The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 301 - 400 of 1863 Scandals
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Curtis CochranSheriff [R-NC]
6/27/25Groped a woman's breast and legs inside of his police cruiser and unsuccessfully attempted to coerce her into doing other "things she did not want to do" before she was able to exit his car and report his actions to the police
According to charging documents filed by local officials
6/27/25Tried to coerce a young woman into giving him oral sex inside his police cruiser and then began "rubbing his crotch" while she sat next to him after she repeatedly told him she would not do what he asked
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Doug GheeFmr. State Senator [R-AL]
6/26/25Unsuccessfully tried to coerce a female inmate housed at a county jail into becoming his "sex slave" and pay him $2,500 in exchange for his help getting the judge and assistant district attorney overseeing her case to go lenient on her
According to charging documents filed by state officials
6/26/25Groped, choked and forcibly kissed a handcuffed and shackled female inmate he cornered inside a visiting room at a county jail
According to a corrections officer who was monitoring the room via live video feed and intervened to remove her to safety -
Mike MaroneyFmr. State Senator [R-WV]
6/25/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Anthony StreetFmr. State Auditor Nominee
6/24/25Threatened to kill a state senator over his opposition to a shrimp trawling ban state legislators were considering
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Bret AustinCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
6/20/25Drove into a Taco Bell parking lot around midnight with his running board dragging on the ground behind him, ran over a group of rocks and a culvert, hit the bumper of a vehicle and then fled the scene
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Shadrack McGillFmr. State Senator [R-AL]
6/20/25Was charged with felony domestic abuse of his ex-wife and was ordered to restrain from contacting her in any way
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ellen WinkGOP Elections Official
6/20/25Shot an unarmed tenant five times as he tried to flee from her resulting in his death and then lied to police and claimed self-defense which State's Attorney Michelle Manning refuted because video surveillance clearly showed her victim was aggressive towards her in "no way, shape, or form"
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Terry GilliamSheriff [R-OR]
6/19/25Weaved in and out of his lane in his sheriff's vehicle on an interstate highway, failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over & was later found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when he arrived at the local jail
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Sandra BaxterSuper PAC Fundraiser
6/17/25Lied to state officials about her role in helping improperly funnel money from a Super PAC she was associated with that secretly funded a right-wing ballot initiative in Michigan
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
6/16/25Defamed a top employee at Dominion Voting Systems following the 2020 election by baselessly accusing him of being a traitor and was ordered to pay him $2.3 million in damages
According to a verdict by a federal jury -
Michael TaitConservative Musician [R]
6/13/25Drugged and sexually molested a 16-year-old boy on at least one occasion and coerced him into consuming cocaine and alcohol numerous other times which the victim said "destroyed" his entire life
6/13/25Repeatedly groped a young man's penis and tried to kiss him against his will inside a hot tub after peer pressuring him into consuming cocaine and alcohol despite his protestations
6/13/25Drugged and sexually molested a young man inside his home who woke up while Tait was manually stimulating him
6/13/25Groped a young man's thigh and stroked his ear without consent shortly after finishing a meal with him
6/13/25Groped a young man's bare rearend under his clothing and also exposed himself to the same male earlier in the night
According to an exclusive report by The Guardian
6/13/25Exposed and manually stimulated himself in front of a 13-year-old boy for upwards of an entire minute inside of a restaurant bathroom
According to an exclusive report by The Guardian
6/13/25Sexually assaulted at least three underage boys and young men, inappropriately touched at least four others and routinely binged on hard drugs and alcohol with many more including underage boys over a decadeslong period which he himself admitted was like living a "double life" considering he preached "traditional" heterosexual relationships, sexual abstinence and sobriety in his music
According to an exclusive report by The Guardian -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
6/13/25Provoked a brawl, snatched a security officer's gun and shot at a man outside a celebrity boxing event in Miami and then fled to Dubai after being charged
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Walter LundyAdvisor [R]
6/11/25Drunkenly beat his son with a baseball bat around 2am and then snuck marijuana into jail following his arrest
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Katie AbbeyFmr. County Treasurer
6/10/25Stole over $58,000 from taxpayers by falsifying cash slips and checks drawn from county bank accounts she managed to make it appear that lower amounts of taxes and other revenue were received
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rick RennoCounty Treasurer [R-MO]
6/09/25Solicited sex from and exchanged nude photos with underage boys and young men as young as 14 via the gay app Grindr over a 10-year period
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Justin BarberaFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-NJ]
6/09/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Malcolm RoachCounty Elections Board Member
6/09/25Illegally downloaded lewd photos and videos depicting a human engaged in sexual conduct with an animal and then erased his search history in a failed attempt to hide his crime
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Andrew DoFmr. County Commissioner
6/09/25Raked in more than $700,000 for himself and his daughter in exchange for helping to steer more than $10 million in COVID relief funds to a nonprofit she worked at that was supposed to feed needy seniors who were food insecure but instead spent lavishly on private expenses including a $1 million home
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Rick RennoCounty Treasurer [R-MO]
6/09/25According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nick SmithSheriff [R-AL]
6/09/25Illegally deputized six individuals who didn't have the proper certifications for employment and sent four of them to work as armed school resourced officers in charge of keeping children safe while hiring another as an armed jailer
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
James SnyderFmr. Mayor [R-IN]
6/09/25Intentionally falsified documents to hide from the IRS the real financial status of his private businesses
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]
6/03/25Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom
According to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General -
Philip MoranFmr. State Senator [R-MS]
5/30/25Unsuccessfully tried to bribe an underage male victim of his son's sexual assault to keep him from having to face any legal consequences for his actions
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jenkins FranklinJustice of the Peace
5/29/25Threatened a defendant that "dead men can't testify" and pressured him to accept a plea deal that he didn't want to agree to during a phone call with him two days before his court date
5/29/25Coerced the chief clerk for his office into signing a false affidavit in an attempt to skirt accountability in a civil lawsuit he was involved with
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Richard BennettCity Council Member [R-NJ]
5/28/25Sent multiple anonymous letters verbally attacking local board of education members in a threatening manner
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5/28/25Raped and trafficked at least three women in the United Kingdom over a yearslong period and was charged by UK authorities over ten years after his reported crimes
According to charging documents filed by UK officials -
Nancy MarksFmr. George Santos Treasurer
5/28/25Conspired with disgraced former Congressman George Santos to submit fraudulent campaign finance reports that falsely asserted he had loaned his campaign $500,000 because it made him look wealthier than he actually was and helped him get donor funding he very likely otherwise wouldn't have received
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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5/27/25Pardoned convicted felon Paul Walczak and spared him from serving any of his 18-month prison sentence or having to pay a penny of his nearly $4.4 million fine mere days after his mother attended a $1 million per person fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago
Pardoned convicted fraudsters Todd and Julie Chrisley who illegally obtained over $30 million in improper loans and failed to pay any taxes on it mere months into their multi-year sentences
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Janssen WillhoitFmr. State Representative
5/26/25Physically assaulted someone in his household and was arrested by the police after they determined he was at fault
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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5/26/25Pardoned former MAGA sheriff Scott Jenkins who was convicted of accepting over $75k in bribes the day before he was set to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Jason KimbleState Judge [R-NC]
5/23/25Hit another vehicle while driving drunk with a BAC nearly three times the legal limit with his young daughter in the car during the middle of a workday and then tried to get out of trouble by telling the arresting officer that he was a judge and named police officers he personally knew
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/21/25Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her out and then fled to Thailand in a failed attempt to escape justice
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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5/20/25Pardoned a man who was still facing charges over his alleged role in the 1/6 insurrection who at the time of his pardon was under indictment for being caught with multiple firearms and ammunition near President Obama’s D.C. residence and for making a hoax bomb threat
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Cade CothrenGlen Casada Chief of Staff
5/16/25Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor
According to charging documents filed in federal court -
Glen CasadaFmr. House Speaker [R-TN]
5/16/25Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
David CokerFmr. Legislative Aide
5/15/25Embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money meant for a development he never intended to build and used the money to purchase four vehicles, gold, silver and platinum bars, and to pay off personal debts
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Amy TarkanianFmr. Nevada GOP Chair
5/14/25Passed out in her car while idling in the middle of the road and then crashed into a parked vehicle after an officer woke her up and was taken to the hospital for observation because her BAC was over three times the legal limit
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rodney CreechState Representative
5/13/25Allegedly climbed into his teenage daughter's bed with an erection and wearing only his underwear, but his personal friend the county sheriff deliberately buried the allegations without ever opening an investigation or filing a police report
According to an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) probe and text messages provided to the county sheriff by the daughter's stepfather -
Jeremy DurhamFmr. State Representative
5/08/25Rammed his car into a vehicle stopped at a red light injuring the person inside and exhibited obvious signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech, dilated pupils and unsteadiness on his feet when police arrived, responded with "lawyer" each of the many times he was asked to take a field sobriety test and resisted arrest by trying to pull away from officers handcuffing him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Arlene SwineyTax Collector [R-TX]
5/06/25Illegally put pressure on a government official to reassess their decision on a property appraisal she had an interest in
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
5/05/25Illegally contacted a witness he was ordered to refrain from speaking with and was ordered to be held behind bars until he was sentenced for a separate crime he pled guilty to
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jovanté TeagueFlorida GOP Co Chairs
5/01/25Had an illicit sexual relationship with a female inmate at the jail he worked at which in no way could have been considered consensual considering the power imbalance between the two
5/01/25
According to an exclusive report by the Miami Herald -
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4/30/25Pardoned a man who had yet to serve a single day of his 54-month federal prison sentence for assaulting US Capitol police officers and a press photographer on 1/6 while he was also awaiting sentencing for reckless homicide and aggravated DUI for intentionally driving the wrong way on an Illinois highway in what he testified was a failed suicide attempt
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
James BurlandLobbyist [R]
4/30/25Possessed 565 felony images of prepubescent children as young as twelve-years-old on his electronic devices
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Konner EarnestPolitical Operative
4/28/25Raped his girlfriend after he found her hiding from him in a closet following physical altercation they just had
4/28/25Raped and forced his girlfriend to give him oral sex over 125 times throughout their abusive relationship
4/28/25Anally raped his girlfriend after he held her arms down and pinned her legs against the side of their bed while she pleaded for him to stop
According to charging documents filed by local officials
4/28/25Punched his girlfriend in the face multiple times, bit her, burned her with scorching-hot cooking oil and food & forcefully threw her onto the ground many times throughout their tortured yearlong relationship
According to charging documents filed by local officials
4/28/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Scott HopesFmr. County Administrator
4/28/25Stole at least $12,779 in county taxpayer funds by submitting false timecards for overtime pay he wasn't entitled to and then erased official records from his county-issued phone before he resigned in an attempt to cover his tracks
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kenneth NailFmr. St. Lucie GOP Chair
4/28/25Smuggled illegal prescription drugs, cell phones & phone chargers into a prison by concealing everything within a set of glued-together legal documents that he passed through a prison fence to an inmate on the inside
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David WhitmireCounty Commissioner [R-TX]
4/25/25Sexually assaulted a woman who also refused to have sex with him in exchange for money and political help in a child custody dispute
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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4/25/25Pardoned convicted felon and former Nevada lawmaker Michele Fiore who was found guilty of stealing over $70k from a police charity meant for an officer killed in the line of duty before she ever had to face any type of judgement for her crimes
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
John JessupCounty Commissioner [R-IN]
4/25/25Sexually assaulted his own daughter whom he got so intoxicated on an extremely potent alcoholic drink on her 21st birthday that she had to be taken to her hotel room in a wheelchair so he could violate her
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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4/25/25Bought luxury clothing, erotic adult content online, luxury skin care products, meals and paid off personal debts with more than $50,000 in campaign contributions he told donors would be used to support his bid for Congress
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael CoxFmr. Sheriff [R-TX]
4/24/25Solicited a prostitute in a sting operation where he negotiated a price for sex over the Internet but was arrested by undercover police officers when he arrived at the hotel room they sent him to
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/20/25Shared classified details of military strikes against Yemen to a group chat he created that included his wife, brother and personal lawyer
According to an exclusive report by the New York Times -
Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
4/20/25Illegally pocketed at least $28,000 from hundreds of people who paid her roughly $150 each for her to select them as poll workers over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Kevin HensleyState Representative
4/16/25Crashed into another vehicle causing it to roll over multiple times resulting in injuries to the victim's hands, face and chest that required hospitalization while pulling out of a gas station driving under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police after he submitted to a breathalyzer test that found he had a BAC nearly twice the legal limit
Was pulled over for suspected DUI and later convicted of an "alcohol-related reckless driving" offense
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nate PaulConservative Businessman
4/16/25Fraudulently inflated his assets by tens of millions of dollars and grossly underreported his liabilities by millions more to financial institutions on multiple loan applications which led to him being approved for loans totaling $172 million that otherwise wouldn't have been approved and then lied to authorities when they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Devan SeabaughState Representative
4/15/25Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcohol
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Eva RoyerHood County GOP Chair
4/10/25Fraudulently listed a vacation rental she didn't live at as her official address on campaign filings
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Aaron ClemonsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
4/09/25Robbed a gas station at knifepoint & threatened to kill the employee if they didn't comply with his demands
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kimberly MaynardFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived there
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jan KingFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
4/07/25Illegally ran for county commissioner in a district she didn't live in by fraudulently asserting that she lived there
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Dan HalloranFmr. City Council Member
4/02/25Had roughly 1,000 videos depicting explicit sex acts involving prepubescent and underage girls saved on his phone and tablet which he quickly admitted to ownership of after US Customs officials flagged him for a secondary inspection when his flight arrived in the US
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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3/31/25Quietly commuted the sentence of convicted felon Jason Galanis who still had over 10 years left in his prison sentence for his role in a massive fraud against Native American tribes as an apparent reward for his politicized testimony against Hunter Biden to House Republicans
According to news reports from credible media outlets -






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3/29/25
According to a police report and civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
Sheff GConservative Musician [R]
3/27/25Led a criminal gang responsible for numerous shooting deaths in Brooklyn and awarded money, jewelry and fine dining to game members for the crimes they committed
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Blake CozzensFmr. Iron County GOP Treasurer
3/27/25Stole over $2.1 million from clients whose property he managed over a series of at least 19 wire transfers, checks and in-person withdrawals and deposited the money into two bank accounts he owned
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jacob DobbsFmr. City Council Member Candidate
3/26/25Filed a false police report that accused his girlfriend of stealing his car when she had legal possession of it the entire time
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/26/25Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
3/24/25Shared highly classified operational details about a pending military strike against Yemen to a group chat with other top Administration officials on an unsecured app
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
John RatcliffeCIA Director
3/24/25Included the name of an undercover CIA agent in a group chat on an unsecured publicly available app which potentially could have exposed her identity to our adversaries if they were spying on the conversation
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
3/24/25Inexplicably included a prominent journalist to a group chat that included the Vice President, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State and other high-ranking Trump Adm. officials on a publicly available app that discussed highly classified war plans against a foreign adversary
According to an exclusive report by The Atlantic -
Jesse LawClark County GOP Chair
3/21/25Installed GPS tracking devices on his ex-fiancée's cell phone and on the undercarriage of her car to monitor her movements
According to charging documents by local officials -
Scott JenkinsSheriff [R-VA]
3/21/25Accepted cash bribes totaling $72,500 to circumvent concealed carry gun laws by giving people official deputy credentials that allowed them to carry a concealed weapon in any state without a permit
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
3/20/25
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jarrin JacksonFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/14/25Was found liable for $4M in damages for falsely portraying a Republican political consultant who was affiliated with his primary opponent's campaign as a felon who tried to steal an election
According to a ruling issued by the presiding judge -
Eddie LauFmr. Campaign Manager [R]
3/13/25Spread fake political endorsements with the intent to harm another politician's prospects in a local election over a series of online posts and advertisements
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Marion ThornberryCounty Commissioner [R-IL]
3/13/25
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
John RaymondPastor [R]
3/13/25Suffocated a student who was only 4 years old to the point that they "went limp" and taped at least five additional students' mouths shut simply because they were talking during class during his time as headmaster of a Christian school he founded
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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3/12/25Quietly pardoned disgraced former state Sen. and MAGA diehard Brian Kelsey mere days into his 21-month sentence for campaign finance fraud
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Patrick GehoDir. of Public Relations
3/11/25Solicited a prostitute online and was arrested by police conducting sting operations combating human trafficking
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John SweeneyCity Council Member [R-WI]
3/11/25Drove over a raised curb and drunkenly passed out in his car with the engine running in a Taco Bell parking lot around midnight, couldn't tell responding officers where he came from or where he lived, refused a breathalyzer test and was caught with a firearm on his person in violation of state law
According to charging documents filed by local officials




