Violent Crimes Committed by Republicans

Assembled 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

Forcefully 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

Coerced 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

Forced 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"

Sexually 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

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

Slapped 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 with

Physically 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

Coerced 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

Grabbed 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

Slid 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

Engaged in multiple sex acts including penetrative sex with a 15-year-old boy over a two-month period

Slapped his much smaller wife twice after she slapped him first at a NYE party

Operated 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

Forced Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart to perform oral sex on him in an office at Fox News’ headquarters while also being married

Raped 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

Sexually assaulted a woman and was charged with kidnapping and sexual battery after she reported him to the police

Began 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

Kissed 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

Violently 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

Choked 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

Punched 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

Assaulted 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”

Raped, 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

Shot a 12-year-old girl in the head and then buried her body after kidnapping her from her home

Pulled 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

Drunkenly 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

Pinned a young woman against the wall and rubbed his body against hers as he tried to kiss her and rip her shirt off

Tried to pin down and kiss a woman he invited to his apartment, but she was able to escape before he could harm her further

Grabbed a young woman's hand and forced it on his exposed penis without her consent during a party

Unsuccessfully tried to coax an underage 20-year-old female he provided alcohol to into giving him sexual favors in order to avoid an underage drinking ticket after he got caught with her in a bar and had to safe face because he was a police officer

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

Groped a female subordinate's breasts and crotch and also made inappropriate gestures towards her

Forced a 19-year-old legislative intern to perform oral sex on him, digitally penetrated her without consent and then ejaculated on her stomach

Grabbed 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

Grabbed two women's buttocks without their consent during a meet and greet at a horror film convention

Put 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

Performed 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

Shot 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

Sexually molested a 13-year-old girl he spent years cultivating a relationship with at church and in the community while also being married

Punched 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

Tried 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

Brutally 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

Groped 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

Struck her ex-husband in the face in front of their children after she initiated a verbal argument with him

Murdered his wife by forcefully striking her in the head with a flower pot and then dumped her in a nearby creek

Routinely 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

Allegedly 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

Reached 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

Inappropriately 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

Pushed 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

Punched 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

Slammed 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

Forcibly 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

Sexually molested at least three young children as young as 7 years old on different occasions at his home over a multiyear period

Grabbed 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

Shot 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"

Choked, 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

Pepper-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

Allegedly 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 time

Strangled 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 period

Shot 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 jury

Violently threw numerous household items in his wife's direction while in a drunken rage which his wife told police had become a frequent occurrence and later threatened to assault police if they tested him for COVID-19 without his consent

Grabbed 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 grip

Slapped 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 public

Repeatedly 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 face

Recruited 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 supplied

Punched 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 again

Paid 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" and supplied them with alcohol and literal stacks of cash as an incentive

Sodomized 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 party

Forcefully threw his girlfriend and former Trump White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham against a wall and slapped her on the face in his apartment after she accused him of being unfaithful

Pointed 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 him

Paid an underage girl for sexual encounters seven times and introduced her to other men who also engaged in sexual acts with her

Came mere feet away from intentionally ramming into two demonstrators with his SUV and only avoided hitting them because they were able to jump out of the way moments before being struck

Forcefully pushed and kneed a teenage high school student in the testicles after telling the boy he's about to "get the wrath of God" and then instructed another student to "check his nuts" as he laid on the ground in pain while he was working as a substitute teacher at a local public high school

Forced his physical trainer onto his bed, pushed her face into the mattress and raped her while she screamed and repeatedly shouted for him to stop and then paid her an undisclosed amount of money to secretly settle a lawsuit she filed against him

Drunkenly unhooked a 25-year-old junior lobbyist's bra and massaged her thigh without her consent at a table full of lobbyists at an Irish pub while he was married with two children

Molested a 4-year-old girl and masturbated in front of her while he watched pornographic videos

Drove 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"

Spiked his 17-year-old student's drinks with alcohol without her knowledge while he was out partying with her and other high school students at New Orlean's bars known for loosely enforcing their liquor laws and later had sex with her in his hotel room that night

Scratched her boyfriend's face and chest and vandalized the inside of his home during a drunken argument that happened when she wasn't old enough to legally drink alcohol

Performed sexual acts on a girl younger than 16 years old and tried to get her to do the same to him after providing her alcoholic drinks

Allegedly forcibly pinned down, raped and sodomized a legislative aide in her car as she screamed and attempted to flee while also being married with young children at home

Incessantly subjected a legislative staffer to "extremely offensive and non-consensual physical contact" and peppered her with "repeated and unwanted advances" over a yearslong period while also being married

Tried to manhandle fellow city council member Lisa Bartlett from behind through a side door at a local restaurant presumably in an attempt to be intimate with her while also being married but she was able to get away from his grip before he could go any further

Inappropriately touched and unsuccessfully propositioned three female congressional staff members over a decade-long period while also being married with two children

Coerced 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 married

Punched his wife in the face more than once and then took her cellphone away so she couldn't call for help

Shot an unarmed woman in the stomach after she went to her car and grabbed her gun following a verbal argument that hadn't even turned physical, causing the victim to be airlifted to the hospital for emergency surgery mere weeks after being given a prime time speaking role at the 2020 Republican National Convention

Masturbated in front his massage therapist more than fifty times, asked her to give him explicit photos of her and asked her for sex at least twice over a five-year period while also being married the entire time

Shoved his tongue down aspiring actress Amy Dorris' throat and groped her in a way she felt like an "octopus was hugging" her when she was away from view of her boyfriend in Trump's box at the 1997 US Open Tennis Championships while he was married to Marla Maples

Fatally struck a pedestrian and kept driving while dragging their body along for a period of time which police questioned how he could have missed since his victim's "face was [on his] windshield," their broken glasses somehow got into his car and their flashlight was later found still illuminating and investigators later determined he was browsing his phone likely just beforehand which is probably why he left the scene and called 911 with the excuse that he thought he hit a deer

Invited a female public safety officer up to his hotel room under false pretenses and made it clear to her how attracted he was to her while also being married and when she rose to leave the room he vaguely threatened her by reminding her how much he has helped her professionally throughout her career and then secretly paid her an undisclosed amount of money and forced her to sign a nondisclosure agreement after she filed a complaint against him

Allegedly handcuffed and "violently" raped Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart so roughly that he left her "bruised and battered with bloody wrists" after he lured her to his hotel room ostensibly to discuss her career trajectory at Fox News while also being married

Threw a rock at a delivery driver's vehicle and then instigated a physical altercation with him after refusing to pay the $860 balance he owed

Killed a 19-year-old after he drunkenly barreled through a stop sign and crashed into his victim's car and then admitted to police that he drank 10-12 beers not long before his crash

Drunkenly walked up and grabbed a legislative assistant's buttocks and told her and the group of women she was standing with that they'll "have to show a little skin!" if they wanted free drinks, creepily rubbed another legislative assistant's back for over two minutes and inappropriately touched a state lawmaker and another legislative assistant all at the same party which resulted in the state Supreme Court reprimanding him for committing the "criminal act of battery" and suspending him for 30 days

Coerced a subordinate into having a sexual relationship with him by threatening to manipulate her salary or fire her outright if she didn't agree

Drunkenly choked his ex-wife and then disobeyed repeated commands to surrender peacefully after barricading himself inside a residence resulting in police eventually being forced to shoot his dog after it became aggressive

Repeatedly spied on his estranged wife from the bushes outside her apartment window while pleasuring himself which also violated a restraining order against him that she was granted