What was the last conservative led scandal that manifested in a prosecution??

Just out of curiosity, what was the last conservative led scandal that was proven in court??


What was the last scandal such as Acorn, fast and furious, Hillary email scandal, Biden ukrain, Hillary Russian collusion,irs scandal and such that has gone farther than accusations??

You can accuse people of anything for free basically, but indictments and prosecutions take evidence..

So what was the last conservative conspiracy that actually manifested in the real world, not just right wing world???


Have any conservative led scandals manifested at all in the last 20 years?!?!

Larry Craig pulled his pecker out at an airport. Got arrested and plead guilty.

And no...he was from Idaho...not Florida.


Dang...this just popped up as well....


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a reply to: StevenCrowley06

Obama's administration was the most corrupt and scandal ridden in history - but his self procalimed wingman Eric Holder would never bring any charges or even investigate, much like Lorretta Lynch. Since then, the weasly Dems have resorted to smearing and throwing accusations about in order to stop any investigation into Obama's corruption - including using impeachment proceedings to try and derail a DoJ investigation into their corruption in Ukraine.

IMHO:

Most if not all the liberal issues lead directly or indirectly to Obama. To keep Obama's name clean, things just don't get started.

E.G.

Do you agree that Hillary had a private email that she used for state department business? If you answered "yes" to that, then the follow up question is: Which option do you choose?

A )The whole time Hillary was Secretary of State, Hillary and President Obama had ZERO communications.
B) Obama and his staff allowed and utilized Hillary's personal email. Which would make them all guilty of mishandling classified info

I will agree with you on one item of a conservative led scandal that didn't manifest into anything. That Jeffery Epstein was part of a powerful pedophile sex ring. We all know that's NOT TRUE and he KILLED HIMSELF in jail...

This is a great way to point out, that both sides can be corrupt. But somehow the Dems get away with all this.

Question: how do they get away with it? More corruption?

Personally, I think the answer is: Yes

a reply to: StevenCrowley06

Probably Scooter Libby and the Valerie Plame incident.

Remains to be proven as just yet, but one could say that there is a certain proceeding that is on going being done under the color of law involving a Republican winning a campaign over a presumptive winner...you might have heard about it sometime over the past six or seven weeks.

What was the last conservative led scandal that manifested in a prosecution??

Liberals are just extremely careless and Unsophisticated,and no 'reasonable' person would dare try to prosecute them.



So freggin sad.

Liberals are from the paryt of never do anything wrong, and when they get caught doing a lot of snip wrong.

They blame Russia.

They blame bots.

They create freggin inquiries because they have no real candidates to run in 2020.



Social justice is anything but, which is why conversatives have a hard time laying some law and order down on Liberals.

Boy, this is going to take a while. There is such a large number of Republican scandals I’m going to break this up into separate posts. First, we’ll go with the sex scandals, because Republican politicians are notorious perverts:

Donald "Buz" Lukens Representative (R-OH) Convicted of Contributing to the Delinquency of a Minor for having sex with a 16 yr old girl. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail and fined $500.

Robert Bauman, Representative (R-MD), was charged with attempting to solicit sex from a 16-year-old male prostitute. Upon completing an alcoholism rehabilitation program, the charges were dropped. Bauman apologized to voters for his indiscretions but was defeated for re-election.

Jon Hinson, Representative (R-MS), resigned after being charged with attempted sodomy for performing oral sex on a male employee of the Library of Congress.

Thomas Evans, Representative (R-DE), went golfing in Florida with nude model and lobbyist Paula Parkinson, who later suggested her lobbying techniques had been "unusually tactile". [61] Though Evans apologized for any appearance of impropriety, he was voted out of office in 1982. Future Vice-President Dan Quayle and Congressman Tom Railsback went on the golf trip too but were not implicated in the sex. Marilyn Quayle said it was common knowledge that her husband would "rather play golf than have sex any day."

John Schmitz, Representative (R-CA), leader of the ultra-conservative John Birch Society, [64] admitted to having a second family, but refused to accept or support the two children he produced who became wards of the state.

Dan Crane, Representative, (R-IL), was censured July 20, 1983, in the Congressional Page sex scandal for having sex with a 17-year-old congressional page.

Robert Packwood, Senator (R-OR), resigned his office after 29 women came forward with claims of sexual harassment, abuse, and assaults. His denials of any wrongdoing were eventually contradicted by his own diaries boasting of his sexual conquests.

Ken Calvert, Representative (R-CA), was involved with a prostitute, but claimed that no money was involved, and he was not arrested. Calvert apologized: "My conduct that evening was inappropriate.... it violated the values of the person I strive to be.

Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Representative (R-ID), called for the resignation of Bill Clinton, and then admitted in 1998 to having had a six-year affair with a married rancher before she entered government. Chenoweth said: "Fourteen years ago, when I was a private citizen and a single woman, I was involved in a relationship that I came to regret, that I'm not proud of....I only wish I could have learned the lessons sooner.

Bob Barr, Representative (R-GA), had an affair while married to his second wife. Barr was the first lawmaker in either chamber to call for Clinton's resignation due to the Lewinsky scandal. Barr lost a primary challenge less than three years after the impeachment proceedings.

Dan Burton, Representative (R-IN): In 1995 speaking of the then-recent affairs of Republican Robert Packwood and the unfolding affair of Democrat Bill Clinton Burton stated "No one, regardless of what party they serve, no one, regardless of what branch of government they serve, should be allowed to get away with these alleged sexual improprieties...." In 1998 Vanity Fair printed an article detailing an affair which Burton himself had in 1983 which produced a child. Before publication Burton admitted to fathering a son with a former state employee.

Robert Livingston, Representative (R-LA), called for the resignation of Bill Clinton and when his own extramarital affairs were leaked, his wife urged him to resign and urge Clinton to do likewise.

Newt Gingrich, Representative (R-GA) and leader of the Republican Revolution of 1994, resigned from the House after admitting in 1998 to having had an affair with a staffer while he was married to his second wife, and at the same time he was leading the impeachment of Bill Clinton for perjury regarding an affair with his intern Monica Lewinsky.

Henry Hyde, Representative (R-IL): in 1998, Salon.com stated that from 1965 to 1969 (before Hyde won federal office), he conducted an extramarital sexual affair with a married woman who had three children from her marriage. Hyde, who was 41 years old and married when the affair occurred, admitted to the affair in 1998, describing the relationship as a "youthful indiscretion".The revelation of this affair took place as Hyde was spearheading the impeachment hearings of President Bill Clinton over the Monica Lewinsky scandal.

Pete Domenici Senator (R-NM) voted for the impeachment of President Bill Clinton in 1998 after his affair with Monica Lewinsky. In 2013 he confessed that in 1978 he fathered a son, Adam Laxalt, outside of his marriage; Adam Laxalt's mother is Michelle Laxalt, the daughter of Senator Paul Laxalt and a prominent Republican lobbyist.[94][95]

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We really don’t have the space to list out all the sexual scandals involving Republicans, so this small sample will have to do. There are tons more at the link. While not all of these led to a court decision against the accused, they were admitted and were no doubt scandals at the time they happened.

In the next post, we’re going to list the political scandals..

a reply to: underwerks

To keep from coming off like a leftist hack, why dont you list the Democrats?

I can think of probably 10 or 12 just off the top of my head.

We’ll start off with the ones in the Trump administration. This is going to take a while as well..

Scott Pruitt (R) Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, resigned citing increasing numbers of investigations into his administration. The EPA's own Chief Ethics Official had been pushing for independent studies into Pruitt's actions and 13 other separate investigations were under way, including alleged corruption for personal gain, salary increases without White House approval, use of government staff on personal projects and unnecessary spending on offices and security. He resigned July 5, 2018[4][5][6]

Albert Kelly (R) EPA Superfund Task Force Director and top aide to EPA Chief Scott Pruitt (R) resigned amid scrutiny of his previous actions as leader of a bank in Oklahoma which led to $125,000 fine and lifetime ban from banking. (2018)[7][8][9]

Pasquale "Nino" Perrotta EPA Security Administrator resigned after allegations of lavish spending and improper contracts (2018)[10] Samantha Dravis (R) EPA Associate Administrator and Senior Counsel in the Office of Policy resigned abruptly after allegations of being a no show employee. (2018)[11][12][13]

George Papadopoulos (R) Foreign policy advisor pleaded guilty to making false statements to FBI agents relating to contacts he had with agents of the Russian government while working for the Trump campaign. He was sentenced to 14 days in prison, 12 months probation, and 200 hours community service.(2017)[14][15][16][17][18]

Michael Flynn National Security Advisor, was forced to resign on February 13, 2017, over conversations he had with Russian envoys about sanctions during the transition. On December 1, 2017, Flynn pleaded guilty to charges of lying to the FBI as a plea bargain. (2017)[19][20]

Tom Price (R) Health and Human Services Secretary, was forced to resign on September 29, 2017, after it was discovered that he spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on private flights.[22]

Brenda Fitzgerald (R) Director of the Centers for Disease Control was forced to resign on January 31, 2018, after it was discovered that she bought stock in tobacco, the leading cause of preventable death in the US, creating a conflict of interest.[23]

Taylor Weyeneth (R) Deputy CoS at the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy resigned when it was revealed the 24 year old had no qualifications for the position and no related work history other than working on President Trump's campaign (2018).[24][25]

David Sorensen (R) White House speechwriter, resigned after his ex-wife Jessica Corbett came forward with abuse allegations. (2018)[26][27]

Vivieca Wright Simpson, Chief of Staff to Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I) resigned after an inspector general report charged that she altered an email to make it appear Shulkin was getting an award during a trip to Europe in order to gain approval to use taxpayer dollars to pay for Shulkin's wife to accompany him.[28] Six weeks later, Trump fired Shulkin via Twitter.[29]

Rob Porter (R) White House Staff Secretary (R) resigned from the position on February 7, 2018, following public allegations of spousal abuse from his two ex-wives, Colbie Holderness and Jennifer Willoughby.[30][31] The allegations were supported by photographs of a black eye and a restraining order.[32][33]

Tony Tooke Chief of the US Forest Service, resigned after a series of sexual harassment and retaliation accusations. (2018)[34]

Rick Gates (R) 2016 Deputy Campaign Chairman to President Donald Trump (R) pleaded guilty to conspiracy and lying to investigators concerning his work lobbying with Ukraine as well as tax and bank fraud (2018)[35][36]

Michael Cohen (lawyer) (R) Personal Attorney to President Donald Trump (R) and vice – president to the Trump organization, pleaded guilty to tax evasion, bank fraud and illegal campaign contributions. He also helped arrange non-disclosure agreements to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal who allegedly had affairs with Trump. Cohen pleaded guilty to eight counts of tax evasion and making false statement.(2018)[37][38][39][40][41][42]

Paul Manafort (R) Campaign Manager for President Donald Trump (R), was charged with 18 counts of tax and bank fraud which involved keeping $65 million in foreign bank accounts and spending $15 million on himself. He was found guilty on 8 counts.,[43][44][45] March 18, 2019: Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in prison.,[46] March 13, 2019: Manafort was sentenced to another 43 months, for charges of federal conspiracy and obstruction.[47]

Ryan Zinke (R) Secretary of the Interior, after the Interior Department inspector general referred one of several investigations about Zinke to the Justice Department. He was being investigated for his conduct in office and questionable real estate dealings in Montana when he resigned in December 2018.[48]

Roger Stone (R) Trump Campaign Adviser, was indicted in January 2019, on "one count of obstruction of an official proceeding, five counts of false statements, and one count of witness tampering" during the Special Counsel's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 Trump election campaign.[49]

Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta resigned on July 12, 2019, "after defending himself in a contentious news conference over his role as a U.S. attorney,"[50] in 2008, in dismissing federal charges against Jeffrey Epstein, "that allowed the financier to plead guilty to lesser offenses in a sex-crimes case involving underage girls."[50][51] Epstein "committed suicide" on August 10, 2019, in the Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City.[52] After Price, Pruitt, Shulkin and Zinke, Acosta became the fifth Trump Cabinet member to resign or be fired amid a scandal.[50]

Jesus, that’s only the executive branch. And on we go..

U.S. Representative Duncan Hunter (R-CA) and wife were indicted in federal court on dozens of charges, including wire fraud and using campaign funds for personal use. (2018)[57][58]

U.S. Representative Chris Collins (R-NY) was arrested by the FBI and charged with wire fraud, conspiracy to commit securities fraud, seven counts of securities fraud, and lying to the FBI, for tipping off his son and his daughter-in-laws' father with insider trading information.(2018)[59][60] On October 1, 2019, he announced that he would resign his seat, just prior to an expected change of plea to guilty.[61]

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I’ve reached the character limit on this post, so the rest of the Trump Administrations scandals will be continued in the next one.

originally posted by: Edumakated
a reply to: underwerks

To keep from coming off like a leftist hack, why dont you list the Democrats?

I can think of probably 10 or 12 just off the top of my head.

The OP didn’t ask for Democrats, he asked for Republicans. So that’s what I’m listing.

Maybe that was a mistake on their part.

a reply to: StevenCrowley06

Has anyone else figured out yet that NEARLY ALL politicians are sociopathic scumbags? Sometimes ATS makes me feel as though even the smarter people among us think one party is significantly better than the other.

If one is a 2 on a 1000-point scale and the other is a 3, they're both still turd sandwiches.

And more of the Trump administrations scandals:

Clint Reed (R) CoS for US Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) was fired for allegations of "improper conduct" and threats to withhold employment benefits from an unnamed subordinate. (2018)[63][64]

U.S. Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) orchestrated a scheme to steal money from charitable foundations and the individuals who ran them. The funds were used to finance Stockman's campaigns and personal expenses. He was convicted on 23 felony counts of perjury, fraud and money laundering and sentenced to 10 years.(2018)[65][66][67]

Jason T. Posey (R) Director of Special Projects and Campaign Treasurer for Stephen E. Stockman at the personal direction and supervision of Stockman, Posey took almost one million dollars from various sources and illegally funneled it into Stockman's 2014 Senate campaign. He pled guilty to mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering and conduit contributions. (2013)[68][69]

Thomas Dodd (R) Special Assistant to Steve Stockman pled guilty to two conspiracy charges and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. (2013)[68][69][70]

U.S. Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX) resigned in the wake of reports he used public funds to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit and had created an intensely hostile work environment for women in his congressional office.[71][72][73]

U.S. Representative Pat Meehan (R-PA) resigned following the revelation that he used taxpayers' money to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by a female staff member.[74]

US Representative Corrine Brown (D-FL) was found guilty of fraud for using $800K from a fake charity for her own personal use. She was sentenced to 5 years. (2018)[75][76][77]

Ronnie Simmons (D) CoS to U.S. Representative Corrine Brown (D-FL) pled guilty to fraud.(2017)[78][79]

US Representative Trent Franks (R-AZ) from the 8th District abruptly resigned when confronted about sexual misconduct with his staff (2017).[80]

US Representative Timothy F. Murphy (R-PA), the married, anti-abortion congressman resigned just before an investigation could begin concerning his allegedly urging his mistress to seek an abortion. (2017)[81][82]

US Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT) body slammed reporter Ben Jacobs. Gianforte was then found guilty of assault and sentenced to 40 hours of community service, 20 hours of anger management, a 180-day deferred sentence, a $385 fine and court fee. As part of his settlement with Jacobs, Gianforte donated $50,000 to the Committee to Protect Journalists.[83] (2017)[84][85][86][87][88][89]

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And that’s just the Trump Administration so far. I even left out quite a few scandals because there really isn’t enough room. I don’t have the time to go back through all the Republican scandals during the Obama Administration and the Bush Administration, it’s just too massive.

So, tell me again how the Obama Administration was the most scandal plagued in history..

originally posted by: StevenCrowley06

Just out of curiosity, what was the last conservative led scandal that was proven in court??


What was the last scandal such as Acorn, fast and furious, Hillary email scandal, Biden ukrain, Hillary Russian collusion,irs scandal and such that has gone farther than accusations??

You can accuse people of anything for free basically, but indictments and prosecutions take evidence..

So what was the last conservative conspiracy that actually manifested in the real world, not just right wing world???


Have any conservative led scandals manifested at all in the last 20 years?!?!

One of the very first things that Bill Clinton did was fire just about every US attorney and loaded it with his crones. I would imagine that had a lasting effect on any prosecutions there after. Dumb bunny Bush kept them on, and if Trump was smart he would have done the same. However, when Clinton did it - if my memory serves me right - the media acted like it was "normal".

americanlookout.com...

The OP didn’t ask for Democrats, *Snipped

Yeah they did.

What was the last scandal such as Acorn, fast and furious, Hillary email scandal, Biden ukrain, Hillary Russian collusion,irs scandal and such that has gone farther than accusations??

originally posted by: dogstar23
a reply to: StevenCrowley06

Has anyone else figured out yet that NEARLY ALL politicians are sociopathic scumbags? Sometimes ATS makes me feel as though even the smarter people among us think one party is significantly better than the other.

If one is a 2 on a 1000-point scale and the other is a 3, they're both still turd sandwiches.

Of course they are. The thing is, there’s a lot of people here who believe that the President isn’t a politician, so he’s exempt.

Which is one of the dumbest ideas I’ve ever heard. But that’s what people believe.

originally posted by: neo96

The OP didn’t ask for Democrats, *Snipped

Yeah they did.

What was the last scandal such as Acorn, fast and furious, Hillary email scandal, Biden ukrain, Hillary Russian collusion,irs scandal and such that has gone farther than accusations??

That doesn’t mean what you think it does.

They’re asking what was the last Republican scandal that went as far as those. I ran out of characters in my posts trying to list them all.

a reply to: underwerks

That doesn’t mean what you think it does.

Just stop.

So what was the last conservative conspiracy that actually manifested in the real world, not just right wing world???

Of course Benghazi,Fast and Furious,Clinton hiring a foreign spy,Private servers,Private meetings on tarmacs were ALL crimes committed in the REAL WORLD.

But with corruption of the left. Team left got off scott free.

ETA:

Forgot Clinton stealing Sanders nomination, and Team left marching out Ford and committing perjury.

a reply to: underwerks

He also asked for scandals that led to prosecutions, most of which that you posted did not.

I guess we will just tit for tat and make a thread about Democrats scandals next. Will you show up for that one?? Will your investigation be as thorough??