Republicans Harassment Criminal Scandals
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Influencer Andrew TateChoked a 20-year-old woman he was initially having consensual sex with without her consent so forcefully that the whites of her eyes turned red and she passed out and then threatened to kill her and said he "owned her" when she came to06 Jan 2024According to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun
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State Rep. Matt Hall [R-MI]Wrote two threatening emails in all caps to a fellow student that warned he had just put a bullet inside his shotgun with the student's "NAME ON IT" and told him that he "BETTER WATCH OUT!!" if he didn't want trouble19 Sep 2023Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Alex Stein [Host]Accosted WNBA star Brittney Griner at a Dallas airport and then forcefully pushed a WNBA security official who intervened to prevent him from reaching her12 Jun 2023According to a police report filed by local officials
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TX Attorney General Ken Paxton [R]Called and threatened "several" Texas State Reps with "political consequences" if they voted to impeach him for corruption27 May 2023According to a speech delivered by Rep. Green in the Texas State House
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Bruce Miller [Conservative Athlete]Threatened to execute Rep. Eric Swalwell or send him to Guantanamo Bay in a threatening private message he sent the Congressman on Twitter17 May 2023According to an official report filed with the Capitol Police
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Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy undress for him during almost all of their videoconferences during which he often pleasured himself under a bed sheet15 May 2023According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
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Demanded his staffer Noelle Dunphy to work "naked, in a bikini, or in short shorts with an American flag on them" that he purchased for her to wear when she was in the office and also when she worked from home remotely15 May 2023According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
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Steven Crowder [Blaze Media Podcaster]Exposed his penis to a male staff member seemingly out of the blue while they were filming a video in a screening room02 May 2023According to ten former employees who spoke exclusively with The New York Post
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Radio Host Joe StaysniakStruck his son, choked his son's boyfriend and threatened them with a gun as they sat in a parked car outside his home22 Feb 2023According to charging documents obtained by NBC News
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Priest Frank PavoneMassaged and inappropriately touched four young women working under his direct supervision over a nearly twenty-year period24 Jan 2023According to an investigative report by The Pillar
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David TruaxInstigated a fight with two innocent people he falsely accused of selling drugs and was charged with harassment after a police investigation determined he was at fault20 Jan 2023According to charging documents filed by local police
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Chief of Police William Pruitt [R-FL]Raped a 14-year-old girl twice at gunpoint after luring her into his truck, threatened to "blow her brains out" if she ever told anyone, conspired with friends who were former police officers to send a torrent of threatening messages to scare her from reporting it to the authorities and continued to stalk her even after being charged with raping her09 Dec 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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State Rep. Brian Stout [R-OR]Threatened to kill a woman he was romantically involved with by throwing her off a cliff or slitting her throat if she ever told anyone about their relationship02 Dec 2022According to a protective order filed by the alleged victim and granted by a local judge
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]Frequently called to “harass, annoy and terrify” the paster of a Baptist church, posted a number of social media threats against him and also made a number of salacious sexualized comments about the pastor's wife05 Nov 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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IN Secretary of State Diego Morales [R]Repeatedly solicited sexual favors from a young woman who worked in the state secretary of state's office03 Oct 2022According to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com
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Gary Busey [Conservative Actor]Put his face inches away from a woman's breasts and asked where she got them from before trying to unhook her bra strap during a meet and greet at a horror film convention21 Aug 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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Rep. William Timmons [R-SC]Used his influence as a US Rep. to convince a judge to order the arrest and jailing of the husband of a woman he was having an extramarital affair with on bogus kidnapping charges so he could continue seeing her unabated19 Jul 2022According to an exclusive report by the Charleston Post and Courier
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Arlyn Briggs [2022 KS GOP Gov. Candidate]Called the local police department to warn that he "may shoot" police officers if they attempted to enter his home and arrest a wanted man he was harboring27 Jun 2022According to charging documents filed by local officials
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]Threatened to release unspecified "false information" about a county sheriff and local police chief if they didn't grant him immunity in an unrelated case28 Mar 2022According to charging documents filed by local police
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GOP County Chair Nathan Tabor [R-NC]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 period14 Nov 2021According to charging documents filed by local police
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Herschel Walker [2022 GOP GA Senator Nominee]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 him23 Jul 2021According to a police affidavit filed by his ex-wife's sister
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State Sen. Gene Suellentrop [R-KS]Led 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 arrest16 Mar 2021According to charging documents filed by local police
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Ed Henry [Reporter]Left threatening messages and sent a private investigator to scare a woman he had recently sexually coerced to make sure she kept her "mouth closed" or else he would sue her09 Nov 2020According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by Jennifer Eckhart
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Omar Navarro [2016 GOP CA Rep. Nominee]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 call10 Dec 2019According to charging documents filed by local police
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Idaho GOP Chair Jonathan ParkerRepeatedly 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 granted09 Dec 2019He pleaded guilty to stalking and was sentenced to 27 days in jail and five years of probation
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David Martinez [2018 GOP MN City Council Member Nominee]Screamed "f*ck you!" to multiple library staff so loudly that he could be heard in the children's area on the other side of the building then refused a police officer's order to leave after staff called them for assistance resulting in him being banned from city libraries for one month16 Jul 2018According to a police report filed by local officials and reported by local media
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Gov. Eric Greitens [R-MO]Blindfolded, undressed and restrained his hairstylist's hands to exercise rings above her head and took pictures of her without her consent and then threatened to release them "everywhere" if she told anyone11 Apr 2018Alleged victim gave testimony under oath before select investigative committee
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State Rep. Nick Miccarelli [R-PA]Once brandished his gun and threatened to kill his then-girlfriend state rep Tarah Toohil and himself, threatened to kill them both by taking the car they were in up to 100 mph and crashing it and stalked her so incessantly that a judge granted her a restraining order09 Mar 2018Rep. Toohil [R] was granted a restraining order against Miccarelli
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Steve Wynn [Fmr. Wynn Resorts CEO]Rubbed his exposed genitals in front of a female employee and another time also asked her, "when are you going to come into my office and f*ck me?" while also being married27 Feb 2018According to a report by the Daily Mail
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Steve Wynn [Fmr. Wynn Resorts CEO]Kissed dozens of female employees on multiple occasions without warning in an attempt to also have sex with them while also being married27 Jan 2018According to exclusive report by The Wall Street Journal
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Rep. Joe Barton [R-TX]Sent pictures of himself masturbating to three women -- two whom he had an extramarital affair with -- and threatened to sic the Capitol Police on one of the women he was involved with if she went public with his naked pictures22 Nov 2017According to a recorded phone call between Barton and one woman he had an affair with exclusively reported by The Washington Post
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State Sen. Jack Latvala [R-FL]Routinely grabbed five female senate staff and lobbyists buttocks, breasts and other parts of their bodies and threatened to retaliate against them by refusing to take meetings with them if they complained about his behavior while also being married03 Nov 2017According to an investigative report by Politico
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Omar Navarro [2016 GOP CA Rep. Nominee]Attached an electronic tracking device on his ex-wife's car on Valentine's Day to monitor her movements19 Oct 2017According to charging documents filed by local police
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Iowa GOP Board Member John ThompsonPhysically threatened his ex-fiancé after finding her by tracking her location on the "Find My iPhone" App installed on her phone which prompted a judge to issue a restraining order against him23 Aug 2017According to a report filed by local media
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Directed three top White House officials to repeatedly call and threaten Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski that a negative article about their private lives would be published in the National Enquirer unless they call him and personally apologize for their negative coverage of him30 Jun 2017According to both the anchors who reported Trump's actions in the Washington Post
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Gov. Robert Bentley [R-AL]Told his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah that she better "watch herself" after he found out she helped his wife secretly record intimate conversations with a woman he was having an affair with10 Apr 2017According to an investigative report by AL.com
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County Commissioner Vance Phillips [R-DE]Coerced an 18-year-old young woman who was 16 when they first met and 30 years younger than him in to a monthslong sexual relationship that included bondage and other sexual fetishes which included ropes, clamps, chains and sex toys that she did not willingly consent to and threatened her with "a world of hurt" if she ever rebuffed his incessant advances27 Sep 2016According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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John Couch [2022 IN GOP Mayor Candidate]Trailed and harassed Democratic state rep Karlee Macer at least six times and sent a number of threatening emails and calls to her personal cellphone over a six-month period including one time when he approached her at the tax services center he worked at to let her know he "knew everything" about her27 Oct 2014Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Donald Sterling [Conservative Businessman]Coerced an assistant who was decades younger than him into having sex over a yearslong period by threatening to withhold her paycheck if she ever refused his advances, subjected her to a "steady stream of racially and sexually offensive comments" and fired her when she eventually stood up to him while also being married03 Jun 2014According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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State Rep. Thad Viers [R-SC]Inundated his ex-girlfriend with so many calls, texts and emails after they broke up that she compiled them all into a three-ring binder and reported him to the police and continued to harass her even after a detective visited him and told him to stop contacting her09 Jan 2014Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Rep. Rick Renzi [R-AZ]Strongarmed leaders of a copper mining company into purchasing a large tract of land from a business associate who owed him money in exchange for him sponsoring legislation that would be favorable to the company, even once explicitly telling those involved "no Sandlin Property, no bill" and then failed to pay taxes on the $733,000 he received from the sale once the deal went through28 Oct 2013According to charging documents filed by federal officials
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County Commissioner David Swartz [R-OH]Illegally contacted an underage victim he sexual assaulted mere months after his release from prison which violated the terms of his parole resulting in him being sent back to prison for an additional three months27 Nov 2012According to charging documents filed by local police
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City Council Member John McGee [R-ID]Locked a female staffer in his office and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him while also being married with two children01 Nov 2012According to charging documents filed by local police
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Federal Judge Samuel Kent [R]Grabbed his personal secretary Donna Wilkerson's head and forced it down towards his groin, forcibly kissed her on the mouth after pinning her against his office door and subjected her to a myriad of other physical and emotional abuse over a seven-year period while also being married the entire time04 Jun 2009According to court records reported by the media
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State Rep. Thad Viers [R-SC]Threatened to beat and sexually assault a man who was dating his estranged wife along with his mother over several menacing callsJun 2007Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets