Republicans Using Coercion Criminal Scandals
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Chuck JohnsonPropagandist [R]10/16/24Attempted to extort a founder of investment firm Point Bridge Capital by threatening to use government connections (which did not exist) to retaliate against defense and intelligence companies strongly dependent on government contractsAccording to a lawsuit filed by Point Bridge Capital
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Will BraddockFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate9/29/24Threatened to kill his primary opponent and eventual winner Anna Luna by calling up his "Russian-Ukrainian hit squad" to take her outAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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12.3mMAGA Enthusiast1/06/24Choked a 20-year-old woman during sex without her consent so forcefully that the whites of her eyes turned red and she passed out and continued having sex with her while she was unconscious and then threatened to kill her when she awokeAccording to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun
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Raymond NeubergerFmr. City Council Member12/07/23Chemically burned his girlfriend's cat so viciously that its tail had to be amputated and then threatened to "inflict chemical burns" on responding police officers and told one detective that he'd "make him pay" if he was arrestedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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304kMAGA Enthusiast11/03/23Groomed and manipulated a 19-year-old girl who was 23 years younger than him into having a secret yearslong sexual relationship with him that she claimed included doing everything except sexual intercourse by first gaining her trust as her pastor where he would take her and her brother on seemingly innocuous outings to restaurants, bookstores and the park which eventually led to the point where she claimed he crossed the line and "kept crossing it more severely sexually” while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Matt HallState Representative [R-MI]9/19/23Wrote 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 troubleAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Jason BuckelState Representative [R-MD]8/14/23Threatened to “put a bullet” in the back of the head of a police officer who was dating his ex-wife after texting her a litany of belligerent messages threatening to take her to court over custody of their childAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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5/27/23Called and threatened "several" Texas State Reps with "political consequences" if they voted to impeach him for corruptionAccording to a speech delivered by Rep. Green in the Texas State House
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Bruce MillerFmr. Conservative Athlete5/17/23Threatened to execute Rep. Eric Swalwell or send him to Guantanamo Bay in a threatening private message he sent the Congressman on TwitterAccording to an official report filed with the Capitol Police
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m5/15/23Coerced his staffer Noelle Dunphy into having sex with him multiple times and to participate in BDSM sex acts -- often after she was unable to consent due to being intoxicated -- and creepily told her that he thinks of her "as my daughter" while they were having sexAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
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3/10/23Coerced two young women in to allowing him to orally and digitally penetrate them, which they felt they had no other option than going along with due to his having had brandished a gun in their presence earlier in the night and the power dynamic of him being nearly twenty years older than themAccording to the copy of the restraining order filed against him by the alleged victims obtained by CNN
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Joe StaysniakFmr. Radio Host2/22/23Struck his son, choked his son's boyfriend and threatened them with a gun as they sat in a parked car outside his homeAccording to charging documents obtained by NBC News
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12.3mMAGA Enthusiast12/30/22Operated an international human trafficking & sex abuse ring that lured unsuspecting women into performing in adult videos without their consent under threat of violence if they attempted to fleeAccording to charging documents filed by Romanian authorities
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Brian StoutState Representative [R-OR]12/02/22Threatened 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 relationshipAccording to a protective order filed by the alleged victim and granted by a local judge
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11/05/22Frequently 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 wifeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Arlyn BriggsFmr. Gov. Candidate [R-KS]6/27/22Called 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 harboringAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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3/28/22Threatened to release unspecified "false information" about a county sheriff and local police chief if they didn't grant him immunity in an unrelated caseAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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 againAccording 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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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 himAccording to a police affidavit filed by his ex-wife's sister
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Gene SuellentropState 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 arrestAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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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
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11/09/20Coerced a 25-year-old woman seeking his mentorship to get naked and enter the bathtub in his Las Vegas hotel suite and fondled her until she "submitted to the pressure" of his advances and had sex with him while also being married11/09/20Left 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 herAccording to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by Jennifer Eckhart
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Tim NolanFmr. State Judge [R-KY]5/04/18Coerced 12 young women -- all but two of whom were battling a heroin or opioid addiction and were already tangled up in the criminal justice system -- in to having sex with him by supplying them with heroin and threatened to take the drugs away and call the police on them if they rebuffed his sexual demands while also being marriedHe pleaded guilty to human trafficking and was sentenced to 20 years in prison
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Nick MiccarelliFmr. State Representative3/09/18Brandished 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 orderRep. Toohil [R] was granted a restraining order against Miccarelli
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Steve WynnFmr. Wynn Resorts CEODonated 14.4m to Republican causes in 20203/01/18Coerced a massage therapist to perform more than 50 sexual acts on him in his locked office guarded by security dogs and gave her a $400 “tip” each time while also being married2/28/18Coerced a massage therapist into giving him "happy endings" by tipping $1,000 for regular massages as a guise and then later propositioned her to give him sexual favors in return which she reluctantly agreed to after becoming financially dependent on the job and money while also being newly marriedAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim1/27/18Coerced a manicurist who worked at one of his hotels to remove her clothing and have sex with him while also being married and later secretly paid her $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit she filed against himAccording to an exclusive report by The wall Street Journal
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Joe BartonFmr. U.S. Representative92.4% Voted with Trump11/22/17Sent 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 picturesAccording 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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6.5mLauded by Trump10/21/17Coerced Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl into a "non-consensual sexual relationship" while also being married himself and later secretly agreed to pay her $32 million to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit she brought against himAccording to a settlement agreement reached between O'Reilly and his accuser
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9/18/17Allegedly coerced Fox News political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes into a 3-year-long abusive sexual relationship where she was forced to have sex with him in exchange for career advances and increased facetime on Fox News and Fox Business while also being marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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John ThompsonIowa GOP Board Member8/23/17Physically 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 himAccording to a report filed by local media
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Donald Trump45th U.S. President162.3m6/30/17Directed 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 himAccording to both the anchors who reported Trump's actions in the Washington Post
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Russ CaseyFmr. Justice of the Peace5/16/17Coerced a subordinate into giving him oral sex multiple times -- once while he wore his black judge's robe -- and to have sex with him two times and would lash out her as a “horrible court manager” if she ever refused his advances, which she didn't do often because he was her boss, while being married the entire timeAccording to a federal civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative12/23/16Routinely pestered his legal assistant -- who was thirty years younger than him -- to text topless photos of herself and go with him to a local strip club which she did presumably because she was afraid of losing her job and then fired her after she reported his harassmentAccording to reports by local and state media
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Vance PhillipsFmr. County Commissioner9/27/16Coerced an 18-year-old young woman who was only 16 when they first met and 30 years younger than him into a monthslong sexual relationship where she was compelled to participate in bondage fetishes of his that included using ropes, clamps, chains and sex toys that she did not willingly consent to and then threatened her with "a world of hurt" if she ever rebuffed his incessant advancesAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Roger AilesFmr. Fox News CEO7/29/16Coerced top Fox News staffer Laurie Luhn -- who was 22 years younger than him -- into starting an abusive sexual relationship while he was still married that lasted 20+ years and used the threat to release a videotape he made of her dancing in lingerie to help maintain psychological controlAccording to an investigative report by New York Magazine who read a confidential $3.15MM settlement Fox News paid
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Donald SterlingConservative Businessman [R]6/03/14Coerced 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 marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Rick RenziFmr. U.S. Representative10/28/13Strongarmed 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 throughAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Thad ViersFmr. State Representative2007 06Threatened to beat and sexually assault a man who was dating his estranged wife along with his mother over several menacing callsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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