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RECENT REPUBLICAN SCANDALS BY DATE: July 24, 2007 - Michael Flory - Former head of the Michigan Young Republicans - sentenced to 5 years in prison for sexually assaulting a 21-year-old woman at a Young Republicans convention. He told a judge in northeast Ohio's Cuyahoga County that his humiliation and self-destruction should be punishment enough for his felony guilty plea.Judge Peter Corrigan disagreed.Corrigan sentenced Flory, the 33-year-old longtime head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans, to five years in prison, the maximum term for the offense."I'm sickened that he is an attorney," Corrigan told the victim and a packed courtroom.Flory might not be a lawyer for long: Michigan suspended his law license upon his July 24 guilty plea. Now he could face disbarment proceedings.Flory's wife, sitting on the defendant's side of the courtroom, rolled her eyes, shook her head and then sobbed as Flory expressed "deep, profound remorse" for what he did and pleaded for probation for the sake of his 4-year-old son."My son needs his father," Flory said.Over and over, Flory referred to himself pitiably. He lamented that his "stupid choices" destroyed him politically, ended his career and sullied his political accomplishments. His status as a registered sex offender would forever bar him from his son's school athletic events, he told Corrigan Aug. 31, 2007- Glenn
Murphy Jr, President-Elect of the National Young Republican Federation
and Chairman of Clark County, Indiana Republican Party- resigned
both positions in the wake of a criminal investigation for
alleged criminal deviate conduct-- potentially a class B
felony-- after speaking with a 22-year-old man who claimed
that on July 31, Murphy performed an unwanted sex act on him while
the man slept. In 1998, a 21-year-old male filed a similar report
with Clarksville police claiming Murphy attempted to perform a
sex act on him while he was sleeping. Charges were never filed
in that case. Murphy was thought to be a rising star in the Indiana
and national Republican Party. Aug. 28, 2007 - Sen. Larry Craig R- Idaho, conservative three-term Senator who voted against gay marriage and opposes special protections for gay and lesbian crime victims, pleaded guilty this summer to misdemeanor charges stemming from complaints of lewd conduct in a Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport men's room after he apparently sought some same-stall action from a plainclothes cop. police report The arrest at a Minnesota airport prompted Craig to plead guilty to disorderly conduct earlier this month. His June 11 encounter with the officer was similar to an incident in a men's room in a Washington, D.C., rail station described by a Washington-area man to the Idaho Statesman, his home state newspaper of record,. In that case, the man said he and Craig had sexual contact. In an interview on May 14, Craig told the Idaho Statesman, he'd never engaged in sex with a man or solicited sex with a man. The Craig interview was the culmination of a Statesman investigation that began after a blogger accused Craig of homosexual sex in October. Over five months, the Statesman examined rumors about Craig dating to his college days and his 1982 pre-emptive denial that he had sex with underage congressional pages. "The most serious finding by the Statesman was the report by a professional man with close ties to Republican officials. The 40-year-old man reported having oral sex with Craig at Washington's Union Station, probably in 2004. The Statesman also spoke with a man who said Craig made a sexual advance toward him at the University of Idaho in 1967 and a man who said Craig 'cruised' him for sex in 1994 at the REI store in Boise. The Statesman also explored dozens of allegations that proved untrue, unclear or unverifiable. "Craig, 62, was elected to Congress in 1980. Should he win re-election in 2008 and complete his term, he would be the longest-serving Idahoan ever in Congress. His record includes a series of votes against gay rights and his support of a 2006 amendment to the Idaho Constitution that bars gay marriage and civil unions." August 22, 2007: Republican political consultant Roger Stone resigns his role with the New York state Senate Republicans after reports surfaced that he made a "threatening, obscenity-laced" phone call to the 83-year-old father of Governor Eliot Spitzer August 15, 2007: Angelo Cappelli , Republican state House candidate is arrested for perjury and grand theft August 9, 2007: Major Republican donor Alan Fabian is charged with 23 counts of bankruptcy fraud, mail fraud, money laundering, obstruction of justice, and perjury Aug. 8, 2007 - Guiliani: Rudy’s
Titanic is sinking fast with his wife and their (lack of) moral
values) steering it into the depths of anonymity. His new
wife, Judith participated in dog killing for profit and between
them, they've racked up 5 marriages (3 each). Can you say "Family
Values?". Her step-children hate her and she carries
a list in her bag of people she wants fired from the campaign.
She needs a separate airplane seat for her Louis Vitton handbag. 4
bodyguards before she even married him. His eye wandering
again as she’s told not to accompany him on the campaign
trail. Wonder if a Private Detective will shoot photos of Rudy
in the sack with a Guiliani campaign intern who’s about
his daughter’s age... And sells the photos to the tabloids? August 6, 2007: House Republican Leader John Boehner - Investigation called for after leaked classified information regarding a secret court ruling over warrantless wiretapping. Last week, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) appeared on Fox News and disclosed a secret court ruling about the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping program. Today, “Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) filed a complaint with the Department of Justice asking that the Counterespionage Section of the National Security Division initiate an investigation” into whether Boehner “violated the law by leaking classified information.” August 2, 2007: Bush administration senior adviser Karl Rove disregards a Congressional subpoena and refuses to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee Aug.
2, 2007 - CHENEY:
Feds
were unaware of Cheney role in the Klamath River Scandal Aug.
1 2007 -
LISA MURKOWSKI - Alaska's Entire Republican Congressional Delegation
May Go to Jail July 30, 2007:
Republican Senator Ted
Stevens - The
FBI and IRS raid his home following investigations
into Stevens' dealings with the corrupt VECO Corporation July 22, 2007- Sen. David Vitter R-LA- "Family Values Conservative Senator" allegedly a client of a New Orleans Canal Street hooker service and has a diaper dress-up fetish. Vitters admitted, after he was exposed, that he had frequented the “Pamela Martin Escort Service,” the infamous “Washington DC Beltway Madam.” Days later, according to the Madam at the equally infamous New Orleans “Canal Street Brothel,” Vitter was identified as a steady customer. July 10, 2007- Former Republican Alaska lawmaker Tom Anderson convicted Monday of taking thousands of dollars from a corrections company consultant in exchange for his help in the Legislature. July 13, 2007 - Florida's State Republican Representative Bob Allen, "Family Values Republcan" and author of numerous bills relating to sexual misconduct -BUSTED for soliciting oral sex from an undercover cop in a rest room in Veterans Memorial Park in Titusville, FL. Allen, married and father to a young daughter has authored numerous bills relating to sexual crimes and misconduct. July 19, 2007- Coy Privette- Republican former state legislator is charged with six counts of aiding and abetting prostitution June 19, 2007: Thomas Ravenel, South Carolina Republican state Treasurer and South Carolina Chairman of Giuliani for President is indicted by a grand jury on cocaine distribution charges July 3, 2007: Republican Congressman Ken Calvert - A grand jury report declares that the sale of public land to him and his business partners violated the law July 2, 2007: President George W. Bush commutes the sentence of former Cheney Chief of Staff I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby following Libby's conviction on obstruction of justice and perjury May 21, 2007: Mark Tate, Republican state Senate candidate is indicted on nine counts of perjury and two counts of election fraud by a grand jury May 18, 2007: Ted Klaudt, Republican former South Dakota State Representative - is charged with eight counts of second-degree rape, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, one count of sexual contact with a child younger than 16, two counts of witness tampering and one count of stalking against two foster children in his care May 15, 2007: Chris Healy, Connecticut Republican Party Chairman, is arrested for drunk driving (he pled no contest on June 1, but didn't publicly disclose the event until June 11) May 12, 2007- Jim Gibbons, Republican Nevada Governor and former Congressman - NBC News breaks the story that the FBI is investigating for suspicion of accepting bribes in exchange for securing government contracts May 11, 2007: Patrick McHenry - field coordinator for Republican Congressman is indicted for voter fraud in North Carolina May 4, 2007: Bruce Weyhrauch and Pete Kott, former Alaska state Republican legislators, were arrested and accused of soliciting and accepting bribes from the corrupt VECO Corporation May 4, 2007: Republican state Assemblyman Michael Cole is censured and stripped of his leadership position after the married father of two spent the night at a 21-year-old intern's apartment April 26, 2007: David Huckabee, son of Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, is arrested at an Arkansas airport after a federal X-ray technician detected a loaded gun in his carry-on luggage April 23, 2007: Republican Senator Mel Martinez - Federal auditors find repeat violations of federal election law from the 2004 Senate campaign Apr. 26, 2007 - Randall Tobias - State Department Bush appointee to Foreign Aid Programs: Director of US Foreign Assistance and US Agency for International Development Administrator (US AID) was en-charged with anti-prostitution efforts, He abruptly resigned after his name surfaced in an investigation into the “Washington DC Beltway Madam Scandal.” Tobias stated he had called the Pamela Martin and Associates escort service several times to "have gals come over to the condo to give me a massage." Tobias, 69, who is married and a grandfather, said there had been "no sex," and that recently he had been using another service "with Central Americans" to provide his "massages." The next day, April 27, 2007, Tobias resigned from his U. S. State Department positions as Director of US Foreign Assistance and United States Agency for International Development Administrator (USAID).A State Department press release said only he was leaving for "personal reasons." April 19, 2007: Republican Congressman Rick Renzi - The FBI raids a business tied to his family as part of an investigation into his business dealings April 18, 2007- Republican Congressman John Doolittle: The FBI raids the home of, investigating his ties to Jack Abramoff March 2007 - Alberto Gonzales - accused of failing to prosecute officers of the Texas Youth Commission after a Texas Ranger investigation documented that guards and administrators were sexually abusing the institution's teenage boy inmates. March 28, 2007: Robert Vellanoweth, a Republican activist and appointee of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, is arrested on suspicion of gross vehicular manslaughter and felony driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol, after a crash that killed three adults and one child March 27, 2007 - Republican Pennsylvania State Senator Robert Regola - Criminal charges filed against in connection with the death of a teenage neighbor who was shot with the senator's gun; he is accused of three counts of perjury, allowing possession of a firearm by a minor, recklessly endangering another person and false swearing March 27, 2007- David Stockman, budget director under Reagan:, "indicted on charges of defrauding investors and banks of $1.6 billion while chairman of Collins & Aikman Corp., an auto parts maker that collapsed days after he quit" March 25, 2007 - Newt Gingerich - Former House Speaker and considered a mastermind of the Republican revolution that swept Congress in the 1994 elections. Gingerich admitted publically to having an extramarital affair even as he led the charge against President Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky affair. Gingrich, who frequently campaigned on family values issues, divorced his second wife, Marianne, in 2000 after his attorneys acknowledged Gingrich's relationship with his current wife, Callista Bisek, a former congressional aide more than 20 years younger than he is. His first marriage, to his former high school geometry teacher, Jackie Battley, ended in divorce in 1981. Although Gingrich has said he doesn't remember it, Battley has said Gingrich discussed divorce terms with her while she was recuperating in the hospital from cancer surgery. read more March 23, 2007: Former Deputy Interior Secretary J. Steven Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of George W. Bush's energy policies, pleads guilty to obstructing justice by lying to a Senate committee March 6, 2007: I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney found guilty of obstruction of justice and perjury March 5, 2007: Republican Senator Pete Domenici - Ethics complaint filed against him for his role in the Attorney Purge scandal February 16, 2007: Major Republican donor Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, aka Michael Mixon, is indicted in federal court on charges of providing material support to terrorists February 14, 2007: Major Republican fundraiser Brent Wilkes and former CIA executive director Kyle "Dusty" Foggo are indicted by a grandy jury for corrupting CIA contracts January 31, 2007: Republican Congressman Gary Miller is named by Republicans as ranking member of oversight subcommittee of House Financial Services Committee despite the FBI's investigation into his land deals January 29, 2007: Republican former Jefferson County, Colorado, Treasurer Mark Paschall indicted on two felony charges "in connection with an allegation that Paschall solicited a kickback from a bonus he awarded one of his employees" January 23, 2007: Republican radio personality Scott Eller Cortelyou of Denver arrested on suspicion of using the Internet to lure a child into a sexual relationship. | |||
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Sex Scandals by State Alabama Arkansas Georgia Hawaii Henry Hyde: Illinois Rep. who headed the House Judiciary Committee
decided "whether the adulterous affair President Clinton carried
on with a White House intern, and his efforts to keep it hidden,
should be referred to the House of Representatives for impeachment
proceedings." But apparently Henry had conducted a little
business of his own. Fred Snodgrass "says Hyde carried on
a five-year sexual relationship with his then-wife, Cherie, that
shattered his family. Hyde admitted to Salon Wednesday that he
had been involved with Cherie Snodgrass, and that the relationship
ended after Hyde's wife found out about it." Indiana to be continued. toprep |
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