Republicans Caught Making Illegal False Statements

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  • Allen WeisselbergAllen WeisselbergCFO [R-NY]
       
    4/10/24
    Lied under oath in a deposition and also at trial about his role in falsely asserting that Trump's private apartment in Trump Tower was nearly three times larger than it actually was on official tax forms
    According to charging documents filed by state officials
  • Joe HardingJoe HardingState Representative [R-FL]Twitter icon3k
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    10/20/23
    Illegally 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 it
    According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
  • Harry SidhuHarry SidhuFmr. Mayor [R-CA]20 Years in GOP
    8/16/23
    Took 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 it
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Ed MullinsFmr. NYPD Union President
       
    8/03/23
    Stole 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 him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Walt NautaWalt NautaTrump "Bodyman"
       
    6/09/23
    Hid 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 it
    According to charging documents filed by Special Counsel Jack Smith
  • Tina PetersTina PetersCounty Clerk [R-CO]TruthSocial icon5k
    5/06/23
    Illegally taped a court proceeding for her former chief deputy while seated in the gallery and then lied to the presiding judge when he confronted her
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Donald JonesSheriff [R-KY]
       
    5/01/23
    Coached a witness to subvert justice and achieve a legal outcome he supposedly desired by giving them false information that prosecutors contend was meant to affect their testimony
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Nate PaulNate PaulConservative Businessman [R]
       
    3/04/23
    Lied to a judge under oath about financial transfers he made in violation of a previous court order which resulted in a judge sentencing him to 10 days in jail and fining him $181,760
    According to a ruling by the judge presiding over his criminal case
  • George SantosGeorge SantosFmr. U.S. RepresentativeYouTube iconTwitter iconInstagram iconGab icon697k
    2/24/23
    Lied to a judge about working for Goldman Sachs during a bail hearing for a friend who was accused of fraud
    According to court documents obtained by Politico
  • Julianna StroutCommissioner [R-FL]
       
    10/27/22
    Falsely asserted she was a paralegal to federal authorities so she could enter an immigration detention facility her romantic partner was being held at
    She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 50 hours of community service and probation
  • Paul ManniPaul ManniFmr. City Council Nominee
       
    8/09/22
    Forged signatures on at least nine absentee voter applications for people who were unaware he was submitting the request and lied to the county clerk by attesting he had permission to deliver the applications
    According to charging documents filed by local officials
  • Ryan WhiteRyan WhiteFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate
       
    7/20/22
    Filed a false police report erroneously claiming that a young child was being forced to perform sex acts on male customers at an adult bookstore he worked at which resulted in police using up valuable resources and time to investigate his accusation
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Jeff FortenberryJeff 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 it
    According to charging documents filed by federal authorities
  • Ivan GonzalezIvan GonzalezFmr. Mayor Candidate [R-MD]
       
    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 city
    According to charging documents filed by local police
  • Mitchell EnglanderMitchell EnglanderFmr. City Council Member
       
    1/25/21
    Schemed 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 witness
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Roger StoneRoger StoneTrump Senior Advisor [R]Twitter iconFacebook iconInstagram iconTruthSocial iconGab icon1.2m
    11/15/19
    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
    Stone 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
  • Richard QuinnGOP Political Consultant
       
    4/18/19
    Repeatedly lied under oath to the grand jury investigating a wide-ranging State House corruption scandal that involved his own son in an act that violated a plea agreement he made with state prosecutors to truthfully testify before the group
    According to a grand jury indictment
  • Robin HayesFmr. North Carolina GOP Chair
       
    4/02/19
    Tried 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 him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Jim HarrisonFmr. State Representative
       
    10/26/18
    Accepted over $900,000 from a well-connected political consultant in exchange for acting in his client's interests in secret by not disclosing the true source of the funds as required by state law and later lied to a grand jury about it in an attempt to cover it up
    He was found guilty and sentenced to eighteen months in prison
  • Allen LoughryFmr. Justice [R-WV]
       
    6/20/18
    Used 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 himself
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Jesse BentonJesse BentonFmr. Rand Paul Campaign Manager
       
    5/05/16
    Illegally paid Iowa state senator Kent Sorenson $73,000 to switch his 2016 Presidential candidate endorsement from Michelle Bachmann to Ron Paul and then falsified campaign reports to cover it up
    According to a federal jury who convicted him
  • Thad ViersThad ViersFmr. State Representative
       
    10/20/15
    Conspired 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 it
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Mark FullerMark FullerFmr. Federal Judge [R]
       
    9/05/15
    Repeatedly lied under oath and made false statements to the chief judge of a federal court by falsely claiming her had never hit, kicked, or punched his ex-wife when in fact he had done all three on multiple occasions
    According to a report conducted by federal officials submitted to Congress
  • Dennis HastertDennis HastertFmr. Speaker of the House
       
    6/01/15
    Illegally 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 it
    He pled guilty and was sentenced to 15 months in prison, two years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine
  • Mark SiljanderMark SiljanderFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    1/12/12
    Accepted 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 him
    According to charging documents filed by federal officials
  • Bernard KerikBernard KerikFmr. Commissioner [R-NY]TikTok iconTwitter iconInstagram iconFacebook icon1.2m
    2/18/10
    Accepted $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 it
    He pleaded guilty to tax fraud and was sentenced to 4 years in prison
  • Samuel KentSamuel KentFmr. George H W Bush Federal Judge
       
    5/11/09
    Lied to a committee of judges investigating him for sexual harassment in an effort to shield himself from consequences for his behavior in what one law professor characterized as "sort of mind-blowing" for a federal judge to obstruct justice as it "betrayed his oath in the most fundamental way"
    According to court records reported by the media
  • J. Steven GrilesJ. Steven GrilesFmr. Interior Deputy Secretary
       
    6/26/07
    Lied under oath to a Senate committee about his ties to disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff by falsely testifying that he had no special relationship with him when in fact he was intimately involved in blocking the approval of a Native American casino that Abramoff opposed
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
  • Bob NeyBob NeyFmr. U.S. Representative
       
    1/18/07
    Accepted over $170k worth of international and domestic trips, meals and drinks totaling "many thousands of dollars," tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions, box suite tickets to concerts and sporting events and numerous free fundraisers paid for by Jack Abramoff in exchange for supporting and/or opposing legislation that would benefit Abramoff and then lied under oath to a congressional committee when questioned about his actions
    Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets