Scandal

James O’Keefe Removed As Leader Of Project Veritas

The New York Times reports: James O’Keefe, the embattled leader of the conservative group Project Veritas, has been removed from his position amid a series of questions about his oversight of the organization, according to a video of a speech he gave to the group posted Monday. “I was stripped of all decision-making last week,” Mr. O’Keefe said in the …

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FL GOP Pol Found With 10 Grams Of Coke In DUI Arrest

Click Orlando reports: Palm Bay City Council member Pete Filiberto was arrested Saturday night on charges of riding his motorcycle while impaired and carrying 10 grams of cocaine in his shoe, court records show. Filiberto, 34, elected to office in 2022, was charged with possession of cocaine, reckless driving, DUI alcohol, no motorcycle endorsement, and refusing a DUI test, according …

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Schlapp Hires Johnny Depp’s Lawyer In Groping Suit

The Daily Beast reports: According to court documents filed on Thursday, the legal team of conservative icon Matt Schlapp has formally denied that he committed sexual battery against a former Herschel Walker campaign staffer who has accused the CPAC chair of groping his crotch against his will—and he’s asking the court to name the accuser. Media reports have omitted the …

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Toronto Mayor Resigns After Affair With Staffer [VIDEO]

ABC News reports: The mayor of Canada’s largest city has stepped down after acknowledging he had an affair with a former staffer. Toronto Mayor John Tory said at a late Friday night news conference that he developed a relationship with an employee in his office. The 68-year-old was known as a straight-laced, button down moderate conservative — almost the polar …

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Favre Files Defamation Suit Over Welfare Fraud Claims

The Daily Mail reports: Brett Favre is suing ex-NFL players and current media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, as well as Mississippi Auditor Shad White, for ‘defamatory allegations’ made over the Packers legend’s involvement in a $77 million welfare fraud scheme, DailyMail.com has learned. ‘Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee tried to further their careers by making baseless defamatory allegations …

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Southern Baptist Leader Axed For “Marital Indiscretions”

The Christian Post reports: The executive director of the Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware has resigned after the organization became aware of “marital indiscretions,” also leading to his termination as a vice president with a Southern Baptist Convention’s missions agency. The Baptist Convention of Maryland/Delaware leadership sent a letter to the network’s member churches Friday informing them that Michael Crawford resigned …

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Anti-LGBTQ Texas GOP Rep Jailed On DUI Charge

The Texas Tribune reports: State Sen. Charles Schwertner was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, according to Travis County sheriff’s office records. Schwertner, a Georgetown Republican, was booked into the Travis County jail at 2:12 a.m. and charged with driving while intoxicated. Records showed Schwertner was still in Travis County sheriff’s custody most of Tuesday morning. …

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Schlapp Accuser Sues Vaseline Woman’s Head Operative

Politico reports: The Republican staffer who accused conservative stalwart Matt Schlapp of sexual assault and filed a lawsuit against him for nearly $10 million has filed a separate suit against another top GOP operative alleging defamation. Caroline Wren, who most recently ran Harmeet Dhillon’s campaign for RNC chair and Kari Lake’s run for governor, was sued Tuesday in D.C.’s federal …

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Vatican Investigates Alleged Sex Party At UK Cathedral

The Guardian reports: The Vatican is investigating rumours of a “sex party” at a British cathedral which is alleged to have happened during lockdown. As part of an investigation into the circumstances of Robert Byrne’s resignation as the Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle, the Catholic church is looking into claims one of his priests invited worshipers to a private party …

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Former Fox Execs Go On Trial In FIFA Bribery Scandal

The Associated Press reports: Two former Fox executives went on trial Tuesday, accused of bribing South American soccer officials for TV rights to one of the continent’s biggest annual tournaments and using information gathered in the process to help the network’s winning World Cup broadcast bid. It’s the latest case to go to court in the sprawling FIFA corruption scandal. …

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Walker Staffer Sues Matt Schlapp For Alleged Groping

Welp, here’s an instant update to the post below this one: Matt Schlapp, the head of one of the nation’s largest conservative advocacy groups and an adviser to former President Donald J. Trump, was accused in a lawsuit on Tuesday of groping an employee on Herschel Walker’s Senate campaign in October. The lawsuit, filed in the Virginia Circuit Court in …

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Schlapp: I Never Groped That Man And I Might Sue

“This anonymous complaint demonstrates the accuser’s real agenda, working in concert with Daily Beast to attack and harm the Schlapp family. “The complaint is false, and the Schlapp family is suffering unbearable pain and stress due to the false allegation from an anonymous individual. “No family should have to go through this and the Schlapps and their legal team as …

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Texts Support Groping Allegations Against Matt Schlapp

CNN reports: CNN reviewed a text exchange between the staffer and a friend in politics, where the staffer is clearly upset and wondering how to tell the campaign that one of their surrogates had allegedly assaulted him. The exchange is being made public for the first time. “He’s pissed I didn’t follow him to his hotel room,” the staffer wrote. …

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Christian Walker: “Predator” Schlapp Should Resign

The Daily Beast reports: Herschel Walker’s son is calling for the resignation of CPAC’s Matt Schlapp following allegations that Schlapp groped a campaign staffer for the Republican candidate. “Typical predator,” Christian Walker said in a video Saturday. “Preys on this poor little staffer who’s just trying to work his way up in Republican politics, then gets assaulted by one of …

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CPAC Board: Libs Are Trying To Cancel Matt Schlapp

NBC News reports: On Friday evening, after this story was published, two ACU board members issued a statement standing by Schlapp. “We stand squarely behind Matt Schlapp, and the ACU Board of Directors has full confidence in his leadership of the organization,” said Charlie Gerow and Carolyn Meadows, the first and second vice chairs of the board. “We have both …

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Details Emerge In Alleged Schlapp Groping Incident

NBC News reports: Matt Schlapp, one of the nation’s most prominent conservative leaders and a top ally of former President Donald Trump, is being accused of sexually groping a male aide on Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign in October. “He reached in between my legs and fondled me,” the former Walker staffer told NBC News in a telephone interview …

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Dem Rep Floats Bill To “Punish Candidates” Like Santos

Raw Story reports: Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY), who has for the last two weeks been relentlessly ridiculing scandal-plagued Rep.-elect George Santos (R-NY), proposed new legislation on Thursday night that’s named after his embattled soon-to-be colleague. However, the legislation in question is not meant as an honor. The kicker lays in the title, as Torres writes that “it will be called …

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Santos Once Worked As Phone Rep For Dish Network

Patch New York reports: As allegations of a fabricated background swirl around Long Island Congressman-elect George Santos, several people have detailed how they worked alongside him in a Queens customer service center. Patch spoke with multiple people who said they worked alongside Santos at Dish Network in College Point in 2011 and 2012. They offered details of his background not …

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New York AG’s Office Is “Looking Into” Homocon Rep

New York City’s NBC affiliate reports: The New York Attorney General’s Office said it is “looking into a number of issues” surrounding Congressman-elect George Santos, who was the subject of a bombshell New York Times investigation that questions whether the incoming Republican lawmaker fabricated much of his biography. Santos’ competitor in the November election, Democrat Robert Zimmerman, said members of …

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Wells Fargo Ordered To Pay $3.7B For “Illegal Activity”

Via press release from the CFPB: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is ordering Wells Fargo Bank to pay more than $2 billion in redress to consumers and a $1.7 billion civil penalty for legal violations across several of its largest product lines. The bank’s illegal conduct led to billions of dollars in financial harm to its customers and, for …

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