Republicans Caught Lying to Federal Agents or Investigators
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Displaying 14 Scandals
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10/20/23Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for by claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAccording to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
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Harry SidhuFmr. Mayor [R-CA]20 Years in GOPLying to the "Feds", Egregious Conflict of Interest, Misuse of Government Resources for Political Gain8/16/23Took advantage of his position as mayor to muscle himself onto a negotiating team involved with a $320 million MLB stadium project and later shared confidential information with the owner of the team with the expectation of getting "at least" a million-dollar political donation in return and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Ed MullinsFmr. NYPD Union President8/03/23Stole roughly $1 million from a NYC police officers union by filing falsified expense reports for personal items including lavish meals and luxury clothing and over-inflating the amount he should be reimbursed for countless other expenses for over four years to such a degree that prosecutors described it as a "personal piggy bank" and then lied to federal officials when they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Walt NautaTrump "Bodyman"6/09/23Hid boxes filled with classified and highly sensitive government documents after his boss Donald Trump was subpoenaed for them which were later found when the FBI executed a search warrant at Mar-a-Lago and then lied to federal agents when they questioned him about itAccording to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
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Julianna StroutCommissioner [R-FL]10/27/22Falsely asserted she was a paralegal to federal authorities so she could enter an immigration detention facility her romantic partner was being held atShe pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and probation
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Jeff FortenberryFmr. U.S. Representative10/19/21Accepted 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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Mitchell EnglanderFmr. City Council Member1/25/21Schemed to cover up evidence of his acceptance of bribes by lying to federal authorities who confronted him and "counseled" his coconspirator how to mislead federal investigators on multiple occasions without knowing that he was working as a cooperating witnessAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast11/15/19Lied 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 silentStone was convicted on all counts and sentenced to 3.5 years in prison, but Trump commuted his sentence days before he was to report to prison
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Robin HayesFmr. North Carolina GOP Chair4/02/19Tried to bribe the NC state insurance commissioner with a $1.5 million donation to his reelection bid and another $250k donation from the NC Republican party in exchange for favorable treatment for a business associate friend of his and then lied to the FBI when they confronted himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Allen LoughryFmr. Justice [R-WV]6/20/18Used a government-issued credit card for personal expenses including gasoline, claimed mileage for trips that he used a government-owned vehicle for, pressured a witness to lie to federal investigators and lied to investigators himselfAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Thad ViersFmr. State Representative10/20/15Conspired with a business executive to hide $524,000 in assets owed to an insurance company that was then left on the hook for a $6 million contract his coconspirator failed to fulfill and then intentionally lied to an IRS investigator when questioned about itAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Dennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House6/01/15Illegally structured hush money payments of $1.7 million to elude federal bank reporting requirements in order to hide the fact he was paying the victim of his past sex crimes and then lied to Federal investigators about itHe pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine
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Mark SiljanderFmr. U.S. Representative1/12/12Accepted 50k to secretly and illegally lobby for the USA to remove a sanctioned organization from the "specially designated global terrorist" list and then lied to the FBI when they questioned himAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast2/18/10Accepted $255,000 worth of lavish home renovations and over $236,000 in rental payments from billionaire business developer Eitan Wertheimer in exchange for using his position as NYPD Commissioner to lobby on Wertheimer's behalf with city officials, failed to report the additional income on his federal taxes and lied to federal investigators when confronted about itHe pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to 4 years in prison