A PARTIAL LIST OF SEX OFFENDERS IN THE AMERICAN POLITICAL PARTIES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_federal_political_sex_scandals_in_the_United_States
1990–1999
- Arlan Stangeland (Republican-Minnesota) U.S. House of Representatives (1977 – 1991). He lost his campaign for re-election in 1990, largely because of a scandal, having made several hundred long-distance phone calls on his House credit card to a female lobbyist from Virginia. He admitted that he had made the calls, but denied having a romantic relationship with the woman. After his loss he subsequently retired from politics.(1990)[76][77]
- Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court justice, was accused of sexual harassment by Anita Hill and several other women prior to his Senate confirmation hearings. He later wrote an autobiography addressing Anita Hill's allegations, and she also wrote an autobiography addressing her experience in the hearings. (1991) [78]
- Austin J. Murphy, Representative (Democrat-Pennsylvania), acknowledged fathering a child out of wedlock after a political opponent came forward with video of Murphy leaving the home of his mistress.[79] (1990)
- Charles S. Robb Senator (Democrat-Virginia) while married to Lynda Bird Johnson, Robb acknowledged drinking champagne and having a nude massage with Miss Virginia Tai Collins denying an affair, though he admitted an "indiscreet friendship." Collins claimed it was an 18-month affair. Soon after, Collins appeared nude in Playboy.[80] (1991)
- Brock Adams, Senator (Democrat-Washington), was accused by eight women of committing various acts of sexual misconduct, ranging from sexual harassment to rape.[81] Adams denied the accusations, there was no criminal prosecution, and he did not run for re-election.[82] (1992)
- Robert Packwood, Senator (Republican-Oregon), 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. (1995)[83]
- Ken Calvert, Representative (Republican-California), was involved with a prostitute, but claimed that no money was involved, and he was not arrested.[84] Calvert apologized: "My conduct that evening was inappropriate.... it violated the values of the person I strive to be."[84] (1993)
- Helen Chenoweth-Hage, Representative (Republican-Idaho), 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.[85] 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."[86] (1998)
- Bob Barr, Representative (Republican-Georgia), 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. (1999)[87]
- Dan Burton, Representative (Republican-Indiana): 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.[88][89]
- Robert Livingston, Representative (Republican-Louisiana), 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. (1998)[90][91]
- Newt Gingrich, Representative (Republican-Georgia) and leader of the Republican Revolution of 1994,[92] 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. (1998)[93][94]
- Henry Hyde, Representative (Republican-Illinois): 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.[95]
- Pete Domenici Senator (Republican-New Mexico) 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.[96][97]
- Bill Clinton, President (Democrat) Revelations that White House intern Monica Lewinsky had oral sex with Clinton in the Oval Office leading him to famously declare on TV on January 26, 1998, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." The scandal led to impeachment by the House for perjury, for lying about the affair under oath. He was acquitted in the Senate with 55 senators voting Not Guilty to 45 senators voting Guilty (falling 22 votes short of the two-thirds necessary to convict). (1998)[98][99] In a plea bargain to avoid another trial alleging charges of impeding the initial investigation, Clinton's law license was suspended by the state of Arkansas for five years.[100] Additionally, Clinton was accused by Juanita Broaddrick for sexual assault.[101] Though, her accusation was later dismissed after continuously denouncing her own allegations and the results of the F.B.I probe.
- Mel Reynolds, Representative (Democrat-Illinois), resigned from Congress in 1995 after a conviction for statutory rape. In August 1994, he was indicted for sexual assault and criminal sexual abuse for engaging in a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old campaign volunteer that began during the 1992 campaign.[102] Despite the charges, he continued his campaign and was re-elected that November; he had no opposition.[102] Reynolds initially denied the charges, which he claimed were racially motivated. On August 22, 1995, he was convicted on 12 counts of sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. He resigned his seat on October 1 of that year.[103]
2000–2009[edit]
- Gary Condit, Representative (Democrat-California): his affair with 23-year-old intern Chandra Levy was exposed after Levy disappeared. Her body was found a year later and in 2008, an illegal immigrant with no relation to Condit was charged with her murder but years later all charges against the suspect were dropped. The murder of Chandra Levy remains unsolved.[104] Condit had often demanded that Bill Clinton "come clean" about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. (2001)[105]
- Ed Schrock, Representative (Republican-Virginia), announced he would abort his 2004 attempt for a third term in Congress after allegedly being caught on tape soliciting sex with men after having aggressively opposed various gay-rights issues in Congress, such as same-sex marriage and gays in the military.[106]
- Strom Thurmond, Senator before 1964 (Democrat-South Carolina), after 1964 (Republican-South Carolina), noted segregationist, fathered a child, Essie Mae Washington-Williams, with a 16-year-old African American in 1925 who was employed by the Thurmond family. (2003)[107]
- Steven C. LaTourette, Representative (Republican-Ohio), was elected in 1994 and had voted to impeach Bill Clinton for the Lewinsky scandal. He himself had a long-term affair with his chief of staff, Jennifer Laptook, while he was married. He married Laptook after his divorce. (2003)[108]
- Don Sherwood, Representative (Republican-Pennsylvania), failed to win re-election following revelations of a five-year extramarital affair with Cynthia Ore, who accused him of physically abusing her. (2004)[109]
- Mark Foley, Representative (Republican-Florida), resigned his House seat when accused of sending sexually explicit e-mails to teenage male congressional pages. He was replaced by Tim Mahoney. (2006)[110]
- Jim Gibbons (Republican-Nevada) US House of Representatives from the 2nd District was campaigning for Governor when he walked waitress Chrissy Mazzeo to her car. She claimed he threw her against a wall and threatened to sexually assault her. He claimed she tripped and he caught her. The civil lawsuit was settled by the payment of $50,000 to Mazzeo. Six weeks later he was elected governor.[111][112][113]
- David Vitter, Senator (Republican-Louisiana), took over the House seat of former Congressman Robert Livingston, who resigned in 1999 following revelations of an extramarital affair. At the time, Vitter stated, "I think Livingston's stepping down makes a very powerful argument that (Bill) Clinton should resign as well...."[114] Vitter's name was then discovered in the address book of Deborah Jeane Palfrey (the "D.C. Madam"). (2007)[115]
- Randall L. Tobias (Republican), Deputy Secretary of State and former "AIDS Czar" appointed by George W. Bush, stated that U.S. funds should be denied to countries that permitted prostitution.[116] He resigned on April 27, 2007, after confirming that he had been a customer of Deborah Jeane Palfrey (the "D.C. Madam").[117]
- Larry Craig (Republican-Idaho), a U.S. Senator for 18 years, was arrested on June 11, 2007 and charged with lewd conduct arising from his behavior in a men's restroom at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport.[118][119][120] Craig pleaded guilty to the lesser charge of disorderly conduct; he later unsuccessfully sought to withdraw his guilty plea.[121][122][123] He announced his resignation three months later on September 1, 2007, but changed his mind again, although he did not seek re-election in 2008. (2007)[124][125][126][127][128][129][130]
- Tim Mahoney, Representative (Democrat-Florida), was elected to the seat of Mark Foley, who had resigned following sexual harassment charges from his congressional interns. Mahoney ran on a campaign promise to make "a world that is safer, more moral". In October 2008, he admitted he placed his mistress on his staff and then fired her, saying, "You work at my pleasure." He then admitted to multiple other affairs.[131]
- Vito Fossella, Representative (Republican-New York), was arrested for drunken driving. Under questioning, the married Congressman and father of three admitted to an affair with Laura Fay that produced a daughter. (2008)[132]
- John Edwards, Senator (Democrat-North Carolina), admitted to an extramarital affair with actress and film producer Rielle Hunter, which produced a child, seriously undercutting his 2008 presidential campaign.[133] (see federal political scandals)
- John Ensign, Senator (Republican-Nevada), resigned his position as chairman of the Senate Republican Policy Committee on June 16, 2009, after admitting he had an affair with the wife of a close friend, both of whom were working on his campaign.[134] Under investigation, he then resigned his Senate seat 20 months early in 2011.[135] In 1998, Senator Ensign had called for President Bill Clinton (Democrat) to resign after admitting to sexual acts with Monica Lewinsky. (2009)[136]
- Chip Pickering, Representative (Republican-Mississippi): on July 16, 2009, it was announced that his wife had filed an alienation of affection lawsuit against a woman with whom Chip allegedly had an affair.[137] The lawsuit claimed the adulterous relationship ruined the Pickerings' marriage and his political career. (2009)[138]
2010–2019[edit]
- Jack Tarpley Camp Jr. (R) Judge in the US District Court for the North District of Georgia, pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting a felon's possession of a controlled substance and to two misdemeanors: illegally giving a stripper his government-issued laptop and possession of illegal drugs. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 400 hours of community service and resignation from the bench. (2010)[139][140][141]
- Eric Massa, Representative (Democrat-New York), resigned to avoid an ethics investigation into his admitted groping and tickling of multiple male staffers. He later stated on Fox News, "not only did I grope [a staffer], I tickled him until he couldn't breathe," (2010)[142][143]
- Mark Souder, Representative (Republican-Indiana), a staunch advocate of abstinence and family values,[144][145] resigned to avoid an ethics investigation into his admitted extramarital affair with a female staffer. (2010)[146][147][148]
- Chris Lee, Representative (Republican-New York), resigned hours after a news report that he had sent a shirtless picture of himself flexing his muscles to a woman via Craigslist, along with flirtatious e-mails.[149] He did not rely on a pseudonym or a false e-mail address but used his official Congressional e-mail for all communication. Lee said: "I regret the harm that my actions have caused my family, my staff and my constituents.... I have made profound mistakes and I promise to work as hard as I can to seek their forgiveness."[150] (2011)
- Anthony Weiner, Representative (Democrat-New York), admitted to sending sexually explicit photos of himself to several women through his Twitter account.[151] He resigned from Congress on June 16, 2011,[152] but kept sexting after his resignation.[153] (2011) On Nov 6, 2017, Weiner began serving a 21-month sentence for sexting a 15-year-old girl.[154]
- Scott DesJarlais, Representative (Republican-Tennessee), admitted under oath to at least six affairs, including two affairs with his patients and staffers while he was a physician at Grandview Medical Center in Jasper, TN. Additionally, while running on a pro-life platform, DesJarlais made his ex-wife have two abortions, and tried to persuade a mistress who was his patient, into an abortion as well.[155][156][157]
- David Wu, Representative (Democrat-Oregon), resigned from the House of Representatives after being accused of making unwanted sexual advances toward a fundraiser's daughter. July 26, 2011.[158][159]
- Vance McAllister, Representative (Republican-Louisiana), who is married and the father of five, was caught on surveillance camera deeply kissing a married staffer. Several prominent Republicans asked McAllister to resign. In response, he stated he would not seek re-election in 2016.[160] McCallister said: "There's no doubt I've fallen short and I'm asking for forgiveness. I'm asking for forgiveness from God, my wife, my kids, my staff, and my constituents who elected me to serve". (2014)[161]
- Blake Farenthold, US Representative (Republican-Texas) was reported to have paid $84,000 of taxpayer money, via the House of Representatives Office of Compliance, to settle a sexual harassment complaint from a former staffer. Farenthold's former communications director Lauren Greene sued the congressman in December 2014,[162] and a settlement was reached in 2015. The identity of Farenthold with respect to taxpayer involvement was made public in 2017. This was the first documented case of taxpayer funds being used to settle sexual harassment complaints against a member of Congress. (2014)[163]
- Adam Kuhn (R) Chief of Staff to Steve Stivers (R-OH) resigned abruptly after a former porn actress posted an explicit photo of his penis online.(2014)[164]
- Dennis Hastert, former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (Republican-Illinois), pled guilty to structuring bank withdrawals in order to conceal deliberately-unspecified misconduct by Hastert against an unnamed individual years earlier.[165] At a sentencing hearing in October 2015, Hastert admitted that he had sexually abused boys while he worked as a high school wrestling coach decades earlier. (2015)[166][167]
- Tim Murphy, Representative (Republican-Pennsylvania), had an extramarital affair with Shannon Edwards, a 32-year-old forensic psychologist. The pro-life Murphy asked Edwards to have an abortion after she became pregnant. The information was revealed as part of Murphy's divorce proceedings and published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after it fought in Pennsylvania state court to have the documents unsealed. Murphy resigned his seat in Congress.
- Al Franken Senator (Democrat-Minnesota), was accused by radio newscaster Leeann Tweeden of forcibly kissing her as part of a skit and later being in a photo pretending to grope her without consent (there was no actual physical contact) during a U.S.O. tour in 2006. Tweeden produced photo evidence of the pretend grope, taken of Franken when Tweeden was asleep. Franken admitted to the allegations and apologized for his actions and then resigned.[177]
- Joe Barton (Republican-Texas) US Representative, acknowledged he took and emailed nude photos of himself in 2015, following their leak in November 2017.[178][179][180] He decided not to seek re-election in 2018.[181]
- John Conyers Jr. US Congressman (Democrat-Michigan), A former staffer for Rep. John Conyers Jr. of Michigan accused the Detroit Democrat of unwanted sexual advances. A woman who had settled a sexual harassment claim against him stated that the lawmaker had "violated" her body, repeatedly propositioned her for sex and asked her to touch his genitals. He then resigned.(2017)[182][183]
- Trent Franks (Republican-Arizona) US Representative, was investigated by the House Ethics Commission about allegations of improper conduct. Before the study concluded, Franks abruptly resigned. (2017)[184][185][186]
- Pat Meehan (Republican-Pennsylvania) In January, 2018, it was revealed that US Representative Pat Meehan used tax payer funds to settle a sexual harassment claim by a female staffer. He was removed from the House Ethics Committee, but remained in office until he resigned on April 27, 2018, stating that he would repay the taxpayer money used to settle the suit. (2018)[187][188][189]
- Katie Hill, U.S. Representative (Democrat-California), In October 2019, news reports indicated that she was being investigated by the House Ethics Commission about allegations of sexual relationships with a subordinate.[199][200][201][202]
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