The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 301 - 400 of 1704 Scandals
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12/16/24Crashed his ATV while driving drunk and left it behind instead of notifying the authorities who eventually caught up with him, refused a field sobriety test and was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit even after a long delay before he submitted to the test
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Patrick BaileyCounty GOP Treasurer
12/13/24
According to arrest records documents filed by the local police department -
Kurt SchenkPastor [R]
12/12/24Sexually assaulted his 21-year-old relative who lived with autism and a learning disability in his garage after spending months gaining her trust as the pastor of her church and grooming her with secret sexualized communications while also being married
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/12/24Called 911 over two dozen times one day and 14 times a week later and then told an officer who warned him to stop tying up emergency resources that he had “50 pounds of black powder and a cannon" and was ready to "take care of business” and threatened to fire on the officers who showed up to his home if they attempted to enter
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Joseph de SotoFmr. State Rep. Nominee
12/12/24Threatened to kill at least five of his colleagues including the state speaker of the house over a number of intimidating emails and texts where he warned that an angel had given him a "vision to destroy" all of them
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Michael OgleFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
12/12/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rob HentschelCounty Commissioner [R-MI]
12/09/24Allegedly sexually assaulted a young woman who repeatedly told him and his friends to stop after a night of heavy drinking
According to a sworn affidavit filed by the alleged victim to local police -
Nick FuentesPropagandist
12/06/24Pepper sprayed and forcefully pushed a woman backwards down the stairs of his front porch without saying a word to her after she rang his doorbell and then smashed her phone against the ground and kicked it inside his home before reentering and locking his door all while being recorded on her device the entire time
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
12/04/24
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
12/02/24Ginned up a phony investigation to smear Joe Biden during an election year with constant and easily disproved propaganda over relatively minor, rarely prosecuted offenses committed by his son Hunter that presumably led to the overturning of a no jail plea deal by a Republican prosecutor and Trump appointed judge
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Concerned Veterans for America
12/01/24Cultivated such a toxic work culture for female employees that at least one woman was too scared to report a male colleague for sexual harassment because she "desperately" needed her job and because "fear of reprisal looms over every woman associated" with the organization
12/01/24Secretly paid a female employee an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with accusations that a male employee sexually assaulted her and that the company brushed her allegations aside by shockingly arguing the man shouldn't be held accountable because he was drunk
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker -
12/01/24Was "very handsy with women" and exhibited a "what-happens-in-Vegas-stays-in-Vegas" inclination during numerous work trips away from his wife and young children
12/01/24Sexually pursued multiple female subordinates that he thought were "party girls" and differentiated them from the women he called "not party girls" who he presumably thought wouldn't be interested in having a sexual relationship while also being married with a young child at the time
12/01/24Attempted to jump on the stage and gyrate with exotic dancers while he was extremely intoxicated at a gentlemen's club with his employees and had to be dragged off stage by a female subordinate
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
12/01/24Got "completely drunk in a public place" during a work event in Cleveland and behaved so belligerently that multiple high profile business associates who were also in attendance reported being "very disappointed" by his behavior
According to an exclusive report by The New YorkerDrank so much at a work event in Virginia Beach that he had to be carried to his hotel room because he was "totally sloshed"
12/01/24Drank to excess at work functions so often that it became routine for his staff to drag him away from situations because he was making scene
12/01/24Got so drunk during a night out with some subordinates that he "completely passed out in the middle seat" while being driven back to his hotel by a staffer and then required the help of two male staffers to get back to his room safely
According to an exclusive report by The New YorkerBelligerently yelled "Kill All Muslims!" over and over while out drinking at a bar during a work trip in Ohio
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker
12/01/24Passed out in the back of a party bus and later urinated in public outside of his hotel after a night of heavy drinking
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker -
Rocky HayesFmr. Jones County GOP Chair
11/26/24Had multiple felony videos of young children between the ages of 8 to 13 doing sexual acts with older men saved on his cloud services account
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Ricci WynneMAGA Influencer
11/25/24Illegally exploited a female sex worker while managing her rendezvous with johns and the money she got for her services and had nearly $80k in cash on him when he was arrested
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Sean BrislinNancy Mace Legislative Aide
11/25/24Drunkenly entered a female stranger's apartment while she was taking her trash out and passed out on her bed
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Justin HerringFmr. Nebraska GOP Member
11/22/24Allegedly physically abused his intimate partner multiple times over a two-year period including at least one incident that involved a gun and an infant
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Michelle MorrowFmr. County Commissioner Candidate
11/22/24Illegally ran for local office and voted in a district she didn't reside in by fraudulently attesting that she lived there
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Justin HerringFmr. Nebraska GOP Member
11/22/24Illegally acquired at least a dozen firearms, knives, brass knuckles and numerous boxes of ammunition and stashed many of them in a hidden room in his basement likely because he isn't legally allowed to own any of them because he is a convicted felon
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
11/20/24Lied about holding a bachelor’s degree in education on a questionnaire for a Connecticut Board of Education job when in reality she earned her bachelor's degree in French
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Mitchell BoschFmr. City Council Candidate
11/19/24Led a mob that physically assaulted riot police multiple times as they were attempting to quell the 1/6 insurrection and fought them every step of the way until the police and National Guard were able to regain control hours later
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
11/18/24Attended numerous alcohol and drug-fueled "sex parties" where he consumed cocaine and other illicit drugs while he was a sitting congressman
According to an attorney representing two women who testified that they attended the parties with Gaetz -
11/17/24Defamed AZ County Recorder Stephen Richer (R) by baselessly accusing him of adding over 300,000 fraudulent ballots to Maricopa County's vote count in order to steal the election from her and then later admitted in court that she had no defense against his lawsuit and forfeited her right to a trial
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11/16/24Allegedly had sex with an underage 17-year-old girl who had just completed her junior year in high school twice in one night at a party hosted by convicted sex offender Joel Greenberg and then paid her $400 in cash afterwards
According to bombshell report released by the bipartisan House Ethics Committee -
11/15/24Allegedly raped a 30-year-old woman in her hotel room after a night of heavy drinking and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money in order to keep her from going public with her accusations
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Antwione WilliamsFmr. Conservative Athlete
11/15/24Physically "attacked and overcame" two Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrection
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
11/15/24Fathered a child out of wedlock with another woman which resulted in an "irretrievable breakdown" of his first marriage and eventual divorce
According to an exclusive report by The New Yorker -
11/13/24Consumed too much alcohol and then took some sleep medication while waiting for his flight at a local airport resulting in him missing his flight and being detained by police for public intoxication
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Joe LayneSt. Joseph County GOP Co Chairs
11/11/24Snatched a microphone from and then shoved a County Council member who was speaking to a group of local Republicans
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jonathan RinaldiFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/05/24Belligerently screamed and yelled inside a local polling station and ignored repeated police commands to stop after which he was arrested for trespassing
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James SchenkeFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/04/24Illegally contacted a victim who had a protective order against him and was arrested by police after they determined he violated the order
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Becky HoodFmr. County Commissioner
11/01/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kimberly McPhersonFmr. City Council Member
11/01/24Cast three ballots in other people's names in a general election and in one other person's name in a primary election held in 2021
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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10/30/24Forcibly kissed and groped Miss Switzerland Beatrice Keul moments after she was ushered into a room for a private meeting with him less than a month before he married Marla
According to an exclusive report by The Daily Mail -
Larry Savage JrFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
10/29/24Was caught on video stuffing two ballots into his sweatshirt pocket that he could later use to cast fraudulent votes during a public testing of local voting machines
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Lucas LaniganState Representative
10/28/24Choked his wife so forcefully that she required a trip to the hospital after she confronted him over an extramarital affair she suspected he was having
According to charging documents filed by local police -
10/27/24Illegally resided in the United States when he launched his first business by utilizing a student visa he was granted for a graduate program at Stanford that he never actually enrolled in and then years later hypocritically claimed that undocumented immigrants are destroying the country he once unlawfully worked in himself
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
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10/25/24Blocked $37 million in desperately needed disaster aid that was set aside to help victims displaced by wildfires in Washington simply because he had political disagreements with the state's Democratic governor
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10/25/24Hired a man she allegedly knew had sexually abused at least ten underage "Ring Boys" who did odd jobs at WWE wrestling events on the condition that he stop abusing young boys which he unsurprisingly did not
According to a lawsuit filed against the McMahon's by five of the alleged victims -
10/24/24Violated contractual obligations he signed with the US military by acquiescing to Russian President Vladimir Putin's demand that he deny satellite internet service over Taiwan as a favor to the Chinese leader during one of his many secret conversations he had with the Russian leader over a two-year period
According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal -
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10/23/24Placed his hands "all over" model Stacey Williams' breasts, waist and buttocks after being introduced to her by Jeffrey Epstein while he was married to Marla
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
10/23/24Trespassed on a constituent's front porch and stole a campaign mailer sent by his political opponent and was caught laughing about his actions on the victim's doorbell camera
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Zachary RadcliffWorship Dir. at MAGA Church
10/21/24Solicited sexually abusive videos and texts from at least ten boys and one girl depicting them in various stages of undress and even masturbating by bribing them with gifts, money or visits to restaurants
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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10/21/24Smeared the "Central Park Five" who spent years in prison for a crime they didn't commit by falsely asserting they pled guilty to killing someone when they did no such thing and in fact had their sentences overturned after DNA evidence emerged proving their innocence
According to a federal lawsuit filed by the "Central Park Five" -
Andy SanbornFmr. State Senator [R-NH]
10/16/24Fraudulently spent $188,474 in COVID relief funds on three luxury sports cars and other expenses after he lied about his company's earnings by nearly 1M in order to increase his chances of getting more grant money
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Chuck JohnsonPropagandist [R]
10/16/24Was sued by MAGA-friendly investment company Point Bridge Capital for fraud and extortion after he allegedly presented himself as a secret government agent who would sabotage their company unless they agreed to give him and his business partner lopsided investment returns
According to news reports from credible media outlets
10/16/24Attempted to extort a founder of investment firm Point Bridge Capital by threatening to use government connections (which did not exist) to retaliate against defense and intelligence companies strongly dependent on government contracts
According to a lawsuit filed by Point Bridge Capital -
Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
10/15/24Fraudulently 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 public
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
John RaeseFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
10/15/24Crashed 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 test
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Doug HamlinNRA CEO
10/14/24Severed 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 fraternity
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
10/14/24Violated 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 voters
According to an official complaint filed by the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus -
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10/14/24Commuted 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 table
According to news reports from credible media outlets
10/08/24Clandestinely 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 Putin
Secretly 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 office
According to exclusive reporting by veteran journalist Bob Woodward in his book "War" -
10/04/24Stole 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 wedding
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Carl MaughanState Representative
10/03/24Committed 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 over
According to charging documents filed by local police
10/03/24Was involved in a crash while driving under the influence of alcohol a mere two-months after his previous DUI
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
9/27/24Deceitfully 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 children
According to an exclusive report by the New York Times -
Mike MaroneyState Senator [R-WV]
9/24/24Committed “numerous traffic infractions” while driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in his arrest
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nick CocchiSheriff [R-MA]
9/23/24Left 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 damaged
According to charging documents filed by state police -
9/23/24Starred 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 students
According to an exclusive report by Current Revolt -
9/23/24Used 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 son
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
9/23/24Signed up for an account on a website that connects people looking to engage in extramarital affairs while also being married
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
9/23/24Had 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 out
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Mark RobinsonLt. Governor [R]

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9/19/24Posted 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 CNNWrote 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 her
According to news reports from credible media outlets
9/19/24Frequented 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 period
According to an exclusive report by The Assembly: NC -
Elliot ResnickFmr. The Jewish Press Editor
9/19/24Physically 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 inside
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Carolina AmestyFmr. State Representative
9/18/24Forged 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 operate
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jeff DotsethState Representative
9/18/24Punched 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 stop
According to a court affidavit filed by his then-wife
9/16/24Choked, kicked and physically assaulted his wife on several occasions over a decade until she finally had enough and reported him to the police
According to charging documents filed by local officials -




27.8mMAGA Enthusiast
9/15/24Sensually 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 Guilfoyle
According to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail -
Nicole TorresNYC Board of Elections Leader
9/13/24Stole at least $36,000 from city taxpayers 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 period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
9/13/24Had 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 values
According to an exclusive report by the New York Post -
Rob MinardFmr. Lee Chatfield Chief of Staff
9/12/24Conspired with his wife Anne to steal $525,000 from social welfare charities and political action committees they had close access to because of their work relationship with then-state house speaker Lee Chatfield through erroneous reimbursements, double billing, false expenditures and record manipulation
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Anne MinardFmr. Lee Chatfield Political Aide
9/12/24Conspired 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 manipulation
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Mark SchoeslerState Senator [R-WA]
9/10/24Rammed his truck into another vehicle while exiting a local fairground and exhibited “obvious signs of intoxication” to the police officer who arrested him for having a BAC nearly twice the legal limit
According to charging documents filed by local police -
April SloaneCounty Comptroller [R-PA]
9/09/24Starved her dog to death and then stuffed its carcass in a garbage bag which she stored in the back of her garage
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
8/29/24Rammed through a mailbox and drove her vehicle onto the lawn of couple she drunkenly tailgated home and was arrested by police after she failed a field sobriety test which wasn't surprising considering she was found to have a BAC over twice the legal limit when she arrived at jail
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
8/26/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Karen PhillipsCounty Clerk [R-TX]
8/26/24Pushed 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 home
According to charging documents filed by local police -
David LoveState Representative
8/23/24Smeared 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 him
According to court records reported by local media outlets -
Dean BullFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/21/24Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Shawn DenningFmr. Chief of Police
8/16/24Oversaw 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 police
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Tina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]
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8/13/24Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officials
According to charging documents filed by the Colorado Attorney General -
Devan SeabaughState Representative
8/09/24Struck a bicyclist riding in a clearly marked bicycle lane while driving under the influence of alcohol
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Todd HiettCommissioner [R-OK]
7/30/24Groped 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 father
According to an official complaint filed by at least two employees who were present -
Craig CaldwellFmr. Lexington County GOP Chair
7/12/24Stole $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 treasurer
According to charging documents filed by local officials
7/12/24Illegally 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 chapter
According to charging document filed by local officials -
Joshua KindredFmr. Federal Judge [R]
7/08/24
According to a report by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit

















