The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 501 - 600 of 1733 Scandals
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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
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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 -
Tony YochamFmr. Chief of Police
1/09/24Routinely sexually assaulted an underage girl over a seven-year period that began when she was only 8 years old and culminated in near-daily assaults before he was caught while also being a married father of five children
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1/06/24Choked a 20-year-old woman during sex without her consent so forcefully that the whites of her eyes turned red and she passed out and continued having sex with her while she was unconscious and then threatened to kill her when she awoke
According to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun -
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1/04/24Remained closely tied to his namesake company which ended up raking in at least $7.8 million from 20 different foreign governments throughout his Presidency by having his sons run it instead of placing it in the hands of a neutral arbiter which violated decades of norms and traditions that were in place to prevent a President from profiting off the office
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Barry BennettLobbyist [R]
1/03/24Masterminded a scheme to illegally conceal $2.1 million he earned in a three-month period for lobbying services he provided for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with his coconspirator to hide the money from federal officials
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Doug WattsPolitical Operative [R]
1/03/24Helped his coconspirator illegally conceal $2.1 million they earned lobbying for the government of Qatar by creating an LLC with to hide the money from tax authorities and then lied to federal officials twice after they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Braylee EstepSouth Carolina GOP Director
1/03/24Pulled a woman she had previously argued with at a local bar out of her car and physically attacked her with the help of her mother and third offender
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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1/01/24Lied to potential investors about receiving millions of dollars in secret payments from a company to promote their new video phone on his TV show by promising them his endorsement of the product was "not for any money"
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Nico RiosState Representative
12/23/23Spewed homophobic and racist taunts against two police officers who pulled him over on suspicion of DUI, failed a field sobriety test, refused to take a breathalyzer and then told the officers that he planned to contact the state Attorney General and to lie that he was mistreated by them unless they let him go
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jeff PastorFmr. City Council Member
12/21/23Accepted at least $55k in cash bribes and at least one trip to Miami on a private jet from who he thought were local businessmen that wanted preferential treatment for development projects in Cincinnati, Ohio but who were in fact undercover federal agents
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Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
12/18/23Unbuttoned his pants and forced his victim to manually stimulate him while high on crystal meth at a local drug house after he unsuccessfully propositioned her for sex while also being married
According to charging documents filed by state and federal officials -
Barbara BalmasedaFmr. Marco Rubio Political Aide
12/18/23Illegally entered the US Capitol along with other rioters and insurrectionists who were attempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael McDonaldNevada GOP Chair
12/18/23Submitted fake certificates to Congress that falsely declared Trump won the 2020 presidential election in Nevada
According to charging documents filed by state officials -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
12/16/23Stripped down to his underwear and grinded against another male without his consent at a fundraising event in Florida while also being married
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
12/13/23Had group sex with a woman he and his wife Bridget Ziegler were longtime friends with after having hypocritically spent years lambasting LGBTQ rights and touting the importance of adhering to "traditional family values" in public and private life
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
12/13/23Secretly sold up to $50,000 of Boeing shares mere days before a House committee he was on released a highly critical report about the company and then failed to disclose the sale for more than two months and only reported it after he won reelection by a mere 333 votes
According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast -
12/09/23Secretly recorded him and his wife Bridget Ziegler having group sex with a woman they had a sexual relationship with
According to an exclusive report by The Daily Beast -
Raymond NeubergerFmr. City Council Member
12/07/23
12/07/23Chemically burned his girlfriend's cat so viciously that its tail had to be amputated, threatened to "inflict chemical burns" on responding police officers and told one detective that he'd "make him pay" if he was arrested
According to charging documents filed by local authorities -
Alan HostetterFmr. Chief of Police
12/07/23Armed himself with a hatchet, tactical gear, knives, stun batons and pepper spray and then marched on the US Capitol where he used a megaphone to encourage the crowd to overpower the police and break into the building
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Justin WellsFox News Producer
12/05/23Was sued for "violently" kissing and sexually assaulting a fellow male Fox News producer on two separate occasions even after his advances were rebuffed and for intimidating his victim in to keeping quiet by warning him not to report what happened to Fox's human resources department
According to a lawsuit filed by alleged victim Andrew Delancey -
Siaka MassaquoiLos Angeles GOP Co Chairs
12/04/23Illegally entered the US Capitol along with other rioters and insurrectionists who were attempting to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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12/01/23Charged fellow US Rep. Mas Miller's credit card for political donations that "exceeded FEC limits" without his knowledge or consent
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350kMAGA Enthusiast
11/30/23Participated in at least one three-way sexual encounter with her husband and a mutual female friend while also hypocritically being an ardent opponent of gay rights who has spent years touting the importance of "traditional family values"
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819kMAGA Enthusiast
11/30/23Covered up the sexual coercion of a female staff member at Trump Bedminster by manipulating her into signing an unfavorable NDA for a "paltry sum" with huge financial penalties if she violated the terms
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
11/30/23Raped a woman he and his wife Bridget Ziegler previously had group sex with and have known for 20 years after she tried to cancel their planned tryst because Bridget could no longer participate
According to a police complaint filed by the alleged victim -
Peggy JuddState RepresentativeMAGA Enthusiast
11/29/23Illegally delayed certifying her county's 2022 midterm election results for weeks by citing unfounded and baseless allegations of fraud and only allowed the certification to go through after a judge ordered her to
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Tom CrosbyCounty Commissioner [R-AZ]
11/29/23Illegally delayed certifying the results of his county's 2022 midterm election by citing baseless allegations of supposed voter fraud
According to charging documents filed by state officials -




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11/29/23Grabbed and struck a woman in her forehead with a 9mm pistol leaving blood running down her face, an inch-wide cut on her face and a handprint bruise on her forearm
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nick SauerFmr. State Representative
11/28/23Shared nude images of his ex-girlfriend to eight men using a fake Instagram account under her name so that he could creepily "catfish" them by pretending to be her and sharing intimate details of her life
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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11/26/23Pardoned a convicted drug smuggler who had connections with his son-in-law Jared Kushner's family after only serving two and a half years of his ten-year sentence and who was later arrested for assaulting his wife and father-in-law
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
11/21/23Preyed on female subordinates at Newsmax in the office and at social gatherings where he was often seen getting inappropriately "close and physical" with them of which several complaints were filed with human resources but mostly ignored due to their toxic culture
According to four Newsmax staffers in an exclusive interview with Mediaite
11/21/23Showed pictures of a female subordinate’s cleavage to other staff in his office without her knowledge or consent
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
11/14/23Allegedly elbowed fellow GOP Rep. Tim Burchett in his kidney while he was speaking with a reporter, escalating the long-simmering feud between the two which kicked into overdrive after Burchett publicly criticized McCarthy's leadership and voted to oust him from his post as Speaker of the House
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
11/13/23Pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars from QAnon supporters who donated to his legal defense fund instead of giving them money back to them once his case was over
According to a court deposition by Flynn's sister and trustee of his legal defense fund Barbara Flynn Redgate first reported by Semafor -
Michael WalkerFmr. County Commissioner
11/08/23Secretly recorded two of his employees while they worked without their knowledge for months and later fired them without cause because he baselessly suspected they had helped the authorities with a criminal case he was under indictment for
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Brad BensonFmr. City Council Candidate
11/07/23
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Aubrey TaylorBlogger
11/04/23Punched a senior citizen he had been harassing for months so forcefully that they briefly lost consciousness
According to charging documents filed by local officials -



305kMAGA Enthusiast
11/03/23Groomed and manipulated a 19-year-old girl who was 23 years younger than him into having a secret yearslong sexual relationship with him that she claimed included doing everything except sexual intercourse by first gaining her trust as her pastor where he would take her and her brother on seemingly innocuous outings to restaurants, bookstores and the park which eventually led to the point where she claimed he crossed the line and "kept crossing it more severely sexually” while also being married
According to an exclusive report by The Roys Report -
Todd RokitaAttorney General [R-IN]
11/02/23Slandered a medical doctor during a TV interview in violation of two state rules and regulations governing how lawyers should conduct themselves and was publicly reprimanded by the Indiana Supreme Court for his behavior
According to a ruling by the Indiana Supreme Court -
10/30/23Downloaded felony images depicting children being sexually abused and tried to conceal his identity by using fake online personas
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael CroninChief Counsel CT Sen. GOP
10/25/23Forged his ex-wife’s name on multiple home refinancing documents and a deed and also forged his colleague's signature on a financial statement he submitted to a court overseeing his divorce proceedings in an act so egregious the judge sentencing him called his actions "malfeasance that almost defies description"
10/25/23
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James MacDonaldFmr. Televangelist
10/25/23Physically assaulted a 59-year-old woman after striking her car in a parking lot in an unprovoked attack which caused serious enough injuries that she had to be hospitalized
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jimmy StephensFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
10/25/23Was caught with unprescribed pain killers, smokable marijuana and marijuana butter in his patrol car after the FBI requested that the Arkansas state police pull him over because they had just witnessed him exit a suspected drug house under their surveillance
According to charging documents filed by local police -




483kMAGA Enthusiast
10/24/23Lied to Georgia state senators about supposed voter fraud in the 2020 election and "intentionally aided and abetted" Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani after who also pushed election falsehoods to the state legislators
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Kenneth ChesebroTrump Campaign AdvisorMAGA Enthusiast
10/20/23Conspired to overturn the 2020 Presidential election results in Georgia with 16 Republicans to falsely certify Trump won the state and declare themselves the “duly elected and qualified” electors
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
10/20/23Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for by claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about it
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Sidney PowellFmr. Trump Campaign LawyerLauded by Trump
10/19/23Paid two coconspirators to illegally access voting machines in Coffee County, GA and copy voter data from the 2020 election presumably to search for anything that could back up their unhinged election conspiracy theories
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Steve AlembikActivist [R]Donated over $200k to Republican causes
10/17/23Shot his wife in her back and arm causing serious but not life-threatening injuries and then killed himself while sitting in their car outside a fast-food restaurant in a botched murder-suicide attempt
According to police records first reported by The Miami Herald -
Ryan KelleyFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-MI]
10/17/23Pushed through a line of Capitol police officers who were trying to prevent protestors from rushing the Capitol building and supported a fellow insurrectionist while they tried to pull a metal bike rack onto the scaffolding they were standing on
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
10/16/23
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Phillip BriggsFmr. Mayor [R-OH]
10/12/23Secretly recorded two of his live-in girlfriend’s teenage children getting undressed via hidden camera he set up at their home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
David ColeFmr. State Representative
10/10/23Fraudulently claimed a 5-by-5-foot closet-sized space he rented for $5 a month was his official residence in order to run for office in a district he didn't actually live in
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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10/05/23Shared top-secret and highly sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines including the number of nuclear warheads they can carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected with Australian billionaire and Mar-a-Lago member Anthony Pratt who went on to share what Trump told him with at least 45 other people including foreign officials, his employees and journalists over a year after he left the Presidency
According to an exclusive report by ABC News -


1.1mLauded by Trump
9/26/23Gave a highly classified binder of FBI documents relating to the 2016 Trump-Russia investigation to two sympathetic right-wing media personalities for propaganda purposes
According to excerpts from a book by former Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson -
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9/26/23Defrauded banks in New York by vastly overinflating the value of his assets by as much as $3.6 billion dollars in order to obtain more favorable loan terms in a scheme a judge overseeing his case described as "persistent and repeated fraud" and was ordered to pay a $464 million fine and prohibited from conducting business in New York state for three years
According to a final ruling issued by the judge overseeing the case -
9/23/23Cheated on and left his wife of 34 years for a DC lobbyist after having spent years touting "traditional family values" as a pillar of his political identity
According to court filings first reported by the local newspaper Index-Journal -
Clarence ThomasSupreme Court Justice [R]
9/22/23Secretly flew on a private plane to attend events hosted by a right-wing organization which frequently argued cases before the Supreme Court and failed to disclose it which George W. Bush appointed judge John E. Jones III characterized as taking his "breath away" and noted that it would have resulted in a "disciplinary hearing" for any lower court federal judge
According to an exclusive investigative report by Pro Publica -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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9/20/23Slipped his hand under Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson's blazer and skirt after wrapping his arms around her backstage during Trump's rally just before the 1/6 insurrection
According to a book excerpt first reported by The Guardian -
Steve BuyerFmr. U.S. Representative34 Years in GOP
9/19/23Illegally made more than $126,000 in profit after receiving confidential information about T-Mobile's intention to acquire Sprint from a T-Mobile executive at a golf outing
Illegally profited more than $223,000 by acting on insider information to purchase shares of Navigant Consulting stock shortly before it was acquired by another consulting firm
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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9/19/23Urged his longtime personal assistant to lie to federal authorities investigating his illegal retention of classified documents by telling her point-blank "you don't know anything about the boxes" which CNN chief legal analyst Elie Honig characterized as "textbook obstruction of justice" and "textbook witness tampering" that has the protentional to be "really devastating" for Trump
According to an exclusive report by ABC News -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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9/18/23Was sued for $1.36 million by his former lawyers including one who was a longtime friend for an outstanding legal bill of which he paid off only $214k since 2019
According to a lawsuit filed against him by his former attorneys -
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9/18/23Compromised classified information on notecards used to brief him during phone calls with international leaders by using the backs to write every day to-do lists to his personal assistant who didn't have the security clearance required to access classified information and, unaware, also kept them in her unsecured office in Mar-a-Lago until eventually noticing classified markings and alerting the FBI
According to an exclusive report by ABC News -
9/15/23Had a multiyear extramarital affair with North Dakota Governer Kristi Noem while also being married with children
According to five sources who spoke exclusively with the New York Post -






2.3mLauded by Trump
9/15/23Engaged in a multiyear extramarital affair with former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while also being married with three young children who made conservative "family values" a central part of her public persona
According to five sources who spoke exclusively with the New York Post -
9/14/23Secretly accepted a golf trip without reporting it as required by law in which a major Republican businessman flew him on a private jet to play a round and stay overnight at the Augusta National Golf Club (the most exclusive in the country) and soon after his administration gave his business $92 million in COVID relief funds to fund a major highway project
According to an exclisive report by The Washington Post -
9/14/23Publicly fondled her date inside a large theater, vaped smokeless tobacco at her seat, loudly sang along to songs that weren't meant to be sung along to and taunted an usher who properly escorted her and her date out of the theater
According to video of the incident report by mainstream outlets -
9/13/23Was sued for sexual harassment for making unwanted sexual advances on a male legislative aide and male legislative intern
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victims -
Eric UlrichFmr. City Council Member
9/13/23Accepted over $150,000 in cash and gifts including premium NY Mets season tickets, a discounted beachfront apartment, custom-made suit and a one-of-a-kind painting by an apprentice of Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí in exchange for helping his co-conspirators gain special access to top officials to get a leg up on various pet projects they had
According to charging documents filed by Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg -
9/12/23Ordered a politicized impeachment inquiry to shamelessly smear President Biden with ridiculous claims to appease Donald Trump and House MAGA House extremists (with leverage to remove him as Speaker) and presumably to also distract from the myriad of real crimes committed by Trump and his associates
According to reporting by mainstream outlets -
9/07/23Opened a sham investigation into Jack Smith's prosecution of Donald Trump and his co-conspirators based on ridiculous claims from a lawyer involved in the case presumably to hinder it
According to an exclusive report by NBC News -
Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair
9/05/23Organized and directed Proud Boys members acting as what federal prosecutors characterized as "Donald Trump's army" to prevent the certification of Biden's election and instructed the insurrectionists who had already breached the US Capitol building to "do what must be done" to keep Trump in power
According to a federal grand jury indictment -
Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State
9/01/23Solicited a sexual encounter with 13-year-old girl over the internet and drove to meet her in a local park only to get arrested by police who posed as the young girl
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Kevin TomafskyFmr. Political Aide [R]
9/01/23Paid the father of a six-year-old girl to engage in a sex act involving penetration and was later found to be in possession of a felony image of a child forced to do similar things
According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by the New Jersey Globe -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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8/30/23Lost a defamation lawsuit by Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and her daughter for spreading a conspiracy theory that they cast thousands of fraudulent votes for Biden after which despicable zealots made their lives a "living nightmare" with racist and sexist threats, MAGA thugs pushed their way into a family home looking for them and Ruby was forced to vacate her home for 2 months under advice from the FBI which left them both traumatized and fearful for their lives
According to a federal judge who found him liable for defamation -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
8/26/23
8/26/23Unsuccessfully tried to kiss a male CPAC employee without his consent during an alcohol-fueled work event while being married
According to a report by the Washington Post -
8/24/23Opened a baseless investigation into Georgia prosecutor who Fanni Willis who filed criminal charges against Donald Trump and 18 others presumably to deflect attention away from the many crimes Trump committed
According to a press release by the Republican led House Judiciary Committee -
Joe StaysniakFmr. Radio Host
8/23/23Struck his son, choked his son's boyfriend and threatened them with a gun as they sat in a parked car outside his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
8/21/23Consumed ketamine -- a drug leading researchers say can lead people to feeling "grandiose and like you have special powers" -- far more often than recommended which led close associates to worry that it contributed to erratic behavior he was exhibiting
According to an exclusive report by The new Yorker -
8/18/23Lied about receiving degrees from North Carolina Central University, Duke University Divinity School and Hood Theological Seminary when in fact he didn't receive a degree from any of them
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Laura ViarState Judge [R-KS]
8/17/23Ran off the road and crashed into a school building while driving under the influence of alcohol and on a suspended license and refused to take a breathalyzer when police arrived while also being a member of her local county's Anti-Drug Task Force
According to charging documents filed by local police
8/16/23Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police after getting pulled over and later had her diversion agreement extended by six months because she failed to undergo mandatory drug and alcohol evaluations
According to an exclusive report by the Wichita Eagle -
Sam MieleGeorge Santos Political Aide
8/16/23Impersonated a top aide to then Republican Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy in fundraising emails that tricked more than a dozen donors into giving hundreds of thousands of dollars to George Santos's political campaign and received a 15% commission on each contribution
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Harry SidhuFmr. Mayor [R-CA]22 Years in GOP
8/16/23Unsuccessfully solicited an illegal $1 million campaign contribution from executives with the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for giving them confidential information to help boost their negotiation position with the sale of their stadium and then lied to federal officials when they confronted him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
8/15/23Was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police officers after he refused repeated commands to not interfere with emergency responders helping a 15-year-old girl experiencing seizures during which he screamed one was a "f*cking full-on d*ck!" who "better recalculate, motherf*cker!" while also hypocritically promising he will "ALWAYS stand by our country's police officers" which apparently only applies when it is politically convenient for him
According to bodycam footage released by local police -
Jason BuckelState Representative
8/14/23Threatened to “put a bullet” in the back of the head of a police officer who was dating his ex-wife after texting her a litany of belligerent messages threatening to take her to court over custody of their child
According to a police report filed by local officials -
Rene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami
8/14/23Groped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before he grabbed his hand and placed it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page
8/14/23Texted a 16-year-old boy that he's "dying to sleep with" him and let the boy know he was home alone if he wanted to come by, which the boy declined and reminded him that he was a minor
8/14/23Received sexually explicit pictures of a 16-year-old boy in the shower and in return sent the boy a picture of his exposed penis from inside his bathtub
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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8/14/23Brazenly called for the former Lt. Governor of Georgia to refuse to testify before a grand jury criminally investigating him for trying to overturn the 2020 election results in the state which multiple legal experts characterized as "witness tampering in real time"
According to a Truth Social post written by Trump and reported by mainstream outlets -
8/12/23Brazenly and publicly refused a judge's order to appear in court and face the defamation charges brought against him by a local hospital
According to charging documents filed by local police





























