The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Displaying 701 - 800 of 1605 Scandals
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Joel KoskanFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/03/22
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 childrenAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Liam MaddenFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
11/02/22
Withdrew roughly $25,000 from his wife's business account and divided it up between family members including his toddler-aged son so they could donate the money back to his campaign which he then took a salary fromMadden admitted to the scheme during a live radio interview -
Steven PankeyGov. Candidate [R-ID]
10/31/22
According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Julianna StroutCommissioner [R-FL]
10/27/22
Falsely asserted she was a paralegal to federal authorities so she could enter an immigration detention facility her romantic partner was being held atAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Fred PiccoloFmr. Jackie Toledo Campaign Mgr.
10/25/22
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 consentAccording to a lawsuit filed by former state rep Jackie Toledo
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Gary KuehnSchool Board Member [R-TN]
10/24/22
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 behaviorAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jody GreeneFmr. Sheriff [R-NC]
10/21/22
Had a monthslong extramarital affair with a female subordinate where they had sex in multiple places including his office, patrol car, home and a local shooting range and eventually impregnated herAccording to court records reported by local publications
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Mandy Robinson-HandTaylor County GOP Chair
10/19/22
Illegally entered the US Capitol during the 1/6 insurrection and posted her crime to social media which led to her arrest weeks later after a tipster reported her and her husband to the authoritiesAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Randy Gene KaufmanFmr. School Board Member Candidate
10/18/22
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 childrenAccording to an arrest report filed by local police -
10/16/22
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 marriageAccording to a bombshell report by Reuters
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Walter LundyAdvisor [R]
10/11/22
Smoked marijuana while driving drunk and was pulled over by police who observed a glass of wine in his cupholder and a half-drunk bottle of wine in the passenger seat along with nearly half an ounce of marijuana, repeatedly struggled to follow the officer's commands, failed a field sobriety test and refused a BAC testAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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1.4mMAGA Podcaster
10/06/22
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 timeAccording to an inhouse investigation resulting in his firing
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10/03/22
Repeatedly solicited sexual favors from a young woman who worked in the state secretary of state's officeAccording to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com
10/03/22
Tried to pin down and kiss a woman he invited to his apartment, but she was able to escape before he could harm her furtherAccording to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com -
10/03/22
Kept secret credible sexual assault allegations against the Republican Secretary of State for over a month ostensibly to protect himAccording to an exclusive report by The Statehouse File
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10/03/22
Pinned a young woman against the wall and rubbed his body against hers as he tried to kiss her and rip her shirt offAccording to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com
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10/03/22
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 motherAccording to a report by The Daily Beast -
10/03/22
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Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
10/01/22
Swung his exposed penis and bare buttocks towards an unsuspecting woman's face in the pool area of a luxury hotel in Dubai which shocked the woman so much she reported him to security who kicked him out shortly afterAccording to an exclusive report by The New York Post
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Adam HagemanTrump Commerce Dept. Official
10/01/22
9/30/22
Sexually abused 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 chatAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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9/28/22
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 dormitory9/28/22
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 fightingAccording to military records obtained by The Associated Press
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Mike EricksonFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
9/27/22
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" candidateAccording to court documents reported by local newspapers
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Hunter LarkinMayor [R-KS]
9/27/22
Weaved in and out of his lane around 1:30am and then failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him overAccording to arresting documents filed by local police
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9/23/22
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 activitiesAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the firm Democracy Partners
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David EstensonFmr. State Sen. Nominee
9/20/22
9/20/22
Unsuccessfully tried to coax a 20-year-old female he illegally provided alcohol to into giving him sexual favors if she wanted to avoid an underage drinking ticket after he got caught with her in a bar and had to save face because he was a police officer9/20/22
Threatened to plant illegal contraband in his 19-year-old lady friend's car if she ever told anyone about their sexual escapades that sometimes took place while he was on duty at police headquarters9/20/22
Hypocritically committed multiple crimes including alleged sexual coercion, physical assault, blackmail and consuming alcohol with a minor while also being a police officer who was sworn to enforce the lawAccording to an exclusive report by the Trempealeau County Times
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9/16/22
Forcibly kissed and groped a congressional intern and ignored her pleas to stop after creating a situation where he was able to get her alone in his carAccording to an allegation filed by the alleged victim and reported by mainstream media
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9/16/22
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 advancesAccording to a ruling by a federal appeals court that suspended his law license for 18 months
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Billy OswaldFmr. State Sen. Candidate
9/13/22
9/13/22
Offered numerous female employees up to a $15k raise if they agreed to have sex with him whenever he wanted9/13/22
According to a federal lawsuit filed by a former employee
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Merrill NelsonFmr. State Representative
9/08/22
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 yearsAccording to court records reported by mainstream outlets -
Steve BannonFmr. Trump Chief StrategistLauded by Trump
9/08/22
Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accountsAccording to charging documents filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's office -
Walt SmithCommissioner [R-TX]
9/07/22
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 sceneAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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9/07/22
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 electionAccording to court records reported by The Intercept
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Aileen CannonFederal Judge [R]
9/05/22
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 countryAccording to a ruling in Trump's favor handed down by Judge Cannon -
Ben ParisGOP County Chair
9/02/22
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 votesAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Joe MartinezFmr. County Commissioner
8/31/22
Accepted three $5k checks from a local business owner in exchange for a proposing an ordinance that would personally benefit themAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
8/31/22
Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her without consent and then ejaculated on her stomachHe was found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 years in prison
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Luke BowenFmr. Texas Right to Life Executive
8/25/22
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"According to charging documents filed by Assistant District Attorney Kelly Blackburn
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Peter SchmidtFmr. State Representative
8/24/22
Performed oral sex on another man while also hypocritically portraying himself as a “strong conservative and Christian” who advocated against LGBT rightsAccording to news reports from credible media outlets -
Perry Hooper Jr.Trump Campaign AL Co-ChairMAGA Enthusiast
8/23/22
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 childrenAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Scott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/22/22
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 threeAccording to accusations made by his estranged wife in her divorce filing
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8/22/22
Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film conventionAccording to charging documents filed by local police -
8/21/22
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 conventionAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
8/20/22
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 governmentAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Bubba JonesFmr. Sheriff [R-KY]
8/11/22
Was indicted for official misconduct in office and tampering with a witness in an apparent attempt to cover his tracksAccording to a plea deal reached with state authorities
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
8/09/22
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 authoritiesAccording to multiple sources and reported on by all major outlets
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Paul ManniFmr. City Council Nominee
8/09/22
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 applicationsAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Matthew LeveridgeState's Attorney [R-KY]
8/03/22
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 baby8/03/22
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 itHad 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 courtAccording to a report by The Daily Beast
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Jonathan YoungState Judge [R-TN]
7/31/22
Had sex with a married woman who was actively involved in a case in his courtroom and didn't recuse himself or disclose his behaviorAccording to a ruling by the TN board of Judicial Conduct that suspended Young for the remainder of his term -
7/27/22
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"According to an exclusive report by The Denver Gazette
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Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
7/27/22
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 yearsAccording to a report by Boise State Public radio
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Richard ImpallariaFmr. State Representative
7/27/22
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 stipendAccording to charging documents filed by local police -
Vish BurraGeorge Santos Political Aide
7/23/22
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 raidAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Steve BannonFmr. Trump Chief StrategistLauded by Trump
7/22/22
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 jailAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ryan WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
7/20/22
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 accusationAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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7/19/22
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 unabatedAccording to an exclusive report by the Charleston Post and Courier
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Scott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate
7/14/22
Threatened his church pastor with violence by telling him how "good" he was with his gun and warning that he wanted to put him "in a body bag" resulting in his arrest and expulsion from the church and having a restraining order filed against himAccording to court documents obtained in divorce proceedings
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
7/12/22
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 committeeAccording to the 1/6 Select Committee
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Jonathan HernandezFmr. Oklahoma College Republicans Chair
7/11/22
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 himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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7/10/22
Secretly paid over $12 million to four women to keep them from going public with their allegations of sexual misconduct and made each of them sign a nondisclosure agreement to ensure their accusations never saw the light of dayAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]
7/01/22
Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroomAccording to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General
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Tex McIverLawyer [R]
6/30/22
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 resolveAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Richard BraswellCommissioner [R-NC]
6/29/22
Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Mark ThompsonCounty Commissioner [R-MO]
6/29/22
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 businessAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Roy McGrathFmr. Larry Hogan Chief of Staff
6/28/22
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 severanceAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Arlyn BriggsFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-KS]
6/27/22
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 harboringAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Frederick FrazierFmr. State Representative
6/25/22
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 orderAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jeann LugoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/25/22
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 justifiedAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Matt McIlravyFmr. Mayor [R-TX]
6/22/22
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 boysAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
6/21/22
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 married6/21/22
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 allegationsAccording to an exclusive report by The Washington Post
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
6/18/22
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 authoritiesAccording to a speech he gave that was covered by multiple outlets -
Couy GriffinFmr. County Commissioner
6/17/22
Pushed through barriers set up by Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrectionAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/15/22
Violated a restraining order by sending at least two campaign emails to a woman he was accused of sexually assaulting which addressed her by name and discussed his criminal caseAccording to a court filing by the prosecutor overseeing his sexual assault case
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6/14/22
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 supportAccording to an investigative report by The Daily Beast
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Jason ShortridgePolitical Person [R]
6/13/22
Downloaded roughly 600 felony images and videos of prepubescent minors and made them publicly available on a peer-to-peer file sharing program so others could access them tooAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Michael GablemanFmr. Justice [R-WI]
6/10/22
Repeatedly refused to answer a judge's direction questions about his sham 2020 election investigation even though he was ordered to do so and was eventually held in contempt for his behaviorAccording to a ruling by a Wisconsin state judge -
306kMAGA Enthusiast
6/06/22
Defied a Congressional subpoena requiring him to testify before the January 6th Committee by citing legally dubious claims of executive privilegeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]
5/27/22
Possessed and distributed felony images of underage girls as an administrator of an online child pornography groupAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Josh DuggarFmr. Family Research Council Director
5/26/22
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Ricky CarterFmr. County Commissioner
5/26/22
Brutally assaulted his own brother-in-law with the help of his adult son so ruthlessly that he required emergency medical care and then pulled out his gun and threatened to harm a neighbor who tried to help his victimAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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1.1mLauded by Trump
5/26/22
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 misconductAccording to testimony given by one of his top aides to the January 6th select committee -
5/23/22
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 TexasAccording to a report released by the nonpartisan House Ethics Committee
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 claimedAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Johnny HuntFmr. SBC President
5/23/22
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 himIndependent firm hired by the SBC found the victim's allegations credible, Corroborated by three witnesses the firm found to be credible, Corroborated by a counseling minister who worked with the victim and her husband
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John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]
5/20/22
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 conspiracyAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
5/19/22
Exposed his erect penis and rubbed his massage therapists' leg without consent before offering to buy her a horse if she agreed to give him an erotic massage which she declinedMusk's company SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 and made her sign a nondisclosure agreement
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John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]
5/12/22
Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expensesAccording to a complaint filed by the Georgia Ethics Commission which he settled by agreeing to forfeit $128,000 dollars left in his campaign account without admitting any guilt
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Sabrina BellFmr. State Judge [R-IN]
5/12/22
Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with himAccording to charging documents filed by local police