The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 201 - 300 of 1506 Scandals
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Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
10/15/24
Fraudulently charged over $5 million on personal expenses including more than 130 luxury and classic cars which he then sold and pocketed the proceeds from, $60k worth of airline tickets for a woman he was having an extramarital affair with and other family members including his wife, vacations, designer clothes and a multitude of other expenses using fire department credit cards funded and paid for by the publicAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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John RaeseFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
10/15/24
Crashed into another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC of nearly twice the legal limit after playing in a golf outing and exhibited multiple signs of being under the influence when the police arrived who then arrested him after he failed a field sobriety testAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Doug HamlinNRA CEO
10/14/24
Severed a cat's paws, strung the animal up and then set it on fire with the help of four of his fraternity brothers all because it didn't use the litter box properly resulting in criminal charges and expulsion from his fraternityAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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10/14/24
Violated election law by displaying the wrong election date in a newspaper advertisement targeting black voters while using the correct date in all other ads including one that was almost exactly the same but targeted white votersAccording to an official complaint filed by the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
10/14/24
Commuted convicted fraudster Phillip Esformes' sentence after he had only served less than two years of his twenty-year sentence for a massive healthcare fraud following a public relations campaign his well-connected family waged with the Trump White House and after released criminally threatened his wife and another family member with verbal threats and by breaking glassware set on a nearby tableAccording to news reports from credible media outlets10/08/24
Clandestinely spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin as many as seven times after he left office, during which time he possessed highly classified national security documents he illegally took with him when he left the White House and realistically could have shared with PutinSecretly gave Russian President Vladimir Putin extremely rare Covid-19 test machines for his personal use at a time they were desperately needed all throughout the United States possibly to curry favor with Putin or as a reward for his 2016 election interference that helped put him in officeAccording to exclusive reporting by veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his book "War"
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10/04/24
Stole over $70,000 worth of donations she raised for the statue of a Las Vegas police officer shot and killed in the line of duty and spent it on personal items including plastic surgery and her daughter's weddingAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Carl MaughanState Representative
10/03/24
Committed multiple traffic infractions in short order and was found to be in possession of a loaded semi-automatic handgun, empty bottle of whiskey and case of beer with multiple cans missing when police pulled him overAccording to charging documents filed by local police
10/03/24
Was involved in a crash while driving under the influence of alcohol a mere two-months after his previous DUIAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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9/27/24
Deceitfully implied he was a married father of three children by sharing images and video footage of him posing and interacting with them around a dinner table on his campaign website and social media pages when in fact he is not married and has no childrenAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Times
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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]
9/24/24
Committed “numerous traffic infractions” while driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in his arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Nick CocchiSheriff [R-MA]
9/23/24
Left his police vehicle that was missing a tire and had damage to another running in the valet parking area of a local casino after midnight and was arrested by state police when he returned because he reeked of alcohol and couldn't explain how his car got damagedAccording to charging documents filed by state police
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9/23/24
Starred in multiple gay adult videos under a pseudonym not long before he pivoted to become a self-described "school choice evangelist" who lambasted LGBTQ rights for gay studentsAccording to an exclusive report by Current Revolt
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9/23/24
Used his local connections to get a taxpayer funded job in a local town village for his fiancée and a job with the local sanitation department for her sonAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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9/23/24
Signed up for an account on a website that connects people looking to engage in extramarital affairs while also being marriedAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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9/23/24
Had an affair with a woman and then paid her $7,400 for part-time work at his local district office that she never showed up for and only stopped paying her after his fiancée found outAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Mark RobinsonLt. Governor [R]
422k
9/19/24
Posted such extremely lewd and shocking comments on an adult website that CNN refused to publish the vast majority due to their extraordinarily "graphic nature"According to an exclusive report by CNN
Wrote multiple shockingly vulgar posts about participating in a variety of explicit sex acts with his wife's sister on an adult website which were so detailed that it begs the question of whether he was fantasizing or actually admitting to having an affair with herAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
9/19/24
Frequented at least two adult video stores where he watched pornographic videos in a private booth he rented and also purchased "hundreds" of bootlegged pornographic videos over a yearslong periodAccording to an exclusive report by The Assembly: NC
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Elliot ResnickFmr. The Jewish Press Editor
9/19/24
Physically assaulted Capitol police officers who were trying to prevent him and other 1/6 insurrectionists from entering the US Capitol and then helped numerous rioters enter the building once he was insideAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Carolina AmestyFmr. State Representative
9/18/24
Forged a professor's signature and notarized a document that falsely asserted the unaccredited Christian school she founded had acquired a credentialed professor to teach there resulting in her school improperly obtaining state licensing to operateAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jeff DotsethState Representative
9/18/24
Punched and kicked his family's 14-year-old dog on Christmas in front of his wife and young daughter who was yelling for him to stopAccording to a court affidavit filed by his then-wife
9/16/24
Choked, kicked and physically assaulted his wife on several occasions over a decade until she finally had enough and reported him to the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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27.8mMAGA Enthusiast
9/15/24
Sensually kissed model and influencer Bettina Anderson at least three times on the mouth during what one witness described as "definitely" a date at a busy restaurant while also being engaged to MAGA firebrand Kimberly GuilfoyleAccording to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail
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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
9/13/24
Illegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodIllegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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9/13/24
Had an extramarital affair with a woman nearly 30 years younger than him that resulted in the destruction of his marriage of 35 years while also publicly portraying himself as “a Christian, conservative family man” who adheres to traditional family valuesAccording to an exclusive report by the New York Post
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Rob MinardFmr. Lee Chatfield Chief of Staff
9/12/24
Conspired 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 manipulationAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Anne MinardFmr. Lee Chatfield Political Aide
9/12/24
Conspired with her husband Rob 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 manipulationAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Mark SchoeslerState Senator [R-WA]
9/10/24
Rammed his truck into another vehicle while exiting a local fairground and exhibited “obvious signs of intoxication” to the police officer who found him sitting in his vehicle and arrested him for having a BAC nearly twice the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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April SloaneCounty Comptroller [R-PA]
9/09/24
Starved her dog to death and then stuffed its carcass in a garbage bag which she stored in the back of her garageAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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8/29/24
Rammed 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 jailAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
8/28/24
Illegally pocketed at least $36,000 in government wages by falsifying time sheets for poll-workers who didn't show up to their assigned shift and diverted the money to her personal bank account over a yearslong period8/28/24
Illegally 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 periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
8/26/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Karen PhillipsCounty Clerk [R-TX]
8/26/24
Pushed one police officer and grabbed another as they moved to subdue her son who was resisting arrest after he fled the scene of a traffic stop to seek refuge in her homeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David LoveState Representative
8/23/24
Smeared two "drag queen" performers by baselessly accusing them of being sex offenders who behave inappropriately with children when neither allegation was remotely true and later agreed to pay them $100k each to settle a defamation lawsuit they filed against himAccording to court records reported by local media outlets
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Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/21/24
Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Shawn DenningFmr. Chief of Police
8/16/24
Oversaw a cocaine and methamphetamine drug ring that shipped drugs via US mail throughout the country that started when he was a police captain and kicked into high gear when he became chief of policeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]
8/14/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]
5k
8/13/24
Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officialsAccording to charging documents filed by the Colorado Attorney General -
Devan SeabaughState Representative
8/09/24
Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcoholAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Todd HiettCommissioner [R-OK]
7/30/24
Groped a male client's groin and other areas of his body after getting so drunk he couldn't "speak more than one or two words at a time" at a business conference while also being a married fatherAccording to an official complaint filed by at least two employees who were present
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Craig CaldwellFmr. Lexington County GOP Chair
7/12/24
Stole $52,300 from a local Rotary Club Foundation over a series of 11 checks written to himself from the foundation's account while he was their treasurerAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
7/12/24
Illegally transferred $61,591 from a local GOP chapter's bank account to his personal accounts over 147 wire transfers in a five-year period and covered it up by falsifying reports he submitted to the local chapterAccording to charging document filed by local officials
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Frank MylarFmr. AG Candidate [R-UT]
7/10/24
Offered his competitor for State AG a job at the office if he agreed to drop out of the race and endorse himAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Joshua KindredFmr. Federal Judge [R]
7/08/24
Coerced an assistant district attorney who argued cases in front of him and was also his former law clerk into laying down with him on his bed and began groping her which made her feel like "there’s nothing [she] can do about this, like this is about to happen" because he was so much bigger than her and then performed oral sex on her without consent7/08/24
7/08/24
Kissed and grabbed his law clerk's buttocks without her consent inside his chambers after taking her there instead of her home as he had promised following a night of drinking at a local barAccording to a report by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit
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Gateway ChurchGateway Church Leader
7/08/24
Paid an underage sex abuse victim who was less than 12-years-old at the time of her assault an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she brought against the church that accused its top leaders of covering up her assault in order to protect her abuser from facing consequences for his actionsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Catherine NelsonDonor
7/06/24
Drove recklessly while drunk and was found with a loaded 9mm handgun in her drivers-side door in violation of state lawAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Joseph RobertsActivist [R]
7/04/24
Murdered his fiancée, dismembered her body and stuffed her in a large plastic bag which he discarded near a bridgeAccording to charging documents filed by local police -
Victoria SpartzU.S. Representative [R-IN]
7/01/24
Packed a handgun in her carryon bag and was caught by airport security when she went through a security checkAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Rocky HayesFmr. Jones County GOP Chair
6/25/24
Had multiple felony videos of young children between the ages of 8 to 13 doing sexual acts with older men saved on his cloud services accountAccording to a probable cause affidavit obtained by the Sioux Falls Argus Leader -
Neil FriskeState Representative
6/21/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted an exotic dancer and then chased her around with a loaded gun that he eventually fired in her vicinity outside of his home at 2:30 in the morningAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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Jason BuckelState Representative
6/17/24
Was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he refused to take a field sobriety test while also driving on a suspended licenseAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Robert MorrisFmr. Gateway Church TelevangelistTrump's "evangelical executive advisory board"
6/14/24
Digitally penetrated, groped and kissed a twelve-year-old girl over a multiyear period and only got caught after she told her parents once he began pressuring her to have sex with him when she turned sixteen while also being married with a young childAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Royce WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
6/06/24
Spent more than $157,000 in campaign money on personal expenses including $1,200 at a strip club, luxury clothes, cosmetics and multiple "opaque" checks and wire transfers that couldn't be properly accounted forAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
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Mark GrisantiState Judge [R-NY]
6/06/24
Pushed a police officer who was attempting to handcuff his wife over a dispute with their neighbor and warned the officer that he'll "be sorry" if he arrested his "f*cking wife" because he was friends with the mayor and two of his children are police officersAccording to a censure ruling by New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct
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Kanye WestConservative Musician
6/04/24
Locked his assistant in a room on a private plane and forced her to watch while he masturbated under a blanket6/04/24
Repeatedly propositioned his assistant to have sex and ignored her repeated rejections both in person and in sexually explicit messages he sentAccording to a lawsuit filed by former assistant Lauren Pisciotta
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Kenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast
6/04/24
Conspired with others to submit forged elector paperwork that falsely asserted Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 electionAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Christopher MorrisFmr. Sheriff [R-OK]
5/31/24
Received free services from an auto shop in exchange for sending county vehicles to the shop when they needed work done on themAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Steven KramerPolitical Consultant [R]
5/23/24
Illegally created a fake AI-generated phone message with what sounded like President Biden's voice that falsely told recipients they wouldn't be able to vote in the 2024 Presidential election if they voted in the state primaryAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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5/23/24
Falsely reported that he had loaned his campaign $320k and took an additional $700k line of credit on campaign finance forms he submitted in an apparent attempt to make potential challengers think that he had vastly more money in his campaign account than he actually didAccording to an exclusive report by NewsChannel 5 Nashville
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Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]
5/22/24
Displayed a flag the far-right adopted as a symbol of support for Trump, used by insurrectionists on 1/6 and associated with the far-right Christian Nationalist movement known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or "Pine Tree" flag outside of his vacation home in New Jersey periodically over a three-month period while participating in numerous active cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving TrumpAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Jeffrey ThomasFmr. District Attorney
5/21/24
Punched his wife at least ten times in the head and face while the pair were riding in their vehicle and was turned in by his wife's friend who witnessed the entire assault in real time because she was on a video call with her at the timeAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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5/21/24
Settled a lawsuit with electronic voting company Smartmatic for $40 million for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories that the company helped tilt the election which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brandAccording to a settlement agreement reached between the two companies
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Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]
5/17/24
Displayed an upside-down American Flag, a signal of dire distress and something Trump supporters hijacked in the days after his 2020 loss, outside of his home days after the 1/6 insurrection and before Biden was sworn in to office while participating in numerous cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump at the same time and then blamed his wife when reporters questioned him about itAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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5/16/24
Pardoned an admittedly racist convicted murderer who made good on his online threats to confront and shoot protesters by killing an Air Force veteran peacefully participating in a protest one year into his 25-year sentenceAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Elbert GuilloryFmr. State Senator [R-LA]
5/15/24
Ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle, fled the area after exchanging information with the owner of the vehicle he hit and was later taken into custody after police caught up with him and were told he refused to take any field sobriety testsAccording to the arresting officers who took Guillory into custody
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
5/11/24
Illegally claimed $168 million in business losses on his Chicago property by using dubious accounting tactics to write off his massive losses on the project on both his 2008 and then again on his 2010 tax returnsAccording to an exclusive joint report by The New York Times and Pro Publica
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244kMAGA Enthusiast
5/10/24
Diverted more than $25,000 in campaign contributions to an entity that he was the sole proprietor of and was located at his home address by falsely claiming the money was used to pay rent on office space for his political campaignAccording to a report released by the nonpartisan House Ethics Committee
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Stephanie ScottFmr. County Clerk [R-MI]
5/09/24
Illegally retained possession of a voting machine and refused repeated commands to give it to an authorized vendor so they could conduct routine maintenance and testingAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
5/09/24
Asked wealthy oil executives to spend $1 billion to elect him in 2024 and promised to throw out environmental regulations designed to combat global climate change on "Day 1" as a reward if he were to return to the White HouseAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
5/07/24
Violated a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his criminal hush-money case by criticizing the jury in an interview he gave and was fined $1,000 and warned that his next violation may result in jail timeAccording to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal case
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244kMAGA Enthusiast
5/06/24
Continued to prominently wear a military honor pin for that he didn’t earn and was awarded to him by mistake even after the military revoked the honorAccording to an exclusive report by CBS News
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5/02/24
Led a mob of insurrectionists who overwhelmed police and broke into the US Capitol on 1/6 and proceeded to lead the mob towards the Senate chamber but was pushed back by riot police who eventually had to force him out of the building because he refused repeated commands to exitAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
4/30/24
Blatantly and repeatedly violated a gag order which prohibited him from verbally attacking witnesses, jurors and family members of court staff in his New York hush money trial and was ordered to remove all posts that ran afoul of the gag order and pay a $9,000 fine by the judge who held him in contemptAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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2.3mLauded by Trump
4/26/24
Killed her 14-month-old puppy for the crime of acting like a puppy on a hunting trip and later proudly wrote about the incident in her book as if shooting unruly puppies was a perfectly normal thing to doNoem admitted to killing the dog in her book
Shot her family goat once and then picked up an additional shotgun shell from her truck to finish the job since her first shot didn't kill the animalNoem admitted to killing the goat in her book
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Zack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor
4/25/24
Allegedly sexually assaulted his preteen 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 wife4/25/24
Armed 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 arrivedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]
4/25/24
Declined to recuse himself from a Supreme Court case determining whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempt to overturn the 2020 election despite the fact that his wife Ginni was intimately involved in the scheme to prevent Biden from becoming PresidentAccording to news reports from credible media outlets -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
4/22/24
Promised to pardon his personal aide and "body man" Walt Nauta if he was convicted of lying to the FBI about his knowledge of Trump's illegal retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago if he becomes President againFirsthand account from a confidential witness who spoke with the FBI about their interactions with Trump
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Tiffany AdamsCimarron County GOP Chair
4/17/24
Kidnapped and murdered her ex-daughter-in-law and another woman with the help of three other members of an anti-government group over a custody dispute involving her grandchildrenAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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One America News
4/16/24
Defamed voting technology company Smartmatic with bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and later secretly settled a lawsuit the firm brought against them for an undisclosed amount in order to avoid going to trialAccording to a lawsuit filed by Smartmatic
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
4/16/24
Stole over $132,000 from multiple political accounts to pay for vacations with his family, housing costs and personal credit card statements by siphoning money from a loosely regulated political account that prosecutors alleged he used as his own "unregulated slush fund" into his own pocketAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jeffrey GreesonFmr. State Representative
4/16/24
Violently swiped at and verbally threatened a snowplow driver he blocked by standing in front of their machineAccording to charging documents filed by local police and corroborated by video footage taken by the victim
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Don WilsonState Representative
4/12/24
Left his loaded semiautomatic 9mm handgun behind in a public restroom of the state capitol which sat unattended for nearly 30 minutes before a janitor found it and alerted state troopersAccording to a report by USA Today
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Allen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]
4/10/24
Lied under oath in a deposition and also at trial about his role in falsely asserting that Trump's private apartment in Trump Tower was nearly three times larger than it actually was on official tax formsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
4/09/24
Illegally purchased or retained two apparently "brand new" handguns and ammunition in violation of a judge's order to hand over all firearms he owned outside of a single shotgun he was allowed to keep for personal protectionAccording to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal trial
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4/05/24
Drank so much alcohol at a political dinner and gala that servers cut her off and told her she couldn't have any more because she was noticeably drunkAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Brian PritchardGeorgia GOP Vice-President
3/28/24
Illegally voted in nine elections between 2008 and 2011 while he was on probation for a prior felony conviction and ineligible to vote in Georgia while also having hypocritically spread baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and was later fined $5,000 and given a public reprimand by the judge overseeing his caseAccording to an investigative report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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463kMAGA Enthusiast
3/27/24
Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of courtAccording to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast
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304kMAGA Enthusiast
3/25/24
Sexually abused a 14-year-old girl who babysat his children inside his church, personal office, car and her home over three-year period during his mid-20's while also being married with young childrenAccording to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star
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Stefanie LambertConservative Lawyer
3/22/24
Illegally accessed at multiple voting machines used in the 2020 presidential election from numerous counties in Michigan by deceiving election officials into handing them over to her and her coconspiratorsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
3/19/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials