The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Commuted 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

Clandestinely 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

Stole 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

Committed 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

Was involved in a crash while driving under the influence of alcohol a mere two-months after his previous DUI

Deceitfully 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

Committed “numerous traffic infractions” while driving under the influence of alcohol resulting in his arrest

Left 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

Starred 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

Used 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

Signed up for an account on a website that connects people looking to engage in extramarital affairs while also being married

Had 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

Posted such extremely lewd and shocking comments on an adult website that CNN refused to publish the vast majority due to their extraordinarily "graphic nature"

Wrote 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

Frequented 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

Physically 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

Forged 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

Punched 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

Choked, kicked and physically assaulted his wife on several occasions over a decade until she finally had enough and reported him to the police

Sensually 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

Stole 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

Had 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

Conspired 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

Conspired 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

Rammed 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

Starved her dog to death and then stuffed its carcass in a garbage bag which she stored in the back of her garage

Rammed 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

Groped a teenage girl's breasts and buttocks

Pushed 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

Smeared 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

Sexually abused at least three males who were physically incapable of rebuffing him over a multiyear period

Oversaw 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

Allowed an unauthorized individual to make copies of voting machine hard drives and attend a voting machine software update intended only for credentialed election officials

Groped 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

Stole $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

Illegally 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

Coerced 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

Repeatedly lied to a group of federal judges investigating his alleged misconduct

Kissed 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

Paid 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

Murdered his fiancée, dismembered her body and stuffed her in a large plastic bag which he discarded near a bridge

Packed a handgun in her carryon bag and was caught by airport security when she went through a security check

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 trial

Allegedly 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

Was 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

Digitally 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

Pressured a female subordinate to have his children and then retaliated against her by denying her a raise after she refused

Spent 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

Pushed 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

Locked his assistant in a room on a private plane and forced her to watch while he masturbated under a blanket

Repeatedly propositioned his assistant to have sex and ignored her repeated rejections both in person and in sexually explicit messages he sent

Conspired with others to submit forged elector paperwork that falsely asserted Donald Trump won the state of Wisconsin in the 2020 election

Received free services from an auto shop in exchange for sending county vehicles to the shop when they needed work done on them

Failed 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

Consumed ketamine and had sex with Nicole Shanahan, who was married to Google founder Sergey Brin, which led to the dissolution of their marriage

Illegally 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

Falsely 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

Displayed 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

Punched 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

Settled 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

Displayed 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

Pardoned 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

Ran 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

Paid 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

Illegally 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

Diverted 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

Illegally 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

Asked 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

Violated 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

Continued 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

Led 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

Blatantly 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

Killed 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

Shot 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

Declined 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

Promised 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

Defamed 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

Stole 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

Violently swiped at and verbally threatened a snowplow driver he blocked by standing in front of their machine

Left 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

Lied 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

Illegally 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

Improperly 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

Reportedly lied about being shot during his deployment in Afghanistan when in reality he accidentally shot himself in the arm in a federal park

Drank 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

Illegally 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

Fondled 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

Sexually 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

Illegally 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

Grabbed a person's buttocks without their consent

Helped 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

Swerved 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

Ordered 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

Digitally penetrated his 13-year-old daughter after drugging her with a sedative and removing all her clothes while she was unconscious

Sexually abused a 15-year-old minor

Possessed “hundreds of thousands" of felony images depicting child pornography on his electronic devices

Sexually tortured another man with an inanimate object and then murdered him with a hammer

Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped

Produced 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