This list was last updated on Dec. 1, 2021.
The reverberations of the "Me Too" movement that has helped topple numerous alleged sex offenders and male chauvinists starting in 2017 are still being felt. It’s clear they will be echoing throughout our society for years to come.
The reverberations of the "Me Too" movement that has helped topple numerous alleged sex offenders and male chauvinists starting in 2017 are still being felt. It’s clear they will be echoing throughout our society for years to come.
While many Democrats and those who primarily donated to progressives seemed to be the main targets when the movement first arose, more Republicans and conservative donors were held accountable in subsequent months. Those included Alabama Senate candidate and alleged pedophile Roy Moore, who lost in a stunning upset to Doug Jones in 2017. At least four other GOP pols — Blake Farenthold, Joe Barton, Tim Murphy, and Trent Franks — were forced to resign soon thereafter, along with four Democrats — Al Franken, John Conyers, Andrea Ramsey, and Ruben Kihuen.
But lately the pendulum has swung back around, as alleged Democratic offenders such as former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and former California Congress rep Katie Hill were forced to resign, while Republican offenders like January 6 insurrection cheerleader Donald Trump and Florida Congress rep Matt Gaetz suffer no such consequences.
While most likely deserved to lose their positions, it’s hard to say that each of the accused did so. Franken’s charges mostly seemed to come out of a Roger Stone-Steve Bannon, evil-genius, dirty-tricks smear campaign in which they enticed Democrats, the media and others to do much of their heavy lifting, seemingly without the latter entities even realizing that they were being used.
Barton’s and Hill’s charges were related more to consensual extramarital sex, though the cases were intertwined with other issues such as supposedly sexting women at work and being intimidate with staffers. Still, should that translate to losing your job?
So here is a list of powerful or famous people accused of sexual harassment, assault or related misconduct who have yet to be held accountable. I start with a “Top Ten” offenders list and add more to a “Dishonorable Mention” section. Unlike many lists I’ve seen, I include links to sources for independent research and more details to provide some context.
While both Republicans and Democrats commit sex offenses, only those in one party are being held accountable these days. And that’s a situation that must be corrected.
I also think not enough attention is being paid to those in less high-profile positions, such as the average waitress or waiter in restaurants. A report by the Center for American Progress showed that more sexual harassment complaints were filed with the federal EEOC between fiscal 2005 and 2015 in the food service and hotel sector than any other industry, including public administration, media and entertainment. That lends evidence that the problem is more widespread than a few high-profile celebrities and politicians.
Top Ten People in Power and Fame accused of sexual misconduct, yet to be held accountable
1. Donald Trump, former White House occupant, insurrection cheerleader
More than 50 women have said they were sexually harassed or assaulted by Trump. But nothing seems to stick, as he ignores the accusations and makes fun of many accusers. While at least 13 women raised the issue during the 2016 election, a video surfaced in which Trump described how he could sexually assault women, saying he could “grab ‘em” by the crotch since he was a celebrity. But that had almost no effect on his supporters. In addition, Trump at various times referred to women as a “piece of ass,” “big, fat pig,” “bimbo,” “disgusting” and an “animal.” Voters soundly rejected him in 2020, but he falsely claimed that he won and encouraged a violent insurrection of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
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| Trump signs his name on a woman just above her left breast during the 2016 campaign. |
2. Matt Gaetz, Florida House of Representatives member
In 2019, Gaetz reportedly had sexual relations with a 17-year-old girl, which resulted in a U.S. Department of Justice investigation starting in early 2021. Before that probe began, Gaetz called on Trump in 2020 to pardon him and almost every administration official. After the probe started, Gaetz reportedly showed photos of naked women to colleagues on the House floor. Gaetz, 39, has since eloped with his 26-year-old girlfriend while denying everything except showing the photos. The investigation reportedly runs the gamut from using campaign money to travel with young women and pay them for sex, to snorting cocaine.
The political dirty trickster reportedly has a picture of Richard Nixon’s head tattooed on his back. He has been known to take off his shirt and tell women, “You'll never meet another man with a dick in the front and a dick in the back.” In 1996, Stone was fired from the Bob Dole campaign after he placed a personal ad in a swinger magazine in which he and his wife sought “similar couples or exceptional muscular... single men.” He reportedly has frequented sex clubs and called women an “ugly bitch” and “elitist cunt” on Twitter before he was banned. He publicly called for the death of several women, including Hillary Clinton and former New York Times executive editor Jill Abramson. He was indicted in the Russian collusion investigation and convicted on seven felony counts in 2019. But Trump pardoned him in 2020.
4. Newt Gingrich, former U.S. Rep., R-Ga., Trump 2016 campaign adviser
Gingrich reportedly was among three finalists to be Trump’s running mate along with Mike Pence and Chris Christie. As House Speaker in the late 1990s, he crusaded against Clinton even as he admitted to cheating on his second wife himself with Callista Bisek, a much younger Congressional employee. He even had sex with her in his Capitol Hill apartment during the Clinton witch hunt and petitioned his second wife for an “open marriage.” In 1980, Gingrich reportedly served his first wife with divorce papers while she was in a hospital bed fighting cancer so that he could marry wife No. 2.
In addition, he was known to have other affairs, usually getting staffers and other women to perform oral sex on him. Anne Manning, a married volunteer in Gingrich’s congressional campaigns in the 1970s, said that they had oral sex, which Gingrich preferred “because then he can say, ‘I never slept with her’.”
Journalist Doug Thompson, who worked for Gingrich in 1992, witnessed Gingrich leave with young women at D.C. fundraisers, for what a female staffer told him was for oral sex. At the Republican National Convention in Houston in 1992, he said a Gingrich PAC volunteer was assigned to escort young women to a hotel room “for quickie oral sex and stand guard outside to make sure the Congressman was not disturbed.” Thompson found a young woman crying in the hotel bar afterwards. She said he made her get on her knees, “fellate him and then turned his back to me and told me to leave as soon as he came.” Thompson asked why she did it. “I work for him,” she said. “I want to keep my job.” He remained a Trump ally and spread the Big Lie of vote fraud after the 2020 election.
Gingrich reportedly was among three finalists to be Trump’s running mate along with Mike Pence and Chris Christie. As House Speaker in the late 1990s, he crusaded against Clinton even as he admitted to cheating on his second wife himself with Callista Bisek, a much younger Congressional employee. He even had sex with her in his Capitol Hill apartment during the Clinton witch hunt and petitioned his second wife for an “open marriage.” In 1980, Gingrich reportedly served his first wife with divorce papers while she was in a hospital bed fighting cancer so that he could marry wife No. 2.
In addition, he was known to have other affairs, usually getting staffers and other women to perform oral sex on him. Anne Manning, a married volunteer in Gingrich’s congressional campaigns in the 1970s, said that they had oral sex, which Gingrich preferred “because then he can say, ‘I never slept with her’.”
Journalist Doug Thompson, who worked for Gingrich in 1992, witnessed Gingrich leave with young women at D.C. fundraisers, for what a female staffer told him was for oral sex. At the Republican National Convention in Houston in 1992, he said a Gingrich PAC volunteer was assigned to escort young women to a hotel room “for quickie oral sex and stand guard outside to make sure the Congressman was not disturbed.” Thompson found a young woman crying in the hotel bar afterwards. She said he made her get on her knees, “fellate him and then turned his back to me and told me to leave as soon as he came.” Thompson asked why she did it. “I work for him,” she said. “I want to keep my job.” He remained a Trump ally and spread the Big Lie of vote fraud after the 2020 election.
5. T.J. Miller, actor, comedian, Democratic donor
A former girlfriend of the Silicon Valley star accused Miller of sexually assaulting her while in college at George Washington University. She said the incident occurred a few months after their relationship started in 2001. Miller denied the accusations. An adult film star also said Miller sexually harassed her. Miller has given money to Obama and other Democratic politicians.
6. U.S. Rep. Scott DesJarlais, R-Tenn.
Before first getting elected to Congress in 2010, DesJarlais abused his position as a doctor to have sex with female patients and staffers, encouraged a mistress to get an abortion, which he publicly opposes, and used a gun to intimidate his ex-wife, according to court documents. He also encouraged his ex-wife to get two abortions and was reprimanded and fined by the Tennessee Board of Medical Examiners for having sex with patients.
7. Corey Lewandowski, former Trump 2016 campaign manager
In Dec. 2017, singer Joy Villa accused Lewandowski of slapping her rear twice during a November party at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. She said he “half-joking” told him after the first slap that she could “report you for sexual harassment.” Lewandowski responded, “Go ahead, I work in the private sector” and hit her rear again. A friend witnessed the incidents.
In 2016, Lewandowski was charged with simple battery after reporter Michelle Fields said he grabbed her arm and pulled her to the ground as she tried to ask Trump a question. He later denied he touched Field and tweeted at her, “As a matter of fact, I have never even met you.” But the incident was captured on a camera.
8. Paul Pressler, former appeals judge, R-Tx.
In 2017, Duane Rollins filed a lawsuit in Texas accusing Pressler of sexually assaulting him for several decades beginning when he was 14 and the judge was 49. A judge threw the case out in 2018, citing the time element. Pressler, a key figure in the Texas Religious Right and Conservative Resurgence of the Southern Baptist Convention, was a conservative Democrat state rep in the late 1950s and switched over to the Republican Party in the 1970s. He served on the Texas Republican State Executive Committee and supported Reagan, both Bush’s and McCain.
Others made similar accusations against Pressler, including one who said his brother was assaulted by him in the shower at a country club.
9. Vladimir Putin, Russian president, Trump ally
Putin not only helped Trump gain power through election manipulation, hackers, social media bots, and more, he has a history of anti-women statements and actions. In 2017, he signed a law decriminalizing domestic abuse while several hundred Russian women die each year due to physical abuse by their husbands. He has said that he doesn’t have bad days because he is “not a woman.”
In addition, reports detailed extramarital affairs and spousal abuse while in the KGB before he became president. His reign has one of the worst records in silencing journalists and dissidents and abusing human rights of any regime in the world.
In addition, reports detailed extramarital affairs and spousal abuse while in the KGB before he became president. His reign has one of the worst records in silencing journalists and dissidents and abusing human rights of any regime in the world.
10. Roman Polanski, film director
Numerous women accuse him of rape or sexual abuse, including when they were under 18. have reported that he raped or sexually abused them when they were under 18. He pleaded guilty to statutory rape in 1978, then fled the country after a judge reportedly planned to sentence him to prison rather than an agreed plea deal.
Dishonorable Mention
* Sean Hannity, Fox News host
In April 2017, conservative lawyer and blogger Debbie Schlussel publicly accused the married Hannity of pressuring her to “come back with me to my hotel” following a Michigan book signing more than a decade earlier. Schlussel said Hannity banned her from his show after she declined. Hannity has also aligned himself with known women abusers.
* Clarence Thomas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, R.
During his 1991 Senate confirmation hearings, Anita Hill, an attorney and professor who worked for Thomas at the Department of Education and EEOC, accused him of sexual harassment. Hill testified that Thomas made comments about his sexual prowess, as well as “women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes.” In addition, Angela Wright, who worked under Thomas at the EEOC before he fired her, submitted a written statement saying that Thomas pressured her and made sexual comments.
* Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, R
In 2015, female employees of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency accused Knight of groping them when he visited the spy agency to give a speech. One said he groped her rear end, while another said he grabbed around her breasts to lift her up. A third woman said he smacked her on the rear. The FBI investigated for a year and decided not to file charges after Knight denied any wrongdoing. But one woman filed a sex discrimination complaint alleging that her career suffered after she reported being groped by Knight.
In 2016, Knight endorsed Trump, appearing at a rally to praise him. Trump credited Knight with helping him win the Indiana primary. Former Indiana player Todd Jadlow wrote in a book that Knight not only punched him and broke a clipboard over his head, but he squeezed his testicles and those of other players. Among Knight’s anti-women statements is a 1988 comment during a television interview when he said, “I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.”
During his 1991 Senate confirmation hearings, Anita Hill, an attorney and professor who worked for Thomas at the Department of Education and EEOC, accused him of sexual harassment. Hill testified that Thomas made comments about his sexual prowess, as well as “women having sex with animals and films showing group sex or rape scenes.” In addition, Angela Wright, who worked under Thomas at the EEOC before he fired her, submitted a written statement saying that Thomas pressured her and made sexual comments.
* Brett Kavanaugh, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, R
Palo Alto University Professor of Psychology Christine Blasey Ford testified in a 2018 hearing that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted her in the early 1980s while the two were in high school. Two other women accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. Kavanaugh denied the allegations, and Republicans confirmed him. Several other women who knew Kavanaugh in high school told this writer that he was known to sexually harass female students.
* Bobby Knight, former college basketball coach, Trump supporter.
In 2015, female employees of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency accused Knight of groping them when he visited the spy agency to give a speech. One said he groped her rear end, while another said he grabbed around her breasts to lift her up. A third woman said he smacked her on the rear. The FBI investigated for a year and decided not to file charges after Knight denied any wrongdoing. But one woman filed a sex discrimination complaint alleging that her career suffered after she reported being groped by Knight.
In 2016, Knight endorsed Trump, appearing at a rally to praise him. Trump credited Knight with helping him win the Indiana primary. Former Indiana player Todd Jadlow wrote in a book that Knight not only punched him and broke a clipboard over his head, but he squeezed his testicles and those of other players. Among Knight’s anti-women statements is a 1988 comment during a television interview when he said, “I think that if rape is inevitable, relax and enjoy it.”
In 2014, Jana Weckerly sued Jones, claiming he paid her cash to keep quiet about a 2009 incident. The much younger Weckerly claimed the married Jones groped her genitals and forced her to rub his penis. He also supposedly had her watch as he received oral sex from a different woman. Photos were released of the alleged incident, which Jones claimed were misrepresented. Jones, a longtime donor to Republicans, was among the NFL owners who gave $1 million each to Trump’s 2017 inauguration committee. Jones also gave to other Republicans like discredited Rep. Joe Barton, who decided not to run for re-election after sexual misconduct accusations in 2017.
* Peyton Manning, former NFL quarterback, Republican donor
In 1996, former athletic trainer Jamie Naughright accused Manning of pulling his pants down and putting his testicles and butt on her face when she was treating him for an injury at the University of Tennessee. After filing a report with a local sexual assault center, the trainer said she was asked to claim it was a black player. She said Manning laughed at her and later mocked her when he saw her. The university settled with her for $300,000 in 1998 when Naughright resigned.
Manning then wrote about the incident in a book published in 2000, saying it was “crude maybe, but harmless” and calling her “vulgar.” Naughright sued, and a settlement was reportedly reached. In a 2003 deposition, Manning, who has given money to Republicans such as Lamar Alexander, Jeb Bush and George W. Bush, claimed he was “mooning” another player. Naughright spoke about the case publicly in October 2017, saying she was inspired to do so from other women’s statements.
* Dylan Howard, chief content officer, American Media, publisher of National Enquirer
In Dec. 2017, reports detailed sexual harassment claims by women who worked under Howard at the National Enquirer and other Trump-friendly publications operated by American Media. The woman accused Howard of inappropriate comments and forcing them to watch or listen to porn. He reportedly told them his nickname was “Dildo.”
* Kid Rock, musician, Trump supporter
Rock had a son with a woman out of wedlock, but their relationship was “a tale of infidelity, multiple pregnancies and generally fuzzy logic,” according to a Spin report. In 1999, he signed at least one female fan’s breast in which he “palms her tit the way he would a healthy grapefruit,” a reporter for Spin wrote. After she asked him to sign her other breast, Rock fondled “her left nipple with his thumb and calmly asks, ‘Am I being too forward?’” That same year, Rock reportedly appeared in a sex tape receiving oral sex.
At the Grammy Awards in 2000, Rock sang a medley in which scantily-clad women danced around him. For Grand Funk Railroad’s “We’re an American Band,” he revised the lyrics to say, “We come into your town, we pull your panties down, we’re an American band.” At a show that year, Rock posed for a photo with a young woman who was topless, holding her left breast. Her friend asked for a similar photo, and Rock obliged by standing behind her, “cupping both breasts,” according to a Rolling Stone report.
Rock supported Trump’s campaign, even creating a merchandise line for him. In 2017, he said he considered running for a U.S. Senate seat against Democrat Debbie Stabenow, even hawking t-shirts. Rock said he had support from Bannon and others, before saying he wasn’t serious.
* Leeann Tweeden, right-wing radio broadcaster and model
A former Playboy model, Tweeden gained fame in Nov. 2017 by releasing a photo that she claimed inappropriately showed Franken with his hands “over or on” her breasts as she slept on a plane. The two were on a USO tour in 2006, and Tweeden said Franken kissed her inappropriately. Franken said the photo was a prank and didn’t recall the inappropriate kiss the same way.
Other videos and photos showed Tweeden, who voted for Trump, appeared on Hannity’s show and donated money to McCain, groping and kissing men without permission. Some reports showed that GOP dirty trickster Roger Stone helped coach Tweeden on her charges against Franken, as Stone even tweeted beforehand that Franken was about to be targeted.
Republicans or conservatives accused of sex misconduct who HAVE been held accountable
* Steve Bannon, former White House chief strategist
A major architect of Trump’s cynical 2016 campaign, Bannon was accused of physically abusing ex-wife Mary Louise Piccard at their home in 1996. Piccard, one of Bannon’s three ex-wives, had red marks on her neck and wrist and said Bannon tried to pull her into a car after she spit at him as he left, according to the police report. She told police that a few previous arguments had become physical as well. The charges were dropped after Piccard did not show up to court, reportedly after being threatened by Bannon.
Bannon also described Hillary Clinton as “a fucking bull dyke” in 2016 and progressive women as “a bunch of dykes” in a 2011 radio interview. In addition, Bannon’s Breitbart News website criticized Democrats’ connections to Weinstein in late 2017 but hid Bannon’s own longtime business dealings with the man accused of numerous sexual assault and harassment incidents. Those deals began in 2005 when Bannon’s video distribution company partnered with a Weinstein venture. Weinstein mostly gave money to Democrats but also contributed to some Republicans like John Chachas.
Bannon was forced to resign from Trump’s White House staff in Aug. 2017 after he successfully convinced Trump to blame both sides for the violence at a white supremacist rally in which a far-right demonstrator drove his car into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring at least 19 others. Though even Breitbart disowned him in the aftermath, Bannon continued to campaign for right-wing politicians.
* U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas
In Nov. 2017, nude photos of Barton surfaced on social media. While some said that was automatically a crime against anyone who saw said photos, an actual crime might have occurred when Barton threatened a woman with criminal prosecution if she dared to release any details about their extramarital affair. Barton claimed the crime was not using his office to make a threat but releasing his photos without consent. The woman claimed Barton had similar affairs with other women besides her and even sexted from the floor of the Capitol while on the job. Barton soon announced he would not run for re-election in 2018.
* U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-TX
In Dec. 2017, reports circulated that Farenthold used some $84,000 in taxpayers’ funds to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by Lauren Greene, his former communications director. The staffer claimed the married Congress rep made inappropriate sexual comments, such as talking about a threesome and how he was not having sex with his wife, and fired her after she complained. The House Ethics Committee relaunched an investigation, and more complaints emerged. Farenthold soon announced he would not seek re-election in 2018.
A major architect of Trump’s cynical 2016 campaign, Bannon was accused of physically abusing ex-wife Mary Louise Piccard at their home in 1996. Piccard, one of Bannon’s three ex-wives, had red marks on her neck and wrist and said Bannon tried to pull her into a car after she spit at him as he left, according to the police report. She told police that a few previous arguments had become physical as well. The charges were dropped after Piccard did not show up to court, reportedly after being threatened by Bannon.
Bannon also described Hillary Clinton as “a fucking bull dyke” in 2016 and progressive women as “a bunch of dykes” in a 2011 radio interview. In addition, Bannon’s Breitbart News website criticized Democrats’ connections to Weinstein in late 2017 but hid Bannon’s own longtime business dealings with the man accused of numerous sexual assault and harassment incidents. Those deals began in 2005 when Bannon’s video distribution company partnered with a Weinstein venture. Weinstein mostly gave money to Democrats but also contributed to some Republicans like John Chachas.
* U.S. Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas
In Nov. 2017, nude photos of Barton surfaced on social media. While some said that was automatically a crime against anyone who saw said photos, an actual crime might have occurred when Barton threatened a woman with criminal prosecution if she dared to release any details about their extramarital affair. Barton claimed the crime was not using his office to make a threat but releasing his photos without consent. The woman claimed Barton had similar affairs with other women besides her and even sexted from the floor of the Capitol while on the job. Barton soon announced he would not run for re-election in 2018.
* U.S. Rep. Blake Farenthold, R-TX
In Dec. 2017, reports circulated that Farenthold used some $84,000 in taxpayers’ funds to settle a sexual harassment claim brought by Lauren Greene, his former communications director. The staffer claimed the married Congress rep made inappropriate sexual comments, such as talking about a threesome and how he was not having sex with his wife, and fired her after she complained. The House Ethics Committee relaunched an investigation, and more complaints emerged. Farenthold soon announced he would not seek re-election in 2018.
* Tim Murphy, former U.S. Rep., R-Pa.
In Oct. 2017, Murphy, an outspoken abortion opponent, resigned after reports emerged that he demanded that a woman with whom he had an extramarital affair get an abortion. The woman, Shannon Edwards, was a Pittsburgh-area psychologist half his age.
Former staffers said that Murphy and his chief of staff, Susan Mosychuk, also had a close personal relationship to the point of even feeding each other at meals. They regularly verbally embarrassed employees and would even yell at them for taking too long for a bathroom break, though some said Mosychuk was worse in the verbal abuse than Murphy.
* Trent Franks, former U.S. Rep., R-Ariz.
One of the
most conservative members of the House, Franks resigned in Dec. 2017 after the
House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into allegations that he sexually harassed staff members. Franks admitted to talking with two
women who worked for him about bearing a child for him by surrogacy. He claimed
an investigation would be “distorted and sensationalized.”
* Roy Moore, Republican Senate candidate and former Alabama judge
In Nov. 2017, at least eight women publicly accused Moore of pursuing them sexually when they were underaged. Some said he sexually assaulted them. Leigh Corfman said Moore sexually assaulted her in 1979, when she was 14 and he was 32. Beverly Young Nelson said Moore assaulted her when she was 16. Tina Johnson added that Moore grabbed her buttocks when he was married and asked uncomfortable questions about her young daughters. In a major upset, Jones defeated Moore in December, with the accusations playing a key role.
Former staffer Shirley Taylor sued Duncan for ousting her in favor of a much younger employee. Duncan reportedly settled the case with federal funds in 2011. Taylor endured harassment from other staffers who sprayed perfume on her lunch and covered her chair with honey, and Duncan accused her of having Alzheimer’s disease after she complained. Duncan announced he would not be running in mid-2017, a few months before reports showed he settled the Taylor case with public money.
* Jerry Richardson, Carolina Panthers owner, mostly Republican donor
In Dec. 2017, the NFL took over a Panthers-financed investigation into Richardson’s history of sexual harassment and racism towards employees. Richardson soon announced he was selling the team, which he did in 2018 as he was assessed a $2.8 million fine.
A Sports Illustrated story detailed accusations by female employees that Richardson would ask them if he could shave their legs, give them too-low back rubs and touch their breasts as he put on their seat belt. He would make female employees turn around to view their rears and demand they give him foot massages. Richardson, who donated to mostly Republican politicians, also made racist comments and gestures. He settled several complaints with former employees, paying money in return for them not discussing the incidents.
* Former U.S. Rep. Mark Sanford Jr., R-S.C.
As South Carolina governor, Sanford admitted in 2009 he engaged in an affair with Argentinian MarÃa Belén Chapur. He also admitted to “crossing the line” before but refused to resign and the South Carolina legislature eventually disbanded impeachment proceedings. He then won an election to Congress in 2013 but was defeated in a 2018 primary.
* Wes Goodman, former state Rep., R-Ohio
In Nov. 2017, Goodman resigned after being caught having sex in his state office with another man. The married Goodman often advocated against gay marriage. Several conservative groups and Republican politicians knew about gay liaisons he had.
* Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics national team doctor
In Nov. 2017, Nassar pled guilty to seven sexual assault charges. While not open about his political beliefs, he was believed to lean towards the conservative side, teaching Sunday school and serving as a Eucharistic minister at a Catholic church.
* Dan Johnson, late state Rep., R-Ky.
In Dec. 2017, Johnson, who once compared the Obama family to monkeys in a Facebook post, was accused of sexually assaulting a woman who attended his church in 2012 when she was 17. The woman said Johnson groped and assaulted her, waking her up as she tried to sleep in an adjacent room where Johnson’s daughter also slept.
Republicans and Democrats called for him to resign, but he refused. The Louisville Metro Police Department reopened its investigation of that incident in the fall of 2017 after inquiries from the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, which wrote a detailed account of the situation. Johnson reportedly shot himself in an apparent suicide a day after reports of the reopened investigation were published.
* Jack Latvala, former state Sen., R-Fla.
In Nov. 2017, six women accused Latvala of inappropriately touching them or making demeaning comments about their bodies. In one incident, the married Latvala was photographed kissing a female lobbyist. Staffers and lobbyists said he touched their rears and commented on their breast size. One said he came up to her after hours at a bar and draped his legs over her and rubbed her legs. Another said she ran into him in an elevator, and he rubbed just under her breast. “He’s a dirty old man,” said a lobbyist, “and there are a lot of dirty old men in the [Florida] Capitol.” Latvala was soon removed as budget chairman and resigned from the legislature.
* Andrew Leonie, former Deputy Attorney General, R-TX
In Dec. 2017, Leonie resigned after mocking the MeToo movement in a Facebook post. “Aren’t you also tired of all the pathetic ‘me too’ victim claims?” he wrote. “If every woman is a ‘victim’, so is every man.” A strong Trump supporter, Leonie also appears to be a fan of alt-right writers and posted a cartoon after the historic January 2017 women’s march in which the Peanuts character Linus calls Lucy, who plans to attend the march, a “cunt.” “Here’s what it was all about,” Leonie wrote with the cartoon.
* Roy Price, former Amazon executive, Republican donor
In October 2017, Price resigned as head of Amazon Studios after a producer of one of the company’s shows, “The Man in the High Castle,” accused him of sexual harassment in 2015. The incidents included lewd jokes and being pressured into having sex. Price has contributed to Republican candidates such as Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, as well as organizations like the Washington State Republican Party, according to federal election records.
In October 2017, Price resigned as head of Amazon Studios after a producer of one of the company’s shows, “The Man in the High Castle,” accused him of sexual harassment in 2015. The incidents included lewd jokes and being pressured into having sex. Price has contributed to Republican candidates such as Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney, as well as organizations like the Washington State Republican Party, according to federal election records.
* Kirt Webster, country music publicist of conservatives Kid Rock, Dolly Parton
In Nov. 2017, Webster was accused by some 18 mostly men of sexual abuse or harassment. That included offering private meetings with stars in exchange for oral sex. Parton, Rock and others cut ties with Webster.
* Jose Canseco, former pro baseball star, Oakland Athletics analyst
In Dec. 2017, Canseco tweeted several insensitive statements about sexual harassment, even claiming that he was “molested by several women and never complained.” He added that women complaining were “racist against ugly men.”
The tweets apparently cost him his studio analyst job with the Athletics telecasts. Canseco, who admitted to using steroids in a tell-all book, in 2016 tweeted to Trump – who he called “brother” - to make him head of the Federal Reserve.
In Nov. 2017, Zaun was fired for ”inappropriate behavior and comments” toward female employees, the network announced. The Californian is a fiscal conservative who supports a flat tax, saying at one point, “I don’t think the people who work hard and are successful in their lives should be taxed at a higher rate.”
* Kingman Schuldt, fire chief, Naples, Fla.
Schuldt’s division settled a sexual harassment lawsuit in Nov. 2017 for $82,500 by former Capt. Andrea Schultz, who claimed the chief and other leaders retaliated against her for complaints for several years. Those issues included male firefighters drilling a hole in a bathroom stall used by women so they could peep on them, and males grabbing her breasts during training exercises.
Schuldt is not an outright Republican but is a board member of generally conservative groups in this small town, such as the local chamber of commerce. While held accountable through a settlement, he was not forced to resign.
Fox fired O’Reilly in April 2017 after reports detailed that the network paid almost $50 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits filed by women he worked with, including analyst Lis Wiehl. The incidents included masturbating as O’Reilly spoke with women on the phone and trying to get women fired after they rejected him.
* Dennis Hastert, former U.S. Rep., R-Ill.
At a 2015 hearing in which he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegal bank transactions, the former House Speaker – among many Republican Congress members who played a lead role in impeaching Bill Clinton - admitted he sexually abused boys when he was a high school wrestling coach years earlier. The financial shenanigans were done to pay off a former student he abused, prosecutors said. A judge called Hastert a “serial child molester.”
* Philip Giordano, former Republican mayor of Waterbury, Conn.
Arrested in 2001 for soliciting sex with two underaged girls – ages 8 and 10 – Giordano was sentenced to 37 years in prison. Prosecutors said he sexually assaulted the girls numerous times, including in his office. He is not scheduled to be released from prison until 2034.
* Randal Ankeney, former aide to former Republican Colorado Gov. Bill Owens
Once a rising star in Republican politics, Ankeney pleaded guilty in 2002 of attempting to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. After serving two years in prison, he pleaded guilty to similar charges in 2008.
* Jimmy Swaggart, evangelist
After marrying his wife when she was only 15, Swaggart built a ministry and saw it significantly erode after a fellow adulterous minister staked out a Louisiana motel and took pictures of Swaggart with a prostitute in 1988. He apologized but later was caught with other prostitutes.
After being accused of sending sexually explicit emails to teenage male congressional pages, Foley resigned in 2006. Foley resurfaced as a Trump supporter, appearing behind him during a 2016 rally.
* Mike Tyson, boxer, Trump supporter
Robin Givens, Tyson’s first wife, accused him of physical abuse in 1989 during a one-year marriage. In 1991, Tyson was arrested and charged with the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, who was Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. He was convicted and served three years in prison.
In 2002, his second wife, Monica Turner, accused him of adultery in her divorce filing. Turner is the sister of Michael Steele, a former lieutenant governor of Maryland and Republican National Committee chairman. Tyson said he supported Trump because he still “shakes my hand and respects my family.”
* Curt Schilling, former pro baseball player, commentator, Republican donor
After getting fired from ESPN for bigoted social media posts in 2015, Schilling publicly said or posted anti-women comments, as well as comments calling for the killing of Hillary Clinton, James Comey, and journalists. In one interview, he stated that Hillary Clinton should be “buried under a jail somewhere.” In another, he defended Trump’s comment that he was going to date a 10-year-old girl in about ten years – that came after Schilling became so incensed at guys making social media comments about his under-aged daughter that he pursued legal action and reportedly had them suspended from school. Schilling has given money to numerous Republicans, including Trump and Ben Carson.
In 2009, Woods was hounded by reports of numerous extramarital affairs, including his neighbor’s 21-year-old daughter. He also spent thousands on prostitutes and had an unhealthy obsession with porn. One madam said he liked threesomes, and he reportedly asked one porn star if he could choke her and engage in a “golden shower,” an act in which Trump had reportedly did.
Woods and his wife divorced in 2010. In 2014, Trump hired Woods to design a golf course in Dubai. In 2015, skier Lindsey Vonn broke up with him amid reports of more infidelity. In November 2017 as reports of Trump’s sexual assaults increased, Woods played golf with him.
In 2013, Langworthy pleaded guilty to molesting five boys between the ages of 6 and 13 in the early 1980s in Mississippi. He received a suspended sentence. He was a youth minister at Dallas-area Prestonwood in the late 1980s and was forced to leave the church after similar allegations of sex abuse. Amy Smith, the daughter of a former Prestonwood deacon, was instrumental in disclosing Langworthy’s abuse at Prestonwood, which she said involved at least three males.
In 2009, another Prestonwood minister, Joe Barron, was sentenced to seven years in prison for soliciting sex with a 13-year-old girl. At the time, Pastor Jack Graham, who took over in 1989 after Bill Weber admitted to an extramarital affair, said it was the first such incident in church history, neglecting to mention the Langworthy case. Graham was president of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of Trump’s religious advisors.
In 1990, Williams had a big lead in polls for Texas governor when he told a group that included reporters gathered around a campfire that if rape was “inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.” He claimed the statement was a joke, which made the situation worse to some for apparently joking about a crime. Reports also circulated that Williams had used prostitutes in his younger days. He ended up losing to Democrat Ann Richards.
* Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Rep., R-Fla.
In 2001, Scarborough resigned, claiming he wanted to spend more time with his family and later hosting a show on MSNBC. But a couple months earlier, female intern Lori Klausutis was found dead in his office. While police reported no foul play and Scarborough did not admit to having an affair with her, he joked about the situation in 2003 on Don Imus’s radio show. Imus complimented Scarborough on his sense of humor, then said he asked him “why you aren’t in Congress. You said that you had sex with the intern and then you had to kill her.” Scarborough then laughed and said, “Yeah, well, what are you gonna do?”
Another Clinton-era hypocrite, Livingston was elected House Speaker in late 1998 only to resign soon after following reports of his own affairs.
In the midst of the Clinton scandal when Republicans seemingly couldn’t find a single leader who had not committed adultery themselves, DeLay claimed he was morally superior to Gingrich since he stopped his extramarital affairs before Clinton’s impeachment proceedings. DeLay was later convicted for violating election laws.
In 2011, Weiner resigned from Congress after the first of several sexting scandals was publicized. A later one reportedly involved a 15-year-old girl, and he was sentenced to 21 months in prison in 2017 for transferring obscene material to a minor.
* Bill O’Reilly, former Fox News talk show host
Fox fired O’Reilly in April 2017 after reports detailed that the network paid almost $50 million to settle sexual harassment lawsuits filed by women he worked with, including analyst Lis Wiehl. The incidents included masturbating as O’Reilly spoke with women on the phone and trying to get women fired after they rejected him.
* Dennis Hastert, former U.S. Rep., R-Ill.
At a 2015 hearing in which he was sentenced to 15 months in prison for illegal bank transactions, the former House Speaker – among many Republican Congress members who played a lead role in impeaching Bill Clinton - admitted he sexually abused boys when he was a high school wrestling coach years earlier. The financial shenanigans were done to pay off a former student he abused, prosecutors said. A judge called Hastert a “serial child molester.”
* Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State assistant football coach
A registered Republican, Sandusky was found guilty in 2011 of 45 charges of sexual abuse of young boys between 1994 and 2009. He was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years in prison. Payments to victims who said Sandusky abused them totaled more than $100 million.
A registered Republican, Sandusky was found guilty in 2011 of 45 charges of sexual abuse of young boys between 1994 and 2009. He was sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years in prison. Payments to victims who said Sandusky abused them totaled more than $100 million.
* Philip Giordano, former Republican mayor of Waterbury, Conn.
Arrested in 2001 for soliciting sex with two underaged girls – ages 8 and 10 – Giordano was sentenced to 37 years in prison. Prosecutors said he sexually assaulted the girls numerous times, including in his office. He is not scheduled to be released from prison until 2034.
* Randal Ankeney, former aide to former Republican Colorado Gov. Bill Owens
Once a rising star in Republican politics, Ankeney pleaded guilty in 2002 of attempting to have sex with a 13-year-old girl. After serving two years in prison, he pleaded guilty to similar charges in 2008.
* Parker Bena, former Virginia Republican activist
After casting one of his state’s electoral votes for Bush in 2000, Bena was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
After casting one of his state’s electoral votes for Bush in 2000, Bena was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison for possessing child pornography.
* Kevin Coan, former Republican election board official
As a director of the St. Louis Board of Elections, Coan was arrested in 2001 for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl over the Internet. Police also found child porn on the lawyer’s computer. He was sentenced to two years probation.
As a director of the St. Louis Board of Elections, Coan was arrested in 2001 for soliciting sex from a 14-year-old girl over the Internet. Police also found child porn on the lawyer’s computer. He was sentenced to two years probation.
* Larry Craig, former U.S. Sen., R-Id.
In 2007, Craig was arrested in an airport restroom for soliciting sex from a male undercover officer. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined. He decided to finish his Senate term but not resign early.
In 2007, Craig was arrested in an airport restroom for soliciting sex from a male undercover officer. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined. He decided to finish his Senate term but not resign early.
* Bob Allen, former U.S. Rep., R-Fla.
In 2007, the married Allen was arrested for offering an undercover officer money to perform fellatio in a Florida park restroom. He was convicted and sentenced to probation, before resigning from office.
In 2007, the married Allen was arrested for offering an undercover officer money to perform fellatio in a Florida park restroom. He was convicted and sentenced to probation, before resigning from office.
* Jim Bakker, Christian evangelist
A huge Trump supporter, Bakker threatened in 2017 to lead a riot of Christians if their hero was impeached. In a book, Bakker admitted to having sex with ministry secretary Jessica Hahn in 1980 while married to Tammy Faye. Hahn accused Bakker of assault, while Bakker claimed the sex was consensual. He later served five years in prison for fraud.
A huge Trump supporter, Bakker threatened in 2017 to lead a riot of Christians if their hero was impeached. In a book, Bakker admitted to having sex with ministry secretary Jessica Hahn in 1980 while married to Tammy Faye. Hahn accused Bakker of assault, while Bakker claimed the sex was consensual. He later served five years in prison for fraud.
After marrying his wife when she was only 15, Swaggart built a ministry and saw it significantly erode after a fellow adulterous minister staked out a Louisiana motel and took pictures of Swaggart with a prostitute in 1988. He apologized but later was caught with other prostitutes.
Swaggart is another big Trump supporter, calling his ascension to the White House “a miracle from God.” He often described liberals and Democrats as “agents of Satan.”
* Ted Haggard, evangelist
A minister to W. Bush, the married Haggard admitted to having a male escort massage his penis. A male church member accused him of masturbating in front of him, while Haggard claimed he thought the man was asleep. Haggard resigned from national evandelical leadership positions in 2006.
* Don Sherwood, former U.S. Rep., R-Pa.
In 2004, Cynthia Ore locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood’s Washington, D.C., apartment and called police to say she was assaulted. She accused Sherwood of choking her, while he claimed it was a mere “backrub.” After a political opponent released the police report to media in 2005, Sherwood claimed Ore was merely a “casual acquaintance.” He eventually admitted to a five-year extramarital affair with Ore but denied abusing her. Ore filed a lawsuit accusing Sherwood of assaulting her numerous times. He reportedly settled the case for about $500,000 and lost his 2006 re-election bid.
* Billy Bush, H.W. Bush nephew
Bush was not accused of sexual harassment himself but of enabling Trump when he spoke about how he assaulted women. In 2005, Bush and Trump had a lewd conversation before taping a television show in which they talked about how Trump assaulted women by going up to them, kissing them and even grabbing them by the “p----.” Bush could be heard laughing about Trump’s remarks. Bush was then a host of Access Hollywood and later became a co-host of Today. He was fired from Today after a tape of the lewd discussion went public in 2016.
* Bob Packwood, former U.S. Sen., R-Ore.
After about ten female ex-staffers accused him of sexual harassment, Packwood resigned in 1995.
* Mark Foley, former U.S. Rep., R-Fla.
* Ted Haggard, evangelist
A minister to W. Bush, the married Haggard admitted to having a male escort massage his penis. A male church member accused him of masturbating in front of him, while Haggard claimed he thought the man was asleep. Haggard resigned from national evandelical leadership positions in 2006.
* Don Sherwood, former U.S. Rep., R-Pa.
In 2004, Cynthia Ore locked herself inside the bathroom of Sherwood’s Washington, D.C., apartment and called police to say she was assaulted. She accused Sherwood of choking her, while he claimed it was a mere “backrub.” After a political opponent released the police report to media in 2005, Sherwood claimed Ore was merely a “casual acquaintance.” He eventually admitted to a five-year extramarital affair with Ore but denied abusing her. Ore filed a lawsuit accusing Sherwood of assaulting her numerous times. He reportedly settled the case for about $500,000 and lost his 2006 re-election bid.
* Billy Bush, H.W. Bush nephew
Bush was not accused of sexual harassment himself but of enabling Trump when he spoke about how he assaulted women. In 2005, Bush and Trump had a lewd conversation before taping a television show in which they talked about how Trump assaulted women by going up to them, kissing them and even grabbing them by the “p----.” Bush could be heard laughing about Trump’s remarks. Bush was then a host of Access Hollywood and later became a co-host of Today. He was fired from Today after a tape of the lewd discussion went public in 2016.
* Bob Packwood, former U.S. Sen., R-Ore.
After about ten female ex-staffers accused him of sexual harassment, Packwood resigned in 1995.
* Mark Foley, former U.S. Rep., R-Fla.
After being accused of sending sexually explicit emails to teenage male congressional pages, Foley resigned in 2006. Foley resurfaced as a Trump supporter, appearing behind him during a 2016 rally.
* Mike Tyson, boxer, Trump supporter
Robin Givens, Tyson’s first wife, accused him of physical abuse in 1989 during a one-year marriage. In 1991, Tyson was arrested and charged with the rape of 18-year-old Desiree Washington, who was Miss Black Rhode Island, in an Indianapolis hotel room. He was convicted and served three years in prison.
In 2002, his second wife, Monica Turner, accused him of adultery in her divorce filing. Turner is the sister of Michael Steele, a former lieutenant governor of Maryland and Republican National Committee chairman. Tyson said he supported Trump because he still “shakes my hand and respects my family.”
* Curt Schilling, former pro baseball player, commentator, Republican donor
After getting fired from ESPN for bigoted social media posts in 2015, Schilling publicly said or posted anti-women comments, as well as comments calling for the killing of Hillary Clinton, James Comey, and journalists. In one interview, he stated that Hillary Clinton should be “buried under a jail somewhere.” In another, he defended Trump’s comment that he was going to date a 10-year-old girl in about ten years – that came after Schilling became so incensed at guys making social media comments about his under-aged daughter that he pursued legal action and reportedly had them suspended from school. Schilling has given money to numerous Republicans, including Trump and Ben Carson.
* Tiger Woods, pro golfer, Trump contractor
In 2009, Woods was hounded by reports of numerous extramarital affairs, including his neighbor’s 21-year-old daughter. He also spent thousands on prostitutes and had an unhealthy obsession with porn. One madam said he liked threesomes, and he reportedly asked one porn star if he could choke her and engage in a “golden shower,” an act in which Trump had reportedly did.
Woods and his wife divorced in 2010. In 2014, Trump hired Woods to design a golf course in Dubai. In 2015, skier Lindsey Vonn broke up with him amid reports of more infidelity. In November 2017 as reports of Trump’s sexual assaults increased, Woods played golf with him.
* John Langworthy, former youth minister, Joe Barron, former minister, Prestonwood Baptist Church, Tx.
In 2009, another Prestonwood minister, Joe Barron, was sentenced to seven years in prison for soliciting sex with a 13-year-old girl. At the time, Pastor Jack Graham, who took over in 1989 after Bill Weber admitted to an extramarital affair, said it was the first such incident in church history, neglecting to mention the Langworthy case. Graham was president of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of Trump’s religious advisors.
* Clayton Williams Jr., Republican Texas governor candidate
In 1990, Williams had a big lead in polls for Texas governor when he told a group that included reporters gathered around a campfire that if rape was “inevitable, just relax and enjoy it.” He claimed the statement was a joke, which made the situation worse to some for apparently joking about a crime. Reports also circulated that Williams had used prostitutes in his younger days. He ended up losing to Democrat Ann Richards.
* Joe Scarborough, former U.S. Rep., R-Fla.
In 2001, Scarborough resigned, claiming he wanted to spend more time with his family and later hosting a show on MSNBC. But a couple months earlier, female intern Lori Klausutis was found dead in his office. While police reported no foul play and Scarborough did not admit to having an affair with her, he joked about the situation in 2003 on Don Imus’s radio show. Imus complimented Scarborough on his sense of humor, then said he asked him “why you aren’t in Congress. You said that you had sex with the intern and then you had to kill her.” Scarborough then laughed and said, “Yeah, well, what are you gonna do?”
* Bob Livingston, former U.S. Rep., R-La.
Another Clinton-era hypocrite, Livingston was elected House Speaker in late 1998 only to resign soon after following reports of his own affairs.
* Tom DeLay, former U.S. Rep., R-Tx.
In the midst of the Clinton scandal when Republicans seemingly couldn’t find a single leader who had not committed adultery themselves, DeLay claimed he was morally superior to Gingrich since he stopped his extramarital affairs before Clinton’s impeachment proceedings. DeLay was later convicted for violating election laws.
* John Ensign, former U.S. Sen., R- Nv.
Between 2007 and 2008, Ensign reportedly had an affair with a female campaign worker. As he tried to keep the affair quiet, federal agencies investigated him, and he resigned in 2011. While his wife did not divorce him, the woman and her husband split.
* Edward Schrock, former U.S. Rep., R-Va.
In 2004, the married Schrock ended his re-election bid after being caught on tape soliciting sex from men in a telephone service. He cosponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment and consistently opposed gay rights.
After saying that countries that permitted prostitution should not receive U.S. funds, Tobias resigned in 2007 after confirming that he had been a Madam Palfrey customer.
Between 2007 and 2008, Ensign reportedly had an affair with a female campaign worker. As he tried to keep the affair quiet, federal agencies investigated him, and he resigned in 2011. While his wife did not divorce him, the woman and her husband split.
* Edward Schrock, former U.S. Rep., R-Va.
In 2004, the married Schrock ended his re-election bid after being caught on tape soliciting sex from men in a telephone service. He cosponsored the Federal Marriage Amendment and consistently opposed gay rights.
* Randall Tobias, AIDS czar under W. Bush
After saying that countries that permitted prostitution should not receive U.S. funds, Tobias resigned in 2007 after confirming that he had been a Madam Palfrey customer.
* Katrina Leung, former California Republican fund-raiser
As an FBI informant who sold secrets to the Chinese, Leung reportedly had extramarital affairs with two FBI agents, according to federal prosecutors. She pleaded guilty to lesser charges in 2005, receiving probation and a fine.
As an FBI informant who sold secrets to the Chinese, Leung reportedly had extramarital affairs with two FBI agents, according to federal prosecutors. She pleaded guilty to lesser charges in 2005, receiving probation and a fine.
Democrats or
progressives accused of sex misconduct who HAVE been held accountable
* Bill Clinton, former president
In 1994, Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton, which was dismissed by a judge in 1998. But Jones appealed, and it strengthened after Clinton admitted later that year to engaging in an “improper physical relationship” with intern Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky said most encounters occurred in the White House, but they did not ever have intercourse.
Clinton initially denied having such a relationship in a deposition, and that became the basis for the U.S. House impeaching him in late 1998. The Senate later acquitted him. Other women accused Clinton of various misconduct, including one who said he sexually assaulted her. In 2016, Clinton inadvertently hindered his wife's presidential campaign when opponents used his admitted sexual misconduct against the campaign.
In 1994, Paula Jones filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Clinton, which was dismissed by a judge in 1998. But Jones appealed, and it strengthened after Clinton admitted later that year to engaging in an “improper physical relationship” with intern Monica Lewinsky. Lewinsky said most encounters occurred in the White House, but they did not ever have intercourse.
Clinton initially denied having such a relationship in a deposition, and that became the basis for the U.S. House impeaching him in late 1998. The Senate later acquitted him. Other women accused Clinton of various misconduct, including one who said he sexually assaulted her. In 2016, Clinton inadvertently hindered his wife's presidential campaign when opponents used his admitted sexual misconduct against the campaign.
* Andrew Cuomo, former NY governor
Cuomo resigned in 2021 after even President Joe Biden joined calls for him to resign. Numerous women accused Cuomo of sexual misconduct.
* Katie Hill, former California U.S. House member
Hill resigned in 2019 after reports surfaced that she had sexual relations with staffers.
* Anthony Weiner, former U.S. Rep., D-N.Y.
* Ezequiel Christopher Barragan, former party delegate
In 2016, Barragan was sentenced to five years in prison after he admitted he sexually assaulted a teenage boy numerous times since 2012. He was an Orange County delegate to the California Democratic Party, as well as a Dana Hills High School teacher.
* John Edwards, former Sen., D-N.C.
In 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Edwards on six felony charges of violating campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he later admitted. He was found not guilty on one count, and the judge declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges. Edwards admitted to fathering a child with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth, legally separated from him in 2010, and his political career soon ended.
* Hamilton Fish, former New Republic editor, Democratic donor
In Nov. 2017, Fish resigned as president and publisher of The New Republic magazine after several women accused him of harassment. The incidents included being grabbed by the neck and making suggestive comments.
* Tony Mendoza, former state Sen., D-Calif.
In Nov. 2017, a California committee took away Mendoza’s leadership positions, including chairmanship of the state banking committee. He was accused of harassing female staff members. Former aide Haley Myers said he invited her to a weekend political event at Pebble Beach even though she was married. Another young woman said Mendoza invited her to his house twice and once to stay with him in a hotel room during an event. Another said Mendoza provided her with alcohol in his hotel room during a political convention when she was a 19-year-old intern. Mendoza resigned in 2018.
* Don Hazen, AlterNet, former executive editor, Democratic donor
* Ira Silverstein, former state Sen., D-Ill.
In Nov. 2017, Silverstein lost his position as majority caucus chair due to sexual harassment allegations made by Denise Rotheimer, a Republican running for a state representative seat. She said Silverstein called and messaged her late at night and made comments about her appearance. He said the comments did not harass her and resisted calls to resign. He was defeated in a 2018 primary.
In 2016, Barragan was sentenced to five years in prison after he admitted he sexually assaulted a teenage boy numerous times since 2012. He was an Orange County delegate to the California Democratic Party, as well as a Dana Hills High School teacher.
* John Edwards, former Sen., D-N.C.
In 2011, a federal grand jury indicted Edwards on six felony charges of violating campaign contribution laws to cover up an extramarital affair to which he later admitted. He was found not guilty on one count, and the judge declared a mistrial on the remaining five charges. Edwards admitted to fathering a child with his mistress, Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth, legally separated from him in 2010, and his political career soon ended.
* Hamilton Fish, former New Republic editor, Democratic donor
In Nov. 2017, Fish resigned as president and publisher of The New Republic magazine after several women accused him of harassment. The incidents included being grabbed by the neck and making suggestive comments.
* Tony Mendoza, former state Sen., D-Calif.
In Nov. 2017, a California committee took away Mendoza’s leadership positions, including chairmanship of the state banking committee. He was accused of harassing female staff members. Former aide Haley Myers said he invited her to a weekend political event at Pebble Beach even though she was married. Another young woman said Mendoza invited her to his house twice and once to stay with him in a hotel room during an event. Another said Mendoza provided her with alcohol in his hotel room during a political convention when she was a 19-year-old intern. Mendoza resigned in 2018.
* Don Hazen, AlterNet, former executive editor, Democratic donor
In Dec. 2017, Hazen was put on indefinite leave after several women who worked for the alternative news outlet accused him of making unwanted advances and sending them explicit messages and photos. Hazen was a former publisher for Mother Jones magazine who donated to Democrats. He later resigned from AlterNet.
* Ira Silverstein, former state Sen., D-Ill.
In Nov. 2017, Silverstein lost his position as majority caucus chair due to sexual harassment allegations made by Denise Rotheimer, a Republican running for a state representative seat. She said Silverstein called and messaged her late at night and made comments about her appearance. He said the comments did not harass her and resisted calls to resign. He was defeated in a 2018 primary.
* Steve Lebsock, former state Rep., D-Colo.
In Nov. 2017, state Rep. Faith Winter, D-Colo., filed a complaint that Lebsock harassed her at at 2016 party. Winter, who called him a “serial offender,” said Lebsock described sex acts and then tried to grab her arm to make her leave with him. Lebsock said he passed a polygraph examination that he told the truth when he said he did not harass her and ignored calls for him to resign. Other women accused him of asking for sex and undoing a blouse button. He was expelled in 2018, shortly after changing his party affiliation to Republican.
Other Republicans or
conservatives ACCUSED of sex misconduct who have NOT yet been held accountable
* Dan Burton, former U.S. Rep., R-Ind.
After calling Bill Clinton a “scumbag” and saying that no one should get away with sexual misconduct, Burton admitted during the 1998 proceedings against Clinton that he had an extramarital affair. He even fathered a child out of wedlock with a state employee when he was a state senator in the early 1980s. There were many more than just one affair; one report called Burton “the biggest skirt-chaser in the Indiana legislature.”
A female state agency employee and registered Republican said she had a “one-night stand” with Burton and called him a “hypocrite” for continually harping on “family values.” Rebecca Hyatt of Indianapolis was brought to D.C. and pressured into having an affair with Burton, former boyfriend James Rutledge said. Former model Claudia Keller was hired to be campaign manager with her Indianapolis home serving as the headquarters. Burton paid her rent and often visited there for hookups, a neighbor said.
Other female staffers accused Burton of making inappropriate sexual remarks to them and groping them. A lobbyist for Planned Parenthood said he groped her during a mid-1990s visit to his Washington office. Another male lobbyist said he heard Burton make an inappropriate remark to a female staffer and also caught a Burton male staffer taking a picture up the dress of a female staffer underneath her desk. The male staffer claimed he was merely testing to see if he could take such a photo undetected.
* Steve Doocy, Fox host
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson accused Doocy of “severe and pervasive sexual harassment.” Another staff member confirmed that Doocy made “inappropriate comments” about Carlson. Doocy was never reprimanded by Fox.
Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson accused Doocy of “severe and pervasive sexual harassment.” Another staff member confirmed that Doocy made “inappropriate comments” about Carlson. Doocy was never reprimanded by Fox.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger, former
California governor and actor
In 2017, the “Terminator” and Maria Shriver finalized their divorce. While married, Schwarzenegger had fathered a son with their housekeeper. Then while running for governor in 2003, numerous women accused Schwarzenegger of sexual harassment or assault. One said he pushed her into a storeroom of a former Planet Hollywood restaurant in Atlanta in 1997, held her down and assaulted her. The Los Angeles Times and others reported numerous other incidents. He made a half-apology before the election that he thought his actions were “playful.” He also reportedly had sex with budding actress Gigi Goyette when she was 16.
In 2017, the “Terminator” and Maria Shriver finalized their divorce. While married, Schwarzenegger had fathered a son with their housekeeper. Then while running for governor in 2003, numerous women accused Schwarzenegger of sexual harassment or assault. One said he pushed her into a storeroom of a former Planet Hollywood restaurant in Atlanta in 1997, held her down and assaulted her. The Los Angeles Times and others reported numerous other incidents. He made a half-apology before the election that he thought his actions were “playful.” He also reportedly had sex with budding actress Gigi Goyette when she was 16.
* Ben Roethlisberger, Steelers quarterback, Trump golfing partner
In 2009, casino host Andrea McNulty filed a lawsuit in Nevada accusing Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her in 2008 in a hotel room while he was in Lake Tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament. McNulty claimed he called her to his room to check the television sound system, then forced himself on her as she tried to leave. A co-worker said McNulty had bragged about having consensual sex with the quarterback, who was single at the time. The lawsuit was settled in 2011. Roethlisberger was accused again in 2010 of sexual assault by a young woman in a Georgia nightclub restroom. She declined to press charges due to unwanted publicity but stressed she was not dropping her accusation. At least one other person detailed unwanted advances by Roethlisberger.
Trump in 2016 said he was a friend of Roethlisberger and played golf with him. The quarterback declined to publicly endorse him but admitted they did play golf. Among his ex-girlfriends is golfer and Trump endorser Natalie Gulbis.
* Beverly Russell Jr., former Christian Coalition leader, S.C.
In 2009, casino host Andrea McNulty filed a lawsuit in Nevada accusing Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her in 2008 in a hotel room while he was in Lake Tahoe for a celebrity golf tournament. McNulty claimed he called her to his room to check the television sound system, then forced himself on her as she tried to leave. A co-worker said McNulty had bragged about having consensual sex with the quarterback, who was single at the time. The lawsuit was settled in 2011. Roethlisberger was accused again in 2010 of sexual assault by a young woman in a Georgia nightclub restroom. She declined to press charges due to unwanted publicity but stressed she was not dropping her accusation. At least one other person detailed unwanted advances by Roethlisberger.
Trump in 2016 said he was a friend of Roethlisberger and played golf with him. The quarterback declined to publicly endorse him but admitted they did play golf. Among his ex-girlfriends is golfer and Trump endorser Natalie Gulbis.
* Beverly Russell Jr., former Christian Coalition leader, S.C.
In 1987, he reportedly fondled the breasts of step-daughter Susan Smith, then 15, and put her hand on his genitals. Russell admitted that he continued the molestation until a few months before Smith killed her two young sons by drowning them in a lake in 1994. After Russell admitted in trial testimony to molesting Smith, he resigned from the state Republican executive committee in 1995. But he was not tried for sexual assault. Smith was sentenced to life in prison for killing her sons.
* Chris Christie, New Jersey governor, Trump campaign adviser
One of three finalists to be Trump’s VP in 2016, Christie has been dogged by reports that led to questions on whether his $46,000 loan to federal prosecutor Michele Brown and appointing her to a plum government job were part of covering up an extramarital affair.
* Rudy Giuliani, New York mayor, Trump campaign adviser
Giuliani married a cousin, then divorced her. He reportedly cheated on his second wife with pharmaceutical sales manager Judith Nathan, who he married in 2003.
Giuliani married a cousin, then divorced her. He reportedly cheated on his second wife with pharmaceutical sales manager Judith Nathan, who he married in 2003.
* U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx.
During the 2016 campaign, the National Enquirer published a story about Cruz having affairs with five women. He denied cheating on his wife, but Trump used the controversy to his gain.
During the 2016 campaign, the National Enquirer published a story about Cruz having affairs with five women. He denied cheating on his wife, but Trump used the controversy to his gain.
* George W. Bush, former president
Several reports quoted women who said they had extramarital affairs with Bush. Former stripper Tammy Phillips claimed to have had an 18-month affair with Bush that ended in 1999. Margie Schoedinger also filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Bush before she was found dead in 2003. Another woman said Bush tried to seduce her at a Texas festival when he was 22 and she was 14.
* Jeb Bush, former Florida governor
Reports circulated in 2001 that Bush had an affair with Cynthia Henderson, a former Playboy bunny who he hired for a plum state job in 1999.
Reports circulated in 2001 that Bush had an affair with Cynthia Henderson, a former Playboy bunny who he hired for a plum state job in 1999.
* Neil Bush, another presidential son
In a deposition in his divorce case against former wife Sharon Bush in 2003, Bush admitted that he “had sexual intercourse with perhaps three or four - I don’t remember the exact number - women at different times.”
* Bob Barr, former U.S. Rep., R-Ga.
A member of Bill Clinton’s impeachment committee, the hypocritical author of “The Defense of Marriage Act” had an affair while still married to Gail Barr and married Jeri Dobbin a month after the divorce became final in 1986, according to testimony in the divorce case. Neither Barr nor Dobbin denied having the affair when asked about it repeatedly. Then in 1992, Barr licked whipped cream off the chests of “two buxom women” during a Leukemia Society charity event. After promising not to do that again following public outcry, Barr did the same thing off the breasts of a lap dancer in 1998.
* Bob Dole, former U.S. Sen., R-Ks.
Before losing to Clinton in 1996, Dole reportedly had an extramarital affair with Australian-born secretary Meredith Roberts from 1968 to 1972. He did not divorce his first wife until 1973.
* Bill Bennett, drug czar under H.W. Bush
One of Clinton’s harshest critics, Bennett allegedly was a client of Las Vegas dominatrix Leola McConnell, according to her writings. McConnell disappeared in 2007, presumed dead or hiding. Bennett has not addressed such reports, but he acknowledged having a substantial gambling problem that cost him at least $8 million through the years. Where did he mostly go to gamble? Las Vegas.
* David Vitter, former U.S. Sen., R-La.
In 2007, Vitter’s phone number was among those found in the client book of the late D.C. Madam, Deborah Jeane Palfrey. He admitted to cheating on his wife with prostitutes. Despite that, he still won re-election in 2010.
While Vitter and others found in Palfrey’s book were never prosecuted, the government went after Palfrey. She was convicted of money laundering and other charges in 2008 but was found dead by hanging before being sentenced.
* Laura Schlessinger, talk show host
A strict moralist, she hypocritically engaged in an affair while still married with the also hitched colleague Bill Balance in the 1970s. In addition, Schlessinger agreed to take nude photos, which the late Balance sold to an Internet porn company in 1998. And in 2012, she used the n-word on her show numerous times in discussing racial issues with a black caller.
* Russell Casey, Justice of the Peace, R-Tx.
In May 2017, a state court publicly reprimanded Tarrant County Justice Casey for inappropriate sexual conduct with his former chief clerk. From 2009 through 2014, Casey and the female employee had oral sex about 10 times and sex twice in the courthouse or on official business, according to court documents. She filed a lawsuit against him and said the sex was not consensual, while he claimed it was. He tried to fire her after she told him no more and was later transferred to another office, she said. Casey admitted that sex with a worker was not appropriate but resisted demands from the county GOP and others to resign.
* Dale Rogers, Texas businessman and Republican donor
In May 2017, a former employee of Rogers’ Fort Worth investment firm filed a lawsuit alleging that he sexually harassed her. She said Rogers would direct her to escort him to his car and always walk behind her, making comments about her butt and other sexual innuendos. He would also hug her and put his hand on her rear, she said. Rogers contributed money to numerous politicians, including a political action committee for Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney.
* My high school basketball coach
This coach - a Bobby Knight type who was active in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes - would call us into his office, either in twos or alone, and be completely naked as he talked with us about something basketball related. He would also watch us take showers and make comments. One time this coach said something about a teammate's anatomy as he came out of the shower to the effect that he did not need a jock strap but could just use a clothespin. The teammate mumbled, “At least mine works.” Most players heard that retort and laughed, while the coach missed it and thought we were laughing at his clothespin comment.
We all knew he was a perv, but none of us had the guts to report him. We didn't want to rock the boat and feared repercussions, such as him not playing us much and not recommending us to play college bball. We were kids and told to respect authority figures.
* Roger Ailes, late Fox News CEO
In July 2016, Ailes resigned after reports that he sexually harassed female colleagues. Former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson was among those to file a sexual harassment lawsuit against Ailes, saying he fired her for rejecting him. Commentator Megyn Kelly also accused Ailes of sexual harassment.
* Ronald Reagan, late president
The right's greatest modern-day president allegedly had several extramarital affairs, even reportedly with mistress Christine Larson as Nancy Reagan gave birth to their daughter, Patti, in 1952. There was even a reported tryst between the late Nancy Reagan and late Frank Sinatra in the White House.
The right's greatest modern-day president allegedly had several extramarital affairs, even reportedly with mistress Christine Larson as Nancy Reagan gave birth to their daughter, Patti, in 1952. There was even a reported tryst between the late Nancy Reagan and late Frank Sinatra in the White House.
* George H. W. Bush, late president
In October 2017, reports emerged that the elder Bush groped actress Jordana Grolnick as they posed for a photo in August 2016. “Do you want to know who my favorite magician is?” the 92-year-old reportedly asked as he grabbed her rear. “David Cop-a-feel!”
In October 2017, reports emerged that the elder Bush groped actress Jordana Grolnick as they posed for a photo in August 2016. “Do you want to know who my favorite magician is?” the 92-year-old reportedly asked as he grabbed her rear. “David Cop-a-feel!”
Others reported similar incidents. A spokesman said it was due to Bush being in a wheelchair and his arm rested on the lower waist of others. “On occasion, he has patted women's rears in what he intended to be a good-natured joke,” the spokesman said. But some women said they were groped by Bush well before he started using a wheelchair, including one during a photo-op when he was still president in 1992. In addition, Republican Senate candidate Amanda Staples, journalist Liz Allen and then-16-year-old Roslyn Corrigan all said they were touched inappropriately by Bush between 2003 and 2006.
Reports also circulated of Bush having a long-time affair with former aide Jennifer Fitzgerald. Donna Brazile tried to get the Michael Dukakis campaign to capitalize on the reports during the Democrat’s 1988 presidential campaign, but instead he fired her. Meanwhile, Republican operatives were rewarded financially for spreading sexual accusations against prominent Democrats.
* Strom Thurmond, late U.S. Sen., R-S.C.
Before becoming one of the country’s leading proponents of segregation, Thurmond had sex with his 16-year-old African-American housekeeper when he was 22. The act resulted in a daughter, who Thurmond reportedly helped support even as he lobbied against the civil rights of blacks. Thurmond also reportedly had at least one other extramarital affair.
* Dwight Eisenhower, late president
During World War II, Eisenhower allegedly began an affair with Kay Summersby, a young British woman who became his personal secretary. Summersby detailed the relationship in a book.
* Nelson Rockefeller, late vice president to Gerald Ford in the mid-1970s
In 1979 at the age of 70, Rockefeller died while allegedly having sex with Megan Marshak, his much younger secretary, in his townhouse office. In his will, Rockefeller reportedly left Marshak the deed to a New York townhouse and $50,000 in cash.
* Henry Hyde, late U.S. Rep., R- Ill.
The hypocritical chairman of Clinton’s impeachment committee had an affair of his own for about five years with the married Cherie Snodgrass in the late 1960s. In fact, almost every Republican who led the campaign against Clinton cynically committed adultery themselves. Hyde, who was in his 40s and a married Illinois state representative with four kids during his extramarital engagement, termed the affair part of his “youthful indiscretions.”
* Steven LaTourette, late U.S. Rep., R-Ohio
After voting to impeach Clinton, the wife of LaTourette accused him of having a long affair with chief of staff Jennifer Laptook while still married. After getting divorced, he married Laptook.
After voting to impeach Clinton, the wife of LaTourette accused him of having a long affair with chief of staff Jennifer Laptook while still married. After getting divorced, he married Laptook.
* Marty
Glickman, late Republican activist
A few months after being arrested in 2001 and charged with giving drugs like LSD and money to underaged girls in exchange for sex in Florida, Glickman died following a suicide attempt.
* Spyridon “Spero” Harakas, late Raytheon manager, Republican donor
In 2005, a jury awarded $500,000 to Judith Williamson, who accused her supervisor, Harakas, at defense firm Raytheon of sexually harassing her and causing her to have to transfer to another office. She also said Raytheon refused to investigate her sexual harassment complaint because Harakas was the nephew of former Raytheon CEO Thomas Phillips. Williamson said she and Harakas had a romantic relationship, but when she wanted to cool it, he became overly critical of her job performance. Harakas, who died in 2008, contributed to Republicans such as W. Bush.
A few months after being arrested in 2001 and charged with giving drugs like LSD and money to underaged girls in exchange for sex in Florida, Glickman died following a suicide attempt.
* Spyridon “Spero” Harakas, late Raytheon manager, Republican donor
In 2005, a jury awarded $500,000 to Judith Williamson, who accused her supervisor, Harakas, at defense firm Raytheon of sexually harassing her and causing her to have to transfer to another office. She also said Raytheon refused to investigate her sexual harassment complaint because Harakas was the nephew of former Raytheon CEO Thomas Phillips. Williamson said she and Harakas had a romantic relationship, but when she wanted to cool it, he became overly critical of her job performance. Harakas, who died in 2008, contributed to Republicans such as W. Bush.
