The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Illegally passed through security at a local county courthouse because he felt he should be granted access without having to go through a security check, telling a judge she had "two (2) choices, let me pass or arrest me," of which officers promptly chose the latter

Stole a $6,000 golf cart with the help of an accomplice and then sold it to him for $1,000

Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who worked at his organization while being married with four children

Settled a workplace discrimination lawsuit for an undisclosed amount with a woman who was skipped over for a promotion as a hiring manager for a less experienced and qualified man who then promptly used his newly gotten authority to fire her

Strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong period

Shot and killed an unarmed protester with an AR-15 rifle and then shot two more protesters -- killing one -- who acted presumably as "good guys" to stop him from shooting more people for which he was tried but found not guilty by self-defense due to various factors including presumably appearing as a very sympathetic defendant to the jury

Posted 10 nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on the website Reddit without her consent after they broke up

Persistently peppered his mother-in-law and various other family members with "many horrible" emails and texts that tried to strongarm them into giving him hundreds of thousands of dollars over a six-month period

Was sued for defamation by voting machine company Smartmatic for spreading false 2020 election conspiracy theories about their voting machines and for having had falsely accused the company of conspiring to "rig" the election in Joe Biden's favor

Accepted a $30,200 campaign contribution from Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury through three "straw donors" and then lied to federal authorities after they confronted him about it

Swerved in and out of his lane while driving fifteen miles 50-mph in a 35-mph zone and went on a profanity-laden rant against his arresting officers where he threatened to get them fired and self-assuredly said he was going to call in political favors to make his charges disappear and when in custody took a breathalyzer test which was more than three times the legal limit

Grabbed the vice chair of a local Republican party by the back of her neck and kissed her on the mouth without her consent and then tried to force her to kiss him twice more before she was able to pull away from his grip

Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance

Drunkenly grabbed a married Trump donor's backside and leg at a private charity event in Las Vegas while also being married with young children himself and told her that "he gets his sex elsewhere"

Asked press secretary Stephanie Grisham's then-boyfriend how she performed in bed

Slapped and choked a female work acquaintance and then raped her after he entered her house without permission while also presenting himself as a "tough on crime" prosecutor to the public

Funneled $25,000 of a Russian oligarch's money to the Trump 2016 campaign in exchange for a ticket and access to Trump during a Republican National Committee event

Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salaries

Falsely asserted he lived in the city of Baltimore on his official candidacy paperwork when he actually lived in the suburbs and was therefore ineligible to run for office in the city

Consumed methamphetamine and alcohol in violation of his probation

Repeatedly choked his girlfriend to the point of unconsciousness and beat her like a "rag doll" during which she suffered two black eyes, a swollen lip, deep bruising and scratches on her face

Recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he supplied

Punched and choked his ex-girlfriend so violently during what began as consensual sex that she suffered bloody eyes and bruises throughout her face and then sent her multiple texts threatening to kill her if he ever saw her again

Was sued for defamation by rightwing activist Lawyer Larry Klayman after he called him a child molester

Paid five underage girls to have sex with him that he found by paying a woman to recruit them online telling them he's a "sugar daddy"

Sodomized and molested two children one year before he was named "Republican of the Year" by the National Republican Congressional Committee because of his large donations to the party

Pardoned a husband-wife duo who pointed an assault-style rifle and handgun at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who were peacefully marching near their home even after they told reporters that they didn't regret their actions and promised they would do it again if it came to it

Was caught with an unloaded gun and loaded magazine clip in his carryon bag as he was going through security at a regional airport in North Carolina

Voted twice using two different but similar sounding names in the 2020 election

Forcefully threw his girlfriend and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham against a wall and slapped her on the face in his apartment after she accused him of being unfaithful

Crashed head-on into a light pole in the parking lot of a campus hotel after a night of heavy drinking after which police officers responding at 8:55am observed him stumbling out of his car nearly falling down, noticed he had bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and took a statement from him that he "woke up in urine-soaked pants" after which they arrested him

Pointed a loaded gun against his ex-wife's head and threatened to kill her and her new boyfriend, after which she got a restraining order issued against him

Routinely accosted Fox News producer Andrea Mackris with graphic sexual conversations he initiated during all hours of the night and during work functions, unsuccessfully solicited her and a friend of hers to have group sex and tried to persuade her to have phone sex with him all after totally ignoring her repeated demands that he stop and later paid her $9 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against him all while being married

Ignored repeated police commands to exit a hearing room in the Idaho statehouse and then "went limp and acted like dead weight" when police moved in to arrest him resulting in them being forced to place him in a swivel chair to escort him out of the building

Was sued for defamation by disgraced former host Ed Henry because he claimed the network and CEO Suzanne Scott publicly portrayed him as a "sex criminal" and only fired him because Ms. Scott was trying to save face after the explosive allegations against him came to light

Was observed driving erratically and making improper turns by police around 11:30pm and then failed field sobriety tests and initially refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, but later agreed when he was in the backseat of a police vehicle and had a BAC of .112

Engaged in an extramarital affair with a state government employee which resulted in his resignation from office and dissolution of his marriage

Paid an underage girl for sexual encounters seven times and introduced her to other men who also engaged in sexual acts with her

Snorted cocaine with a paid escort he also presumably had sex with inside an Orlando hotel room he paid for with campaign funds

Forcefully pushed and kneed a teenage high school student in the testicles after telling the boy he's about to "get the wrath of God" and then instructed another student to "check his nuts" as he laid on the ground in pain while he was working as a substitute teacher at a local public high school

Unlawfully evaded paying almost $2 million in taxes over a sixteen-year period on items including rent, luxury cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren

Solicited dates from and overly flirted with numerous female subordinates working at the state legislature even after he was chided on two separate occasions for making the women uncomfortable and warned to keep his interactions with them professional

Illegally sheltered hundreds of thousands of dollars in a trust and a company he owned in order to avoid paying $205,410 in back taxes he and his wife owed to the IRS

Failed to pay roughly $400,000 in taxes and penalties he owed on his 2017 tax bill

Had a three-year long extramarital affair with a woman and when he denied it, she released a 17-minute recording of the pair talking about all the sexual acts they performed together over the years

Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia

Illegally gave $44,708 to an acquaintance of his who shared the same last name as Democratic state senator to run a fake campaign as an Independent candidate with the sole intent being to confuse voters and siphon votes from the incumbent in an election which was won by Republican Ileana Garcia by just 32 votes

Drunkenly unhooked a 25-year-old junior lobbyist's bra and massaged her thigh without her consent at a table full of lobbyists at an Irish pub while he was married with two children

Led police on a high-speed chase going upwards of 90 miles per hour while driving the wrong direction on an interstate highway around 1am and only stopped after he drove over tire-deflating spikes, threatened to physically "take" on arresting officers, slurred his speech so badly that police had a hard time understanding him and forced officials to get a warrant to conduct a BAC test which was still over twice the legal limit three hours after his arrest

Pressured Georgia's Secretary of State to illegally "find 11,780 votes" that would overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state

Told a female White House medical staff subordinate he'd like to see her tattoos unobstructed of clothing and commented to a male subordinate that she had "great t*ts" and a "nice ass"

Drove multiple women out into remote rural areas while in college and if they turned down his advances, he would drive back to campus recklessly at very high speeds because as one woman described it "he was upset that I had turned him down or refused his advances"

Produced and distributed over 300 felony images and 40 videos of two underage girls he secretly recorded in various stages of undress with a hidden camera and was also found in possession of over 100,000 images and 1,000 videos depicting children participating in sexual conduct when police arrested him

Had an affair with a polyamorous tantric sex aficionado and professional weightlifter while also being married with three young children

Had an affair with a local gym manager while also being married with three young children

Accepted thousands of dollars' worth of home remodeling and repairs in addition to securing employment for a woman he was having an affair with from wealthy real estate developer Nate Paul in exchange for investigating Paul's business adversaries and helping him settle a lawsuit in his favor

Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaign

Raked in $191,815 by selling fake stem-cell treatments to unsuspecting patients she told would help combat COVID-19, but in reality all she administered was amniotic fluid that had no known medical benefits

Illegally prescribed more than $190k worth of strong narcotics including oxycodone, amphetamines and tramadol to patients without personally examining them first as required by law

Initiated a sexual relationship with a vulnerable 17-year-old girl he coached on a high school mock trial competition team when he was 27-year-old man in violation of a state law that expressly forbade coaches from dating 16 or 17-year-olds under their supervision

Spiked his 17-year-old student's drinks with alcohol without her knowledge while he was out partying with her and other high school students at New Orlean's bars known for loosely enforcing their liquor laws and later had sex with her in his hotel room that night

Commuted the life sentence of a drug kingpin who was imprisoned for his role in the killing of an undercover police officer and who was later sent to jail after being convicted for strangling his wife

Schemed to cover up evidence of his acceptance of bribes by lying to federal authorities who confronted him and "counseled" his coconspirator how to mislead federal investigators on multiple occasions without knowing that he was working as a cooperating witness

Pardoned his former top-adviser Steve Bannon before his case went to trial for stealing one million dollars from donors to an online charity fundraiser to build a wall on the Mexico border

Pardoned Republican mayor of Mettawa, IL and brother of famed NFL player Brian Urlacher who was charged with being a leader of a multi-million dollar illegal offshore sports gambling ring led by the Chicago mob after personally meeting with the former player at the White House and before the case against his brother had concluded

Pardoned former Republican Rep. Rick Renzi who served time in prison for corruption giving credence to a public relations campaign he led that baselessly accused the DOJ of wrongfully imprisoning him

Pardoned former Republican Rep. Robin Hayes who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his role in a $1.5 million bribery scheme following a request from Republican Senator Thom Tillis

Pardoned notorious former Republican Rep. Duke Cunningham who served an eight-year prison sentence for raking in $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors

Scratched her boyfriend's face and chest and vandalized the inside of his home during a drunken argument that happened when she wasn't old enough to legally drink alcohol

Cursed and yelled at police officers who were in the process of arresting minors they caught drinking alcohol and urged the teens to run away which police reported caused the teens to become "unruly" while also portraying herself as a "law and order" politician who supports the police

Incited the January 6th insurrection on the Capitol by fomenting a large crowd into a frenzy and directing them to do whatever they can to stop the certification of Joe Biden's 2020 presidential victory

Pardoned four Blackwater security contractor criminals after serving only a little over a year of long sentences (three 15-year and one life) for murdering 14 Iraqi civilians and injuring 20 more of which George W. Bush's appointed commander of the Iraq war at the time General Petraeus called "hugely damaging, an action that tells the world that Americans abroad can commit the most heinous crimes with impunity"

Honored a request from Senator Rand Paul to pardon two aides who worked on his father Ron's 2012 Presidential campaign and were convicted for bribing a state senator $73,000 to change his vote in the Iowa caucuses

Rewarded his 2016 campaign chairman Paul Manafort with a pardon after he served less than two years of his 7-year sentence for breaking his plea deal by lying to investigators about information potentially damaging to Trump

Pardoned his senior adviser Roger Stone as a reward for him refusing to testify against Trump after publicly bashing the US Attorneys who prosecuted the criminal obstruction and witness tampering case against him

Rewarded Dutch attorney Alex van der Zwaan with a pardon after he refused to cooperate with the Mueller investigation and served a 30-day sentence for lying to the FBI about his work with top Trump adviser Rick Gates and an individual tied to Russian intelligence services

Pardoned former border agent Gary Brugman who served a two-year prison sentence for violently striking two detained undocumented immigrants who were complying with orders posing no threat of which he defended his actions instead of expressing remorse

Pardoned the wife of disgraced Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter who pleaded guilty to stealing campaign contributions for personal use

Pardoned his son-in-law's father Charles Kushner who served 14 months in prison in the early 2000's for illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion and witness tampering 14 years after he concluded his sentence which benefits his namesake company by making it much easier for them to secure financing for major projects

Pardoned former Rep. and early 2016 campaign supporter Duncan Hunter who admitted to stealing campaign contributions for personal use days before he was set to begin his 11-month prison sentence

Pardoned former Rep. Chris Collins as a reward for being the first member of Congress to endorse his 2016 campaign resulting in him only serving 10 weeks of a 26-month prison sentence for insider trading

Commuted former Republican Rep. Steve Stockman's ten-year prison sentence after serving only two years for stealing $1.25 million meant for a charity but using it for personal expenses and to fund his campaign instead

Pardoned his former campaign aide George Papadopoulos who lied to the FBI about his many interactions with top Russian intelligence officials who claimed they had "dirt" on Hillary Clinton that could help the Trump campaign and used the occasion to lash out at Special Counsel Robert Mueller for prosecuting him in the first place

Funneled hundreds of millions of dollars through two shell companies connected to his son-in-law to hide its spending during the 2020 Presidential campaign

Stole and burned Black Lives Matter banners from prominent D.C. churches

Allegedly forcibly pinned down, raped and sodomized a legislative aide in her car as she screamed and attempted to flee while also being married with young children at home

Incessantly subjected a legislative staffer to "extremely offensive and non-consensual physical contact" and peppered her with "repeated and unwanted advances" over a yearslong period while also being married

Tried to manhandle fellow city council member Lisa Bartlett from behind through a side door at a local restaurant presumably in an attempt to be intimate with her while also being married but she was able to get away from his grip before he could go any further

Told a female legislative staffer that he's been "watching" her for a long time and said he could help her politically if she went to his home presumably to have sex, which she declined while also being married

Inappropriately touched and unsuccessfully propositioned three female congressional staff members over a decade-long period while also being married with two children

Rewarded former national security adviser Michael Flynn with a pardon after he stopped cooperating with investigators following his guilty plea for lying to the FBI over his communications with top Russian officials before he was sentenced and without consulting with the Justice Department first

Unsuccessfully pushed Georgia's Secretary of State to illegally discard thousands of legally cast ballots from the 2020 Presidential election

Coerced a 25-year-old woman seeking his mentorship to get naked and enter the bathtub in his Las Vegas hotel suite and fondled her until she "submitted to the pressure" of his advances and had sex with him while also being married

Repeatedly attempted to have sex with media relations professional Brooke Hammerling in such a persistent manner that she likened it to "swatting him away like a fly" while also being married

Texted multiple sexually explicit messages to Fox News commentator Cathy Areu and later retaliated against her by drastically reducing her on-air appearances after she rebuffed his advances while also being married

Left threatening messages and sent a private investigator to scare a woman he had recently sexually coerced to make sure she kept her "mouth closed" or else he would sue her

Prescribed opioids to several family members and his romantic partner in violation of rules prohibiting doctors from treating and prescribing medication to people they are close with

Had a yearslong extramarital affair with a woman who worked for a Republican state senator and was able to keep it secret by using a fake Uber account to rendezvous with her and then facilitated her transfer to a job working for a wealthy business executive and donor he was criminally involved with

Shot an unarmed woman in the stomach after she went to her car and grabbed her gun following a verbal argument that hadn't even turned physical, causing the victim to be airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery mere weeks after being given a prime time speaking role at the 2020 Republican National Convention