have planned to rape him had he not successfully escaped
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Joseph DuggarConservative Celebrity
3/18/26Repeatedly lured a 9-year-old girl under a blanket to sexually assault her during a family vacation before confessing his horrifying actions on a recorded phone call with the victims' father
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Dan McKeonFmr. State Senator [R-NE]
3/18/26Groped a woman's buttocks during a party at a local country club while also being a married father of four
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Thomas PellegrinoSchool Board Member [R-NJ]
3/16/26Drunkenly drove through several lawns, ran into two cars and then crashed through the wall of a house and barely missed hitting a sleeping teenager
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joshua NassLobbyist [R]
3/14/26Paid an enforcer to kidnap and assault a former client's son over an unpaid debt he owed for helping him secure a pardon from Donald Trump
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Harvey WestDistrict GOP Chair
3/11/26
According to an exclusive report by local journalist Tom Fiedler with the Asheville Watchdog -
Leo BlundoNye County GOP Chair
3/11/26Stole over $500k in COVID-relief funds by wildly inflating his restaurant's payroll and number of employees who worked for him on applications
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Lee Ann ReiterMayor [R-WY]
3/10/26Weaved in and out of her lane around 2am, didn't signal when she made a righthand turn, failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC over twice the legal limit
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Marion ThornberryCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
3/10/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Gloria NiedbalskiCounty Appraiser
3/09/26Impersonated a neighbor to send police and child services to a political rival's home at 1 a.m. with fake reports of abandoned children as revenge for a lost vote
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jake LangU.S. Senate Candidate
3/06/26Destroyed a $6k anti-ICE sculpture created by US veterans on the front steps of the Minnesota State Capitol and idiotically posted a video of himself committing the crime on his social media account
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joe CrimCounty Commissioner [R-NV]
3/06/26Illegally killed a black bear inside a closed area with the help of an unlicensed guide and had the audacity to post with its carcass afterwards
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tony GonzalesU.S. Representative [R-TX]
3/04/26Had an affair with a subordinate staffer who he rewarded with a massive raise and bonus leaving her earning thousands more than her colleagues while also being an unabashed married "family values" Republican with six children
According to a press release by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee announcing a formal investigation into Rep. Gonzales -
Jake LangU.S. Senate Candidate
3/02/26
According to charging documents by federal officials -
Gerald CouchSheriff [R-GA]
3/01/26Drunkenly swerved his taxpayer-funded SUV around 10am and had a strong odor of alcohol which later was found to be nearly three times the legal limit and exhibited a number of other obvious signs of impairment after his own deputy pulled him over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Theodore HambyFmr. City Council Member
2/27/26Illegally used a taxpayer-funded credit card for personal purchases at a convenience store and then blatantly lied to state investigators when he was confronted about the purchases
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Chad StewartCounty Commissioner Candidate
2/27/26Smashed his Corvette into a stopped school bus carrying children and then shockingly fled the scene instead of making sure everyone was safe
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Sherry Xue LiDonor [R]
2/27/26Stole more than $30 million from at least 150 foreign investors over a yearslong period by falsely promising them green cards and a pathway to US citizenship and used the money to fund a lavish lifestyle and pay for illegal campaign contributions to Republican politicians
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Caleb SlaterFmr. State Sen. Nominee
2/26/26Stole almost $250,000 in taxpayer money by bribing straw donors with Visa gift cards to fraudulently secure public campaign funds and funnel the cash directly into an LLC he controlled
According to a notice of enforcement from the New York Public Campaign Finance Board who fined him $286,052 in penalties and repayments -
Jacy ToddGov. Candidate [R-NE]
2/25/26Illegally notarized medical marijuana petitions for a fraudster who forged signatures from a phone book and then lied about it under oath when confronted
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Anthony CostanzaCounty Commissioner Candidate
2/24/26Decreased his home’s assessed value in an apparent attempt to illegally lower his taxes by taking advantage of his position as town assessor
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Aaron GleasonThe Daily Wire Blogger
2/24/26Inappropriately 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 -
Christopher GriecoFmr. Trump Lawyer
2/23/26Violently struck his hockey opponent in the head with a hockey stick and then continued to pummel him until other players intervened
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
2/23/26Funneled at least $268,932 worth of campaign contributions into his personal accounts which he used to fund trips to Las Vegas, Napa Valley and other locations by creating a sham charity called the “United Latino Foundation” and enlisting his mother and close friend to help him launder the money
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Wesley DingusFmr. Mayor [R-OH]
2/20/26Repeatedly smelled a teenage girl's worn underwear inside her bedroom and was caught on a hidden camera she installed after suspecting he was violating her privacy
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Craig ValdezGeorge Rauscher Legislative Aide
2/20/26Coerced and sexually exploited at least eleven girls as young as 13-years-old to give him CSAM by grooming them on social media
2/20/26Lured a 15-year-old girl to his home and got her blackout drunk to sexually exploit her but her mother tracked them down and punched him in the face to rescue her
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Greg SmithState Representative
2/16/26Broke state ethics laws by illegally sneaking a retroactive $66k salary increase into a federal grant application and then refused to repay the money after getting caught
According to an exclusive report by The Oregonian -
Becky HoodFmr. County Commissioner
2/16/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
2/16/26Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jail
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John CesaroCounty Commissioner [R-NJ]
2/14/26Accepted at least $10k in cash stuffed in an envelope and $2,350 worth of checks from a business executive turned government informant he promised to make tax counsel for the county and award government contracts to
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Doug NarosFmr. County Commissioner
2/13/26Illegally charged taxpayers for automotive work on his personal vehicle, a 100-gallon fuel tank & over $1k worth of gravel for his home driveway
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ryan JenksFmr. State Rep. Nominee
2/13/26Sexually abused a 12-year-old girl who was receiving care at the mental health clinic he owned multiple times over a yearlong period
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David JohnsonWasatch County GOP Chair
2/11/26Waterboarded his teenage daughter in a bathroom sink as punishment for not cleaning her room to his spotless expectations
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joseph WalkerFmr. Columnist
2/10/26Solicited sex with who he thought was a 14-year-old girl but was instead an undercover police officer and also sent her inappropriate images of himself at least twice while also being self-proclaimed "family values" conservative who once authored a weekly nationally syndicated column that discussed the topic
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jesse HockenburyCity Council Member [R-KY]
2/02/26Subjected a student to unwanted sexual contact while working as a staff member at the victim's high school
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Bill CarnsFmr. Nye County GOP Chair
2/02/26Distributed CSAM and was found with a stash of illegal short-barreled rifles and 'ghost guns' when police conducted a search of his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Tifany AdamsCimarron County GOP Chair
2/02/26Kidnapped and murdered her ex-daughter-in-law and a pastor's wife and then stuffed their bodies in a freezer which was buried beneath a cow pasture with the help of three other members of an anti-government group over a custody dispute involving her grandchildren
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Manuel BarrazaFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
1/30/26Solicited sexual favors from a female defendant & accepted cash bribes to fix cases while serving as a criminal judge
According to charging documents filed by Federal officials -
James KyrkanidesRep Wesley Hunt Chief of Staff
1/28/26
According to an exclusive report by Politico -
Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]
1/28/26Possessed and distributed felony images of underage girls as an administrator of an online child pornography group
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael KamfoltActivist [R]
1/26/26Stockpiled a secret bunker accessed by a 100-ft tunnel with 13 illegal guns including a machine gun, body armor and 10k rounds of ammo, which were all found after police executed a search warrant to shut down his illegal marijuana grow operation
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brandon BarreraJustice of the Peace
1/25/26Physically fought with a Walmart loss prevention employee and was found with a baggie of drugs on him when police arrived
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Patrick AtenCity Secretary
1/21/26Created fake personas including stealing the identity of an active-duty soldier to criminally harass his replacement in city government
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Michael CrainCity Council Member [R-TX]
1/18/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
William KendallState Judge [R-UT]
1/15/26Groped 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 -
A.J. RodenbergFmr. Sheriff [R-OH]
1/14/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
RJ MayFmr. State Representative
1/14/26Shared and exchanged nearly 500 felony media depicting very young children being sexually abused to a social messaging platform in a matter of mere days while also being a married father of young children who is a self-proclaimed "family values" Christian
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Lori Chavez-DeRemerLabor Secretary [R]
1/12/26Ordered her top aides to create fake official work trips to justify travel that was actually for personal reasons including to go on rendezvous with a staffer she reportedly had an extramarital affair with and to visit family and friends on the taxpayer's dime
1/12/26Illegally used taxpayer funds to travel to a Las Vegas casino for her niece’s 40th birthday party by disguising the trip as official business
According to an exclusive report by The New York Post -
Bubba RileyFmr. County Commissioner
1/08/26
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jason BoultonSheriff [R-TX]
1/08/26According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Austin SmithFmr. State Representative
1/06/26Forged "rows" of voter names, addresses and signatures on petitions he filed to qualify for the 2024 Republican primary in Arizona while also championing himself as an "election integrity warrior" who routinely espoused voter fraud conspiracy theories
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Frank MylarFmr. AG Candidate [R-UT]
1/04/26Offered his competitor for State AG a job at the office if he agreed to drop out of the race and endorse him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Zak XSocial Media Influencer
12/30/25Forcefully "uppercut" punched an unsuspecting male who was peacefully protesting outside a local ICE facility multiple times after approaching him from behind and attacking him without warning
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Amanda DeVosCounty Treasurer [R-IA]
12/29/25Illegally obtained license plates without paying the required $758 fee and then altered public records to make it appear she paid it
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Richard BennettCity Council Member [R-NJ]
12/19/25Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening manner
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rob MinardFmr. Lee Chatfield Chief of Staff
12/17/25Conspired with his wife Anne to steal $525,000 from social welfare charities and political action committees they had close access to because of their work relationship with then-state house speaker Lee Chatfield through erroneous reimbursements, double billing, false expenditures and record manipulation
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
William WaggonerState Judge [R-TX]
12/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Connley LittonCounty Clerk Candidate
12/12/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nick AfricanoCounty Treasurer [R-IL]
12/08/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mike FoleyCounty Clerk
12/08/25Steered public contracts to his personal connections and illegally took a financial interest in those contracts, helped others do the same and pressed public employees for campaign contributions while engaging in partisan political activity banned in his office
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mitch CurtisCounty Commissioner [R-TX]
12/04/25Falsely claimed to be a police officer and also used his influence as county commissioner to illegally coerce his neighbor to stop firing guns on his own property
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Patty SchuhState Commissioner [R-IL]
12/01/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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11/29/25Pardoned a private equity executive who was convicted of defrauding thousands of victims out of $1.6 billion less than two weeks into his seven-year sentence
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
11/28/25Committed a war crime when he ordered U.S. forces to kill survivors of a strike on an alleged drug-smuggling boat
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post

