The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

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Displaying 101 - 150 of 1073 Scandals
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  • Elon MuskMedia Executive
       
    8/21/23
    Consumed ketamine -- a drug leading researchers say can lead people to feeling "grandiose and like you have special powers" -- far more often than recommended which led close associates to worry that it contributed to erratic behavior he was exhibiting
    According to an exclusive report by The new Yorker
  • Willie McLaurinWillie McLaurinFmr. SBC CEOTwitter icon3k
    Twitter icon3k  
    8/18/23
    Lied about receiving degrees from North Carolina Central University, Duke University Divinity School and Hood Theological Seminary when in fact he didn't receive a degree from any of them
    According to an exclusive report by The New York Times
  • Laura ViarLaura ViarState Judge [R-KS]
       
    8/17/23
    Ran off the road and crashed into a school building while driving under the influence of alcohol and on a suspended license and refused to take a breathalyzer when police arrived while also being a member of her local county's Anti-Drug Task Force
    According to charging documents filed by local police
    8/16/23
    Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police after getting pulled over and later had her diversion agreement extended by six months because she failed to undergo mandatory drug and alcohol evaluations
    According to an exclusive report by the Wichita Eagle
  • Sam MieleGeorge Santos Political Aide
       
    8/16/23
    Impersonated a top aide to then Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in fundraising emails that tricked more than a dozen donors into giving money to George Santos's political campaign and received a 15% commission on each contribution
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Harry SidhuHarry SidhuFmr. Mayor [R-CA]20 Years in GOP
    8/16/23
    Took advantage of his position as mayor to muscle himself onto a negotiating team involved with a $320 million MLB stadium project and later shared confidential information with the owner of the team with the expectation of getting "at least" a million-dollar political donation in return and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about it
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Ronny JacksonRonny JacksonU.S. Representative [R-TX]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook icon67k
    8/15/23
    Was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police officers after refusing repeating commands to not interfere with emergency responders helping a 15-year-old girl experiencing seizures during which he screamed one was a "f*cking full-on d*ck!" who "better recalculate, motherf*cker!" while also hypocritically promising he will "ALWAYS stand by our country's police officers" which apparently only applies when it is politically convenient for him
    According to bodycam footage released by local police
  • Rene PedrosaRene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami
    8/14/23
    Cupped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before grabbing his hand and placing it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page
    8/14/23
    Texted a 16-year-old boy that he's "dying to sleep with" him and let the boy know he was home alone if he wanted to come by, which the boy declined and reminded him that he was a minor
    8/14/23
    Asked a 16-year-old boy to send him sexually explicit pictures of himself in the shower and in return sent the boy a picture of his exposed penis from inside his bathtub
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
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    8/14/23
    Brazenly called for the former Lt. Governor of Georgia to refuse to testify before a grand jury criminally investigating him for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the state which multiple legal experts characterized as "witness tampering in real time"
    According to a Truth Social post written by Trump and reported by mainstream outlets
  • Ammon BundyAmmon BundyExtremistYouTube iconTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTruthSocial iconGab icon64k
    YouTube iconTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTruthSocial iconGab icon64kFar-Right Militia Leader
    8/12/23
    Was held in contempt and arrested for brazenly and publicly refusing to comply with an order to appear in court to face defamation charges brought against him by a local hospital
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Brian KelseyFmr. State Senator [R-TN]
       
    8/11/23
    Illegally transferred $91,000 from his political campaign and a nonprofit organization to an authorized federal campaign committee supporting his candidacy using money not subject to reporting regulations to help his 2016 bid for US Congress and then hid the transactions from the FEC
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Boris EpshteynBoris EpshteynTrump Conservative LawyerTwitter iconInstagram icon163k
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    8/10/23
    Groped two young women's breasts, crotches and other parts of their bodies without consent and continued to assault them even after they told him to stop after he cornered them inside his booth at an Arizona night club where an employee reported he had spent "like fifty grand" on drinks that night
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Tom GarrettTom GarrettFmr. U.S. Representative [R-VA]12 Years in GOP
    8/09/23
    Struck his wife in the head on two separate occasions, had a "history" of physically pinning her to the ground and once punched multiple holes in the wall during an argument
    According to a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife
    8/09/23
    Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's Day
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Clarence ThomasClarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]
       
    8/05/23
    Violated ethics laws by financing a $267,230 recreational vehicle he couldn't otherwise afford due to debt through a wealthy health care executive of which both parties refused to disclose the terms of the loan presumably because they would appear to be overly favorable
    According to an exclusive report by The New York Times
  • Ed MullinsFmr. NYPD Union President
       
    8/03/23
    Stole roughly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Matt DePernoFmr. Attorney General Nominee [R-MI]
       
    8/01/23
    Organized a group to illegally seize voting machines used in the 2020 election and perform "tests" on the equipment which election security experts warn compromised the machines and could have altered the votes cast on them
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Daire RendonFmr. State Representative [R-MI]
       
    8/01/23
    Organized a group to illegally seize voting machines used in the 2020 election and perform "tests" on the equipment which election security experts warn compromised the machines and could have altered the votes cast on them
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Derrick Van OrdenDerrick Van OrdenU.S. Representative [R]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook icon58k
    7/28/23
    Held an alcohol fueled party in his Congressional office and then drunkenly unloaded on teenage Senate pages by calling them "little sh*ts" and "jack*sses" for not being respectful of the history and grandeur of the US Capitol and told them to "get the f*ck out of" the Capitol rotunda when he came cross them taking pictures following a long day of helping assist US Senators
    According to a photograph of his office that showed copious amounts of alcohol on a nearby table
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m  
    7/27/23
    Ordered a Mar-a-Lago maintenance worker to move and hide 64 boxes filled with highly classified and sensitive information after receiving a subpoena that ordered him to return all government documents in his possession
    According to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
  • Ammon BundyAmmon BundyExtremistYouTube iconTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTruthSocial iconGab icon64k
    YouTube iconTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTruthSocial iconGab icon64kFar-Right Militia Leader
    7/24/23
    Was found liable for $52.5 million in damages for defaming a local hospital system and inciting a mob to protest outside its building
    According to news reports from credible media outlets
  • Cole WagnerAlliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair
       
    7/24/23
    Engaged in "sexual contact" with a child under the age of ten
    According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter
  • Steven CrowderSteven CrowderBlaze Media PodcasterYouTube iconFacebook iconTwitter iconInstagram iconRumble iconTruthSocial iconGab icon14.8m
    7/20/23
    Texted multiple pictures of his exposed penis and other sexually graphic images to a former employee who described his behavior as "super creepy" and "groomer-ish"
    According to screenshots of the texts shared by the victim with Mediate
  • Tucker CarlsonTucker CarlsonFmr. Fox News HostTwitter iconInstagram iconYouTube iconFacebook iconTikTok icon22.2m
    7/12/23
    Baselessly accused a Trump supporter on the Capitol grounds during 1/6 of being a covert government agent who was "the central figure" in inciting the insurrection which led to him receiving numerous death threats and being forced to sell his home and business and relocate to a secluded place to protect himself and his wife
    According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
  • James ChapmanCommissioner [R-MI]
       
    7/09/23
    Kicked a fellow state GOP official Mark DeYoung in the groin and then grabbed him by the legs and knocked him to the ground as soon as DeYoung opened the door to a reportedly "closed" meeting Chapman didn't want him attending
    According to a report filed by local police
  • Fabián BasabeFabián BasabeState Representative [R-FL]Instagram iconTwitter icon92k
    7/07/23
    Groped and tried to kiss his male legislative intern while being driven home from an alcohol-fueled event at a local bar and then unsuccessfully tried to convince him to come up to his hotel room to have sex while also being married
    7/07/23
    Told his male legislative aide "I want all of that butt" and then slapped it while they were standing in the back of an elementary school classroom full of children during a Career Day event while also being married
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
    7/07/23
    Routinely talked about homosexual sex with two male staffers, pushed for one of them to "explore his sexuality by having sex with men" and showed both a picture of a naked man he had saved on his phone
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victims
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m  
    7/07/23
    Pushed the IRS to open investigations on FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page in violation of a federal law that prohibits a President from "directly or indirectly" ordering the IRS to investigate or audit individual people
    According to a sworn statement by former White House chief of staff John Kelly
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    6/30/23
    Agreed to pay former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg $12 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against them which accused the network of pressuring her to commit perjury in a legal deposition and of operating a hostile and discriminatory work environment
    According to court records first reported by The New York Times
  • Scott JenkinsScott JenkinsSheriff [R-VA]
       
    6/29/23
    Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people fake deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permit
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Larry HouseholderLarry HouseholderFmr. House Speaker [R-OH]
       
    6/29/23
    Masterminded a bribery scheme that saw him illegally raking in a whopping $60 million from a state nuclear energy company that in turn was given a $1.3 billion taxpayer bailout for two struggling nuclear power plants it operated
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Dan KirbyDan KirbyFmr. State Representative [R-OK]
       
    6/28/23
    Swerved off the road and crashed his motorcycle killing his girlfriend who was riding with him while under the influence of alcohol and a cocktail of illicit and unprescribed pharmaceutical drugs including amphetamine, tramadol and oxycodone
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Owen ShroyerInfoWars Host
       
    6/23/23
    Marched with the mob that broke through police barricades at the US Capitol on 1/6 and used a megaphone to yell seditious phrases including "death to tyranny, death to tyrants" and repeatedly chanted "1776"
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Daniel CameronDaniel CameronAttorney General [R-KY]Instagram iconTwitter iconFacebook icon72k
    6/22/23
    Declined to recuse himself from an investigation into an addiction recovery center he accepted a $6,900 donation from when in a prior case he forced a judge to recuse themself for accepting a donation of only $250
    According to an investigative report by The Daily Beast
  • Shawn WilmothSignature Masters Inc Executive
       
    6/22/23
    Forged thousands of fake signatures over hundreds of petitions his third-party company conducted that the State AG charged were full of “obvious fraud” and done in such a “sophomoric” way that he misspelled people's names and cities and had signatures of people who were dead or had moved and then submitted them to candidates who contracted his services and proceeded to inadvertently submit the fraudulent petition signatures to election officials
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Samuel AlitoSamuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]
       
    6/20/23
    Traveled free of charge on an opulent private jet chartered by billionaire hedge fund manager Paul Singer to an exclusive Alaskan fishing resort without reporting it on his financial disclosure forms and later voted with the majority in Singer's favor on a case involving his business
    According to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica
  • Ken PaxtonKen PaxtonAttorney General [R-TX]Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram icon701k
    6/20/23
    Personally lobbied to connect a business executive with prior criminal convictions for theft and fraud with the state comptroller overseeing a multimillion-dollar initiative meant to combat opioid overdoses despite him not having had any experience working on statewide public health initiatives
    According to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica and The Texas Tribune
  • Tim MooreTim Moore House Speaker [R-NC]Twitter iconFacebook icon31k
    6/19/23
    Was sued for $200k by a husband who claimed he used his position to persuade his wife, who was a mid-level state government employee, to engage in a yearslong affair that included instances of group sex and led to the eventual destruction of the couple's marriage
    According to a $200,000 civil lawsuit filed by former Republican candidate Scott Lassiter
  • Tim SheehyU.S. Senator Candidate [R-MT]
       
    6/16/23
    Killed his copilot and pinned a teenage girl against a wall after losing power midair and crashing the plane he was flying into a residential home which authorities later concluded happened in part due to his negligent flying
    According to a civil lawsuit filed by the victim's family
  • Ron DeSantisRon DeSantisGovernor [R-FL]Twitter iconInstagram iconFacebook iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon7.3m
    6/13/23
    Illegally transferred $82.5 million from his state political action committee to a super PAC supporting his Presidential bid in violation of a federal campaign finance law that prohibits candidates from spending money that was obtained by people and groups not subject to strict federal requirements
    According to allegations detailed in a complaint filed by The Campaign Legal Center
  • Kevin Sabella Sr.City Council Member Candidate [R-NY]
       
    6/13/23
    Repeatedly stands naked behind his screen door at the front of his house without regard to his neighbors or passersby who can't "un-see" his lewd behavior
    According to numerous complaints of his behavior reported on by local media
  • Alex SteinBlaze Media Host
       
    6/12/23
    Accosted WNBA star Brittney Griner at a Dallas airport and then forcefully pushed a WNBA security official who intervened to prevent him from reaching her
    According to a police report filed by local officials
  • Nate PaulConservative Businessman [R]
       
    6/09/23
    Lied to financial institutions on multiple loan applications by vastly overstating his assets -- by nearly $18 million on just one application alone -- and grossly underreporting his liabilities by millions of dollars which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that he otherwise wouldn't have been granted
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Donald TrumpDonald Trump45th U.S. PresidentTwitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m
    Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTikTok iconYouTube iconTruthSocial icon162.3m  
    6/09/23
    Showed a classified map detailing a secret military operation he illegally retained when he left the White House to a staffer of his PAC after admitting that he shouldn't be showing it to anyone and telling the staffer not to get "too close" to it while meeting with him at his Bedminster golf club
    According to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
    Showed and discussed a top-secret military map that he illegally retained when he left the White House which laid out a "plan of attack" against Iran to a writer, publisher and two staffers who did not have security clearances at an insecure location at his Bedminster golf club
    According to can audio recording during which he admitted on tape that the map was "highly confidential" and that he "could have declassified" it when he was President but "now I can't"
    6/09/23
    Pressured his personal attorney Evan Corcoran to lie to investigators about classified documents illegally in his possession and further asked, "what happens if we just don't respond at all or don't play ball with them"
    According to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith