I dont care how long you go back.Just make sure you include things like Maxine Waters and her husband and dont let it come off some liberal blog either.Also,make sure state and local politics is included.
Ok, for the years post 2000. Politicians national, state, local and political whores as well from the GOP side.
2001–2008
[edit] Executive Branch scandals
* Alphonso Jackson
(R) Secretary of HUD resigned while under investigation by the FBI for revoking the contract of a vendor who told Jackson he did not like former President George W. Bush (2008)
* Karl Rove
(R) Special Advisor to the president was investigated in 2007 by the Office of Special Counsel for "improper political influence over government decision-making," as well as for his involvement in other scandals listed here.[2]
* "Lawyergate"[3] - the Bush administration firing without explanation of a number of Republican federal prosecutors whom he himself had appointed. It is alleged they were fired for prosecuting Republicans and not prosecuting Democrats. As congressional hearings were called, a number of senior officials cited executive privilege and resigned rather than testify under oath, including:
1. Monica Goodling (R) White House Liaison to the Justice Department
2. Michael A. Battle (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys in the Justice Deparment
3. Bradley Schlozman (R) Director of Executive Office of US Attorneys who replaced Battle
4. Michael Elston (R) Chief of Staff to Paul McNulty
5. Paul McNulty (R) Deputy Attorney General
6. William W. Mercer Associate Attorney General
7. Kyle Sampson (R) Chief of Staff to Alberto Gonzales
8. Alberto Gonzales (R) Attorney General
9. Joshua Bolten Deputy Chief of Staff to the President, found in Contempt of Congress
10. Sarah Taylor (R) Assistant to Karl Rove
11. Karl Rove (R) Assistant to the President
12. Harriet Miers (R) Legal Counsel to the President, found in Contempt of Congress
* Lurita Alexis Doan
(R) resigned as head of the General Services Administration. She was under scrutiny for conflict of interest and violations of the Hatch Act (2008)
* Bush White House e-mail controversy - various high-level Bush administration officials used servers hosted by the Republican National Committee (RNC) for email, in possible violation of the Presidential Records Act and Hatch Act. Many records requested by Congressional investigators of other Bush administration scandals were therefore unavailable, lost, or deleted.
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Jack Abramoff scandal in which Abramoff bribed administration officials and legislators as part of his lobbying efforts. See Legislative scandals.
1. David Safavian
(R) Administrator of Procurement Policy for the OMB, found guilty of four counts of lying and sentenced to 18 months
2. Roger Stillwell
(R) Staff in the Department of the Interior under George W. Bush. Pleaded guilty and received two years suspended sentence
3. Susan Ralston
(R) Special Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor to Carl Rove, resigned October 6, 2006 after it became known that she accepted gifts and passed information to her former boss Jack Abramoff
4. Steven Griles
(R) (former Deputy Secretary of the Interior) pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 10 months
5. Italia Federici
(R) staff to Secretary of Interior, obstruction of justice, four years probation
6. Mark Zachares
(R) staff in Labor Depart, bribed by Abramoff, guilty of conspiracy to defraud
* Robert E. Coughlin
(R) Justice Department official pleaded guilty to conflict of interest
* Julie MacDonald
(R) Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Department of the Interior, resigned May 1, 2007 after giving government documents to developers (2007)
* Lester Crawford
(R) Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, resigned after 2 months. Pled guilty to conflict of interest (2006)
* Brian J. Doyle
(R) Deputy Press Secretary in the Department of Homeland Security. Charged with 7 counts of using a computer to seduce a child and 16 counts of transmitting harmful materials to a minor (2006)
* Bush administration payment of columnists to say nice things about administration policies. Illegal payments were made to Armstrong Williams
(R), Maggie Gallagher
(R) and Michael McManus
(R) (2004–2005)
* Bernard Kerik
(R) nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security derailed by past employment of illegal alien as nanny, and amid allegations of various other ethical improprieties (2004)
* Plame affair (2004), in which CIA agent Valerie Plame's name was leaked to the press in retaliation for her husband's criticism of the Bush administration.
Libby 1. Kyle Foggo
(R) (Dusty) Executive Director of CIA, guilty of bribery February 17, 2007
2. Lewis Libby
(R) (Scooter) Chief of Staff to Dick Cheney, convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice March 6, 2007. Sentenced to 30 months and fined $250,000. Commuted by Bush July 1, 2007 CIA leak scandal (2003) and Plamegate.)
* Yellowcake forgery: Just prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration presented evidence to the UN that Iraq was seeking material for making nuclear weapons from Africa. Though presented as true, it was later found to be not only dubious but outright false.
* Karl Rove
(R) was accused of conflicts of interest in making political decisions affecting companies whose stock he owned.
* NSA warrantless surveillance Shortly after 9/11 President George W. Bush (R) implemented a secret program by the NSA to easedrop on American domestic telephone calls, but bypassing the FISA court which must approve all such actions. (2002)
* Enron collapse (2002) leading to investigation of Kenneth Lay
(R)[edit] Legislative Branch scandals
* Dennis Hastert (R) trying to cover up warnings about inappropriate conduct by Mark Foley, and from taking contributions from Jack Abramoff to the tune of over $100,000. [3]
* Ted Stevens Senator
(R-AK) convicted on 7 counts of bribery and tax evasion October 27, 2008. He continued his run for re-election, but lost. Upon review, new Attorney General Eric Holder (D) dismissed the charges "in the interest of justice" stating that the previous (Bush) Justice Department had illegally withheld evidence. Chicago Tribune, Section 1, pg 14, 'US to shelve Holder case' by Josh Meyer, April 2, 2009
* Christopher Ward
(R) treasurer for the National Republican Congressional Committee was accused of embezzling $800,000 during the last six years.[4]
* Rick Renzi
(R-AZ) Announced he would not seek another term. Seven months later, on February 22, 2008 he pleaded not guilty to 35 charges of fraud, conspiracy and money laundering
* Jack Abramoff Scandal,
(R) lobbyist found guilty of conspiracy, tax evasion and corruption of public officials in three different courts in a wide ranging investigation. Currently serving 70 months and fined $24.7 million. See Scandals, Executive Branch. The following were also implicated:
1. Tom DeLay
(R-TX) House Majority Leader, reprimanded twice by House Ethics Committee and aides indicted (2004-2005); eventually DeLay himself was indicted (October 2005); DeLay resigned from the House 9 June, 2006.
2. James W. Ellis
(R) runs DeLay’s PAC, indicted
3. John D. Calyandro
(R) runs Texans for a Republican Majority, indicted
4. Adam Kidon
(R) business partner of Abramoff, pleaded guilty to fraud, sentenced to 70 months
5. Michael Scanlon
(R) former staff to Tom DeLay: working for Abramoff, pleaded guilty to bribery
6. Tony Rudy
(R) former staff to Tom DeLay, pleaded guilty to conspiracy
7. Robert Ney
(R-OH) bribed by Abramoff, pleaded guilty to conspiracy, sentenced to 30 months
8. Neil Volz
(R) former staff to Robert Ney, pleaded guilty to conspiracy
9. William Heaton
(R) former staff to Robert Ney, pleaded guilty to fraud, 24 months probation
10. John Albaugh
(R) former COS to Ernest Istook (R-OK) pled guilty
11. Jared Carpenter
(R) Counsel of Republicans for Environmental Advocacy, pled guilty to income tax evasion, got 45 days, plus 4 years probation
12. Robert Coughlin
(R-PA) pled guilty
13. Adam Kidan private citizen, pled guilty and received 70 months
14. Trevor Blackann private citizen, pled guilty
15. James Hirni,
(R) former staff to Tim Hutchinson (R-AK) indicted for wire fraud
16. Kevin A. Ring,
(R) former staff to John Doolittle (R-CA) indicted for 10 counts of corruption
* John Doolittle
(R-CA) both he and his wife are under investigation (January 2008). Under this cloud, Doolittle decided not to run for re-election in November 2008.
* Duke Cunningham
(R-CA) pleaded guilty on November 28, 2005 to charges of conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud and tax evasion. Sentenced to over eight years.
* Bill Janklow
(R-SD) convicted of second-degree manslaughter for running a stop sign and killing a motorcyclist. Resigned from the House and given 100 days in the county jail and three years probation
State and local scandals
Listed in alphabetic order by state within each time period.
[edit] 2000–2009
1. Thomas Anderson
(R) State Representative for District 19. Found guilty of seven felony counts of extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and money laundering. Sentenced on October 15, 2007 to a term of 60 months in prison.
2. Pete Kott
(R) State Representative for District 17. On September 25, 2007, he was found guilty on three charges of bribery and sentenced to six years in prison and fined $10,000.
3. Vic Kohring
(R) State Representative convicted on November 1, 2007, of 3 counts of bribery by the Veco Corporation. In May 2008 he was sentenced to three and a half years in prison.
4. Jim Clark
(R) Chief of Staff to Governor Frank Murkowski. On March 4, 2008, Clark pleaded guilty to one felony conspiracy charge involving the Alaska political corruption probe.
5. Bruce Weyhrauch
(R) State Representative of Juneau, has been indicted.
6. John Cowdery
(R) State Senator of O district. Convicted 3/10/09 10. Sentenced to six months house arrest and a $25,000 fine.
7. Ted Stevens Senator
(R-AK) Veco Corporation was also responsible for "extensive" remodeling at Stevens' home which doubled in size. Stevens was convicted on all seven charges on October 27, 2008. The charges were later dismissed by Attorney General Eric Holder (D) on April 1, 2009 citing problems with the federal prosecutors case. See Federal Scandals.
* California Insurance Commissioner Chuck Quackenbush
(R-CA) resigned on June 28, 2000, rather than face impeachment for campaign-finance violations arising out of insurance-industry settlements after the 1994 Northridge earthquake. However, prosecutors later found no wrongdoings and dismissed all charges. (2000)
* Connecticut - In 2004 Governor John G. Rowland
(R-CT) Rowland resigned from office during a corruption investigation, and later pleaded guilty in federal court to a one-count with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and tax fraud.[9] He served ten months in a federal prison followed by four months house arrest, ending in June, 2006.
* Illinois Governor George H. Ryan
(R-IL) illegal sale of government licenses and contracts as Secretary of IL State. Convicted (2006)
* Illinois The former Mayor of Cicero, Betty Loren-Maltese
(R) was convicted of racketeering, wire fraud and mail fraud for her role in stealing about 12 million dollars. In addition to her 8 year prison term, she was fined $100,000 and ordered to pay more than $8 million restitution. (2003)
* Nebraska State Treasurer Lorelee Byrd
(R-NE) accused of massive improper check-writing; guilty plea to one misdemeanor charge of official misconduct and resigned in 2006
* Nebraska Former Douglas County Election Commissioner Pat McPherson
(R-NE) accused of groping a 17-year-old girl wearing Red Robin mascot. City Councilman Chuck Sigerson was accused of disturbing her piece by touching the tail of the costume. Event supposedly happened at 8 P.M. on a Friday night and at the table were two company executives, a Sunday school teacher, Sigerson's wife, and the wives of the executives. McPherson was acquitted and the jury voted to acquit Sigerson 4-2, so the prosecutor dismissed the charges. McPherson resigned from his position at the Governor's request, before the trial and acquittal; Councilman Sigerson was re-elected in 2005.
* Ohio Governor Bob Taft
(R-OH) pleads no contest and is convicted on four first-degree misdemeanor ethics violations (2005)
* Pennsylvania State Representative Thomas W. Druce
(R) was convicted in 2000 of a 1999 hit and run that killed a man. He served two years in prison before his release in 2006. [12][13]
* Pennsylvania Senate State Senator Bill Slocum
(R-PA) pled guilty to six criminal misdemeanor charges for filing false reports to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and discharging 3.5 million gallons of raw sewage into Brokenstraw Creek while he was a sewage plant manager in Youngsville, Pennsylvania.[14](2000)
Chris Newton State Representative
(R) Sentenced to one year for bribery.
* Washington Spokane Mayor James West
(R-WA) an opponent of gay rights, denied accusations of having molested two boys while he was a sheriff’s deputy and Boy Scout leader in the late 1970s and early 1980s, but came under investigation (2005) for offering municipal jobs to men he met in gay online chat rooms. West was ousted in a recall vote December 2005. In 2006, West was cleared of criminal charges by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Sex scandals
[edit] 2009-
* California Assemblyman Mike Duvall
(R) resigned September 9th after the married champion of family values was videotaped bragging about affairs with two different female lobbyists saying of one of them, "I'm getting into spanking her." (2009)
* Nevada Senator John Ensign
(R-NV) resigned his position as Chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee on June 16, 2009 after admitting he had an affair with Cynthia Hampton the wife of a close friend, both of whom were working on his campaign. In 1998 Senator Ensign had called for President Clinton (D) to resign after admitting to sexual acts with Monica Lewinsky. (2009) NPR.org
* Mark Sanford Governor
(R-SC) who had voted for the Bill Clinton impeachement, admitted during a press conference on June 24, 2009, that he had traveled to Argentina to have an extra-marital affair with an Argentinian woman. His staff had claimed he was "walking the Appalachian Trail." He then resigned as head of the Southern Governors Association.(2009)
* Samuel B. Kent Appointed Federal District Judge of Galveston, TX by George H. W. Bush
(R) in 1990. He was sentenced to 33 months in prison for lying about sexually harassing two female employees.(2009)
[edit] 2000-2008
* Vito Fossella
(R-NY) - US Congressman arrested for drunk driving, Fossella admitted to having an affair with Laura Fay, with whom he has a three-year-old daughter. He is currently married to Mary Patricia née Rowan with whom he has three children (2008)
* David Vitter
(R-LA) - US Senator whose name was discovered in the numbers book of DC Madam Deborah Jeane Palfrey admitted his adultery and resigned from his race for Louisiana Governor. (2007)
* Randall L. Tobias
(R) Deputy Secretary of State, the 'AIDS Czar' who stated that condoms were not effective, resigned April 27, 2007 after confirming he had been a customer of the DC Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
* Glenn Murphy Jr.
(R) - 33 year-old president of the Young Republican National Federation, under investigation for sexual assault of a sleeping 22 year-old man (2007)
* Larry Craig
(R-ID) - US Senator who pled guilty to disorderly conduct in a Minneapolis airport men's room in June, after having been arrested on a charge of homosexual lewd conduct. Governor Craig had previously stated that "people already know that Bill Clinton is a bad boy - a naughty boy." (2007)
* Mark Foley
(R-FL) - US Congressman accused of sending sexually explicit instant messages to an underage male congressional pages. Dual investigations by the FBI and the House Ethics Comm. are still underway and criminal charges may still be filed. (2006)
* Jeff Gannon
(R) A.K.A. James Dale Guckert A.K.A. "Bulldog," was admitted to White House press conferences as a journalist without proper vetting and allowed to ask such sympathetic questions that The Daily Show referred to him as "Chip Rightwingenstein of the Bush Agenda." Records show he was admitted to the White House hundreds of times even when there were no press conferences. He later admitted to being a $200/day prostitute. (2005)
* Jack Ryan
(R-IL) U.S. Senate candidate - Sex scandal became public during divorce proceedings with Jeri Ryan. Ms. Ryan is better known as 7 of 9 on Star Trek: Voyager (2004)
* Ed Schrock (
R-VA) - US Congressman alleged to have run a personal column for men wanting to meet other men (2004)
* Jessica Cutler staffer for US Senator Michael DeWine (R), published a short-lived blog called Washingtonienne describing her life in D.C. with graphic details (and prices) of her sex life, which supposedly included some highly placed Bush officials. (2004)
* Don Sherwood
(R-PA) - US Congressman extramarital affair with accusations of abuse (2004)
* Steven C. LaTourette
(R-OH) US Congressman accused of an affair with staffer Jennifer Laptook, whom he subsequently married.(2003)
* Bob Allen
(R-FL) - State Congressman busted for solicitation of a police officer in public men's room, claimed he did it out of a racist panic (2007)
* Richard Curtis
(R-WA) - State Congressman was blackmailed and outed by a male prostitute after he didn't reveal his gay lifestyle (2007
* Jim West
(R) Mayor of Spokane, WA - faced charges of child molestation and misuse of his office for sexual favors with young men (2005)
* Arnold Schwarzenegger
(R) Governor of California, Admitted to inappropriate conduct with women when he was an actor and professional bodybuilder "on rowdy movie sets" (2004)
That is a quick list that has 95 on the list with 56 of names actually having legal standings (guilty pleas, sentences, court verdicts, etc..) against them.
Although listed above, I did not include in this quick count anything for Ted Stevens (charges dropped), Arnold (not worth noting), Palin (cleared of charges), Gonzales and "Lawyergate", or the typical Bush administration scandals, (Iraq, easedropping, email scandal, etc..)
Your turn.
