The Ultimate Republican Scandals List

Repeatedly attempted to have sex with media relations professional Brooke Hammerling in such a persistent manner that she likened it to "swatting him away like a fly" while also being married

Texted multiple sexually explicit messages to Fox News commentator Cathy Areu and later retaliated against her by drastically reducing her on-air appearances after she rebuffed his advances while also being married

Prescribed opioids to several family members and his romantic partner in violation of rules prohibiting doctors from treating and prescribing medication to people they are close with

Had a yearslong extramarital affair with a woman who worked for a Republican state senator and was able to keep it secret by using a fake Uber account to rendezvous with her and then facilitated her transfer to a job working for a wealthy business executive and donor he was criminally involved with

Punched his wife in the face more than once and then took her cellphone away so she couldn't call for help

Made police deputies and other staff members perform non-work services for his personal businesses, at his private property and for his political campaign during their regular work hours

Shot an unarmed woman in the stomach after she went to her car and grabbed her gun following a verbal argument that hadn't even turned physical, causing the victim to be airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery mere weeks after being given a prime time speaking role at the 2020 Republican National Convention

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police

Sexually harassed an assistant of hers so incessantly that she eventually filed a 42-page complaint against Fox News which resulted in them paying her a secret multimillion-dollar settlement

Attempted to take his loaded concealed handgun onto an airplane at Tampa International Airport, but was stopped by airport security and forced to secure it before being allowed to board his flight

Illegally funneled $40,500 in campaign contributions from an Indiana casino through "straw donors" who were reimbursed through fake consulting fees and then lied to federal officials when they questioned him about it

Conspired with coworkers in Rep. Scott Taylor's office to forge petition signatures that included the names of dead people and voters who had moved out of the district and then signed sworn affidavits that falsely asserted he had witnessed registered voters do the signing in an effort get a third-party "spoiler" candidate on the ballot to help siphon votes away from Taylor's Democratic rival in the 2018 midterm election

Shoved his tongue down aspiring actress Amy Dorris' throat and groped her in a way she felt like an "octopus was hugging" her when she was away from view of her boyfriend in Trump's box at the 1997 US Open Tennis Championships while he was married to Marla Maples

Was ordered to pay thousands of dollars in owed back child support and $3,167 per month to a woman he had a baby with during an extramarital affair until the child turns 18

Fatally struck a pedestrian and kept driving while dragging their body along for a period of time which police questioned how he could have missed since his victim's "face was [on his] windshield," their broken glasses somehow got into his car and their flashlight was later found still illuminating and investigators later determined he was browsing his phone likely just beforehand which is probably why he left the scene and called 911 with the excuse that he thought he hit a deer

Attended a risque Las Vegas show where exotic dancers urinated on each other with a Russian oligarch of which his lawyer at the time Michael Cohen recalled him watching “with delight”

Gave his 2020 Republican acceptance speech from the White House lawn in what one expert described as an “abomination” that “may be the most visible misuse of official position for private gain in America’s history”

Instructed subordinates to secretly record Washington Commanders cheerleader's who were modeling for a swimsuit calendar in various states of undress with the explicit command to make sure the videos "get the good bits" and created a personal soundtrack to go along with a 10-minute video that was prepared for him

Improperly raked in a $35k profit after selling 100,000 shares of "penny stock" COPsync after receiving confidential information that it was about to crash

Gave $1.5 million dollars in bribes to a North Carolina Insurance Commissioner in exchange for favorable treatment of his insurance company by state regulators and the firing of the deputy insurance commissioner

Allegedly handcuffed and "violently" raped Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart so roughly that he left her "bruised and battered with bloody wrists" after he lured her to his hotel room ostensibly to discuss her career trajectory at Fox News while also being married

Illegally used a local UPS store as his legal address for voting purposes in violation of state election law

Stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims including his own god mother, family members, friends and former classmates by convincing them to invest in various schemes he concocted that promised massive returns, but instead kept the money for himself

Refused to report a 17-year-old victim's credible allegations against her stepfather who had been raping and sexually assaulting her since she was only 5 years old in violation of state law and threatened to charge her with making false claims instead

Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational

Maliciously smeared his GOP primary opponent as being a racist child molester through defamatory posts from fake social media accounts he created

Threw a rock at a delivery driver's vehicle and then instigated a physical altercation with him after refusing to pay the $860 balance he owed

Refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger in

Killed a 19-year-old after he drunkenly barreled through a stop sign and crashed into his victim's car and then admitted to police that he drank 10-12 beers not long before his crash

Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days

Crashed her SUV into a ditch and then told the police who arrived and observed vomit in her car and a strong odor of alcohol on her breath that "I am absolutely out of my mind. I am so intoxicated," failed a field sobriety test and refused a breathalyzer test and tried to get out of trouble by telling the officers that she was a judge -- several times -- and demanded they call a sheriff's deputy in a not-so-veiled attempt to avoid getting arrested for drunk driving

Crashed his pickup truck into a ditch, almost fell over getting out, had bloodshot eyes, slurred his words, acted belligerently, refused to do field sobriety tests telling police “I ain’t gonna do a goddamn thing you want” and then tried to use his position in government to get out of trouble by repeatedly demanding that the deputy call the local sheriff on his behalf

Cashed in between $1.275 and $3.1 million in stocks from companies seen as vulnerable to the burgeoning COVID-19 outbreak over a series of 27 transactions that began mere hours after she received a confidential Senate briefing

Forged her own brother's signature on a land deed in an attempt to transfer the title to her family without having to pay for the property

Asked 17-year-old teenage model Barbara Pilling out for a dinner date while he was still married to Ivana and then exclaimed "you're not too old and not too young. That's just great!" when she told him her age

Asked people who no longer lived in her home district to break the law and vote there anyway in two different elections, one of which she only won by 117 votes

Was fired by his Republican boss he was running against in a sheriff's election who claimed he improperly arrested an innocent black man, was insubordinate, disobeyed the chain of command and misused trademarked county images for his campaign

Had sex with an escort that was paid for by a businessperson he was accepting bribes from during a trip in Las Vegas while being married to his "high school sweetheart" and having two children

Accepted bribes during a lavish trip to Las Vegas which included $10k in cash, a free room, sex with an escort and a nearly $35,000 tab at a night club in exchange for directing major development projects to a prominent businessman in Los Angeles

Conspired with coworkers in Rep. Scott Taylor's office to forge petition signatures that included the names of dead people and voters who had moved out of the district and then signed sworn affidavits that falsely asserted she had witnessed registered voters do the signing in an effort get a third-party "spoiler" candidate on the ballot to help siphon votes away from Taylor's Democratic rival in the 2018 midterm election

Improperly directed $105,000 in court-appointed legal work to his son who was an attorney in the public defenders office

Helped rake in millions of dollars for an illegal offshore sports gambling ring run by the Chicago mob as a debt collector and recruiter

Coerced a subordinate into having a sexual relationship with him by threatening to manipulate her salary or fire her outright if she didn't agree

Gave alcohol to a subordinate who wasn't old enough to drink and also gave illegal narcotics to another subordinate who didn't have a prescription during a law enforcement conference they attended

Spent taxpayer money on non-official lodging expenses when he attended a conference at beach resort

Pardoned a Republican House candidate and QAnon conspiracy theorist who was a major Trump backer and previously served two years in prison for her role in an organized auto theft ring back in 2004

Pardoned former New York police commissioner and vocal Trump supporter Bernard Kerik who illegally received over $250,000 from a company with suspected connections to organized crime four years after his prison sentence concluded after lobbying from his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani

Rewarded business executive Paul Pogue who served three years' probation for failing to pay over $400k in taxes with a pardon months after his son and daughter-in-law donated $238,541 to Trump's reelection campaign

Hid $80 worth of clothes in a shopping bag and left a Kohl's department store without paying which resulted in her getting banned from the store and having to pay a $280 fine

Violated campaign finance law by coordinating with a Super PAC that ran political attack ads against his opponents without reporting the ads as a gift as required by state and federal law and was fined $178,000 by The Missouri Ethics Commission

Possessed an unlicensed illegal gun silencer at the gun store he owned which was found along with 17 additional violations by federal inspectors when they conducted a routine compliance check

Cashed out over $570,000 from a $1.5 million mortgage loan he was able to refinance by lying to his bank about outstanding tax liabilities and illegally diverted his employees' payroll taxes to his personal accounts in order to maintain a lavish lifestyle and pay down his own tax obligations

Illegally kept millions of dollars that donors gave to a Super PAC he ran under the assumption that the money would be used for political purposes but was instead used to enrich himself and those closest to him

Used "straw donors" to make contributions to a US House candidate that exceeded the legal individual campaign contribution limits

Instigated a sexual relationship with a subordinate 14 years younger than him after intentionally deflating her tires so "she couldn't go anywhere" and therefore make it more likely she would accept a ride home from him while being married with two young children

Drunkenly choked his ex-wife and then disobeyed repeated commands to surrender peacefully after barricading himself inside a residence resulting in police eventually being forced to shoot his dog after it became aggressive

Was sued for discrimination by a staffer who alleged the campaign rescinded a job offer in the Trump White House after finding out that she was pregnant with incoming White House communications director Jason Miller's child

Illegally accepted two checks for $2,600 each -- the exact amount someone can legally donate to a political candidate -- from a straw donor who also happened to be cooperating with the authorities

Accepted at least $10k in cash stuffed in an envelope and $2,350 worth of checks from a business executive turned government informant he promised to make tax counsel for the county and award government contracts to

Rewarded convicted murderer Patrick Baker -- who had only served two years of his 19-year sentence -- with a pardon after his family donated $29,500 to his reelection campaign

Pardoned a man who murdered his 6-week-old baby so brutally that "the seams between the bones in his skull were pushed half an inch apart" after he had only served 18-years of his life sentence

Pardoned a man convicted of raping a 9-year-old girl roughly one year into his 23-year sentence

Pardoned a man convicted of sodomizing an unconscious 15-year-old boy with a sex toy less than 4 years into his 15-year sentence

Pardoned a man convicted of sexually abusing his 6-year-old stepdaughter

Lurked outside his ex-girlfriends home late at night and texted her "b*tch, I came to see you" from a blocked number in violation of a five-year restraining order she received against him earlier in the year and was apprehended by police when they responded to her 911 call

Illegally entered the Trump Plaza hotel suite of a world-famous model who wouldn't return his phone calls intruding on her and her boyfriend while they were naked in bed, promptly left slamming the door and then angrily lashed out that he hates "sloppy seconds" when they confronted him about it soon afterwards in the lobby presumably out of jealousy that she had rejected him for another man all while being married to Marla Maples

Paraded teenage girls aged fourteen to sixteen-years-old down a yacht's staircase and had them individually dance for him while he lapped everything up in a way one former model later described as "objectifying" and "gross"

Repeatedly spied on his estranged wife from the bushes outside her apartment window while pleasuring himself which also violated a restraining order against him that she was granted

Walked in on teenage girls as young as fifteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1991 Look of the Year contest which made at least one contestant "really uncomfortable", but many girls were afraid to complain because they didn't want to hurt their chances of winning the contest

Walked in on teenage girls as young as fourteen-years-old changing in the dressing room of the 1992 Look of the Year contest in a way one contestant described as him taking a "slow stroll" as he stopped and gawked at each teenager individually

Lied under oath to the House Intelligence Committee about his contacts with WikiLeaks around the time they released stolen emails the Russian government hacked from Hillary Clinton's server, falsely named Randy Credico as his "back-channel" to the head of WikiLeaks in a subsequent letter to the committee and then urged Credico to either back him up or invoke his Fifth Amendment right to stay silent

Pardoned former Army Major Mathew Golsteyn before his trial started for the premeditated murder of an unarmed and detained Afghan man because they suspected him of being a bombmaker

Pardoned former Army lieutenant Clint Lorance after serving only 6 years of a 19-year sentence for the war crime of ordering the shooting of two unarmed Afghanistan men

Stole more than $800,000 in legal fees owed to his law firm by transferring the money to his personal account and then didn't pay the $254,628 tax bill that would have been due had the money been acquired legally

Weaved in and out of his lane while driving almost 15 miles per hour over the speed limit, smelled of alcohol when police pulled him over and resisted arrest and then called multiple state house colleagues from jail where he threatened to use his position as an elected official to retaliate against the police department for his arrest

Drove under the influence of alcohol and was arrested by police

Thrust his crotch on Apprentice contestant Summer Zervos and forcibly kissed her without consent inside a Beverly Hills Hotel suite he asked her to visit ostensibly to talk about future employment opportunities at the same time he was married to Melania

Grabbed and fondled a model’s breasts under the guise of "inspecting" her bra’s fabric backstage at a lingerie show while he was married to Marla

Placed his hands on runway model NaKina Carr in the "most inappropriate places" like her hip, buttocks and breasts and would often kiss her without consent when he interacted with her while he was married to Ivana

Embezzled $2.7 million from a local Boys and Girls Club over a four-year period and also used the organization's credit card for personal trips to the Philippines and Lake Tahoe, hotels, retail purchases and membership to dating website filipinocupid.com

Made his way down a line of models participating in an event and felt their bodies before guessing their dress size

Allegedly paid for group sex with an adult-film star and a young looking teenager of unknown age inside a secret Times Square sex club run by the Mafia while he was married to Ivana

Carelessly tossed a loaded rifle on the backseat of his truck which accidentally discharged and instantly killed his hunting partner while also being a firearm safety instructor who should have known better

Grabbed Mar-a-Lago resident Karen Johnson by her vagina and pulled her behind a tapestry where he kissed and fondled her without consent while knowing Melania was upstairs at the same time

Physically assaulted someone at a local Waffle House restaurant

"Sucker punched" a bartender in the face after he informed Rodimer that other patrons were looking up his girlfriend's skirt

Punched a man in the head outside a local nightclub

Shouted profanities at first responders who were assisting him after a car he was a passenger in crashed into two palm trees and soon after passed out in the back of a patrol car presumably because he was drunk

Had two sexually explicit felony images of underage children on his phone and computer

Engaged in an extramarital affair with fellow state representative Cindy Gamrat and then concocted a wild story that alleged he solicited a male prostitute to keep their affair from becoming public which he then lied about under oath to a state House committee investigating whether he used state resources to conceal the affair

Allegedly pulled down his pants and shoved his exposed penis towards an unsuspecting female college freshman which she inadvertently touched when she instinctively swatted her hands at it during an alcohol-fueled dorm party

Attempted to kiss his nanny Dawn Ledwell without her consent and then cornered her in his bedroom where he dropped his pants, tried to rip off her clothes and make her touch his exposed penis

Exposed himself to his personal trainer and forcibly kissed her without consent

Manually stimulated himself behind his physical trainer without her consent and then ejaculated on her back

Weaved in and out of his lane and was arrested after police found him to have a BAC nearly three times the legal limit

Discussed highly sensitive and classified intelligence with Russia's Foreign Minister and Ambassador to the US that worried US officials so much they secretly extracted one of its most senior covert intelligence assets inside of Russia out of fear for their safety

Drove 20 mph over the speed limit, ran his truck into a curb, failed a field sobriety test during which he told an officer "I have had too much to drink tonight" and failed a breathalyzer test with a BAC of .146

Solicited a female prostitute over multiple texts in which he asked how much she charged for sex, what time they could meet and sent her a picture of himself with the text "now can I stop by" when she asked to see what he looked like

Took photos or a video up a woman's skirt while she was seated at a state House legislative meeting and later destroyed his mobile phone after searching "how to completely wipe a phone before police" in a failed attempt to delete evidence which police were able to recover through other means

Ran a red light and struck a 15-year-old bicyclist with his car causing internal injuries so severe she later needed to be air lifted to a second hospital for special treatment and reportedly "sat for a few seconds and then left" the scene of the accident before police arrived