Violent Crimes Committed by Republicans
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Displaying 1 - 100 of 249 Scandals
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Jeff DotsethState Representative [R-MN]9/16/24Threw his then-wife to the floor, pushed her against a wall and restrained her with his body weight, chocked her, slapped her, forced her head between his legs and squeezed them together and routinely assaulted her over a fifteen-year period until she finally had enough and reported him to the policeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Zack ScrivnerCounty Supervisor4/25/24Allegedly sexually assaulted his preteen daughter who along with her siblings was granted an order of protection against him while authorities investigated the allegation further while still being married to his estranged wifeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Tiffany AdamsCimarron County GOP Chair4/17/24Kidnapped and murdered her ex-daughter-in-law and another woman with the help of three other members of an anti-government group over a custody dispute involving her grandchildrenAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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463kMAGA Enthusiast3/27/24Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of courtAccording to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast
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304kMAGA Enthusiast3/25/24Sexually assaulted a 14-year-old girl who went to his church and babysat his own children inside his church, personal office, car and also at her home over three-year period when he was in his mid-20's where she said he would often move her hand down to his groin to have her "touch him sexually" and he would "touch [her] in return" and also often kissed her "like a man kisses a woman" while also being married with young children at homeAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Bo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair3/11/24Digitally penetrated his 13-year-old daughter after drugging her with a sedative and removing all her clothes while she was unconscious3/11/24According to charging documents filed by local police
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Kyle LewterCampaign Manager [R-AL]3/10/24Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate3/08/24Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped3/07/24Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds which resulted in their eventual death several days later after medical personnel were unable to save their lifeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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1/25/24Defecated on a WWE employee he coerced into a nonconsensual sexual relationship while also being married and then commanded her to give oral sex to his friend while feces were running down her head1/25/24Teamed up with a male WWE employee to physically restrain and sexually assault a female WWE employee after they shoved her into a locked room at company headquarters and mocked her pleas for them to stop by taunting that "No means yes" while also being marriedAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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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 came toAccording to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun
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Braylee EstepSouth Carolina GOP Director1/03/24Violently banged on a car window and prevented it from leaving a local bar and then pulled her victim out of their car and proceeded to "hit and assault" them with the help of her mother and third offenderAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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463kMAGA Enthusiast12/16/23Stripped down to his underwear and grinded against another male without his consent at a fundraising event in Florida while also being marriedAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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11/30/23Raped a woman he and his wife Bridget Ziegler previously had group sex with and have known for 20 years after she tried to cancel their planned tryst because Bridget could no longer participateAccording to a police complaint filed by the alleged victim
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2.5mMAGA Enthusiast11/29/23Grabbed and struck a woman in her forehead with a 9mm pistol leaving blood running down her face, an inch-wide cut on her face and a handprint bruise where he grabbed her on her forearmAllegedly 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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10/30/23Traveled to the Czech Republic for the purpose of paying to have sex with minors under the age of 18 multiple times over a five-year periodAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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Steve AlembikActivist [R]Donated over $200k to Republican causes10/17/23Shot his wife in her back and arm causing serious but not life-threatening injuries and then killed himself while sitting in their car outside a fast-food restaurant in a botched murder-suicide attemptAccording to police records first reported by The Miami Herald
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Joseph RobertsActivist [R]9/29/23Murdered his fiancée, dismembered her body and stuffed her in a large plastic bag which he discarded near a bridgeAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Rudy GiulianiFmr. Mayor [R-NY]4.2m9/20/23Slipped his hand under Trump aide Cassidy Hutchinson's blazer and skirt after wrapping his arms around her backstage during Trump's rally just before the 1/6 insurrectionAccording to a book excerpt first reported by The Guardian
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463kMAGA Enthusiast8/26/23Inappropriately touched a colleague's employee without their consent during a CPAC event in Palm Beach, FloridaAccording to a report by the Washington Post
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Rene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami8/14/23Cupped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before grabbing his hand and placing it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web pageAccording to charging documents filed by federal officials
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8/10/23Groped two young women's breasts, crotches and other parts of their bodies without consent and continued to assault them even after they told him to stop after he cornered them inside his booth at an Arizona night club where an employee reported he had spent "like fifty grand" on drinks that nightAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Tom GarrettFmr. U.S. Representative12 Years in GOP8/09/23Struck his wife in the head on two separate occasions, had a "history" of physically pinning her to the ground and once punched multiple holes in the wall during an argumentAccording to a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife8/09/23Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's DayAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Cole WagnerFmr. Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair7/24/23According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter
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James ChapmanCommissioner [R-MI]7/09/23Kicked a fellow state GOP official Mark DeYoung in the groin and then grabbed him by the legs and knocked him to the ground as soon as DeYoung opened the door to a reportedly "closed" meeting Chapman didn't want him attendingAccording to a report filed by local police
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7/07/23Groped and tried to kiss his male legislative intern while being driven home from an alcohol-fueled event at a local bar and then unsuccessfully tried to convince him to come up to his hotel room to have sex while also being married7/07/23Told his male legislative aide "I want all of that butt" and then slapped it while they were standing in the back of an elementary school classroom full of children during a Career Day event while also being marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative6/28/23Swerved off the road and crashed his motorcycle killing his girlfriend who was riding with him while under the influence of alcohol and a cocktail of illicit and unprescribed pharmaceutical drugs including amphetamine, tramadol and oxycodoneAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Alex SteinBlaze Media Host6/12/23Accosted WNBA star Brittney Griner at a Dallas airport and then forcefully pushed a WNBA security official who intervened to prevent him from reaching herAccording to a police report filed by local officials
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Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member6/08/23Molested a 12-year-old girl he met online who promptly told her legal guardian about his actions which led to his arrest and placement on house arrest until the conclusion of his trialAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal
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5/18/23Forcefully grabbed and pushed back a citizen journalist filming him and other congresspeople giving a press conference outside the US Capitol as the victim yelled "you're hurting me!" while asking Higgins to let him goAccording to a video of the incident reported by The Daily Beast
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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 sex5/15/23Forced staffer Noelle Dunphy to perform oral sex multiple times including while he was on the speakerphone with Trump and once after pulling out his erect penis saying he couldn't get any work done until "you take care of this"According to a civil lawsuit filed by former employee Noelle Dunphy reported on by mainstream outlets
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4/14/23Had 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 childrenAccording to an official complaint filed against Slaton and exclusively reported by The Texas Tribune
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4/13/23Slapped his legislative aide across the face and instructed him to go stand in a corner after he drunkenly interrupted a conversation to ask his aide if he had recently "slept with" the woman he was talking withAccording to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim
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James MacDonaldFmr. Harvest Bible Chapel Televangelist4/13/23Physically attacked a 59-year-old woman after striking her car in a parking lot in an unprovoked attack which caused serious enough injuries that she had to be hospitalizedAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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David TruaxMayor [R-NY]3/25/23Physically assaulted his estranged wife resulting in charges and a restraining order against him, which he promptly violated by going to her home, injuring her and damaging her propertyAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jeffrey GreesonState Representative [R-NH]3/11/23According to charging documents filed by local police and corroborated by video footage taken by the victim
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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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George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative697k697kMAGA Enthusiast2/05/23Grabbed potential employee Derek Myers' crotch without his consent while they were alone in his office and then told him "my husband is out of town tonight if you want to come over" which he declinedAccording to a firsthand account from the alleged victim who also filed an official complaint with the U.S. Capitol Police and the House Ethics Committee
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Jaron RosienMayor [R-IA]1/24/23Slid his hand up a male victim's thigh, groped his genitals and kissed him on his cheek (or ear) which "was in no way consented to" by the victim after hours at a bar he owned while also being married to his husbandAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Ted TomaszewskiFmr. Mayor [R-NJ]1/17/23Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month periodAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Solomon PeñaFmr. State Legislator Nominee1/16/23Fired his gun at the home of one of his perceived political enemies and hired four gunmen to conduct drive-by shootings at the homes of three others -- thankfully none of which resulted in anyone being injured -- after losing an election for a seat in the New Mexico HouseAccording to acting Alburquerque police commander Kyle Hartsock
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22.3mLauded by Trump1/02/23According to video of the incident verified by TMZ
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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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12/21/22Forced Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart to perform oral sex on him in an office at Fox News’ headquarters and then later sent her threatening text messages bragging about how he physically injured her while also being marriedAccording to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by the alleged victim
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William PruittFmr. Chief of Police [R-FL]12/09/22Raped 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 herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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George MengesFmr. Manuel Asensio Political Aide12/05/22Sexually assaulted an unnamed woman and was charged with sexual battery and kidnapping after she reported him to the policeAccording to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Gainesville Sun
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Brian StoutState Representative [R-OR]12/02/22Began performing oral sex on a woman which went beyond what she had consented to and despite her repeatedly telling him to stop which he only did when his wife walked in the room12/02/22Kissed and cuddled with a woman who wasn't his wife in his office and then out of nowhere pushed her onto the couch and physically restrained her while he quietly stared at her with what she described as a "weird look" which frightened her so much that a judge granted her a restraining order against him for five yearsAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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12/01/22Choked and threw a punch at his ex-girlfriend Cheryl Parsa after she confronted him about a woman she suspected he was cheating on her withAccording to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast
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Tommy BryantCity Council Member [R-AL]11/07/22Punched the mayor of his small town in the face without warning after accosting him in the parking lot following a heated city council meeting in the presence of multiple witnesses including the local police chiefAccording to eyewitness accounts and documented in a report by AL.com
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Joel KoskanFmr. State Rep. Nominee11/03/22Raped, orally penetrated and sexually molested his adopted daughter over a six-year period beginning when she was just twelve years old and waged an intimidation campaign to keep her quiet by monitoring her every move via GPS and home video surveillance, which ironically is how he found out she reported him to the police while also being a married father of young childrenAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Steven PankeyGov. Candidate [R-ID]10/31/22According to charging documents filed by state officials
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Gary KuehnSchool Board Member [R-TN]10/24/22Pulled out his penis and began stroking himself in front of a nurse until he had an erection after asking her if a testosterone shot she just administered would "make him hard" and then asked her not to leave the room while he continued his lewd behaviorAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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1.4mMAGA Podcaster10/06/22Drunkenly grabbed a co-worker's breasts without her consent while they sat next to each other in a crowded movie theater while also being married at the timeAccording to an inhouse investigation resulting in his firing
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10/03/22Pinned a young woman against the wall and rubbed his body against hers as he tried to kiss her and rip her shirt offAccording to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.comTried to pin down and kiss a woman he invited to his apartment, but she was able to escape before he could harm her furtherAccording to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com
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9/16/22Forcibly kissed and groped a congressional intern and ignored her pleas to stop after creating a situation where they would be alone in his car togetherAccording to an allegation filed by the alleged victim and reported by mainstream media
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Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative8/31/22Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him and digitally penetrated her after she turned down his advances and then stimulated himself manually and ejaculated on her stomachHe was found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 years in prison
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Perry Hooper Jr.Trump Campaign AL Co-ChairMAGA Enthusiast8/23/22Grabbed a restaurant hostess's breasts, kissed her neck and shoved his pelvis into her and then taunted that he'll "get away with it" because he's a member of a politically connected family while also married with three childrenAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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1.2mMAGA Enthusiast8/22/22Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film conventionAccording to charging documents filed by local police8/21/22Put 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 conventionAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Jonathan HernandezFmr. Oklahoma College Republicans Chair7/11/22Performed oral sex on a 14-year-old boy he met at a church he ministered inside his dorm room at Oklahoma Christian University after watching adult videos with himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dean TranFmr. State Senator [R-MA]7/01/22Forced his way into an elderly woman's house and stole her late husband's handgun as she hid in the bedroomAccording to an indictment announced by the Massachusetts Attorney General
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Tex McIverLawyer [R]6/30/22Shot his wife through the passenger seat of a car her close friend was driving shortly after he asked her for his .38 revolver from the center console claiming there was a danger that did not exist and suspiciously tried to get her friend to lie to police about it in a trial in which prosecutors described his life as ""spinning out of control" due to financial troubles that killing her would resolveAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Richard BraswellCommissioner [R-NC]6/29/22Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being marriedAccording to charging documents filed by local officials
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Jeann LugoFmr. State Sen. Candidate6/25/22Punched his female opponent in the face at an abortion rally causing her to go to the hospital for a possible concussion and fled the scene presumably because he knew his assault was not justifiedAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural6/21/22Tried to remove a female Washington Commanders employee's clothes, groped her and unsuccessfully tried to get her to have sex with him in a private area of his chartered plane out of view of the other passengers while also being marriedAccording to allegations made by the alleged victim first reported by The Washington Post
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Ricky CarterFmr. County Commissioner5/26/22Teamed up with his adult son to brutally assault his own brother-in-law resulting in him needing emergency medical care at a hospital and drew his gun on and threatened to harm a neighbor who attempted to interveneAllegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets
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Johnny HuntFmr. SBC President5/23/22Groped a Southern Baptist Conference pastor's wife 24 years his junior under her shirt, pulled down her shorts and forcibly kissed her without consent after he gained entry into her condo presumably because she didn't have any reason to be concerned about himIndependent firm hired by the SBC found the victim's allegations credible, Corroborated by three witnesses the firm found to be credible, Corroborated by a counseling minister who worked with the victim and her husband
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Sabrina BellFmr. State Judge [R-IN]5/12/22Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with himAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Andrew WilhoiteFmr. City Council Nominee5/06/22Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creekAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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4/30/22Routinely choked his girlfriend unconscious during sex to the point of causing her to suffer convulsions even after she laid down clear ground rules stipulating what she was comfortable with and sometimes had anal sex with her while she was unconscious from his strangulation and unable to consentAccording to a woman from Cleveland, OH he dated over a yearslong period who provided texts and photographic evidence backing up her claims
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4/28/22Allegedly raped a female college student after luring her to his dorm room with the promise of a glass of Champagne which he drugged causing her to begin “feeling weird" and lose consciousnessA jury found him not guilty despite strong evidence to the contrary
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4/14/22Reached up the skirt and fondled a state senator's bare leg and groped another young woman's buttocks in front of a roomful of people at a public eventAccording to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska ExaminerInappropriately groped and touched eight women aged from their late teens to mid-20's at political events, beauty pageants and other functions over a five-year periodAccording to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner
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Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate4/04/22Assaulted a police officer by grabbing and bending their hand backward while she was booked for driving under the influence of alcohol and resisting arrest in which she refused police officer orders to exit her vehicle parked in the middle of the road and when asked if she wished to contact her attorney responded with “Blah Blah Blah”According to charging documents filed by local prosecutors
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590kMAGA Enthusiast3/22/22Pushed his wife to the floor and took all her personal belongings including her cellphone, wallet and keys so she couldn't call for help or escape their house with her childrenAccording to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media
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Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair3/08/22Organized and directed Proud Boys members acting as what federal prosecutors characterized as "Donald Trump's army" to prevent the certification of Biden's election and instructed the insurrectionists who had already breached the US Capitol building to "do what must be done" to keep Trump in powerAccording to a federal grand jury indictment
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Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]2/21/22According to charging documents filed by local police
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Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural2/04/22Grabbed a Washington Commanders employee's thigh without her consent while seated at a crowded restaurant table and later that same night followed her out of the restaurant, put his hand on her lower back and "aggressively" pushed her toward his limo and only let her go when his own lawyer intervened while also being marriedAccording to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim
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Stewart RhodesOath Keepers Founder1/23/22Assembled what federal prosecutors described as a "small arsenal" of weapons that he provided to his followers who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6 while he directed them from a nearby locationAccording to a federal grand jury indictment
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Ellen WinkFmr. Political Person [R-CT]1/21/22Shot an unarmed tenant five times as he tried to flee from her resulting in his death and then lied to police and claimed self-defense which State's Attorney Michelle Manning refuted because video surveillance clearly showed her victim was aggressive towards her in "no way, shape, or form"According to charging documents filed by local police
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John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]1/16/22Strangled his wife during an argument and was arrested after police determined he “committed an act of felony domestic violence” against herAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Lee ChatfieldFmr. House Speaker [R-MI]A+ NRA Rating1/07/22Allegedly raped and sexually abused a minor over many years beginning when she was fifteen years old and continued well into her adulthood while being married the entire timeAccording to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and reported by local media
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Sean ParnellFmr. U.S. Senate Candidate11/22/21Strangled his wife multiple times, once kicked her out of their car on the side of the highway when she was pregnant, struck his child leaving a handprint and hit another child with a door leaving a bruise over a yearslong periodAccording to court records in an order granting his ex-wife sole legal custody of their children
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11/19/21Shot and killed an unarmed protester with an AR-15 rifle and then shot two more protesters -- killing one -- who acted presumably as "good guys" to stop him from shooting more people for which he was tried but found not guilty by self-defense due to various factors including presumably appearing as a very sympathetic defendant to the juryAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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Fabian ShepardFmr. Johnson County GOP Chair10/08/21Grabbed the vice chair of a local Republican party by the back of her neck and kissed her on the mouth without her consent and then tried to force her to kiss him twice more before she was able to pull away from his gripAccording to a police report filed by the alleged victim
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Jeffrey ThomasFmr. District Attorney9/23/21Slapped and choked a female work acquaintance and then raped her after he entered her house without permission while also presenting himself as a "tough on crime" prosecutor to the publicAccording to charging documents filed by local police
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8/17/21Repeatedly choked his girlfriend to the point of unconsciousness and beat her like a "rag doll" during which she suffered two black eyes, a swollen lip, deep bruising and scratches on her faceAccording to a monthslong investigation by MLB that resulted in the longest ever suspension of a player of 194 games for violating its domestic violence policies
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Gisela Castro MedinaCollege Republican Chair8/14/21Recruited five underage girls to have sex with her accomplice Anton Lazzaro who lured her into the scheme by paying her hundreds of dollars for every girl she found and getting her addicted to Adderall which he suppliedAccording to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
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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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Anton LazzaroPolitical Strategist [R]MAGA Enthusiast8/12/21Paid five underage girls to have sex with him that he found by paying a woman to recruit them online telling them he's a "sugar daddy"According to a federal indictment announced by the Department of Justice
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Mark GrethenFmr. Donor [R]8/07/21Sodomized and molested two children one year before he was named "Republican of the Year" by the National Republican Congressional Committee because of his large donations to the partyHe was found guilty and was sentenced to 26 years in prison