The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 201 - 300 of 1275 Scandals
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463kMAGA Enthusiast12/16/23Stripped down to his underwear and grinded against another male without his consent at a fundraising event in Florida while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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12/13/23Had group sex with a woman he and his wife Bridget Ziegler were longtime friends with after having hypocritically spent years lambasting LGBTQ rights and touting the importance of adhering to "traditional family values" in public and private lifeAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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12/13/23Secretly sold up to $50,000 of Boeing shares mere days before a House committee he was on released a highly critical report about the company and then failed to disclose the sale for more than two months and only reported it after he won reelection in a race he won by a mere 333 votesAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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12/09/23Secretly recorded him and his wife Bridget Ziegler having group sex with a woman they had a sexual relationship withAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Raymond NeubergerFmr. City Council Member12/07/23Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets12/07/23Chemically burned his girlfriend's cat so viciously that its tail had to be amputated, threatened to "inflict chemical burns" on responding police officers and told one detective that he'd "make him pay" if he was arrestedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Alan HostetterFmr. Chief of Police12/07/23Armed himself with a hatchet, tactical gear, knives, stun batons and pepper spray and then marched on the US Capitol where he used a megaphone to encourage the crowd to overpower the police and break into the buildingAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Justin WellsFox News Producer12/05/23Was sued for "violently" kissing and sexually assaulting a fellow male Fox News producer on two separate occasions even after his advances were rebuffed and for intimidating his victim in to keeping quiet by warning him not to report what happened to Fox's human resources departmentAccording to a lawsuit filed by alleged victim Andrew Delancey
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Siaka MassaquoiLos Angeles GOP Co Chairs12/04/23Illegally entered the US Capitol along with other rioters and insurrectionists who were attempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election resultsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast12/01/23Charged fellow US Rep. Mas Miller's credit card for political donations that "exceeded FEC limits" without his knowledge or consentAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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350kMAGA Enthusiast11/30/23Participated in at least one three-way sexual encounter with her husband and a mutual female friend while also hypocritically being an ardent opponent of gay rights who has spent years touting the importance of "traditional family values"According to news reports from credible media outlets
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819kMAGA Enthusiast11/30/23Covered up the sexual coercion of a female staff member at Trump Bedminster by manipulating her into signing an unfavorable NDA for a "paltry sum" with huge financial penalties if she violated the termsAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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11/30/23Raped a woman he and his wife Bridget Ziegler previously had group sex with and have known for 20 years after she tried to cancel their planned tryst because Bridget could no longer participateAccording to a police complaint filed by the alleged victim
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Peggy JuddFmr. State RepresentativeMAGA Enthusiast11/29/23Illegally delayed certifying her county's 2022 midterm election results for weeks by citing unfounded and baseless allegations of fraud and only allowed the certification to go through after a judge ordered her toAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Tom CrosbyCounty Commissioner [R-AZ]11/29/23Illegally delayed certifying the results of his county's 2022 midterm election by citing baseless allegations of supposed voter fraudAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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2.5mMAGA Enthusiast11/29/23Grabbed and struck a woman in her forehead with a 9mm pistol leaving blood running down her face, an inch-wide cut on her face and a handprint bruise where he grabbed her on her forearmAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m11/26/23Pardoned a convicted drug smuggler who had connections with his son-in-law Jared Kushner's family after only serving two and a half years of his ten-year sentence and who was later arrested for assaulting his wife and father-in-lawAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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11/21/23Preyed on female subordinates at Newsmax in the office and at social gatherings where he was often seen getting inappropriately "close and physical" with them of which several complaints were filed with human resources but mostly ignored due to their toxic cultureAccording to four Newsmax staffers in an exclusive interview with Mediaite11/21/23Showed pictures of a female subordinate’s cleavage to other staff in his office without her knowledge or consentAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast11/16/23Bought 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 CongressAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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11/14/23Was accused of intentionally elbowing fellow GOP Rep. Tim Burchett in his kidneys and then running away when he turned around to see who hit himAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Brad BensonFmr. City Council Candidate11/07/23Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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304kMAGA Enthusiast11/03/23Groomed and manipulated a 19-year-old girl who was 23 years younger than him into having a secret yearslong sexual relationship with him that she claimed included doing everything except sexual intercourse by first gaining her trust as her pastor where he would take her and her brother on seemingly innocuous outings to restaurants, bookstores and the park which eventually led to the point where she claimed he crossed the line and "kept crossing it more severely sexually” while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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10/30/23Traveled 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 period10/30/23Downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personasAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Michael CroninChief Counsel CT Sen. GOP10/25/23Forged his ex-wife’s name on multiple home refinancing documents and a deed and also forged his colleague's signature on a financial statement he submitted to a court overseeing his divorce proceedings in an act so egregious the judge sentencing him called his actions "malfeasance that almost defies description"Forged his ex-wife’s name on multiple home refinancing documents and a deed and also forged his colleague's signature on a financial statement he submitted to a court overseeing his divorce proceedings in an act so egregious the judge sentencing him called his actions "malfeasance that almost defies description"10/25/23According to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jimmy StephensFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]10/25/23Was caught with unprescribed pain killers, smokable marijuana and marijuana butter in his patrol car after the FBI requested that the Arkansas state police pull him over because they had just witnessed him exit a suspected drug house under their surveillanceAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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483kMAGA Enthusiast10/24/23Lied to Georgia state senators about supposed voter fraud in the 2020 election and "intentionally aided and abetted" Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani after who also pushed election falsehoods to the state legislatorsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative10/23/23Crashed his car after which arriving officers observed signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, dilated pupils, unsteadiness on his feet, 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 himAccording to arresting documents filed by local police
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Kenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast10/20/23Devised and executed a plan to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results in Georgia in which he conspired with 16 Republicans to falsely certify Trump won the state and declare themselves the “duly elected and qualified” electorsAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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10/20/23Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for by claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Sidney PowellFmr. Trump Campaign LawyerLauded by Trump10/19/23Paid two coconspirators to illegally access voting machines in Coffee County, GA and copy voter data from the 2020 election presumably to search for anything that could back up their unhinged election conspiracy theoriesAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Steve AlembikActivist [R]Donated over $200k to Republican causes10/17/23Shot his wife in her back and arm causing serious but not life-threatening injuries and then killed himself while sitting in their car outside a fast-food restaurant in a botched murder-suicide attemptAccording to police records first reported by The Miami Herald
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David ColeFmr. State Representative10/10/23Fraudulently claimed a 5-by-5-foot closet-sized space he rented for $5 a month was his official residence in order to run for office in a district he didn't actually live inAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m10/05/23Shared top-secret and highly sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines including the number of nuclear warheads they can carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected with Australian billionaire and Mar-a-Lago member Anthony Pratt who went on to share what Trump told him with at least 45 other people including foreign officials, his employees and journalists over a year after he left the PresidencyAccording to an exclusive report by ABC News
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Joseph RobertsActivist [R]9/29/23Murdered 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
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Omar NavarroFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee9/27/23Funneled at least $107,885 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 transfer the moneyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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1.1mLauded by Trump9/26/23Gave a highly classified binder of FBI documents relating to the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation to two sympathetic right-wing media personalities for propaganda purposesAccording to excerpts from a book by former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m9/26/23Defrauded banks in New York by vastly overinflating the value of his assets by as much as $3.6 billion dollars in order to obtain more favorable loan terms in a scheme a judge overseeing his case described as "persistent and repeated fraud" and was ordered to pay a $355 million fine and prohibited from conducting business in New York state for three yearsAccording to a final ruling issued by the judge overseeing the case
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9/23/23Cheated on and left his wife of 34 years for a DC lobbyist after having spent years touting "traditional family values" as a pillar of his political identityAccording to court filings first reported by the local newspaper Index-Journal
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Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]9/22/23According to charging documents filed by local police
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Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]9/22/23Secretly flew on a private plane to attend events hosted by a right-wing organization which frequently argued cases before the Supreme Court and failed to disclose it which George W. Bush appointed judge John E. Jones III characterized as taking his "breath away" and noted that it would have resulted in a "disciplinary hearing" for any lower court federal judgeAccording to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m9/20/23Slipped his hand under Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson's blazer and skirt after wrapping his arms around her backstage during Trump's rally just before the 1/6 insurrectionAccording to a book excerpt first reported by The Guardian
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Matt HallState Representative9/19/23Wrote two threatening emails in all caps to a fellow student that warned he had just put a bullet inside his shotgun with the student's "NAME ON IT" and told him that he "BETTER WATCH OUT!!" if he didn't want troubleAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Steve BuyerFmr. U.S. Representative33 Years in GOP9/19/23Illegally made more than $126,000 in profit after receiving confidential information about T-Mobile's intention to acquire Sprint from a T-Mobile executive at a golf outingIllegally profited more than $223,000 by acting on insider information to purchase shares of Navigant Consulting stock shortly before it was acquired by another consulting firmAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m9/19/23Urged his longtime personal assistant to lie to federal authorities investigating his illegal retention of classified documents by telling her point-blank "you don't know anything about the boxes" which CNN chief legal analyst Elie Honig characterized as "textbook obstruction of justice" and "textbook witness tampering" that has the protentional to be "really devastating" for TrumpAccording to an exclusive report by ABC News
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m9/18/23Was sued for $1.36 million by his former lawyers including one who was a longtime friend for an outstanding legal bill of which he paid off only $214k since 2019According to a lawsuit filed against him by his former attorneys
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m9/18/23Compromised classified information on notecards used to brief him during phone calls with international leaders by using the backs to write every day to-do lists to his personal assistant who was uncleared to access classified information and, unaware, also kept them in her unsecured office in Mar-a-Lago until eventually noticing classified markings and alerting the FBIAccording to an exclusive report by ABC News
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9/15/23Had a multiyear extramarital affair with North Dakota Governer Kristi Noem while also being married with childrenAccording to five sources who spoke exclusively with the New York Post
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2.3mLauded by Trump9/15/23Engaged in a multiyear extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while also being married with three young children who made conservative "family values" a central part of her public personaAccording to five sources who spoke exclusively with the New York Post
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9/14/23Secretly accepted a golf trip without reporting it as required by law in which a major Republican businessman flew him on a private jet to play a round and stay overnight at the Augusta National Golf Club (the most exclusive in the country) and soon after his administration gave his business $92 million in COVID relief funds to fund a major highway projectAccording to an exclisive report by The Washington Post
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9/14/23Publicly fondled her date inside a large theater, vaped smokeless tobacco at her seat, loudly sang along to songs that weren't meant to be sung along to and taunted an usher who properly escorted her and her date out of the theaterAccording to video of the incident report by mainstream outlets
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9/13/23Was sued for sexual harassment for making unwanted sexual advances on a male legislative aide and male legislative internAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victims
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Eric UlrichFmr. Commissioner [R-NY]9/13/23Accepted over $150,000 in cash and gifts including premium NY Mets season tickets, a discounted beachfront apartment, a bespoke suit and a one-of-a-kind painting by an apprentice of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí in exchange for helping his co-conspirators gain special access to top officials to get a leg up on various pet projects of theirsAccording to charging documents filed by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg
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9/12/23Ordered a politicized impeachment inquiry to shamelessly smear President Biden with ridiculous claims to appease Donald Trump and House MAGA House extremists (with leverage to remove him as Speaker) and presumably to also distract from the myriad of real crimes committed by Trump and his associatesAccording to reporting by mainstream outlets
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9/07/23Opened a sham investigation into Jack Smith's prosecution of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators based on ridiculous claims from a lawyer involved in the case presumably to hinder itAccording to an exclusive report by NBC News
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Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair9/05/23Organized and directed Proud Boys members acting as what federal prosecutors characterized as "Donald Trump's army" to prevent the certification of Biden's election and instructed the insurrectionists who had already breached the US Capitol building to "do what must be done" to keep Trump in powerAccording to a federal grand jury indictment
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Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State9/04/23Solicited a sexual encounter with 13-year-old girl over the internet and drove to meet her in a local park only to get arrested by police who posed as the young girlAccording to charging documents filed by local police9/04/23Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Kevin TomafskyFmr. Political Aide [R]9/01/23Paid the father of a six-year-old girl to engage in a sex act involving penetration and was later found to be in possession of a felony image of a child forced to do similar thingsAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by the New Jersey Globe
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m8/30/23Lost a defamation lawsuit by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter for spreading a conspiracy theory that they cast thousands of fraudulent votes for Biden after which despicable zealots made their lives a "living nightmare" with racist and sexist threats, MAGA thugs pushed their way into a family home looking for them and Ruby was forced to vacate her home for 2 months under advice from the FBI which left them both traumatized and fearful for their livesAccording to a federal judge who found him liable for defamation
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463kMAGA Enthusiast8/26/23Inappropriately touched a colleague's employee without their consent during a CPAC event in Palm Beach, Florida8/26/23Unsuccessfully tried to kiss a male CPAC employee without his consent during an alcohol-fueled work event while being marriedAccording to a report by the Washington Post
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8/24/23Opened a baseless investigation into Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and 18 others, presumably to deflect attention away from the many crimes Trump committedAccording to a press release by the Republican led House Judiciary Committee
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8/21/23Consumed 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 exhibitingAccording to an exclusive report by The new Yorker
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8/18/23Lied 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 themAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Laura ViarState Judge [R-KS]8/17/23Ran 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 ForceAccording to charging documents filed by local police8/16/23Drove 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 evaluationsAccording to an exclusive report by the Wichita Eagle
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Sam MieleGeorge Santos Political Aide8/16/23Impersonated 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 contributionAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Harry SidhuFmr. Mayor [R-CA]21 Years in GOPLying to the "Feds", Egregious Conflict of Interest, Misuse of Government Resources for Political Gain8/16/23Took 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 itAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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8/15/23Was 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 himAccording to bodycam footage released by local police
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Jason BuckelState Representative8/14/23Threatened to “put a bullet” in the back of the head of a police officer who was dating his ex-wife after texting her a litany of belligerent messages threatening to take her to court over custody of their childAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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Rene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami8/14/23Cupped 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 page8/14/23Texted 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 minor8/14/23Asked 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 bathtubAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m8/14/23Brazenly 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
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8/12/23Brazenly and publicly refused a judge's order to appear in court and face defamation charges brought against him by a local hospitalAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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8/11/23Illegally 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 FECAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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8/10/23Groped 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 nightAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Tom GarrettFmr. U.S. Representative13 Years in GOP8/09/23Struck 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 argumentAccording to a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife8/09/23Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's DayAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]8/05/23Violated 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 favorableAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Ed MullinsFmr. NYPD Union President8/03/23Stole 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 himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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8/01/23Organized 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 themAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Daire RendonFmr. State Representative8/01/23Organized 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 themAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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7/28/23Held 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 SenatorsAccording to a photograph of his office that showed copious amounts of alcohol on a nearby table
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m7/27/23Ordered 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 possessionAccording to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
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7/24/23Was found liable for $52.5 million in damages for defaming a local hospital system and inciting a mob to protest outside its building and then fled to another state in a desperate attempt to avoid paying his victims the moneyAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Cole WagnerFmr. Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair7/24/23According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter
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14.8mMAGA Enthusiast7/20/23Texted 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
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22.2mLauded by Trump7/12/23Baselessly 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 wifeAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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James ChapmanCommissioner [R-MI]7/09/23Kicked 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 attendingAccording to a report filed by local police
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7/07/23Groped 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 married7/07/23Told 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 marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim7/07/23Routinely 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 phoneAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victims
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m7/07/23Pushed 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 peopleAccording to a sworn statement by former White House chief of staff John Kelly