Texas Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in TX

Engaged in a yearlong extramarital affair with a woman who was formerly married to an ISIS terrorist and paid her $5,000 to keep quiet about it

Consumed too much alcohol and then took some sleep medication while waiting for his flight at a local airport resulting in him missing his flight and being detained by police for public intoxication

Was wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police officers after refusing repeating commands to not interfere with emergency responders helping a 15-year-old girl experiencing seizures during which he screamed one was a "f*cking full-on d*ck!" who "better recalculate, motherf*cker!" while also hypocritically promising he will "ALWAYS stand by our country's police officers" which apparently only applies when it is politically convenient for him

Spent $3,147.06 in campaign funds to pay for an extravagant dinner at a private social and dining club that the nonpartisan Office of Congressional Ethics reported was likely a personal expense and not a fundraising event as he claimed

Used $1,929.07 in campaign funds to pay for 11 months' worth of dues to gain "unlimited access" to a private social and dining club located in Texas

Told a female White House medical staff subordinate he'd like to see her tattoos unobstructed of clothing and commented to a male subordinate that she had "great t*ts" and a "nice ass"

Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped

Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds resulting in his eventual death several days later

Punched a man in the head outside a local nightclub

"Sucker punched" a bartender in the face after he informed Rodimer that other patrons were looking up his girlfriend's skirt

Physically assaulted someone at a local Waffle House restaurant

Stole a trailer's worth of his competitor's campaign signs and was caught red-handed by two of them who witnessed it

Had sex multiple times in one day inside his political office in rural Texas with a woman he met on Facebook while also being married

Had sex with a woman who wasn't his wife twice -- once in Washington, D.C. and another time in Texas -- and continued to communicate with her over sexualized text messages, videos and voicemails for five more years

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 pictures

Preached the importance of adhering to Christian "family values" like being faithful to your wife but had affairs with 2 different women and sent naked pictures of himself to a third

Hired a professional escort for sex on two separate occasions and refused to pay her after the second time they had sex while also being married

Openly talked with a male aide about "sexual fantasies" and "wet dreams" he had about his female communications director Lauren Greene and fired her after shortly after she filed a formal complaint and then secretly paid her $84,000 in taxpayer funds from a secretive "Office of Compliance" account after she agreed to drop a federal lawsuit she filed against him

Settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a confidentiality agreement for $84,000 using a secret taxpayer funded account which kept it from the public for years

Routinely "drank to excess” at Capitol Hill functions so much that his staff felt they had to be on "red head patrol" in order to "keep him out of trouble" because he would regularly say sexually improper things to female staff and lobbyists when he was drunk

Illegally spent $1.25 million dollars in funds meant for charity on campaign and personal expenses including hot air balloon rides and a new dishwasher

Smelled of alcohol and failed a field sobriety test after being pulled over for a malfunctioning tail light

Pardoned an admittedly racist convicted murderer who made good on his online threats to confront and shoot protesters by killing an Air Force veteran peacefully participating in a protest one year into his 25-year sentence

Personally lobbied to connect a business executive with prior criminal convictions for theft and fraud with the state comptroller overseeing a multimillion-dollar initiative meant to combat opioid overdoses despite him not having had any experience working on statewide public health initiatives

Called and threatened multiple Texas State Reps with "political consequences" if they voted to impeach him for corruption

Retaliated against four staffers who reported his alleged corruption to the FBI by maligning them as "rogue employees" and fired or forced them out through other means and later spent $3.3 million in taxpayer dollars to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit which also forced him to apologize for disparaging them

Accepted thousands of dollars' worth of home remodeling and repairs in addition to securing employment for a woman he was having an affair with from wealthy real estate developer Nate Paul in exchange for investigating Paul's business adversaries and helping him settle a lawsuit in his favor

Had a yearslong extramarital affair with a woman who worked for a Republican state senator and was able to keep it secret by using a fake Uber account to rendezvous with her and then facilitated her transfer to a job working for a wealthy business executive and donor he was criminally involved with

Convinced numerous people into investing $840,000 in a technology company that he secretly earned commissions on while giving the false impression he was actually an investor

Illegally bypassed a security check and entered a local county courthouse without authorization and also sent the judge in charge of the courthouse a threatening email demanding that security allow him to enter without having to pass through security first

Shouted profanities at first responders who were assisting him after a car he was a passenger in crashed into two palm trees and soon after passed out in the back of a patrol car presumably because he was drunk

Pointed a gun at the driver of a car he was dangerously tailing and tried to run her off the road as he zoomed past her

Forged more than 100 signatures on a candidate petition to ensure he could get on the ballot for the 2018 Republican primary

Coerced 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 time

Frequently exposed himself to a subordinate at his courthouse offices over a five-year period

Exposed his penis to a subordinate cornered in her locked office and slammed the door back shut when she tried to flee and then threatened that she better think twice before reporting him because he's the only person standing between her and the unemployment line

Repeatedly slurred his speech and swayed back and forth as he led official proceedings as the Texas Speaker of the House in a way fellow Republican and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton described as "debilitating intoxication"

Was arrested for suspected DUI after calling 911 on herself thinking she was involved in a crash which police determined was not true

Refused to obey repeated police commands to roll down her window while parked at a local restaurant because they smelled a strong odor of marijuana inside her car and suspected she was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was caught with multiple "crack pipes" in her car that her young child was also a passenger in

Swerved in and out of his lane for an extended period of time around 1am and was arrested for refusing a breathalyzer after police observed him slurring his speech with a "strong odor of alcoholic beverages on his breath"

Sent unsolicited nude pictures of himself in the shower and texted "I just really want to f*ck you" to a graduate student he met at a campus event while also being married with three children

Served so much alcohol to two underage legislative aides and a 21-year-old intern that one vomited and the other two were so dizzy that they had "split vision"

Had unprotected sex with an inebriated 19-year-old he had provided alcohol to which a Republican-led investigation determined was tantamount to rape because his victim "could not effectively consent to intercourse" due to the influence of alcohol and also because she very likely would have said no as it was her first time having sex and later took her to the drugstore so should could purchase emergency contraception while also being a married "family values" lawmaker who routinely denounced the so-called "grooming" of children

Forcibly kissed and groped a congressional intern and ignored her pleas to stop after creating a situation where he was able to get her alone in his car

Stole four articles of clothing from a local department store by stuffing them into a shoe box and concealing it in the bottom of her shopping bag

Impersonated a city compliance officer on at least two occasions so he could order people to remove campaign signs his opponent had displayed at local businesses while also portraying himself as a fierce defender of law and order

Accused Texas AG Ken Paxton of personally calling and threatening "several" Texas State Rep's with "political consequences" if they vote to impeach him for corruption

Pushed one police officer and grabbed another as they moved to subdue her son who was resisting arrest after he fled the scene of a traffic stop to seek refuge in her home

Illegally put pressure on a government official to reassess their decision on a property appraisal she had an interest in

Solicited sex with who he thought was a 15-years-old girl over the internet and traveled to meet her where he was arrested by undercover officers who posed as the young girl

Solicited sex with who he thought was a 12-year-old girl but was instead an undercover police officer over a series of private messages on the internet while also being a married father of two boys

Possessed felony media involving children which resulted in his arrest by local authorities

Routinely sexually assaulted an underage girl over a seven-year period that began when she was only 8 years old and culminated in near-daily assaults before he was caught while also being a married father of five children

Ran a red light and slammed his pickup truck into a larger box truck at 3am causing a crash that dragged their vehicles for several hundred feet after which he failed a videotaped field sobriety test during which he was swaying, struggled to do a one-leg stand and was observed having a strong odor of alcohol by officers on scene

Urinated next to a truck parked outside a local bar moments after he was caught on video inside the bar swaying and having difficulty walking straight presumably because he had too much to drink

Sexually assaulted a woman who also refused to have sex with him in exchange for money and political help in a child custody dispute

Routinely stole methamphetamine and other strong narcotics from police evidence lockers and openly injected himself with drugs in front of his office secretary while also being a District Attorney who was a fervent prosecutor of drug offenses who secured very harsh drug sentences

Lied on a sworn affidavit where he falsely claimed to have no assets in an attempt to have taxpayers pay for a court-appointed attorney to represent him at his trial when in reality he had more than enough assets and collateral to pay for his own attorney

Hid two guns in a briefcase that he attempted to bring into a courthouse with him and was also found to be carrying methamphetamines and cocaine when court security searched him

Drove erratically and was pulled over on suspicion of driving under the influence, argued with the officer and refused to submit to a breathalyzer or field sobriety tests upon which he was arrested for drunk driving

Coerced a subordinate into taking an online certification course he personally would profit from with the help of his chief deputy who proctored the sham exam and submitted the results to state officials

Solicited a prostitute in a sting operation where he negotiated a price for sex over the Internet but was arrested by undercover police officers when he arrived at the hotel room they sent him to