Republicans Stealing from the Government

Displaying 20 Scandals
Sorted by When News Broke
-
Mayor Paul Kennedy [R-NJ]Stole $9,657 in proceeds from an online auction of old government-owned vehicles and deposited the money into his personal bank account
22 Sep 2023
According to charging documents filed by local police
-
State Rep. Joe Harding [R-FL]Illegally obtained over $45,000 in Small Business Covid-Relief Funds out of $150,000 he applied for claiming that dormant companies he owned with no employees actually had 6 employees and revenue of $800k
07 Dec 2022
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors -
Cade Cothren [Chief of Staff]Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions
23 Aug 2022
According to charging documents filed in federal court
-
State Rep. Glen Casada [R-TN]Funneled more than $202,000 in state funds earmarked for legislative mailers to personal accounts using a fictitious consulting company called Phoenix Solutions
23 Aug 2022
According to charging documents filed in federal court -
State Rep. Richard Impallaria [R-MD]Illegally spent $92,800 in taxpayer funds over ten years for rent on two next door cottages that were well outside his district and not used for government purposes (one for living and the other for personal storage) and hid it by falsely declaring the one he didn't live at as a "district office" in which he -- not coincidentally -- billed the state twice the rent for in a scheme helped his legislative aide's relatives who owned them
27 Jul 2022
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Mayor Paul Kennedy [R-NJ]Stole an unknown amount from parking meters that was supposed to be deposited into a government bank account and sold government office furniture through a social media account with the intention of keeping the money he made from the sale
18 Mar 2022
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Roy McGrath [Chief of Staff]Engineered an illegal $233,647 taxpayer funded payment to himself from the Maryland Environmental Service by lying that then Maryland Governor Larry Hogan approved it as his severance
05 Oct 2021
According to charging documents filed by federal prosecutors
-
Tax Collector Joel Greenberg [R-FL]Embezzled $400k in taxpayer money by using a government issued credit card on personal purchases including cryptocurrency and professional sports memorabilia
31 Mar 2021
He pled guilty to a larger package of charges and then cooperated with federal authorities on a larger sex-trafficking investigation -
Tax Collector Joel Greenberg [R-FL]Received over $400k in federal COVID relief by falsely claiming two defunct businesses were still operational
23 Jun 2020
According to charging documents by federal authorities -
Mayor Anthony Silva [R-CA]Embezzled $46,500 including $27,500 from the city of Stockton, CA, with the help of his executive assistant
04 Oct 2018
According to charging documents filed by local police
-
Justice Allen Loughry [R-WV]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
20 Jun 2018
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
-
State Rep. Jon Stanard [R-UT]Hired a prostitute on two separate occasions and took her to a hotel room he used taxpayer dollars to pay for while also being a married father of three who voted for stricter solicitation laws shortly before getting caught
09 Feb 2018
According to an investigative report by the Daily Mail -
State Sen. Jake Files [R-AR]Pocketed $46,500 in state grants designated for community upgrades by manipulating the bidding process to award his company a contract for work that was never done
29 Jan 2018
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
-
Gov. Robert Bentley [R-AL]Ordered the head of state police Paul Collier to "be prepared to arrest" his wife's chief of staff Heather Hannah in order to prevent her from going public with details of an affair he had with a senior political adviser
10 Apr 2017
According to an investigative report by AL.com
-
Gov. Robert Bentley [R-AL]Ordered head of the state police Paul Collier to track down a secret recording of him speaking with a woman he was having an extramarital affair with so he could presumably have the recording destroyed
10 Apr 2017
According to an investigative report by AL.com
-
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Received nearly $50,000 he was not entitled to after he lied about driving 90,000 more miles than he actually did in reimbursement forms he filed with the government and his campaign
17 Mar 2015
According to a report by Politico
-
Rep. Aaron Schock [R-IL]Spent tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer funds on private jets, automobiles, tickets to the Super Bowl, massages and cigars and many other things over a five-year period
02 Feb 2015
According to a bombshell report by The Washington Post -
State House Speaker Mike Hubbard [R-AL]Funneled roughly $2.3 million to his private businesses by leveraging his status as state Speaker of the House and chair of the Alabama Republican Party to solicit favors from some of Alabama's most influential politicians (including former Gov. Bob Riley) and businesspeople
20 Oct 2014
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
Sheriff Walter Davis III [R-OH]Charged local taxpayers to reimburse him $1,331 on expenses he spent entertaining a subordinate he was having an extramarital affair with and on rental cars he used to visit the woman and his wife on different weekends
10 Apr 2012
According to an exclusive report by The Columbus Dispatch
-
Rep. Mark D. Siljander [R-MI]Pocketed $50k in federal grant money that was supposed to have been returned to the government by a charity with alleged ties to terrorism who hired him to lobby for their removal from a list of charities suspected of funding terrorism and tried to hide it by funneling the money through various nonprofits
12 Jan 2012
According to charging documents filed by federal officials