The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 151 - 200 of 1075 Scandals
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
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 clubAccording to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
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 -
Walt NautaTrump "Bodyman"
6/09/23
Hid boxes filled with classified and highly sensitive government documents after his boss Donald Trump was subpoenaed for them which were later found when the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAccording to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith -
Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
6/09/23
Stored top-secret and classified documents he illegally took with him to Mar-a-Lago at the conclusion of his term in his unsecured office, bathroom, bedroom, ballroom and storage room in plain view for tens of thousands of guests and potential US adversaries to see6/09/23
Ordered his personal aide and "body man" Walt Nauta 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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Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member [R-RI]
6/08/23
Molested a 12-year-old girl he met online who promptly told her legal guardian about his actions which led to his arrest and placement on house arrest until the conclusion of his trialAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal
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Joseph MurrayGeorge Santos Conservative Lawyer
6/08/23
Participated in the mob that rammed through police barricades and marched up the steps of the US Capitol on 1/6 where he filmed and cheered on the rioters who entered the buildingAccording to video footage of 1/6 obtained by Mother Jones -
1.1mLauded by Trump
6/08/23
Removed more than a thousand pages of classified documents from the White House on Trump's orders and was seen putting them in the trunk of his car late at night on the final evening of his presidencyAccording to three former top aides to Meadows reported on by Murray Waas in an exclusive report published on Substack
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22.2mLauded by Trump
6/07/23
Was sued by Fox News for breach of contract after he debuted a show on Twitter that violated the terms of his contract with themAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by Fox News
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
6/05/23
Was possibly complicit in having a surveillance video storage room "accidentally" flooded in a failed attempt to cover up crimes with classified documents (the FBI recovered incriminating video anyways), or it is a total coincidence that a maintenance worker -- not just any worker but one who previously helped Trump's aide move boxes with classified documents -- would be careless enough to drain a pool damaging a room at a $200k initiation fee resort that contained additional videos the FBI had an active subpoena forAccording to an exclusive report by CNN
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6/05/23
Weaponized his GOP committee by threatening FBI Director Christopher Wray with an unprecedented charge of contempt of Congress to get access to a document discredited as not reliable enough to pursue as part of a shameless political smear campaign and sham investigation against Joe Biden without regard to protecting the identities of redacted sourcesAccording to voluminous reports filed by mainstream media outlets
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Jim LucasState Representative [R-IN]
5/31/23
Fled the scene of a violent single-car crash that flattened three tires and heavily damaged his car because he was under the influence of alcohol, tried to hide his mangled truck behind a local store over three miles away from the scene of his crash and lied to police that he parked it there because he didn't want to leave an oil leak stain in the main parking lotAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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5.2mLauded by Trump
5/31/23
Was sued by his former company Project Veritas for spending $150,000 on private cars, $10,000 on a helicopter flight and other frivolous expenses in violation of his contractAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by Project Veritas -
5/27/23
Called and threatened "several" Texas State Reps with "political consequences" if they voted to impeach him for corruptionAccording to a speech delivered by Rep. Green in the Texas State House
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Charlie GreenState Representative [R-TX]
5/27/23
Accused Texas AG Ken Paxton of personally calling and threatening "several" Texas State Rep's with "political consequences" if they vote to impeach him for corruptionAccording to a speech delivered by Rep. Green in the Texas State House
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463kMAGA Enthusiast
5/25/23
Was accused of blindsiding the CPAC Board by improperly using the organizations money to pay his lawyer $270,000 to defend him in a civil defamation lawsuitAccording to allegations lobbied by American Conservative Union treasurer Bob Beauprez in an exclusive report by New York Magazine
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Bill BroughFmr. State Representative [R-CA]Worked in George W Bush's Administration
5/24/23
Spent $17,303 in campaign funds on personal expenses including family vacations, a professional baseball game, $2,400 worth of clothing and his children's cellphone bills and also failed to provide proper documentation for over $53,000 worth of meals he charged at taxpayers' expenseState regulators fined Brough $100k after a yearslong investigation
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
5/22/23
Pushed the Justice Department to keep open a political investigation looking into the Clinton Foundation long after it became abundantly clear no wrongdoing was found by investigatorsAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Times
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Timothy ParlatoreFmr. Trump Conservative Lawyer
5/20/23
Quit defending Donald Trump because fellow lawyer Boris Epshteyn "was not very honest" and behaved as a gatekeeper who prevented other lawyers from giving Trump the legal advice they thought was bestAccording to an exclusive interview Parlatore gave to CNN
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5/19/23
Repeatedly slurred his speech and swayed back and forth as he led official proceedings as the Texas Speaker of the House in a way fellow Republican and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described as "debilitating intoxication"According to reports by local and state media
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5/18/23
Forcefully grabbed and pushed back a citizen journalist filming him and other congresspeople giving a press conference outside the US Capitol as the victim yelled "you're hurting me!" while asking Higgins to let him goAccording to a video of the incident reported by The Daily Beast
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5/17/23
According to reports by mainstream media outlets
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Bruce MillerFmr. Conservative Athlete [R]
5/17/23
Threatened to execute Rep. Eric Swalwell or send him to Guantanamo Bay in a threatening private message he sent the Congressman on TwitterAccording to an official report filed with the Capitol Police -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]
4.2m
5/16/23
Drank alcohol "all day and night" despite having serious professional responsibilities including being a lawyer for Donald Trump according to his aide Noelle Dunphy who had a job to make sure he was a "functioning" alcoholic5/16/23
Discussed an alleged scheme to sell pardons for $2 million each claiming he would split it evenly with Donald Trump (or possibly keep it all for himself) and asked a woman who worked closely with him if she knew anyone who would be interested and for them to work with him directly instead of publicly via “normal channels”According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets5/16/23
Refused to pay his staffer Noelle Dunphy $1 million in promised wages and repeatedly made excuses to avoid payment until he eventually refused to pay her outrightAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
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Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member [R-RI]
5/15/23
Passed out in his car in a parking lot after consuming crack cocaine laced with fentanyl and was later found to have two crack pipes and "white rock-like" substance in his possession when police arrived to check on him after a concerned citizen reported that it looked like he was choking and exhibiting signs of an overdoseAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]
4.2m
5/15/23
Coerced his staffer Noelle Dunphy into having sex with him multiple times and to participate in BDSM sex acts -- often after she was unable to consent due to being intoxicated -- and creepily told her that he thinks of her "as my daughter" while they were having sex5/15/23
Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy to work "naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them" that he purchased for her to wear when she was in the office and also when she worked from home remotelyDemanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy undress for him during almost all of their videoconferences during which he often pleasured himself under a bed sheet5/15/23
Forced staffer Noelle Dunphy to perform oral sex multiple times including while he was on the speakerphone with Trump and once after pulling out his erect penis saying he couldn't get any work done until "you take care of this"5/15/23
Discussed classified and sensitive information with Donald Trump on speakerphone while his aide could hear and gave the same aide unfettered access to his email accounts that also contained confidential and highly sensitive informationAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets -
Vish BurraGeorge Santos Political Aide
5/12/23
Tweeted numerous vulgar and menacing posts falsely insinuating that an investigative reporter wanted to have sex with him by writing posts like she "couldn't keep her eyes off me!" and that he thinks "she wants me to hit her with something else" -- a not-so-subtle reference to having sex with her -- over a series of targeted Tweets towards herAccording to a report by The Daily Beaast
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5/11/23
Slandered Russian disinformation expert Nina Jankowicz's by repeatedly airing lies about her and the work she does on a number of shows over multiple days which resulted in her receiving numerous threats and having her personal information released onlineAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NY]
697k
697kMAGA Enthusiast
5/10/23
Violated federal law by asserting he had upwards of $5 million in assets that didn't actually exist and falsely reported he loaned his campaign $500,000 on financial disclosure forms he submitted during his 2022 run for Congress because it helped him qualify for financial help from the RNCAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
5/10/23
Objectified an aide to press secretary Stephanie Grisham by having her sent to his office aboard Air Force One so that he and other men could "look at her ass," which concerned Grisham to the point that she made sure the staffer was never alone with Trump again because she was "really nervous about what could happen"Firsthand account from Grisham in a book published by premier company HarperCollins
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NY]
697k
697kMAGA Enthusiast
5/10/23
Illegally received over $24,000 in COVID unemployment benefits from New York while he was still employed making a $120,000 salary at his job in Florida and then later hypocritically signed on as a top cosigner of a House bill meant to recover these ill-gotten fundsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Donald Trump45th U.S. President
162.3m
5/10/23
Was found liable to pay writer E. Jean Carroll $5 million in damages for defamation and battery for "sexual abuse" at the Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York City in 1996Jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation after a civil trial
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5/09/23
Served so much alcohol to two underage legislative aides and a 21-year-old intern that one vomited and the other two were so dizzy that they had "split vision"Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]
5/04/23
Failed to report $100,000 in secret payments his wife accepted from a rightwing organization who filed a legal brief arguing to strike down a major part of the Voting Rights Act after which he joined a 5-4 majority doing just thatAccording to an investigative report by The Washington Post -
5/03/23
Defrauded a donor who gave him $535,200 to use on his campaign which he diverted to his personal business accounts instead and broke campaign finance laws by not disclosing it in a scheme multiple campaign finance experts called “unprecedented,” “stunning,” and “jaw-dropping”According to an exclusive investigative report by The Daily Beast
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14.8mMAGA Enthusiast
5/02/23
Exposed his penis to a male staff member seemingly out of the blue while they were filming a video in a screening room5/02/23
Exposed his penis to his co-host Dave Landau while he was seated at a conference table with other people in the room as a witness described as an attempted "power play" who later learned "this was something he did" and noted that if any other manager did something like this it would be "national news"According to ten former employees who spoke exclusively with The New York Post
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Donald JonesSheriff [R-KY]
5/01/23
Coached a witness to subvert justice and achieve a legal outcome he supposedly desired by giving them false information that prosecutors contend was meant to affect their testimonyAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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4/25/23
Composed a large "oppo file" file of reportedly damaging information against fired host Tucker Carlson that documented allegations he operated a misogynist and toxic workplace environment and planned to publicly release some or all of their files if Carlson publicly attacked the networkAccording to 8 Fox News sources who spoke exclusively with Rolling Stone
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Neil GorsuchSupreme Court Justice [R]
4/25/23
Didn't report that the person who purchased a large property he owned -- nine days after he was sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice -- was the CEO of a major law firm that regularly argued for conservative causes before the Supreme CourtAccording to an exclusive report by Politico
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22.2mLauded by Trump
4/24/23
Was abruptly fired by Fox News less than a week after the company settled a defamation lawsuit for $787.5 million likely because explicitly racist text messages he wrote that were found during the discovery process were so damning they had no choice but to settleAccording to a public statement released by Fox News
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4/20/23
Solicited nude pictures from a 15-year-old boy by promising him that he'll share his "entire network" of right-wing friends with the aspiring young activist if he compliedAccording to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast
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Scotty CampbellFmr. State Representative [R-TN]
4/20/23
Told a college-aged legislative intern that he fantasized about her and a female friend "performing sexual acts" on each other and habitually sexually harassed her so badly that thousands of taxpayer dollars were used to help relocate her as she lived in the apartment building as himAccording to a report by the bipartisan state House Ethics Subcommittee