The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
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Displaying 401 - 450 of 1074 Scandals
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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 himAccording to a police report filed by his estranged wife
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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 eventAccording 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 periodAccording to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner
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Paul ThurmanFmr. Nueces County GOP Director4/13/22Tried to break into his former boss's home with a large rock but was arrested by police in the backyard before he was able to gain entryAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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338kMAGA Enthusiast4/10/22Accepted 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 HouseAccording to previously undisclosed documents obtained by The New York Times
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Ruben VerastiguiFmr. RNC Staffer4/08/22Collected a whopping 152 felony videos and 50 felony images of children -- some who were babies -- and traded them with other criminals he found onlineAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m4/08/22Failed 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 approvalAccording to an official report from the State Department
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Brian YoungFmr. City Council Member [R-IN]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 registrationAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate [R-KY]4/04/22Assaulted 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
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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 caseAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Ian SmithFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate [R-NJ]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 breathalyzerAccording to a police report filed by local police
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590kMAGA Enthusiast3/22/22Pushed 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 children3/22/22According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media
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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 saleAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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James HarrisFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate [R-TX]3/10/22Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed itAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David SchamensTrump PAC Exec3/08/22Defrauded 25+ people out of $6.8 million through a Ponzi scheme they thought was being invested on their behalf but was used to fund his lavish lifestyle insteadAccording to charging documents filed by federal authorities
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Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair3/08/22Organized and directed Proud Boys members acting as what federal prosecutors characterized as "Donald Trump's army" to prevent the certification of Biden's election and instructed the insurrectionists who had already breached the US Capitol building to "do what must be done" to keep Trump in powerAccording to a federal grand jury indictment
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Robin SmithFmr. State Representative [R-TN]3/07/22Accepted an illegal $24,000 bribe in exchange for pressuring other state lawmakers to contract with a fake consulting company the state speaker of the house secretly createdShe pled guilty to wire fraud and agreed to become a cooperating witness for the prosecution
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1.1mLauded by Trump3/06/22Registered 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 residentAccording to an investigative report by The New Yorker
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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 concludedAccording to reporting by NBC News & other media outlets
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Ronald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate [R-RI]3/04/22Packed two pistols, three rounds of ammunition and flashlights stuffed with cocaine, amphetamine and oxycodone into a duffel bag and hid it in the drop ceiling of a men’s bathroom inside a local tractor supply storeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Victor BarbosaFmr. City Council Member [R-FL]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 positionAccording to a report by The Daytona beach News-Journal
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Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate [R-KY]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 herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Suzi CarlsonState Representative [R-KS]3/02/22Weaved through traffic lanes before being pulled over and cited for driving under the influence of alcoholAccording to arresting documents filed by local police
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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 itAccording to a statement in which he admitted to the affair and announced he was ending his reelection campaign
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Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]2/21/22According to charging documents filed by local police
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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 drinkAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Brad NamdarFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate [R-TX]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 marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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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 groupAccording to an exclusive report by the Willamette Week
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m2/05/22Unlawfully 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 ArchivesAccording to an investigative report by The New York Times
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Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural2/04/22Grabbed 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 marriedAccording to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim
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John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner [R-NY]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 companyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Stewart RhodesOath Keepers Founder1/23/22Assembled what federal prosecutors described as a "small arsenal" of weapons that he provided to his followers who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 while he directed them from a nearby locationAccording to a federal grand jury indictment
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Ellen WinkFmr. Political Person [R-CT]1/21/22Shot an unarmed tenant five times as he tried to flee from her resulting in his death and then lied to police and claimed self-defense which State's Attorney Michelle Manning refuted because video surveillance clearly showed her victim was aggressive towards her in "no way, shape, or form"According to charging documents filed by local police
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John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]1/16/22Strangled his wife during an argument and was arrested after police determined he “committed an act of felony domestic violence” against herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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 to keep their tryst a secretAccording to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating1/07/22According to a statement in which he admitted to the affairs while denying a related sexual assault allegation1/07/22Allegedly 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 timeAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media
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Guy WilliamsFmr. State Judge [R-TX]1/04/22Illegally passed through security at a local county courthouse because he felt he should be granted access without having to go through a security check, telling a judge she had "two (2) choices, let me pass or arrest me," of which officers promptly chose the latterAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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12/04/21According to charging documents filed by local police
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Tim PhillipsFmr. Americans for Prosperity President12/03/21Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who worked at his organization while being married with four children12/03/21Settled 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 herAccording to an exclusive report by CNBC News
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Sean ParnellFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate [R-PA]11/22/21Choked and strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong periodAccording to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children
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11/19/21Shot 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 juryAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Andrew BradshawMayor [R-MD]11/16/21Posted 10 nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on the website Reddit without her consent after they broke upAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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 periodAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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 favorAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
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Jeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative [R-NE]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 itAccording to charging documents filed by federal authorities
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Craig PierceCommissioner [R-NC]10/18/21Swerved in and out of his lane while driving fifteen miles 50-mph in a 35-mph zone and went on a profanity-laden rant against his arresting officers where he threatened to get them fired and self-assuredly said he was going to call in political favors to make his charges disappear and when in custody took a breathalyzer test which was more than three times the legal limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Fabian ShepardFmr. Johnson County GOP Chair10/08/21Grabbed 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 gripAccording to a police report filed by the alleged victim