Violent Crimes Committed by Republicans
Displaying 101 - 200 of 374 Crimes
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Matthew ReillyFmr. City Council Member
6/28/24Molested 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 trial
According to charging documents filed by local police first reported by The Providence Journal -
Neil FriskeState Representative
6/21/24Allegedly sexually assaulted an exotic dancer and then chased her around with a loaded gun that he eventually fired in her vicinity outside of his home at 2:30 in the morning
According to a police report filed by local officials -
Mark GrisantiState Judge [R-NY]
6/06/24Pushed a police officer who was attempting to handcuff his wife over a dispute with their neighbor and warned the officer that he'll "be sorry" if he arrested his "f*cking wife" because he was friends with the mayor and two of his children are police officers
According to a censure ruling by New York's Commission on Judicial Conduct -
Kanye WestConservative Musician
6/04/24Locked his assistant in a room on a private plane and forced her to watch while he masturbated under a blanket
According to a lawsuit filed by former assistant Lauren Pisciotta -
Jeffrey ThomasFmr. District Attorney
5/21/24Punched his wife at least ten times in the head and face while the pair were riding in their vehicle and was turned in by his wife's friend who witnessed the entire assault in real time because she was on a video call with her at the time
According to charging documents filed by state officials -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
3/27/24Fondled Herschel Walker campaign staffer Carlton Huffman in the crotch without his consent and unsuccessfully tried to convince him to go back to his hotel room while also being married and then paid Huffman $480,000 through an insurance policy to settle his sexual harassment lawsuit out of court
According to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast -



305kMAGA Enthusiast
3/25/24Sexually abused a 14-year-old girl who babysat his children inside his church, personal office, car and her home over three-year period during his mid-20's while also being married with young children
According to an exclusive report by The Kansas City Star -
Reggie LoperCounty Commissioner [R-GA]
3/19/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Bo DresnerFmr. Hays County GOP Chair
3/11/24Digitally penetrated his 13-year-old daughter after drugging her with a sedative and removing all her clothes while she was unconscious
3/11/24
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Kyle LewterCampaign Manager [R-AL]
3/10/24
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/08/24Physically struck a victim and had to complete a six-week anger management course in order to have his charges dropped
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Luis BorundaFmr. MD Dep. Secretary of State
3/07/24Produced felony videos and images of underage and barely legal girls performing sex acts with him and used them to coerce other underage girls into sex
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Daniel RodimerFmr. U.S. Rep Candidate
3/07/24Punched and strangled his victim so severely it caused multiple brain bleeds resulting in his eventual death several days later
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Paul ThurmanFmr. Staffer [R]
2/19/24Physically grabbed a 14-year-old boy and threatened to rape him at a crowded high school volleyball tournament but the teen was able to escape his grasp and run to the authorities who used surveillance footage to identify and arrest him
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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 head
1/25/24Teamed 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 married
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -






12.3mMAGA Enthusiast
1/06/24Choked 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 awoke
According to an exclusive interview the alleged victim conducted with The Sun -
Braylee EstepSouth Carolina GOP Director
1/03/24Pulled a woman she had previously argued with at a local bar out of her car and physically attacked her with the help of her mother and third offender
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Scott FinkbeinerFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
12/18/23Unbuttoned his pants and forced his victim to manually stimulate him while high on crystal meth at a local drug house after he unsuccessfully propositioned her for sex while also being married
According to charging documents filed by state and federal officials -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
12/16/23Stripped down to his underwear and grinded against another male without his consent at a fundraising event in Florida while also being married
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
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 participate
According to a police complaint filed by the alleged victim -




2.5mMAGA Enthusiast
11/29/23Grabbed 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 on her forearm
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Aubrey TaylorBlogger
11/04/23Punched a senior citizen he had been harassing for months so forcefully that they briefly lost consciousness
According to charging documents filed by local officials -



305kMAGA Enthusiast
11/03/23Groomed 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 married
According to an exclusive report by The Roys Report -
James MacDonaldFmr. Televangelist
10/25/23Physically assaulted 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 hospitalized
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Steve AlembikActivist [R]Donated over $200k to Republican causes
10/17/23Shot 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 attempt
According to police records first reported by The Miami Herald -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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9/20/23Slipped 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 insurrection
According to a book excerpt first reported by The Guardian -
Enrique TarrioProud Boys Chair
9/05/23Organized 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 power
According to a federal grand jury indictment -


463kMAGA Enthusiast
8/26/23
According to a report by the Washington Post -
Joe StaysniakFmr. Radio Host
8/23/23Struck his son, choked his son's boyfriend and threatened them with a gun as they sat in a parked car outside his home
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Rene PedrosaFmr. Spokesperson [R]Top aide to Republican Mayor of Miami
8/14/23Groped a 16-year-old boy's buttocks and kissed him on the lips before he grabbed his hand and placed it on his erect penis while meeting with him in his government office ostensibly to discuss having him help design a web page
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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 night
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Tom GarrettU.S. Representative [R-VA]14 Years in GOP
8/09/23Struck 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 argument
According to a lawsuit filed by his estranged wife
8/09/23Strangled his wife's neck while their infant daughter slept next to her after he drank himself into a "fiery rage" on Mother's Day
According to a lawsuit filed by his ex-wife -
Cole WagnerFmr. Alliance for a Pro-Life Alabama Chair
7/24/23
According to charging documents filed by local officials first reported by the Alabama Political Reporter -
Jason EllsworthState Senator [R-MT]
7/11/23Choked, pushed his partner down a flight of stairs and physically abused her multiple times throughout the course of their six-year relationship
7/11/23Hysterically waved his loaded gun all around and also directly at his partner during a fit of rage and then she said he "laid his 300-pound self" on top of her and tried to "force" her to shoot him while she tried to escape his grasp
According to a police report filed by local officials -
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 attending
According to a report filed by local police -
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 married
7/07/23Told 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 married
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
Dan KirbyFmr. State Representative
6/28/23Swerved 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 oxycodone
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Alex SteinBlaze Media Host
6/12/23Accosted WNBA star Brittney Griner at a Dallas airport and then shoved a WNBA security official who intervened to prevent him from reaching her
According to a police report filed by local officials -
Stewart RhodesOath Keepers Founder
5/25/23Assembled 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 location
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
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 go
According to a video of the incident reported by The Daily Beast -
Rudy GiulianiFmr. NYC Mayor [R]






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5/15/23Coerced 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 sex
5/15/23Forced 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 -
Charlie PierceFmr. Mayor [R-AK]20 Years in GOP
4/19/23Sexually harassed his executive assistant with “constant unwanted physical touching, sexual remarks, and sexual advances” and created such a toxic work environment that she felt she couldn't report his misconduct without fear of retaliation and then paid her $237,500 to settle a sexual harassment case she brought against him
According to a lawsuit filed by the alleged victim and first reported on by The Anchorage Daily News -
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 children
According to a final report by the Texas House General Investigating Committee which recommended his expulsion from the body -
4/13/23Slapped his legislative aide across the face and instructed him to go stand in a corner after he belligerently interrupted a conversation his aide was having with another woman
According to a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim -
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 property
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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 them
According to the copy of the restraining order filed against him by the alleged victims obtained by CNN -
George SantosFmr. U.S. Representative


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697kMAGA Enthusiast
2/05/23Grabbed 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 declined
According 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 -
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 husband
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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 period
According to charging documents filed by local police -



22.3mLauded by Trump
1/02/23
According to video of the incident verified by TMZ -






12.3mMAGA Enthusiast
12/30/22Operated an international human trafficking & sex abuse ring in Romania that lured unsuspecting women into performing in adult videos without their consent under threat of violence if they attempted to flee
According to charging documents filed by Romanian authorities -
12/21/22Forced Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart to perform oral sex on him in an office at Fox News’ headquarters while also being married
According to a civil lawsuit filed against Henry and Fox News by the alleged victim -
William PruittFmr. Chief of Police
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 her
According to charging documents filed by local police -
George MengesFmr. Manuel Asensio Aide
12/05/22Sexually assaulted a woman and was charged with kidnapping and sexual battery after she reported him to the police
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Brian StoutState Representative
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 room
According to court records that confirmed a judge granted the woman's request for a restraining order against Stout
12/02/22Kissed 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 years
Allegedly according to reporting from credible media outlets -
Antonio BrownFmr. Conservative Athlete
12/01/22Violently threw a shoe at the mother of his children, struck her in the ponytail and threw her belongings out of the house during a fit of rage and then barricaded himself inside of his home and refused repeated police commands to exit so they could serve him a warrant
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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 with
According to victim testimony in a report from The Daily Beast -
Tommy BryantCity Council Member [R-AL]
11/07/22Punched the mayor of his small town in the face without warning in the parking lot following a heated city council meeting in the presence of multiple witnesses including the local police chief
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Leanette LopezFmr. State Rep. Candidate
11/04/22Assaulted 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 -
Joel KoskanFmr. State Rep. Nominee
11/03/22Raped, 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 children
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Steven PankeyGov. Candidate [R-ID]
10/31/22
According to charging documents filed by state officials -
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 behavior
According to charging documents filed by local officials -





1.4mMAGA Podcaster
10/06/22Drunkenly 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 time
According to an inhouse investigation resulting in his firing -
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 off
According 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 further
According to the alleged victim who spoke with TheStatehouseFile.com -
David EstensonFmr. State Sen. Nominee
9/20/22
9/20/22Unsuccessfully tried to coax a 20-year-old female he illegally provided alcohol to into giving him sexual favors if she wanted to avoid an underage drinking ticket after he got caught with her in a bar and had to save face because he was a police officer
According to an exclusive report by the Trempealeau County Times -
9/16/22Forcibly 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
According to an allegation filed by the alleged victim and reported by mainstream media -
Sabrina BellFmr. State Judge [R-IN]
9/16/22Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Billy OswaldFmr. State Sen. Candidate
9/13/22
According to a federal lawsuit filed by a former employee -
Aaron von EhlingerFmr. State Representative
8/31/22Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her without consent and then ejaculated on her stomach
He was found guilty of rape and sentenced to 20 years in prison -
Perry Hooper Jr.Trump Campaign AL Co-ChairMAGA Enthusiast
8/23/22Grabbed 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 children
According to charging documents filed by local police -
8/21/22Put 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 convention
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Jonathan HernandezFmr. Oklahoma College Republicans Chair
7/11/22Performed 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 him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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 resolve
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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 married
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Jeann LugoFmr. State Sen. Candidate
6/25/22Punched 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 justified
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
6/21/22Tried 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 married
According to an exclusive report by The Washington Post -
Ricky CarterFmr. County Commissioner
5/26/22Brutally assaulted his own brother-in-law with the help of his adult son so ruthlessly that he required emergency medical care and then pulled out his gun and threatened to harm a neighbor who tried to help his victim
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Johnny HuntFmr. SBC President
5/23/22Groped 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 him
Independent 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 -
Andrew WilhoiteFmr. City Council Nominee
5/06/22Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creek
According to charging documents filed by local police -
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 consent
According to a woman from Cleveland, OH he dated over a yearslong period who provided texts and photographic evidence backing up her claims -
4/28/22Allegedly drugged and raped an unconscious college student after luring her to his dorm room with the promise of a glass of Champagne which he spiked with a drug that caused her to lose consciousness
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
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 event
According 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 period
According to allegations corroborated by the Nebraska Examiner -



590kMAGA Enthusiast
3/22/22Pushed 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 children
According to a sworn affidavit by his ex-wife and reported by national media -
Anthony BoenFmr. Sheriff [R-AR]
3/12/22Punched a detainee in the head multiple times with a closed fist while they were shackled to a bench and returned a short time later to punch him in the head a second time before spitting on him and later asked corrections officers who witnessed the assault to lie about what they saw to investigators
According to charging documents filed by federal officials
3/12/22Slammed a detainee onto the floor and ripped his hair during an interrogation and later asked corrections officers who witnessed the assault to lie about what they saw to investigators
According to charging documents filed by federal officials -
Brandon BeckhamFmr. State Sen. Candidate
3/10/22Forcibly pinned his date to the ground and tried to rip her clothing off while ignoring her demand that he let her go and then admitted that he had "gone too far" with her in a subsequent phone call
According to charging documents filed by local officials -
Elgene GaryCity Council Member [R-LA]
2/21/22Sexually molested at least three young children as young as 7 years old on different occasions at his home over a multiyear period
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Dan SnyderNFL OwnerDonated $1.1m to Trump's 1st inaugural
2/04/22Grabbed 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 married
According to Congressional testimony by the alleged victim -
John HammockFmr. Mayor [R-FL]
1/16/22Choked, kicked, punched and shoved his wife against the wall and then threatened to kill her during a fit of rage which resulted in his jailing and a judge granting an order of protection she filed against him
According to charging documents filed by local police -
Baked AlaskaSocial Media Influencer
1/13/22Pepper-sprayed a bouncer who had just forcefully kicked him out of a bar because his behavior was making the patrons uncomfortable and then refused to leave when given the opportunity to on his own accord
According to charging documents filed by local officials
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