Utah Republican Scandals | Updated List of GOP Scandals in UT
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Utah Republican U.S. Congress Member & Candidate Scandals
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10.1mEndorsed by Trump6/29/07Placed his dog inside a carrier strapped to the top of his family car and set off on a 12-hour trip during which the dog became ill with diarrhea that his children had to watch streak down the back windowAccording to news reports from credible media outlets
Utah Republican State Legislator Scandals
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Sheldon KillpackFmr. State Senator [R-UT]1/15/10Swerved in and out of his lane, reportedly "performed poorly" on his field sobriety tests and refused to take a breathalyzer after police reported smelling a strong odor of alcohol on his breathAccording to an arrest report filed by local police
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Kevin GarnFmr. State Representative35 Years in GOP3/12/10Got naked with a 15-year-old girl in a hot tub when he was in his late twenties and later paid her $150,000 to keep quiet when he ran for US CongressAccording to the woman who went to the media to tell her story and confirmed by Garn
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Merrill NelsonFmr. State Representative9/08/22Convinced a Mormon bishop to keep allegations of child sexual abuse by a member of his church against his daughters secret under false pretenses that he could be sued if he did even though state law in Arizona -- where the alleged abuse took place -- specifically protects people who report child abuse, which allowed the abuse to continue for a number of yearsAccording to court records reported by mainstream outlets
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Jon StanardFmr. State Representative2/09/18Hired 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 caughtAccording to an investigative report by the Daily Mail