The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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2/24/23Lied to a judge about working for Goldman Sachs during a bail hearing for a friend who was accused of fraud
According to court documents obtained by Politico -
Robert OtterstatterFmr. City Council Member Candidate
2/23/23Stole over $600 worth of groceries by not scanning items in the self-checkout on three separate occasions
According to charging documents filed by local police -
2/23/23Moved tens of thousands of campaign dollars into an account to fund a recount that he never actually sought after his 2022 election loss in an apparent attempt to hold on to the cash instead of giving it back to donors as required by law
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
2/22/23Gave Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of January 6 insurrection footage captured by surveillance cameras throughout the Capitol complex despite the very real possibility that sensitive information pertaining to the security of the Capitol could be made public
According to an exclusive report by Axios -
2/22/23Refused to publicly release a final report his own staff spent 10,000 hours on that debunked 2020 election conspiracy theories because it didn't back up his claim that the election was rife with fraud after he publicly claimed he had found "serious vulnerabilities" in the voting system which wasn't true
According to documents released by his successor and reported on by The Washington Post -
Matt GrossellState Representative
2/17/23Swerved in and out of his lane at 2:30am while going nearly 20 mph over the speed limit and was found to have a BAC of over twice the legal limit after police pulled him over and then unsuccessfully tried to exploit his personal relationship with the arresting officer to get out of trouble, which is especially egregious as he was a former sheriff's deputy who served on his legislature's "Public Safety" committee
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
2/16/23Lied about earning a second bachelors degree in economics from Middle Tennessee State while also publicly asserting "I'm an economist" on numerous occasions
According to an investigative report by NewsChannel 5 in Nashville -
Peter FilibertoFmr. City Council Member
2/14/23Attempted to flee from police on his motorcycle but wobbled and fell to the ground before he could get away, refused a field sobriety test, was found to be driving on a suspended license and had 10 grams of cocaine hidden in his shoes
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Robert CzernekFmr. County Commissioner
2/14/23Accepted over $280k in kickbacks from a local excavation company in exchange for approving over $700k in invoices for purported road work they never performed over an eight-year period
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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2/14/23Refused to comply with a subpoena from NY Attorney General that demanded he turn over certain business records and was fined $10,000 a day and $110,000 in total by the judge who held him in contempt
According to a final ruling by an appeals court -
2/10/23Retaliated against four staffers who reported his alleged corruption to the FBI by maligning them as "rogue employees" and fired or forced them out through other means and later spent $3.3 million in taxpayer dollars to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit which also forced him to apologize for disparaging them
According to a settlement agreement reached between Paxton and the fired staffers -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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2/09/23Purchased four golden retriever puppies from an Amish breeder with fraudulent checks that later bounced and left the owner of the puppies out of nearly $5,000 in lost income
According to a complaint filed by the owner that was later dismissed when he paid him back -
Charles SchwertnerState Senator [R-TX]
2/07/23Swerved in and out of his lane for an extended period of time around 1am and was arrested for refusing a breathalyzer after police observed him slurring his speech with a "strong odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath"
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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2/07/23Granted Melania Trump access to the White House Situation Room during a highly secretive US military raid targeting an ISIS leader in a clear breach of rules prohibiting people who lack the proper security clearance from entering the room
Melania wrote about the incident in her memoir -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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2/05/23Grabbed potential employee Derek Myers' crotch without his consent while they were alone in his office and then told him "my husband is out of town tonight if you want to come over" which he declined
According to a firsthand account from the alleged victim who also filed an official complaint with the U.S. Capitol Police and the House Ethics Committee -
Wisconsin GOP
2/03/23Spent over $2 million in taxpayer dollars investigating ludicrous claims of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential election and quietly closed the investigation after failing to find any credible instances of fraud
According to a report by Wisconsin Public Radio -
Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]25 Years in GOP
2/03/23Illegally spent over $100,000 in campaign contributions on personal expenses and then tried to cover it up by filing numerous false tax returns
He pleaded guilty to tax and wire fraud and was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay over $350,000 in fines -
1/30/23Illegally accepted over $25,000 in campaign contributions from a single family member far exceeding the $5,600 legal limit per person
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Bill BarrFmr. U.S. Att. General [R]Lauded by Trump
1/26/23Repeatedly injected himself into special counsel John Durham's political investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia scandal in order to help Trump and discredit his detractors which led to his second in command resigning in protest and another taking a new job outside of the investigation
According to an exclusive report by The New York Times -
Jaron RosienMayor [R-IA]
1/24/23Slid his hand up a male victim's thigh, groped his genitals and kissed him on his cheek (or ear) which "was in no way consented to" by the victim after hours at a bar he owned while also being married to his husband
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Charles FinleyCommissioner [R-MI]
1/21/23Falsely 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
According to a police report filed by state police -
David TruaxMayor [R-NY]
1/20/23Instigated a fight with two innocent people he falsely accused of selling drugs and was charged with harassment after a police investigation determined he was at fault
According to charging documents filed by local police -


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1/19/23Was ordered to pay a nearly $1 million fine over her role in spearheading a frivolous and bad-faith lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
According to a ruling by the judge overseeing the case -
Solomon PeñaFmr. State Legislator Nominee
1/18/23Stole a large amount of electronics and other goods from at least four different retail stores with a group of criminals who acted as a "smash-and-grab" burglary crew
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Ronald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
1/18/23Recklessly fired multiple firearms from his property that sent his neighbors fleeing for cover from bullets "whizzing" by both them and responding police officers' heads
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Christine DeramoStaffer [R]
1/18/23Swerved in and out of her lane after 1:00am and soon after refused to take a breathalyzer and field sobriety tests after police reported smelling an "overwhelming alcoholic odor" along with her bloodshot eyes and then namedropped her politically affiliated boss and the local sheriff in an apparent attempt to get out of trouble
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Ted TomaszewskiFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
1/17/23Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month period
According to charging documents filed by local police -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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1/17/23Pocketed $3,000 from a GoFundMe fundraiser meant to save a homeless veteran's dying service dog who later died
According to an investigative report by Patch.com -
Kim Phuong TaylorWife [R]
1/12/23Illegally submitted dozens of phony voter registrations, absentee ballot requests and absentee ballots from members of the Vietnamese community in her district in the 2020 Iowa Republican primary in an attempt to help her husband Jeremy Taylor's campaign for the US House
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
1/12/23Illegally coordinated with the leader of a Republican state PAC to pay an opposition research firm $52,000 to investigate the Democratic candidate for governor in violation of state law barring PACs from working with local and state political parties
According to MassGOP party treasurer Pat Crowley and confirmed by The Boston Herald -
Jason SchofieldCommissioner [R-NY]
1/11/23Filled 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
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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1/09/23Allowed a top campaign aide to impersonate GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy's chief of staff in calls soliciting money from wealthy donors in both the 2020 and 2022 election cycles
According to an investigative report by CNBC
1/09/23Suspiciously listed 37 campaign expenses on purchases like a hotel stay in Miami and other travel expenses as costing $199.99 -- one cent below the legally binding $200 threshold that required itemized receipts -- on his campaign finance forms
According to allegations detailed in a lawsuit filed by nonprofit campaign watchdog The Campaign Legal Center -
Jennifer SmithFmr. Livingston County GOP Chair
1/06/23Threatened another mom at a local school board meeting who was later granted a restraining order prohibiting her from contacting her victim until a judge ruled otherwise
According to court records reported on by local media -

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1/06/23Cashed in between $628,000 and $1.72 million in stocks from companies seen as vulnerable to the burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak over a series of 33 separate transactions after receiving confidential briefings as chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee
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1/06/23Hypocritically engaged in gay behavior where he groped four men and attempted to kiss another without their consent while leading an organization that promoted anti-LGBTQ policies and gave a prominent platform to virulently anti-gay demagogues
According to news reports from credible media outlets -



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1/02/23
According to video of the incident verified by TMZ -
Tom DavisState Senator [R-SC]
1/02/23Passed out with his head against his steering wheel after pulling over in a strip mall parking lot because he realized he was too drunk to drive and then failed a field sobriety test after police found him asleep in his car
According to the arresting officer who cited him for public intoxication -
Jeremy HutchinsonFmr. State Senator [R-AR]25 Years in GOP
12/30/22Failed to pay over $625k in court-ordered child support even after a judge found he easily had the finances to do so and was held in contempt of court and jailed until he paid it off in full
According to court documents reported by local newspapers -






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12/30/22Operated an international human trafficking & sex abuse ring in Romania that lured unsuspecting women into performing in adult videos without their consent under threat of violence if they attempted to flee
According to charging documents filed by Romanian authorities -
12/21/22Forced Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart to perform oral sex on him in an office at Fox News’ headquarters while also being married
According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by the alleged victim -
12/21/22Voted using his former invalid address instead of the one he actually lived at in a different county 60 miles away in the 2022 primary, general and U.S. Senate runoff elections
According to an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution -
Joel SartoriCarl Paladino Political Aide
12/20/22
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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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12/19/22Stole a checkbook from a dying man his mother was caring for and used the stolen checks to purchase clothing and shoes while living in Brazil
According to police in Brazil who said he confessed to the crime before leaving for the USA to elude authorities
12/19/22Collected $50 per person at a fundraiser he hosted for animal rescue charity Friends of Pets United that did not appear to exist which makes you wonder where that money went
12/19/22Lied about earning degrees in economics and finance from Baruch College and New York University when in fact he hadn't earned any college degree at all
According to an investigative report by The New York TimesLied about working for Goldman Sachs and also Citigroup as an "associate asset manager" of which both companies confirmed they had no information of him ever working for them
According to an investigative report by The New York Times -
Danny RampeyState Rep. Nominee [R-GA]
12/16/22Stole prescription drugs from senior citizens residing in an assisted living community he managed by entering their apartments when they were not home and was caught in the act by police who had been tipped off by residents who reported their missing prescriptions to the authorities
According to charging documents filed by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office -
Brandon PhillipsMike Collins Chief of Staff
12/13/22
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Nina WebberWyoming GOP Staffer
12/12/22Indiscriminately fired dozens of shots across a highway at a group of elk, forcing two people to seek cover as bullets "whizzed" by their heads while they were outside on their private property
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
William PruittFmr. Chief of Police
12/09/22Raped a 14-year-old girl twice at gunpoint after luring her into his truck, threatened to "blow her brains out" if she ever told anyone, conspired with friends who were former police officers to send a torrent of threatening messages to scare her from reporting it to the authorities and continued to stalk her even after being charged with raping her
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Rob CatronFmr. Scott Taylor Political Strategist
12/06/22Conspired with coworkers in Rep. Scott Taylor's office to forge petition signatures that included the names of dead people and voters who had moved out of the district and then signed sworn affidavits that falsely asserted he had witnessed registered voters do the signing in an effort get a third-party "spoiler" candidate on the ballot to help siphon votes away from Taylor's Democratic rival in the 2018 midterm election
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
George MengesFmr. Manuel Asensio Aide
12/05/22Sexually assaulted a woman and was charged with kidnapping and sexual battery after she reported him to the police
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Brian StoutState Representative
12/02/22Began performing oral sex on a woman which went beyond what she had consented to and despite her repeatedly telling him to stop which he only did when his wife walked in the room
According to court records that confirmed a judge granted the woman's request for a restraining order against Stout
12/02/22Kissed and cuddled with a woman who wasn't his wife in his office and then out of nowhere pushed her onto the couch and physically restrained her while he quietly stared at her with what she described as a "weird look" which frightened her so much that a judge granted her a restraining order against him for five years
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
12/02/22Threatened to kill a woman he was romantically involved with by throwing her off a cliff or slitting her throat if she ever told anyone about their relationship
According to a protective order filed by the alleged victim and granted by a local judge -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
12/01/22Violently threw a shoe at the mother of his children, struck her in the ponytail and threw her belongings out of the house during a fit of rage and then barricaded himself inside of his home and refused repeated police commands to exit so they could serve him a warrant
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Vanessa TijerinaFmr. State Sen. Candidate
12/01/22Was arrested for suspected DUI after calling 911 on herself thinking she was involved in a crash which police determined was not true
According to charging documents filed by local police -
12/01/22Choked and threw a punch at his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Parsa after she confronted him about a woman she suspected he was cheating on her with
According to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast -
Kevin EtheringtonFmr. Deputy District Attorney
11/28/22Had at least 153 videos, pictures and screenshots depicting prepubescent girls being sexually abused and exploited on his home computer
According to charging documents filed by local police -
11/23/22Claimed a $1,500 homestead tax exemption meant for people who claim Texas their "principal residence" while he was running for a Senate seat in Georgia at the exact same time
According to publicly available tax documents obtained by CNN -
Todd ChrisleyMedia Personalities [R]
11/21/22Illegally obtained over $30 million in loans by lying to numerous financial institutions about their assets and then failed to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal taxes on the ill-gotten money
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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11/18/22Shared an image taken from a highly secretive spy satellite that could have helped adversaries better understand US spy capabilities to his Twitter followers
According to a declassified document obtained by NPR -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
11/10/22Asked an NFL cheerleader to have sex with one of his friends during a party and when she immediately reported him to two of her superiors, she was told to just brush it off and avoid him for the rest of the party
According to an exclusive report by CBS NewsBullied and questioned male subordinates' heterosexuality when they didn't agree with his preconceived perception of what it means to be a man
11/10/22Personally fired two Washington Commanders cheerleaders after they accused an NFL player of sexual misconduct and falsely blamed the incident on the victims instead of the player responsible
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Tommy BryantCity Council Member [R-AL]
11/07/22Punched the mayor of his small town in the face without warning in the parking lot following a heated city council meeting in the presence of multiple witnesses including the local police chief
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
11/05/22Frequently 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
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate
11/04/22Assaulted a police officer by grabbing and bending their hand backward while she was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest in which she refused police officer orders to exit her vehicle parked in the middle of the road and when asked if she wished to contact her attorney responded with “Blah Blah Blah”
According to charging documents filed by local prosecutors -
11/03/22Twice voted from a county he wasn't registered to vote in while keeping his primary residence in another county in violation of state law while also being a vocal law & order candidate who subscribed to the conspiracy theory that there was fraud in the 2020 election
According to an exclusive report by IndyStar -
Ryan MartinezFmr. State Representative
11/03/22Was found visibly drunk in the driver's seat of his vehicle with the engine running outside of a bar and was arrested after he failed a field sobriety test, but not before he unsuccessfully attempted to get out of trouble by falsely asserting that the state legislator was in a special session and he was therefore immune from prosecution
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Laurie SmithFmr. Sheriff [R-CA]52 Years in GOP
11/03/22Raked 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
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Joel KoskanFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/03/22Raped, 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
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Liam MaddenFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
11/02/22Withdrew 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 from
Madden 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 -
Julianna StroutCommissioner [R-FL]
10/27/22Falsely asserted she was a paralegal to federal authorities so she could enter an immigration detention facility her romantic partner was being held at
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Fred PiccoloFmr. Jackie Toledo Campaign Mgr.
10/25/22Texted 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
According to a lawsuit filed by former state rep Jackie Toledo -
Gary KuehnSchool Board Member [R-TN]
10/24/22Pulled 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
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jody GreeneFmr. Sheriff [R-NC]
10/21/22Had 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 her
According to court records reported by local publications -
Mandy Robinson-HandTaylor County GOP Chair
10/19/22Illegally 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 authorities
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Randy Gene KaufmanFmr. School Board Member Candidate
10/18/22Pleasured 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
According to an arrest report filed by local police -
10/16/22Watched 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
According to a bombshell report by Reuters -
Walter LundyAdvisor [R]
10/11/22Smoked 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 test
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10/06/22Drunkenly 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
According to an inhouse investigation resulting in his firing -
10/03/22Repeatedly solicited sexual favors from a young woman who worked in the state secretary of state's office
According to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com
10/03/22Tried to pin down and kiss a woman he invited to his apartment, but she was able to escape before he could harm her further
According to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com -
10/03/22Kept secret credible sexual assault allegations against the Republican Secretary of State for over a month ostensibly to protect him
According to an exclusive report by The Statehouse File -
10/03/22Pinned a young woman against the wall and rubbed his body against hers as he tried to kiss her and rip her shirt off
According to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com -
10/03/22Paid 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
According to a report by The Daily Beast -
10/03/22According to investigative report by AL.com -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
10/01/22Swung 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 after
According to an exclusive report by The New York Post -
Adam HagemanTrump Commerce Dept. Official
10/01/22
9/30/22Sexually 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 chat
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
9/28/22Falsely 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
9/28/22Drove 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
According to military records obtained by The Associated Press -
Mike EricksonFmr. U.S. Rep Nominee
9/27/22Ran 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
According to court documents reported by local newspapers -
Hunter LarkinMayor [R-KS]
9/27/22Weaved in and out of his lane around 1:30am and then failed a field sobriety test after police pulled him over
According to arresting documents filed by local police -
9/23/22Was 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
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the firm Democracy Partners





















