The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 801 - 900 of 1704 Scandals
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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 -
David EstensonFmr. State Sen. Nominee
9/20/22
9/20/22Unsuccessfully 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 officer
9/20/22Threatened 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 headquarters
9/20/22Hypocritically 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 law
According to an exclusive report by the Trempealeau County Times -
9/16/22Forcibly 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 car
According to an allegation filed by the alleged victim and reported by mainstream media -
9/16/22Tried 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 advances
According to a ruling by a federal appeals court that suspended his law license for 18 months -
Sabrina BellFmr. State Judge [R-IN]
9/16/22Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Billy OswaldFmr. State Sen. Candidate
9/13/22
9/13/22Offered numerous female employees up to a $15k raise if they agreed to have sex with him whenever he wanted
9/13/22
According to a federal lawsuit filed by a former employee -
Merrill NelsonFmr. State Representative
9/08/22Convinced 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 years
According to court records reported by mainstream outlets -
Steve BannonFmr. Trump Chief StrategistLauded by Trump
9/08/22Stole $1 million in donations from a "We Build the Wall" GoFundMe campaign using fake invoices and accounts
According to charging documents filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's office -
Walt SmithCommissioner [R-TX]
9/07/22Ran 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 scene
According to a police report filed by local officials -
9/07/22Purchased 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 election
According to court records reported by The Intercept -
Aileen CannonFederal Judge [R]
9/05/22Issued 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 country
According to a ruling in Trump's favor handed down by Judge Cannon -
Ben ParisGOP County Chair
9/02/22Made 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 votes
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Joe MartinezFmr. County Commissioner
8/31/22Accepted three $5k checks from a local business owner in exchange for a proposing an ordinance that would personally benefit them
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
8/31/22Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her without consent and then ejaculated on her stomach
He was found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 years in prison -
Luke BowenFmr. Texas Right to Life Executive
8/25/22Solicited 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 -
Peter SchmidtFmr. State Representative
8/24/22Performed oral sex on another man while also hypocritically portraying himself as a “strong conservative and Christian” who advocated against LGBT rights
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Perry Hooper Jr.Trump Campaign AL Co-ChairMAGA Enthusiast
8/23/22Grabbed 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 children
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Scott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate
8/22/22Allegedly 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 three
According to accusations made by his estranged wife in her divorce filing -
8/22/22Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film convention
According to charging documents filed by local police -
8/21/22Put 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 convention
According to charging documents filed by local police -
David RiveraFmr. U.S. Representative
8/20/22Failed 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 government
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Bubba JonesFmr. Sheriff [R-KY]
8/11/22Was indicted for official misconduct in office and tampering with a witness in an apparent attempt to cover his tracks
According to a plea deal reached with state authorities -
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8/09/22Riled 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 authorities
According to multiple sources and reported on by all major outlets -
Paul ManniFmr. City Council Nominee
8/09/22Forged 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 applications
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Matthew LeveridgeState's Attorney [R-KY]
8/03/22Impregnated 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 baby
8/03/22Engaged 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 it
Had 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 court
According to a report by The Daily Beast -
Jonathan YoungState Judge [R-TN]
7/31/22Had sex with a married woman who was actively involved in a case in his courtroom and didn't recuse himself or disclose his behavior
According to a ruling by the TN board of Judicial Conduct that suspended Young for the remainder of his term -
7/27/22Inappropriately 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 -
Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
7/27/22Was 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 years
According to a report by Boise State Public radio -
Richard ImpallariaFmr. State Representative
7/27/22Illegally 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 stipend
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Vish BurraGeorge Santos Political Aide
7/23/22Was 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 raid
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Steve BannonFmr. Trump Chief StrategistLauded by Trump
7/22/22Defied 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 jail
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ryan WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
7/20/22Filed 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 accusation
According to charging documents filed by local police -
7/19/22Used 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 unabated
According to an exclusive report by the Charleston Post and Courier -
Scott EskFmr. State Rep. Candidate
7/14/22Threatened 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 him
According to court documents obtained in divorce proceedings -
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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 -
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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 -


1.1mLauded by Trump
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




















