The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

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Matthew ChappellFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
5/06/22
Asked 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 himAccording to an official complaint filed by the officer -
Andrew WilhoiteFmr. City Council Nominee
5/06/22
Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creekAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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George KruseCommissioner [R-FL]
5/05/22
Lost 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
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5/04/22
Got 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 soundsAccording to a NSFW video posted online by an anonymous source
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Ben IgnatowiczYork County, SC Republican Party Chair
5/02/22
Spanked 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 -
4/30/22
Routinely 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 consentAccording to a woman from Cleveland, OH he dated over a yearslong period who provided texts and photographic evidence backing up her claims
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4/28/22
Allegedly 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 consciousnessAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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4/26/22
Attempted 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 citationAccording to an airport spokesperson and reported by mainstream outlets
4/26/22
Promoted a new cryptocurrency he had secret information on one day before it was released to the public without disclosing his investment as required by lawThe House Ethics Committee ordered Cawthorn to pay $14,237.49 to charity after their investigation concluded he acted improperly
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Terry JudyFmr. Sheriff Candidate
4/21/22
Stayed 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 overAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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4/20/22
Stole valuable parts from vehicles that belonged to a local church, Habitat for Humanity and at least two residences before getting caught by the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
4/20/22
Mentally 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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4/14/22
Reached 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. Staffer [R]
4/13/22
Tried 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 entryAccording to charging documents filed by local officials -
338kMAGA Enthusiast
4/10/22
Accepted 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 -
Ruben VerastiguiFmr. RNC Staffer
4/08/22
Collected 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 Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
4/08/22
Failed 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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4/07/22
Broke 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 completeAccording to a contempt ruling by the presiding judge
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Brian YoungFmr. City Council Member
4/06/22
Illegally 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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3/28/22
Threatened 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
3/28/22
Swerved 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 Enthusiast
3/22/22
Pushed 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 children3/22/22
According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media
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Paul KennedyFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]
3/18/22
Stole 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 -
Anthony BoenFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
3/12/22
Punched 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 investigatorsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
3/12/22
Slammed 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 investigatorsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/10/22
Forcibly 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 callAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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James HarrisFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/10/22
Stole 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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Robin SmithFmr. State Representative
3/07/22
Accepted a $24,000 bribe in exchange for encouraging fellow state lawmakers to contract with a fake consulting company the state speaker of the house createdShe pled guilty to wire fraud and agreed to become a cooperating witness for the prosecution
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1.1mLauded by Trump
3/06/22
Registered 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 -
3/05/22
Broke 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 -
Ronald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/04/22
Illegally 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 storeAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Victor BarbosaFmr. City Council Member
3/04/22
Didn'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
3/02/22
Caused 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 an arrest report filed by local police
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Suzi CarlsonFmr. State Representative
3/02/22
Weaved through traffic lanes before being pulled over and cited for driving under the influence of alcoholAccording to arresting documents filed by local police -
3/02/22
Engaged 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]
2/21/22
Sexually molested at least three young children as young as 7 years old on different occasions at his home over a multiyear periodAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Walt SmithCommissioner [R-TX]
2/16/22
Urinated 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
2/15/22
Hired 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]
2/08/22
Admitted 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 Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
2/05/22
Unlawfully 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 inaugural
2/04/22
Grabbed 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
1/27/22
Tricked 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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John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
1/16/22
Choked, 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 himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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1/15/22
Had 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 duressAccording to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -
Baked AlaskaSocial Media Influencer
1/13/22
Pepper-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 accordAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Guy WilliamsFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
1/10/22
Illegally 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 firstAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
1/07/22
According to a statement in which he admitted to the affairs while denying a related sexual assault allegation1/07/22
Allegedly 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 -
Terry O'DonnellFmr. State Representative
12/17/21
Used 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 changedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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12/04/21
According to charging documents filed by local police
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Tim PhillipsFmr. Americans for Prosperity President
12/03/21
Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who worked at his organization while being married with four children12/03/21
Settled 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
11/22/21
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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Frank ScavoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
11/22/21
Illegally 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 peopleAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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11/19/21
Shot 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 juryAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Andrew BradshawMayor [R-MD]
11/16/21
Posted 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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Donald HartleConservative Businesss Person
11/16/21
According to charging documents filed by state officials
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11/14/21
Persistently 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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11/05/21
Violently 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 consentAccording to charging documents filed by local police
11/05/21
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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11/03/21
Was 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 -
Gilbert BakerFmr. State Senator [R-AR]
10/23/21
Pocketed 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 courtAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Mike MaggioFmr. State Judge [R-AR]
10/23/21
Accepted 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 millionAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative
10/19/21
Accepted 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 -
Craig PierceCommissioner [R-NC]
10/18/21
Swerved 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 limitAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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James SnyderFmr. Mayor [R-IN]
10/13/21
Accepted $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for awarding them over $1 million in city contractsAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Fabian ShepardFmr. Johnson County GOP Chair
10/08/21
Grabbed 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
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9/29/21
Drunkenly 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
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Donald Trump47th U.S. President
162.3m
9/28/21
Firsthand account from Grisham in a book published by premier company HarperCollins, Corroborated by her then-boyfriend who was also a Trump aide
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Jeffrey ThomasFmr. District Attorney
9/23/21
Slapped and choked a female work acquaintance and then raped her after he entered her house without permission while also presenting himself as a "tough on crime" prosecutor to the publicAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jesse BentonFmr. Mitch McConnell Campaign Mgr.
9/20/21
Funneled $25,000 of a Russian oligarch's money to the Trump 2016 campaign in exchange for a ticket and access to Trump during a Republican National Committee eventAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Jonathan NewellFmr. Federal Judge [R]
9/11/21
Secretly recorded multiple underage boys changing and showering inside the bathroom of a cabin he owned and ingested the memory card of the camera he used in a failed attempt to escape justice once the authorities confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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McCrae DowlessFmr. Political Operative
9/02/21
Illegally collected Social Security Disability and retirement benefits from the government by neglecting to inform them about the more than $132,000 he earned working on political campaigns which would have drastically reduced the number of benefits he would have been eligible forAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Michael CappsFmr. State Representative
2021 09
Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salariesAccording to charging documents by federal prosecutors
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Ivan GonzalezFmr. Mayor Candidate
8/20/21
Falsely asserted he lived in the city of Baltimore on his official candidacy paperwork when he actually lived in the suburbs and was therefore ineligible to run for office in the cityAccording to charging documents filed by local police -
Jonathan ParkerFmr. Idaho GOP Chair
8/19/21
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8/17/21
Repeatedly choked his girlfriend to the point of unconsciousness and beat her like a "rag doll" during which she suffered two black eyes, a swollen lip, deep bruising and scratches on her faceAccording to a monthslong investigation by MLB that resulted in the longest ever suspension of a player of 194 games for violating its domestic violence policies
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Gisela Castro MedinaCollege Republican Chair
8/14/21
Recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he suppliedAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials -
8/14/21
Punched and choked his ex-girlfriend so violently during what began as consensual sex that she suffered bloody eyes and bruises throughout her face and then sent her multiple texts threatening to kill her if he ever saw her againAccording to sealed court records first reported by The Washington Post and photographic evidence of the bruises and bloody eyes independently obtained by the publication
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast
8/12/21
Was sued for defamation by rightwing activist Lawyer Larry Klayman after he called him a child molesterAccording to a defamation lawsuit filed by Klayman -
Anton LazzaroPolitical Strategist [R]MAGA Enthusiast
8/12/21
Paid five underage girls to have sex with him that he found by paying a woman to recruit them online telling them he's a "sugar daddy" and supplied them with alcohol and literal stacks of cash as an incentiveAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Mark GrethenFmr. Donor [R]
8/07/21
Sodomized and molested two children one year before he was named "Republican of the Year" by the National Republican Congressional Committee because of his large donations to the partyHe was found guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison
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8/03/21
Pardoned a husband-wife duo who pointed an assault-style rifle and handgun at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters who were peacefully marching near their home even after they told reporters that they didn't regret their actions and promised they would do it again if it came to itAccording to reports filed by mainstream media
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Jason EllsworthState Senator [R-MT]
8/02/21
Verbally accosted a police officer who issued him a written warning for driving 88 mph in a 55-mph zone and then tried to get out of trouble by claiming legislative immunity even though the state legislature had adjourned nearly a month before he was pulled over and went so far as threatening to call the state AG and reporting the officer for simply doing his jobAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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7/31/21
Was caught with an unloaded gun and loaded magazine clip in his carryon bag as he was going through security at a regional airport in North CarolinaAccording to an airport spokesperson and reported by mainstream outlets
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Frederick GattusoFmr. Mayor Nominee [R-NJ]
7/29/21
According to charging documents filed by local police
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7/28/21
Forcefully threw his girlfriend and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham against a wall and slapped her on the face in his apartment after she accused him of being unfaithful7/28/21
Crashed head-on into a light pole in the parking lot of a campus hotel after a night of heavy drinking after which police officers responding at 8:55am observed him stumbling out of his car nearly falling down, noticed he had bloodshot eyes and a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and took a statement from him that he "woke up in urine-soaked pants" after which they arrested himAccording to an exclusive report by Politico
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Mike NearmanFmr. State Representative
7/27/21
Helped a group of armed protesters illegally enter the Oregon State capitol building by propping open a side door that should have been secured because the facility wasn't open to the public at the timeAccording to charging documents filed by state officials
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Blake MooreU.S. Representative [R-UT]
7/26/21
Violated federal law by neglecting to disclose over $1 million in stock transactions that he conducted shortly after entering officeAccording to an exclusive report by Business Insider
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7/23/21
Pointed a loaded gun against his ex-wife's head and threatened to kill her and her new boyfriend, after which she got a restraining order issued against himAccording to a police affidavit filed by his ex-wife's sister -
6.5mLauded by Trump
7/13/21
Routinely harassed Fox News producer Andrea Mackris with graphic sexual conversations at work and over the phone where he made her listen to all of his sexual fantasies about the two of them together while also being married and later paid her $9 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit that she brought against himAccording to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser
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7/01/21
Ignored repeated police commands to exit a hearing room in the Idaho statehouse and then "went limp and acted like dead weight" when police moved in to arrest him resulting in them being forced to place him in a swivel chair to escort him out of the buildingAccording to a police report filed by state officials
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7/01/21
Was sued for defamation by disgraced former host Ed Henry because he claimed the network and CEO Suzanne Scott publicly portrayed him as a "sex criminal" and only fired him because Ms. Scott was trying to save face after the explosive allegations against him came to lightAccording to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court
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Bunny WelshFmr. Sheriff [R-PA]
6/11/21
Gave her boyfriend full control over the police K-9 department she was in charge of which he then used to transfer charitable donations given to the unit into his personal bank accounts to pay for personal expenses including boarding services and medicine for his dogAccording to charging documents filed by state officials -
Chuck SimsFmr. State Representative
5/29/21
Was observed driving erratically and making improper turns by police around 11:30pm and then failed field sobriety tests and initially refused to submit to a breathalyzer test, but later agreed when he was in the backseat of a police vehicle and had a BAC of .112According to charging documents filed by local police
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Michael WalkerFmr. County Commissioner
5/27/21
Used $30,000 in county funds to repair the private road he lived on that wasn't supposed to be maintained by the countyAccording to charging documents filed by local officials