The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Frequently called to “harass, annoy and terrify” the paster of a Baptist church, posted a number of social media threats against him and also made a number of salacious sexualized comments about the pastor's wife

Raked in thousands of dollars in illegal campaign donations and accepted gifts including a suite at an NHL game from wealthy donors in exchange for special treatment helping them obtain concealed weapons permits that her office was in charge of approving

Raped, orally penetrated and sexually molested his adopted daughter over a six-year period beginning when she was just twelve years old and waged an intimidation campaign to keep her quiet by monitoring her every move via GPS and home video surveillance, which ironically is how he found out she reported him to the police while also being a married father of young children

Shot a 12-year-old girl in the head and then buried her body after kidnapping her from her home

Falsely asserted she was a paralegal to federal authorities so she could enter an immigration detention facility her romantic partner was being held at

Falsely identified himself as a police officer and prevented a school bus with children on board from leaving before state police arrived after getting involved in a private dispute between two children who inadvertently bumped heads

Texted state rep Jackie Toledo an unsolicited image of his erect penis and a number of other photographs of himself in "various states of undress" without her consent

Pulled out his penis and began stroking himself in front of a nurse until he had an erection after asking her if a testosterone shot she just administered would "make him hard" and then asked her not to leave the room while he continued his lewd behavior

Had a monthslong extramarital affair with a female subordinate where they had sex in multiple places including his office, home and a local shooting range -- once even kicking out the window of his patrol car while they were having sex -- and eventually impregnated her

Sexually harassed his executive assistant with “constant unwanted physical touching, sexual remarks, and sexual advances” and created such a toxic work environment that she felt she couldn't report his alleged misconduct without fear of retaliation

Pleasured himself watching videos in his truck within view of a busy road used by parents to pick up children from a nearby preschool after having spewed propaganda about wanting to protect children

Watched his wife have sex with a much younger man both in person and via CCTV over a period of seven years while also being a minister who preached the virtues of monogamy and abstinence before marriage

Drunkenly grabbed a co-worker's breasts without her consent while they sat next to each other in a crowded movie theater while also being married at the time

Repeatedly solicited sexual favors from a young woman who worked in the state secretary of state's office

Tried to pin down and kiss a woman he invited to his apartment, but she was able to escape before he could harm her further

Kept secret credible sexual assault allegations against the Republican Secretary of State for over a month ostensibly to protect him

Pinned a young woman against the wall and rubbed his body against hers as he tried to kiss her and rip her shirt off

Paid for ex-girlfriend to get an abortion in 2009 and later expressed support for a total abortion ban with no exception for incest, rape, or the life of the mother

Used an illegal ID card he made that implied he was a state employee to vote in multiple elections

Had at least 33 videos of young children depicting various sex acts on his cellphone

Admitted to sexually abusing a child as young as 12-years-old and wrote about wanting to have sex with children between 12 and 16 in an online group chat

Drove drunk on his military base in Okinawa, Japan after which his military rank was demoted, but publicly he blamed the demotion on a fight he had in his dormitory

Falsely claimed he was a combat veteran who served under "tough" conditions in the Afghanistan War, but military records show he never actually deployed to Afghanistan and instead spent six months loading planes on a military base in Qatar over 1,000 miles away from the fighting

Ran a stop sign and proceeded to drive erratically until police who observed him "stumble" out of a bar around 1:40am pulled him over, noticed an "overwhelming odor of alcohol" and conducted a field sobriety test which he failed spectacularly and then was found to have oxycodone that had not been prescribed to him and yet he also portrayed himself as a "tough on crime" candidate

Weaved in and out of his lane around 1:30am and then failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over

Was found liable for $120k in damages for violating wiretapping laws after illegally recording multiple conversations inside a Democratic political consulting group which they later "heavily edited" to deceitfully insinuate the group was involved in unscrupulous activities

Forcibly kissed and groped a congressional intern and ignored her pleas to stop after creating a situation where they would be alone in his car together

Tried to convince a client of his to begin a sexual relationship in an "obsessive and unrelenting" manner and retaliated against her by demanding ever-increasing attorney's fees when she rebuffed his advances

Filled out and submitted eight absentee ballots for unwitting voters without their knowledge or consent by taking advantage of his position on a local elections board to access their voter information

Convinced a Mormon bishop to keep allegations of child sexual abuse by a member of his church against his daughters secret under false pretenses that he could be sued if he did even though state law in Arizona -- where the alleged abuse took place -- specifically protects people who report child abuse, which allowed the abuse to continue for a number of years

Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accounts

Ran a red light and slammed his pickup truck into a larger box truck at 3am causing a crash that dragged their vehicles for several hundred feet after which he failed a videotaped field sobriety test during which he was swaying, struggled to do a one-leg stand and was observed having a strong odor of alcohol by officers on scene

Purchased a diary stolen from Joe Biden's granddaughter for $40,000 and soon after leaked it to a reporter at another rightwing outlet who posted the private material days before the 2020 Presidential election

Issued an egregiously bad ruling that helped protect Donald Trump by hamstringing the FBI's ability to reclaim classified government documents he illegally took with him to Mar-a-Lago by appointing a "special master" to review the documents before they could examine them further which was later overturned unanimously by one of the most conservative appeals courts in the country

Encouraged potential suspects and other witnesses to destroy evidence and lie to a federal grand jury investigating members of the far-right domestic terrorist group Oath Keepers and their involvement in the 1/6 insurrection in messages on an encrypted chat messaging board

Made illegal campaign contributions and filed false financial reports to cover it up to promote an independent "ghost candidate" who got 4,800 votes likely swinging the election to the Republican who won by a narrow 300 votes

Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her without consent and then ejaculated himself on her stomach

Solicited sex with who he thought was a 15-years-old girl over the internet and traveled to meet her where he was arrested by undercover officers who posed as the young girl

Solicited sex with a 13-year-old girl over the internet and sent her pictures of his erect penis not realizing he was actually communicating with an undercover police officer at the same time he was the political director for a prominent anti-abortion organization that espoused far-right "family values"

Created a fictitious consulting company along with state reps. Glen Casada and Robin Smith where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also paid Casada and Smith a bribe in exchange for their help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor

Created a fictitious consulting company along with state rep. Robin Smith and his chief of staff where they charged taxpayers $51,947 for official mailing services and hid his involvement in the scheme by submitting fake invoices to state officials and also accepted bribes from his chief of staff in exchange for his help in securing government approval for the fake consulting company to operate as an official state vendor

Grabbed a restaurant hostess's breasts, kissed her neck and shoved his pelvis into her and then taunted that he'll "get away with it" because he's a member of a politically connected family while also married with three children

Allegedly made frequent phone calls to a "house of prostitution" presumably to have sex with the women who worked there while also being a married father of three

Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film convention

Put his face inches away from a woman's breasts and asked where she got them from before trying to unhook her bra strap during a meet and greet at a horror film convention

Failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of taxable income to the government and siphoned even more to himself through a PAC that he earned from working as an unregistered foreign agent and lobbyist for the Venezuelan government

Was indicted for official misconduct in office and tampering with a witness in an apparent attempt to cover his tracks

Riled up crowds at rallies with chants of "lock her up!" after the FBI discovered a small number of classified files accidentally stored on Hillary Clinton's secure home server, but then intentionally took 300+ documents ranging from standard classified to the most sensitive top secret storing them in insecure locations at Mar-a-Lago and subverted multiple efforts to return them to authorities

Forged signatures on at least nine absentee voter applications for people who were unaware he was submitting the request and lied to the county clerk by attesting he had permission to deliver the applications

Impregnated a criminal defendant his office prosecuted sometime during their two-month affair and then rescinded her pretrial diversion agreement presumably out of payback for telling his wife about the affair and baby

Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who was serving jury duty in the court he was prosecuting cases in and would often boast to her that he "don't have no boss" who could reprimand him for it

Had an extramarital affair with a probation officer who worked closely with defendants he presumably could have secured convictions on which makes him vulnerable to claims of bias in court

Had sex with a married woman who was actively involved in a case in his courtroom and didn't recuse himself or disclose his behavior

Inappropriately touched an underage boy in "very predatorial and very strange" ways including grabbing his pectoral muscles, creepily rubbing his back and hugging him in a way that made the boy slide "up his hip or the side of his thigh or his bum"

Was convicted of numerous criminal offenses ranging from drunk driving, giving alcohol to minors, possession of illegal drugs and carrying a concealed weapon while under the influence of drugs or alcohol over a period of four years

Illegally paid $92,800 in taxpayer funds to his legislative aide's relatives to pay for rent at two cottages located well outside his district by falsely declaring that one cottage was his district office which entitled him to a taxpayer funded stipend

Was caught with 2 1/2 pounds of marijuana and 1,000 milligrams of psilocybin (also known as magic mushrooms) stashed in his apartment following a police raid

Defied a Congressional subpoena requiring him to testify before the 1/6 Committee using specious claims of executive privilege and was sentenced to 4 months in jail

Filed a false police report erroneously claiming that a young child was being forced to perform sex acts on male customers at an adult bookstore he worked at which resulted in police using up valuable resources and time to investigate his accusation

Used his influence as a US Rep. to convince a judge to order the arrest and jailing of the husband of a woman he was having an extramarital affair with on bogus kidnapping charges so he could continue seeing her unabated

Personally attempted to contact a 1/6 Committee witness presumably to pressure them to not disclose any damaging information about him when they testified before the committee

Performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy he met at a church he ministered inside his dorm room at Oklahoma Christian University after watching adult videos with him

Secretly paid over $12 million to four women to keep them from going public with their allegations of sexual misconduct and demanded that each of them signs a nondisclosure agreement to ensure their accusations never saw the light of day

Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroom

Shot his wife through the passenger seat of a car her close friend was driving shortly after he asked her for his .38 revolver from the center console claiming there was a danger that did not exist and suspiciously tried to get her friend to lie to police about it in a trial in which prosecutors described his life as ""spinning out of control" due to financial troubles that killing her would resolve

Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married

Stole a lawn sign that belonged to a political opponent of his while driving in a truck owned by county taxpayers mere months after being caught on video stealing the same opponent's sign from the parking lot of a private business

Called the local police department to warn that he "may shoot" police officers if they attempted to enter his home and arrest a wanted man he was harboring

Impersonated a city compliance officer on at least two occasions so he could order people to remove campaign signs his opponent had displayed at local businesses while also portraying himself as a fierce defender of law and order

Punched his female opponent in the face at an abortion rally causing her to go to the hospital for a possible concussion and fled the scene presumably because he knew his assault was not justified

Solicited sex with who he thought was a 12-year-old girl but was instead an undercover police officer over a series of private messages on the internet while also being a married father of two boys

Tried to remove a female Washington Commanders employee's clothes, groped her and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a private area of his chartered plane out of view of the other passengers while also being married

Secretly paid $1.6 million to a female Washington Commanders employee who accused him of sexual assault in order to keep her from going public with her allegations

Strongly hinted that he would pardon people convicted of crimes related to the 1/6 insurrection by saying he'll be "looking at them very, very seriously," but only if they didn't cooperate with authorities

Fathered three secret children out of wedlock and only took responsibility for his youngest child after the mother took him to court in order to force him to pay child support

Cast 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

Defied a Congressional subpoena requiring him to testify before the January 6th Committee by citing legally dubious claims of executive privilege

Possessed and distributed felony images of underage girls as an administrator of an online child pornography group

Teamed up with his adult son to brutally assault his own brother-in-law resulting in him needing emergency medical care at a hospital and drew his gun on and threatened to harm a neighbor who attempted to intervene

Unlawfully destroyed official documents in burn bags -- to the point that his wife complained to top Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson that "all of his suits smell like a bonfire" -- and flushed others down the toilet in violation of a federal law that mandates all of a President's records must be sent to the National Archives presumably to cover up some sort of misconduct

Used $1,929.07 in campaign funds to pay for 11 months' worth of dues to gain "unlimited access" to a private social and dining club located in Texas

Spent $3,147.06 in campaign funds to pay for an extravagant dinner at a private social and dining club that the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics reported was likely a personal expense and not a fundraising event as he claimed

Groped a Southern Baptist Conference pastor's wife 24 years his junior under her shirt, pulled down her shorts and forcibly kissed her without consent after he gained entry into her condo presumably because she didn't have any reason to be concerned about him

Raked in over $600,000 in kickbacks from a health insurance fraud scheme that charged providers with over $2.5 million worth of unnecessary tests that were ordered from doctors and conducted by a pharmaceutical company who were all involved in the conspiracy

Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expenses

Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with him

Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creek

Lost control of his truck and slammed into a tree and then refused a breathalyzer test after police noticed he had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and reported that he was "obviously impaired"

Got on top of another man while he was naked and simulated receiving oral sex by repeatedly thrusting his pelvis near their head while making high-pitched moaning sounds

Spanked a child under his care in the bottom so hard that it caused bruising and admitted to police officers that he "would agree it was excessive"

Routinely choked his girlfriend unconscious during sex to the point of causing her to suffer convulsions even after she laid down clear ground rules stipulating what she was comfortable with and sometimes had anal sex with her while she was unconscious from his strangulation and unable to consent

Allegedly raped a female college student after luring her to his dorm room with the promise of a glass of Champagne which he drugged causing her to begin “feeling weird" and lose consciousness

Attempted to take his loaded handgun onto his airplane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, but was stopped by TSA agents who took possession of his weapon and issued him a citation

Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by law

Stayed at a stop sign for "an abnormal length of time" at 1:30am before driving into oncoming traffic and nearly crashing head-on into another vehicle and had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath and couldn't answer simple questions after getting pulled over

Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the police

Mentally and emotionally abused his minor child by implying they will "burn in hell" and spitefully wished they will become ill any time they "see or touch something" they enjoyed over a series of texts and emails that resulted in his estranged wife being granted a restraining order against him

Inappropriately groped and touched eight women aged from their late teens to mid-20's at political events, beauty pageants and other functions over a five-year period