The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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7/12/22Personally attempted to contact a 1/6 Committee witness presumably to pressure them to not disclose any damaging information about him when they testified before the committee
According to the 1/6 Select Committee -
Jonathan HernandezFmr. Oklahoma College Republicans Chair
7/11/22Performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy he met at a church he ministered inside his dorm room at Oklahoma Christian University after watching adult videos with him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
7/10/22Secretly 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 day
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Tex McIverLawyer [R]
6/30/22Shot his wife through the passenger seat of a car her close friend was driving shortly after he asked her for his .38 revolver from the center console claiming there was a danger that did not exist and suspiciously tried to get her friend to lie to police about it in a trial in which prosecutors described his life as ""spinning out of control" due to financial troubles that killing her would resolve
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Richard BraswellCommissioner [R-NC]
6/29/22Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Mark ThompsonCounty Commissioner [R-MO]
6/29/22Stole a lawn sign that belonged to a political opponent of his while driving in a truck owned by county taxpayers mere months after being caught on video stealing the same opponent's sign from the parking lot of a private business
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Roy McGrathFmr. Larry Hogan Chief of Staff
6/28/22Engineered 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
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Arlyn BriggsFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-KS]
6/27/22Called the local police department to warn that he "may shoot" police officers if they attempted to enter his home and arrest a wanted man he was harboring
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Frederick FrazierFmr. State Representative
6/25/22Impersonated a city compliance officer on at least two occasions so he could order people to remove campaign signs his opponent had displayed at local businesses while also portraying himself as a fierce defender of law and order
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jeann LugoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/25/22Punched his female opponent in the face at an abortion rally causing her to go to the hospital for a possible concussion and fled the scene presumably because he knew his assault was not justified
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Matt McIlravyFmr. Mayor [R-TX]
6/22/22Solicited sex with who he thought was a 12-year-old girl but was instead an undercover police officer over a series of private messages on the internet while also being a married father of two boys
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
6/21/22Tried to remove a female Washington Commanders employee's clothes, groped her and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a private area of his chartered plane out of view of the other passengers while also being married
6/21/22Secretly paid $1.6 million to a female Washington Commanders employee who accused him of sexual assault in order to keep her from going public with her allegations
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Donald Trump47th U.S. President




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6/18/22Strongly hinted that he would pardon people convicted of crimes related to the 1/6 insurrection by saying he'll be "looking at them very, very seriously," but only if they didn't cooperate with authorities
According to a speech he gave that was covered by multiple outlets -
Couy GriffinFmr. County Commissioner
6/17/22Pushed through barriers set up by Capitol Police officers who were trying to prevent him from gaining access to the Capitol during the 1/6 insurrection
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/15/22Violated 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 case
According to a court filing by the prosecutor overseeing his sexual assault case -
6/14/22Fathered three secret children out of wedlock and only took responsibility for his youngest child after the mother took him to court in order to force him to pay child support
According to an investigative report by The Daily Beast -
Jason ShortridgePolitical Person [R]
6/13/22Downloaded 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 too
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael GablemanFmr. Justice [R-WI]
6/10/22Repeatedly 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 behavior
According to a ruling by a Wisconsin state judge -
306kMAGA Enthusiast
6/06/22Defied a Congressional subpoena requiring him to testify before the January 6th Committee by citing legally dubious claims of executive privilege
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jimmy NealCommissioner [R-TN]
5/27/22Possessed and distributed felony images of underage girls as an administrator of an online child pornography group
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Josh DuggarFmr. Family Research Council Director
5/26/22
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ricky CarterFmr. County Commissioner
5/26/22Brutally 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 victim
According to charging documents filed by local officials -


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5/26/22Unlawfully destroyed official documents in burn bags -- to the point that his wife complained to top Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson that "all of his suits smell like a bonfire" -- and flushed others down the toilet in violation of a federal law that mandates all of a President's records must be sent to the National Archives presumably to cover up some sort of misconduct
According to testimony given by one of his top aides to the January 6th select committee -
5/23/22Used $1,929.07 in campaign funds to pay for 11 months' worth of dues to gain "unlimited access" to a private social and dining club located in Texas
According to a report released by the nonpartisan House Ethics CommitteeSpent $3,147.06 in campaign funds to pay for an extravagant dinner at a private social and dining club that the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics reported was likely a personal expense and not a fundraising event as he claimed
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Johnny HuntFmr. SBC President
5/23/22Groped a Southern Baptist Conference pastor's wife 24 years his junior under her shirt, pulled down her shorts and forcibly kissed her without consent after he gained entry into her condo presumably because she didn't have any reason to be concerned about him
Independent 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 -
John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]
5/20/22Raked in over $600,000 in kickbacks from a health insurance fraud scheme that charged providers with over $2.5 million worth of unnecessary tests that were ordered from doctors and conducted by a pharmaceutical company who were all involved in the conspiracy
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
5/19/22Exposed 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 declined
Musk's company SpaceX paid the woman $250,000 and made her sign a nondisclosure agreement -
John OxendineFmr. Commissioner [R-GA]
5/12/22Spent roughly $100,000 in campaign donations on personal expenses that included a down payment on a home, luxury cars and childcare expenses
According 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 -
Matthew ChappellFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/06/22Asked a female police officer if she would have sex with him and his wife during a time he worked as an officer in Georgia and used a state database to track her after she rebuffed him
According to an official complaint filed by the officer -
Andrew WilhoiteFmr. City Council Nominee
5/06/22Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creek
According to charging documents filed by local police -
George KruseCommissioner [R-FL]
5/05/22Lost control of his truck and slammed into a tree and then refused a breathalyzer test after police noticed he had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech and reported that he was "obviously impaired"
According to charging documents filed by local police -
5/04/22Got on top of another man while he was naked and simulated receiving oral sex by repeatedly thrusting his pelvis near their head while making high-pitched moaning sounds
According to a NSFW video posted online by an anonymous source -
Ben IgnatowiczYork County, SC Republican Party Chair
5/02/22Spanked a child under his care in the bottom so hard that it caused bruising and admitted to police officers that he "would agree it was excessive"
According to charging documents filed by state police -
4/30/22Routinely choked his girlfriend unconscious during sex to the point of causing her to suffer convulsions even after she laid down clear ground rules stipulating what she was comfortable with and sometimes had anal sex with her while she was unconscious from his strangulation and unable to consent
According to a woman from Cleveland, OH he dated over a yearslong period who provided texts and photographic evidence backing up her claims -
4/28/22Allegedly drugged and raped an unconscious college student after luring her to his dorm room with the promise of a glass of Champagne which he spiked with a drug that caused her to lose consciousness
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/26/22Attempted to take his loaded handgun onto his airplane at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, but was stopped by TSA agents who took possession of his weapon and issued him a citation
According to an airport spokesperson and reported by mainstream outlets
4/26/22Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by law
The House Ethics Committee ordered Cawthorn to pay $14,237.49 to charity after their investigation concluded he acted improperly -
Terry JudyFmr. Sheriff Candidate
4/21/22Stayed at a stop sign for "an abnormal length of time" at 1:30am before driving into oncoming traffic and nearly crashing head-on into another vehicle and had a strong smell of alcohol on his breath and couldn't answer simple questions after getting pulled over
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
4/20/22Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the police
According to charging documents filed by local police
4/20/22Mentally and emotionally abused his minor child by implying they will "burn in hell" and spitefully wished they will become ill any time they "see or touch something" they enjoyed over a series of texts and emails that resulted in his estranged wife being granted a restraining order against him
According to a police report filed by his estranged wife -
4/14/22Reached up the skirt and fondled a state senator's bare leg and groped another young woman's buttocks in front of a roomful of people at a public event
According to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska ExaminerInappropriately groped and touched eight women aged from their late teens to mid-20's at political events, beauty pageants and other functions over a five-year period
According to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner -
Paul ThurmanFmr. Staffer [R]
4/13/22Tried to break into his former boss's home with a large rock and caused $3k worth of damage but was arrested by police in the backyard before he was able to gain entry
According to charging documents filed by local officials -



338kMAGA Enthusiast
4/10/22Accepted a $2 billion investment from a major investment fund managed by the crown prince of Saudi Arabia -- a major Trump ally during his Administration -- mere months after he stopped working at the Trump White House
According to previously undisclosed documents obtained by The New York Times -
Ruben VerastiguiFmr. RNC Staffer
4/08/22Collected a whopping 152 felony videos and 50 felony images of children -- some who were babies -- and traded them with other criminals he found online
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
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4/08/22Failed to disclose gifts he received from foreign governments in 2020 in a clear violation of the Constitutional ban explicatively prohibiting Presidents from accepting gifts from foreign leaders without Congressional approval
According to an official report from the State Department -
4/07/22Broke the terms of his probation by fraudulently asserting that 40 hours of work on his political campaign counted towards community service he was ordered to complete
According to a contempt ruling by the presiding judge -
Brian YoungFmr. City Council Member
4/06/22Illegally voted in multiple elections and even represented a district he didn't actually live in after using his parents address as his own on his voter registration
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/28/22Threatened to release unspecified "false information" about a county sheriff and local police chief if they didn't grant him immunity in an unrelated case
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Ian SmithFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/28/22Swerved so erratically that he forced another driver to take measures to avoid a collision, struggled on a field sobriety test after police pulled him over and was arrested after he refused to take a breathalyzer
According to charging documents filed by local police -



590kMAGA Enthusiast
3/22/22Pushed his wife to the floor and took all her personal belongings including her cellphone, wallet and keys so she couldn't call for help or escape their house with her children
3/22/22
According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media -
Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
3/18/22Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Anthony BoenFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
3/12/22Punched a detainee in the head multiple times with a closed fist while they were shackled to a bench and returned a short time later to punch him in the head a second time before spitting on him and later asked corrections officers who witnessed the assault to lie about what they saw to investigators
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
3/12/22Slammed a detainee onto the floor and ripped his hair during an interrogation and later asked corrections officers who witnessed the assault to lie about what they saw to investigators
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/10/22Forcibly pinned his date to the ground and tried to rip her clothing off while ignoring her demand that he let her go and then admitted that he had "gone too far" with her in a subsequent phone call
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
James HarrisFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/10/22Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed it
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Robin SmithFmr. State Representative
3/07/22Accepted a $24,000 bribe in exchange for encouraging fellow state lawmakers to contract with a fake consulting company the state speaker of the house created
She pled guilty to wire fraud and agreed to become a cooperating witness for the prosecution -


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3/06/22Registered to vote from NC mobile home he never visited in violation of state law that says it's illegal to vote from an address where you are not a legal resident
According to an investigative report by The New Yorker -
3/05/22Broke security protocols by sharing live images of a briefing U.S. Representatives & Senators had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy despite being asked not to share any posts or images until the meeting had concluded
According to reporting by NBC News & other media outlets -
Ronald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/04/22Illegally stashed two pistols, three rounds of ammunition and flashlights stuffed with cocaine, amphetamine and oxycodone in a duffel bag hidden in the ceiling of a men’s bathroom inside a local tractor supply store
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Victor BarbosaFmr. City Council Member
3/04/22Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council position
According to a report by The Daytona beach News-Journal -
Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/02/22Caused a disturbance inside a local convenience store when she opened a beer and loudly said multiple profanities to a person she was on the phone with and had the police called on her
According to an arrest report filed by local police -
Suzi CarlsonFmr. State Representative
3/02/22Weaved through traffic lanes before being pulled over and cited for driving under the influence of alcohol
According to arresting documents filed by local police -
3/02/22Engaged in a yearlong extramarital affair with a woman who was formerly married to an ISIS terrorist and paid her $5,000 to keep quiet about it
According to a statement in which he admitted to the affair and announced he was ending his reelection campaign -
Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]
2/21/22Sexually molested at least three young children as young as 7 years old on different occasions at his home over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Walt SmithCommissioner [R-TX]
2/16/22Urinated next to a truck parked outside a local bar moments after he was caught on video inside the bar swaying and having difficulty walking straight presumably because he had too much to drink
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Brad NamdarFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
2/15/22Hired a professional escort for sex on two separate occasions and refused to pay her after the second time they had sex while also being married
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Stan PulliamFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-OR]
2/08/22Admitted to having group sex with his wife and "other couples" they met on a local online swinger group
According to an exclusive report by the Willamette Week -
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2/05/22Unlawfully destroyed official documents in burn bags and by ripping them up and flushing them down the toilet in violation of a federal law that mandates all of a President's records must be sent to the National Archives
According to an investigative report by The New York Times -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
2/04/22Grabbed a Washington Commanders employee's thigh without her consent while seated at a crowded restaurant table and later that same night followed her out of the restaurant, put his hand on her lower back and "aggressively" pushed her toward his limo and only let her go when his own lawyer intervened while also being married
According to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim -
John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner
1/27/22Tricked a financial lender into giving him a $1 million loan to purchase and renovate a family home which he falsely represented as an investment property through a fake company
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
1/16/22Choked, kicked, punched and shoved his wife against the wall and then threatened to kill her during a fit of rage which resulted in his jailing and a judge granting an order of protection she filed against him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
1/15/22Had an affair with a WWE employee 35 years younger than him and then doubled her salary to $200k and paid her $3 million after she agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement that forced her to keep their tryst a secret which she later testified in court was signed under duress
According to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -
Baked AlaskaSocial Media Influencer
1/13/22Pepper-sprayed a bouncer who had just forcefully kicked him out of a bar because his behavior was making the patrons uncomfortable and then refused to leave when given the opportunity to on his own accord
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Guy WilliamsFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
1/10/22Illegally bypassed a security check and entered a local county courthouse without authorization and also sent the judge in charge of the courthouse a threatening email demanding that security allow him to enter without having to pass through security first
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
1/07/22According to a statement in which he admitted to the affairs while denying a related sexual assault allegation
1/07/22Allegedly raped and sexually abused a minor over many years beginning when she was fifteen years old and continued well into her adulthood while being married the entire time
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media -
Terry O'DonnellFmr. State Representative
12/17/21Used his stature as the second highest-ranking member of the state senate to push through legislation that he knew would have a direct positive impact on his wife's finances she otherwise would not have been able to pursue if the law weren't changed
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
12/04/21
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Tim PhillipsFmr. Americans for Prosperity President
12/03/21Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who worked at his organization while being married with four children
12/03/21Settled 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
According to an exclusive report by CNBC News -
Sean ParnellFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
11/22/21Strangled 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
According to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children -
Frank ScavoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
11/22/21Illegally entered the US Capitol on 1/6 along with multiple other insurrectionists and videotaped himself inside after organizing bus transportation to the Capitol for over 200 people
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
11/19/21Shot 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
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Andrew BradshawMayor [R-MD]
11/16/21Posted 10 nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on the website Reddit without her consent after they broke up
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Donald HartleConservative Businesss Person
11/16/21
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
11/14/21Persistently 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
According to charging documents filed by local police -
11/05/21Violently threw numerous household items in his wife's direction while in a drunken rage which his wife told police had become a frequent occurrence and later threatened to assault police if they tested him for COVID-19 without his consent
According to charging documents filed by local police
11/05/21
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
11/03/21Was 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
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Gilbert BakerFmr. State Senator [R-AR]
10/23/21Pocketed at least $6k to facilitate a bribe between the owner of a nursing home and a judge with an active case that involved the nursing home before his court
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Mike MaggioFmr. State Judge [R-AR]
10/23/21Accepted an illegal $24k campaign donation from the owner of a nursing home with an active case before his court and tried to obfuscate its origins by teaming with a coconspirator and former Republican state senator to act as an intermediary and then one day later drastically reduced the amount the nursing home was ordered to pay a family for gross negligence from $5.2 million to $1 million
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative
10/19/21Accepted 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
According to charging documents filed by federal authorities -
Craig PierceCommissioner [R-NC]
10/18/21Swerved in and out of his lane while driving 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
According to charging documents filed by local police -
James SnyderFmr. Mayor [R-IN]
10/13/21Accepted $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for awarding them over $1 million in city contracts
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Fabian ShepardFmr. Johnson County GOP Chair
10/08/21Grabbed 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
According to a police report filed by the alleged victim -
9/29/21Drunkenly 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"
According to an exclusive report by Politico



















