The Ultimate Republican Scandals List
Displaying 901 - 1000 of 1688 Scandals
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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 concluded
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Ronald AndruchukFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/04/22Illegally stashed two pistols, three rounds of ammunition and flashlights stuffed with cocaine, amphetamine and oxycodone in a duffel bag hidden in the ceiling of a men’s bathroom inside a local tractor supply store
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Victor BarbosaFmr. City Council Member
3/04/22Didn't scan an item at two separate self-checkout registers at a local Walmart and claimed it was done "inadvertently" when confronted by store security, but presumably from guilt later resigned from his city council position
According to a report by The Daytona beach News-Journal -
Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate
3/02/22Caused a disturbance inside a local convenience store when she opened a beer and loudly said multiple profanities to a person she was on the phone with and had the police called on her
According to an arrest report filed by local police -
Suzi CarlsonFmr. State Representative
3/02/22Weaved through traffic lanes before being pulled over and cited for driving under the influence of alcohol
According to arresting documents filed by local police -
3/02/22Engaged in a yearlong extramarital affair with a woman who was formerly married to an ISIS terrorist and paid her $5,000 to keep quiet about it
According to a statement in which he admitted to the affair and announced he was ending his reelection campaign -
Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]
2/21/22Sexually molested at least three young children as young as 7 years old on different occasions at his home over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Walt SmithCommissioner [R-TX]
2/16/22Urinated next to a truck parked outside a local bar moments after he was caught on video inside the bar swaying and having difficulty walking straight presumably because he had too much to drink
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Brad NamdarFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
2/15/22Hired a professional escort for sex on two separate occasions and refused to pay her after the second time they had sex while also being married
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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 group
According to an exclusive report by the Willamette Week -
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2/05/22Unlawfully destroyed official documents in burn bags and by ripping them up and flushing them down the toilet in violation of a federal law that mandates all of a President's records must be sent to the National Archives
According to an investigative report by The New York Times -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
2/04/22Grabbed a Washington Commanders employee's thigh without her consent while seated at a crowded restaurant table and later that same night followed her out of the restaurant, put his hand on her lower back and "aggressively" pushed her toward his limo and only let her go when his own lawyer intervened while also being married
According to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim -
John NovelloFmr. County Commissioner
1/27/22Tricked a financial lender into giving him a $1 million loan to purchase and renovate a family home which he falsely represented as an investment property through a fake company
According to charging documents filed by local police -
John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
1/16/22Choked, kicked, punched and shoved his wife against the wall and then threatened to kill her during a fit of rage which resulted in his jailing and a judge granting an order of protection she filed against him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
1/15/22Had an affair with a WWE employee 35 years younger than him and then doubled her salary to $200k and paid her $3 million after she agreed to sign a nondisclosure agreement that forced her to keep their tryst a secret which she later testified in court was signed under duress
According to an investigative report by The Wall Street Journal -
Baked AlaskaSocial Media Influencer
1/13/22Pepper-sprayed a bouncer who had just forcefully kicked him out of a bar because his behavior was making the patrons uncomfortable and then refused to leave when given the opportunity to on his own accord
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Guy WilliamsFmr. State Judge [R-TX]
1/10/22Illegally bypassed a security check and entered a local county courthouse without authorization and also sent the judge in charge of the courthouse a threatening email demanding that security allow him to enter without having to pass through security first
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]
1/07/22According to a statement in which he admitted to the affairs while denying a related sexual assault allegation
1/07/22Allegedly raped and sexually abused a minor over many years beginning when she was fifteen years old and continued well into her adulthood while being married the entire time
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media -
Terry O'DonnellFmr. State Representative
12/17/21Used his stature as the second highest-ranking member of the state senate to push through legislation that he knew would have a direct positive impact on his wife's finances she otherwise would not have been able to pursue if the law weren't changed
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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Tim PhillipsFmr. Americans for Prosperity President
12/03/21Engaged in an extramarital affair with a woman who worked at his organization while being married with four children
12/03/21Settled a workplace discrimination lawsuit for an undisclosed amount with a woman who was skipped over for a promotion as a hiring manager for a less experienced and qualified man who then promptly used his newly gotten authority to fire her
According to an exclusive report by CNBC News -
Sean ParnellFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
11/22/21Strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong period
According to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children -
Frank ScavoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
11/22/21Illegally entered the US Capitol on 1/6 along with multiple other insurrectionists and videotaped himself inside after organizing bus transportation to the Capitol for over 200 people
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
11/19/21Shot and killed an unarmed protester with an AR-15 rifle and then shot two more protesters -- killing one -- who acted presumably as "good guys" to stop him from shooting more people for which he was tried but found not guilty by self-defense due to various factors including presumably appearing as a very sympathetic defendant to the jury
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Andrew BradshawMayor [R-MD]
11/16/21Posted 10 nude photographs of his ex-girlfriend on the website Reddit without her consent after they broke up
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Donald HartleConservative Businesss Person
11/16/21
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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 period
According to charging documents filed by local police -
11/05/21Violently threw numerous household items in his wife's direction while in a drunken rage which his wife told police had become a frequent occurrence and later threatened to assault police if they tested him for COVID-19 without his consent
According to charging documents filed by local police
11/05/21
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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 favor
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Gilbert BakerFmr. State Senator [R-AR]
10/23/21Pocketed at least $6k to facilitate a bribe between the owner of a nursing home and a judge with an active case that involved the nursing home before his court
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Mike MaggioFmr. State Judge [R-AR]
10/23/21Accepted an illegal $24k campaign donation from the owner of a nursing home with an active case before his court and tried to obfuscate its origins by teaming with a coconspirator and former Republican state senator to act as an intermediary and then one day later drastically reduced the amount the nursing home was ordered to pay a family for gross negligence from $5.2 million to $1 million
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Jeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative
10/19/21Accepted a $30,200 campaign contribution from Nigerian billionaire Gilbert Chagoury through three "straw donors" and then lied to federal authorities after they confronted him about it
According to charging documents filed by federal authorities -
Craig PierceCommissioner [R-NC]
10/18/21Swerved in and out of his lane while driving 50-mph in a 35-mph zone and went on a profanity-laden rant against his arresting officers where he threatened to get them fired and self-assuredly said he was going to call in political favors to make his charges disappear and when in custody took a breathalyzer test which was more than three times the legal limit
According to charging documents filed by local police -
James SnyderFmr. Mayor [R-IN]
10/13/21Accepted $13,000 from a trucking company in exchange for awarding them over $1 million in city contracts
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Fabian ShepardFmr. Johnson County GOP Chair
10/08/21Grabbed the vice chair of a local Republican party by the back of her neck and kissed her on the mouth without her consent and then tried to force her to kiss him twice more before she was able to pull away from his grip
According to a police report filed by the alleged victim -
9/29/21Drunkenly grabbed a married Trump donor's backside and leg at a private charity event in Las Vegas while also being married with young children himself and told her that "he gets his sex elsewhere"
According to an exclusive report by Politico -
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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
9/23/21Slapped 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 public
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jesse BentonFmr. Mitch McConnell Campaign Mgr.
9/20/21Funneled $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 event
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Jonathan NewellFmr. Federal Judge [R]
9/11/21Secretly 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 him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
McCrae DowlessFmr. Political Operative
9/02/21Illegally 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 for
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Michael CappsFmr. State Representative
2021 09Illegally took $355,550 in state and federal COVID relief by falsely claiming the money would go to pay nonexistent employee's salaries
According to charging documents by federal prosecutors -
Ivan GonzalezFmr. Mayor Candidate
8/20/21Falsely 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 city
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jonathan ParkerFmr. Idaho GOP Chair
8/19/21According to an arrest report by the local police -
8/17/21Repeatedly 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 face
According 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 -
Gisela Castro MedinaCollege Republican Chair
8/14/21Recruited 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 supplied
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
8/14/21Punched 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 again
According 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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8/12/21Was sued for defamation by rightwing activist Lawyer Larry Klayman after he called him a child molester
According to a defamation lawsuit filed by Klayman -
Anton LazzaroPolitical Strategist [R]MAGA Enthusiast
8/12/21Paid 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 incentive
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Mark GrethenFmr. Donor [R]
8/07/21Sodomized 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 party
He was found guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison -
8/03/21Pardoned 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 it
According to reports filed by mainstream media -
Jason EllsworthState Senator [R-MT]
8/02/21Verbally 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 job
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
7/31/21Was 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 Carolina
According to an airport spokesperson and reported by mainstream outlets -
Frederick GattusoFmr. Mayor Nominee [R-NJ]
7/29/21
According to charging documents filed by local police -
7/28/21Forcefully 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 unfaithful
7/28/21Crashed 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 him
According to an exclusive report by Politico -
Mike NearmanFmr. State Representative
7/27/21Helped 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 time
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Blake MooreU.S. Representative [R-UT]
7/26/21Violated federal law by neglecting to disclose over $1 million in stock transactions that he conducted shortly after entering office
According to an exclusive report by Business Insider -
7/23/21Pointed 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 him
According to a police affidavit filed by his ex-wife's sister -




6.5mLauded by Trump
7/13/21Routinely 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 him
According to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser -
7/01/21Ignored 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 building
According to a police report filed by state officials -
7/01/21Was 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 light
According to a civil lawsuit filed in federal court -
Bunny WelshFmr. Sheriff [R-PA]
6/11/21Gave 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 dog
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Chuck SimsFmr. State Representative
5/29/21Was 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 .112
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Michael WalkerFmr. County Commissioner
5/27/21Used $30,000 in county funds to repair the private road he lived on that wasn't supposed to be maintained by the county
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Michael HunterFmr. Att. General [R-OK]
5/26/21Engaged in an extramarital affair with a state government employee which resulted in his resignation from office and dissolution of his marriage
According to an exclusive report by The Oklahoman -
Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]
5/17/21Paid an underage girl for sexual encounters seven times and introduced her to other men who also engaged in sexual acts with her
He pled guilty to sex trafficking of a minor and was sentenced to 11 years in federal prison -
John TysonState Judge [R-NC]
5/14/21Came mere feet away from intentionally ramming into two demonstrators with his SUV and only avoided hitting them because they were able to jump out of the way moments before being struck
According to charging documents filed by local police -
5/14/21Snorted cocaine with a paid escort he also presumably had sex with inside an Orlando hotel room he paid for with campaign funds
According to two eyewitnesses who spoke exclusively with The Daily Beast -
John LambertStudents for Trump Founder
5/11/21Swindled multiple unsuspecting victims out of at least $46,654 by posing as a lawyer and providing them legal advice he wasn't credentialed to give by falsely claiming he earned a law degree from NYU and a finance degree from UPenn and had 15 years of experience in corporate and patent law under his belt
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Mark SamselFmr. State Representative
5/02/21Forcefully pushed and kneed a teenage high school student in the testicles after telling the boy he's about to "get the wrath of God" and then instructed another student to "check his nuts" as he laid on the ground in pain while he was working as a substitute teacher at a local public high school
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Allen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]
2021 05Unlawfully evaded paying almost $2 million in taxes over a sixteen-year period on items including rent, luxury cars and private school tuition for his grandchildren
He pled guilty to all charges and testified against the Trump Organization before being sentenced to five months in jail -
Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
4/27/21Solicited dates from and overly flirted with numerous female subordinates working at the state legislature even after he was chided on two separate occasions for making the women uncomfortable and warned to keep his interactions with them professional
According to an investigation conducted by the state house Ethics Committee -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
4/22/21Forced his physical trainer onto his bed, pushed her face into the mattress and raped her while she screamed and repeatedly shouted for him to stop and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money to secretly settle a lawsuit she filed against him
According to a lawsuit filed by his alleged victim -




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4/16/21Illegally sheltered hundreds of thousands of dollars in a trust and a company he owned in order to avoid paying $205,410 in back taxes he and his wife owed to the IRS
According to a civil lawsuit filed by federal officials
According to a lawsuit filed by federal officials -
4/07/21Had a three-year long extramarital affair with a woman and when he denied it, she released a 17-minute recording of the pair talking about all the sexual acts they performed together over the years
According to news reports from credible media outlets -
Joel GreenbergFmr. Tax Collector [R-FL]
3/31/21Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia
He pled guilty to a larger package of charges and then cooperated with federal authorities on a larger sex-trafficking investigation -
Heather GuillotFmr. Scott Taylor Political Strategist
3/30/21Conspired 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
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Frank ArtilesFmr. State Senator [R-FL]
3/19/21Illegally gave $44,708 to an acquaintance of his who shared the same last name as Democratic state senator to run a fake campaign as an Independent candidate with the sole intent being to confuse voters and siphon votes from the incumbent in an election which was won by Republican Ileana Garcia by just 32 votes
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/19/21Drunkenly unhooked a 25-year-old junior lobbyist's bra and massaged her thigh without her consent at a table full of lobbyists at an Irish pub while he was married with two children
According to the alleged victim who publicly accused Reed of groping her -
Gene SuellentropFmr. State Senator [R-KS]
3/16/21Led police on a high-speed chase going upwards of 90 miles per hour while driving the wrong direction on an interstate highway around 1am and only stopped after he drove over tire-deflating spikes, threatened to physically "take" on arresting officers, slurred his speech so badly that police had a hard time understanding him and forced officials to get a warrant to conduct a BAC test which was still over twice the legal limit three hours after his arrest
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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3/15/21Pressured Georgia's Secretary of State to illegally "find 11,780 votes" that would overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state
According to the recording of a conversation between Trump and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger obtained by The Washington Post -
Gary ClarkFmr. Mayor [R-WA]
3/05/21
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
3/02/21Told a female White House medical staff subordinate he'd like to see her tattoos unobstructed of clothing and commented to a male subordinate that she had "great t*ts" and a "nice ass"
According to a Defense Department Inspector General review reported on by CNN -
2/27/21Drove multiple women out into remote rural areas while in college and if they turned down his advances, he would drive back to campus recklessly at very high speeds because as one woman described it "he was upset that I had turned him down or refused his advances"
According to firsthand accounts of several alleged victims shared The Washington Post -
Kevin HohnFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
2/20/21Produced and distributed over 300 felony images and 40 videos of two underage girls he secretly recorded in various stages of undress with a hidden camera and was also found in possession of over 100,000 images and 1,000 videos depicting children participating in sexual conduct when police arrested him
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Couy GriffinFmr. County Commissioner
2/12/21Improperly charged taxpayers $3,200 to reimburse him for a personal trip to visit Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. without providing any receipts to prove that he did county business during the trip
According to an investigative report by the Attorney General of New Mexico -



5.7mMAGA Enthusiast
2/11/21Had an affair with a polyamorous tantric sex aficionado and professional weightlifter while also being married with three young children
2/11/21
According to an exclusive report by the Daily Mail -
2/11/21Accepted thousands of dollars' worth of home remodeling and repairs in addition to securing employment for a woman he was having an affair with from wealthy real estate developer Nate Paul in exchange for investigating Paul's business adversaries and helping him settle a lawsuit in his favor
According to an official complaint filed by seven of Paxton's top aides -
Sam McCannFmr. State Senator [R-IL]
2/03/21Spent over $600,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses including his mortgage, paying off personal loans, multiple vehicles, a motor home, family vacations and a host of other things that had nothing to do with his campaign
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Tricia DergesFmr. State Representative
2/01/21Illegally prescribed more than $190k worth of strong narcotics including oxycodone, amphetamines and tramadol to patients without personally examining them first as required by law
2/01/21Raked in $191,815 by selling fake stem-cell treatments to unsuspecting patients she told would help combat COVID-19, but in reality all she administered was amniotic fluid that had no known medical benefits
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Ed SniffenFmr. Att. General [R-AK]
1/30/21Spiked his 17-year-old student's drinks with alcohol without her knowledge while he was out partying with her and other high school students at New Orlean's bars known for loosely enforcing their liquor laws and later had sex with her in his hotel room that night
Corroborated by two of the victim's former teammates who were told of the improper relationship the day after they first had a sexual encounter -
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1/26/21Commuted the life sentence of a drug kingpin who was imprisoned for his role in the killing of an undercover police officer and who was later sent to jail after being convicted for strangling his wife
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