The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 401 - 500 of 1726 Scandals
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Jeff DotsethState Representative
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 -
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]
7/08/24Coerced an assistant district attorney who argued cases in front of him and was also his former law clerk into laying down with him on his bed and groped her which made her feel like "there’s nothing [she] can do about this, like this is about to happen" because he was so much bigger than her and then performed oral sex on her without consent
7/08/24
7/08/24Kissed and grabbed his law clerk's buttocks without her consent inside his chambers after taking her there instead of her home as he had promised following a night of drinking at a local bar
According to a report by the Judicial Council of the Ninth Circuit -
Gateway ChurchGateway Church Leader
7/08/24Paid an underage sex abuse victim who was less than 12-years-old at the time of her assault an undisclosed amount of money to settle a lawsuit she brought against the church that accused its top leaders of covering up her assault in order to protect her abuser from facing consequences for his actions
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Joseph RobertsActivist [R]
7/04/24Murdered his fiancée, dismembered her body and stuffed her in a large plastic bag which he discarded near a bridge
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Victoria SpartzU.S. Representative [R-IN]
7/01/24Packed a handgun in her carryon bag and was caught by airport security when she went through a security check
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member
6/28/24Molested 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 trial
According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal -
Neil FriskeState Representative
6/21/24Allegedly sexually assaulted an exotic dancer and then chased her around with a loaded gun that he eventually fired in her vicinity outside of his home at 2:30 in the morning
According to a police report filed by local officials -
Jason BuckelState Representative
6/17/24Was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he refused to take a field sobriety test while also driving on a suspended license
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Robert MorrisFmr. TelevangelistTrump's "evangelical executive advisory board"
6/14/24Digitally penetrated, groped and kissed a twelve-year-old girl over a multiyear period and only got caught after she told her parents once he began pressuring her to have sex with him when she turned sixteen while also being married with a young child
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
6/12/24Pressured a female subordinate to have his children and then retaliated against her by denying her a raise after she refused
According to an exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal -
Royce WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
6/06/24Spent more than $157,000 in campaign money on personal expenses including $1,200 at a strip club, luxury clothes, cosmetics and multiple "opaque" checks and wire transfers that couldn't be properly accounted for
According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast -
Mark GrisantiState Judge [R-NY]
6/06/24Pushed a police officer who was attempting to handcuff his wife over a dispute with their neighbor and warned the officer that he'll "be sorry" if he arrested his "f*cking wife" because he was friends with the mayor and two of his children are police officers
According to a censure ruling by New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct -
Kanye WestConservative Musician
6/04/24Locked his assistant in a room on a private plane and forced her to watch while he masturbated under a blanket
6/04/24Repeatedly propositioned his assistant to have sex and ignored her repeated rejections both in person and in sexually explicit messages he sent
According to a lawsuit filed by former assistant Lauren Pisciotta -
Kenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast
6/04/24Conspired with others to submit forged elector paperwork that falsely asserted Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 election
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Christopher MorrisFmr. Sheriff [R-OK]
5/31/24Received free services from an auto shop in exchange for sending county vehicles to the shop when they needed work done on them
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Royce WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Nominee
5/30/24Failed to pay over $100k in mandated child support and was held in contempt twice by a judge who threatened to throw him in jail for 180 days if he didn't pay what he owed
According to court filings first reported by NBC News -
5/25/24Consumed ketamine and had sex with Nicole Shanahan, who was married to Google founder Sergey Brin, which led to the dissolution of their marriage
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Steven KramerPolitical Consultant [R]
5/23/24Illegally created a fake AI-generated phone message with what sounded like President Biden's voice that falsely told recipients they wouldn't be able to vote in the 2024 Presidential election if they voted in the state primary
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
5/23/24Falsely reported that he had loaned his campaign $320k and took an additional $700k line of credit on campaign finance forms he submitted in an apparent attempt to make potential challengers think that he had vastly more money in his campaign account than he actually did
According to an exclusive report by NewsChannel 5 Nashville -
Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]
5/22/24Displayed a flag the far-right adopted as a symbol of support for Trump, used by insurrectionists on 1/6 and associated with the far-right Christian Nationalist movement known as the “Appeal to Heaven” or "Pine Tree" flag outside of his vacation home in New Jersey periodically over a three-month period while participating in numerous active cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Jeffrey ThomasFmr. District Attorney
5/21/24Punched his wife at least ten times in the head and face while the pair were riding in their vehicle and was turned in by his wife's friend who witnessed the entire assault in real time because she was on a video call with her at the time
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
5/21/24Settled a lawsuit with electronic voting company Smartmatic for $40 million for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories that the company helped tilt the election which caused significant defamatory damage to their company brand
According to a settlement agreement reached between the two companies -
Samuel AlitoSupreme Court Justice [R]
5/17/24Displayed an upside-down American Flag, a signal of dire distress and something Trump supporters hijacked in the days after his 2020 loss, outside of his home days after the 1/6 insurrection and before Biden was sworn in to office while participating in numerous cases stemming from the insurrection up to and including those involving Trump at the same time and then blamed his wife when reporters questioned him about it
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
5/16/24Pardoned an admittedly racist convicted murderer who made good on his online threats to confront and shoot protesters by killing an Air Force veteran peacefully participating in a protest one year into his 25-year sentence
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Elbert GuilloryFmr. State Senator [R-LA]
5/15/24Ran a stop sign and crashed into another vehicle, fled the area after exchanging information with the owner of the vehicle he hit and was later taken into custody after police caught up with him and were told he refused to take any field sobriety tests
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Billy OswaldFmr. State Sen. Candidate
5/14/24Paid his former female office manager that he sexually harassed $71,000 in order to settle a lawsuit she filed against him before the trial started
According to court records reported by local media -
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5/11/24Illegally claimed $168 million in business losses on his Chicago property by using dubious accounting tactics to write off his massive losses on the project on both his 2008 and then again on his 2010 tax returns
According to an exclusive joint report by The New York Times and Pro Publica -


244kMAGA Enthusiast
5/10/24Diverted more than $25,000 in campaign contributions to an entity that he was the sole proprietor of and was located at his home address by falsely claiming the money was used to pay rent on office space for his political campaign
According to a report released by the nonpartisan House Ethics Committee -
Stephanie ScottFmr. County Clerk [R-MI]
5/09/24Illegally retained possession of a voting machine and refused repeated commands to give it to an authorized vendor so they could conduct routine maintenance and testing
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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5/09/24Asked wealthy oil executives to spend $1 billion to elect him in 2024 and promised to throw out environmental regulations designed to combat global climate change on "Day 1" as a reward if he were to return to the White House
According to news reports from credible media outlets
5/07/24Violated a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his criminal hush-money case by criticizing the jury in an interview he gave and was fined $1,000 and warned that his next violation may result in jail time
According to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal case -


244kMAGA Enthusiast
5/06/24Continued to prominently wear a military honor pin for that he didn’t earn and was awarded to him by mistake even after the military revoked the honor
According to an exclusive report by CBS News -
5/02/24Led a mob of insurrectionists who overwhelmed police and broke into the US Capitol on 1/6 and proceeded to lead the mob towards the Senate chamber but was pushed back by riot police who eventually had to force him out of the building because he refused repeated commands to exit
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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4/30/24Blatantly and repeatedly violated a gag order which prohibited him from verbally attacking witnesses, jurors and family members of court staff in his New York hush money trial and was ordered to remove all posts that ran afoul of the gag order and pay a $9,000 fine by the judge who held him in contempt
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -






2.3mLauded by Trump
4/26/24Killed her 14-month-old puppy for the crime of acting like a puppy on a hunting trip and later proudly wrote about the incident in her book as if shooting unruly puppies was a perfectly normal thing to do
Noem admitted to killing the dog in her bookShot her family goat once and then picked up an additional shotgun shell from her truck to finish the job since her first shot didn't kill the animal
Noem admitted to killing the goat in her book -
Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]
4/25/24Declined to recuse himself from a Supreme Court case determining whether Donald Trump is immune from criminal charges stemming from his attempt to overturn the 2020 election despite the fact that his wife Ginni was intimately involved in the scheme to prevent Biden from becoming President
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
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4/22/24Promised to pardon his personal aide and "body man" Walt Nauta if he was convicted of lying to the FBI about his knowledge of Trump's illegal retention of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago if he becomes President again
Firsthand account from a confidential witness who spoke with the FBI about their interactions with Trump -
One America News
4/16/24Defamed voting technology company Smartmatic with bogus claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and later secretly settled a lawsuit the firm brought against them for an undisclosed amount in order to avoid going to trial
According to a lawsuit filed by Smartmatic -
Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
4/16/24Stole over $132,000 from multiple political accounts to pay for vacations with his family, housing costs and personal credit card statements by siphoning money from a loosely regulated political account that prosecutors alleged he used as his own "unregulated slush fund" into his own pocket
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jeffrey GreesonFmr. State Representative
4/16/24Violently swiped at and verbally threatened a snowplow driver he blocked by standing in front of their machine
According to charging documents filed by local police and corroborated by video footage taken by the victim -
Don WilsonState Representative
4/12/24Left his loaded semiautomatic 9mm handgun behind in a public restroom of the state capitol which sat unattended for nearly 30 minutes before a janitor found it and alerted state troopers
According to a report by USA Today -
Allen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]
4/10/24Lied under oath in a deposition and also at trial about his role in falsely asserting that Trump's private apartment in Trump Tower was nearly three times larger than it actually was on official tax forms
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Jamey NoelFmr. Sheriff [R-IN]
4/09/24Illegally purchased or retained two apparently "brand new" handguns and ammunition in violation of a judge's order to hand over all firearms he owned outside of a single shotgun he was allowed to keep for personal protection
According to a ruling by the judge overseeing his criminal trial -
Jacob WohlActivist [R]
4/09/24Improperly targeted black voters with robocalls that shared fake information in an attempt to discourage them from voting in the 2020 election and later agreed to pay $1.25 million in fines after the state of New York sued him
According to a civil lawsuit filed by NY Attorney General Letita James -
Tim SheehyU.S. Senator [R-MT]
4/06/24Reportedly lied about being shot during his deployment in Afghanistan when in reality he accidentally shot himself in the arm in a federal park
According to park ranger Kim Peach who claimed Sheehy personally told him that he shot himself in the arm and a former Navy SEAL who deployed to Afghanistan with Sheehy who claimed he knew nothing about him getting shot during their deployment -
4/05/24Drank so much alcohol at a political dinner and gala that servers cut her off and told her she couldn't have any more because she was noticeably drunk
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Brian PritchardGeorgia GOP Vice-President
3/28/24Illegally voted in nine elections between 2008 and 2011 while he was on probation for a prior felony conviction and ineligible to vote in Georgia while also having hypocritically spread baseless claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election and was later fined $5,000 and given a public reprimand by the judge overseeing his case
According to an investigative report by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
3/27/24Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his hotel room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of court
According to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast -



305kMAGA Enthusiast
3/25/24Sexually abused a 14-year-old girl who babysat his children inside his church, personal office, car and her home over three-year period during his mid-20's while also being married with young children
According to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star -
Stefanie LambertConservative Lawyer
3/22/24Illegally accessed at multiple voting machines used in the 2020 presidential election from numerous counties in Michigan by deceiving election officials into handing them over to her and her coconspirators
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
3/19/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/18/24Helped remove a table from a room in the Capitol that was soon after used to physically assault police officers trying to regain control during the 1/6 insurrection and later lied to federal investigators by falsely telling them she never entered the Capitol during the riot
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Alex ZdanFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
3/14/24Swerved into oncoming traffic while driving drunk and hit another car, fled the scene and was later found asleep in his car by police who reported he had noticeable signs of impairment including a strong odor of alcohol on his breath, slurred speech and bloodshot eyes and then failed field sobriety tests and had a BAC three times the legal limit of 0.25
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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3/12/24Ordered his personal aide and "body man" Walt Nauta and Mar-a-lago manager Brian Butler to transfer up to 15 boxes of likely classified information Trump illegally had in his possession to his residence in New Jersey at the very time representatives from the DOJ were meeting with his lawyers to get back the documents he illegally retained
Former Mas-a-Lago manager Brian Butler -
Bo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair
3/11/24Digitally penetrated his 13-year-old daughter after drugging her with a sedative and removing all her clothes while she was unconscious
3/11/24
3/11/24Possessed “hundreds of thousands" of felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devices
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Kyle LewterCampaign Manager [R-AL]
3/10/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/08/24Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State
3/07/24Produced felony videos and images of underage and barely legal girls performing sex acts with him and used them to coerce other underage girls into sex
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/07/24Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds resulting in his eventual death several days later
According to charging documents filed by local police -
3/07/24Consumed alcohol and the sleep drug Ambien with subordinates while on duty as President Obama's top physician which could have resulted in catastrophe if he were called to care for the President in an emergency
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Heather LombardiniSuper PAC President
2/21/24Illegally coordinated with former Michigan Senate Leader Mike Shirkey to secretly funnel Super PAC money to a fund supporting a right-wing ballot initiative and then didn't file the required campaign finance statements identifying the donors who contributed money
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Paul ThurmanFmr. Staffer [R]
2/19/24Physically grabbed a 14-year-old boy and threatened to rape him at a crowded high school volleyball tournament but the teen was able to escape his grasp and run to the authorities who used surveillance footage to identify and arrest him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
2/14/24Asked a young woman who was getting paid by his best friend Joel Greenberg to have sex with other men to join him for a weekend trip to the Florida Keys where he said there would be "2 guys, 4 girls" and insinuated sex would be involved
According to an exclusive report by ABC News
2/14/24Had sex with a 21-year-old who was under the influence of "all kinds of controlled substances" at a drug-fueled party she was paid to attend
According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast -
John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner
2/14/24Stole over $59k from a local Republican committee and spent it on personal expenses including mortgage payments, wine trips, luxury candies and everyday expenses like groceries
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Lawrence GarveyRockland County GOP Chair
2/12/24Drove under the influence of alcohol after attending a political fundraiser at the home of Trump Senior Advisor Tony Sayegh and was arrested after he failed field sobriety tests and refused a breathalyzer test
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jim LucasState Representative
2/01/24Exposed his holstered concealed firearm to a group of students visiting the state capitol to advocate for new gun control legislation while lecturing them about his right to defend himself
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Jeff BurkettFmr. Sheriff [R-MO]
1/31/24Called 911 to falsely accuse the mother of his friend of kidnapping her child without any evidence in order to help his friend and the father of the child to get custody and also plotted with the father and others to stalk the mother with the intention of kidnapping his own child from her but was arrested before he had a chance to enact his plan
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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1/26/24Was found liable to pay writer E. Jean Carroll an additional $83 million -- $65 million in punitive damages and 18.3 million in reputational and emotional damages -- after he continued to repeatedly defame her long after a previous jury awarded her $5 million in defamation damages
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
1/26/24
According to charging documents filed by local police -
1/25/24Defecated on a WWE employee he coerced into a nonconsensual sexual relationship while also being married and then commanded her to give oral sex to his friend while feces were running down her head
1/25/24Teamed up with a male WWE employee to physically restrain and sexually assault a female WWE employee after they shoved her into a locked room at company headquarters and mocked her pleas for them to stop by taunting that "No means yes" while also being married
1/25/24Showed illicit photos and videos of a WWE employee he had a nonconsensual sexual relationship with to multiple people without her knowledge or consent
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
1/24/24Accused AZ Republican Party Chair Jeff DeWitt of offering her a bribe on tape to drop out of the 2024 U.S. Senate race and said that he should resign instead of which he claimed her recording of their private conversation was "selectively edited" but eventually did step down
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Mike LynchState Representative
1/17/24Recklessly drove 90mph on an interstate highway while under the influence of alcohol with a BAC nearly twice the legal limit and was found to be in possession of a firearm in violation of state law after police pulled him over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
1/17/24Settled 14 separate lawsuits brought by former employees who alleged he illegally withheld their overtime pay for an undisclosed amount
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Keri BlairFmr. School Board Member
1/12/24Stole a total of $728.61 worth of items from a local Target during seven visits over a 26-day period by not scanning some of the more expensive items in her cart at the self-checkout line
According to charging documents filed by local police


















