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Tennessee GOP Leader Who Voted To Expel Dem Reps Resigns After Exposure For Sexually Harassing Interns

Nashville’s ABC affiliate reports: A member of GOP leadership in the Tennessee House of Representatives was recently found guilty of sexually harassing at least one legislative intern, likely two, by an ethics subcommittee acting in secret. About six hours after being confronted by NewsChannel 5 Investigates, Rep. Scotty Campbell gave up his seat in the Tennessee General Assembly. Campbell, who …

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OK Sheriff Caught On Tape Threatening To Kill Reporters Says They’re Being Investigated For “Illegal” Recording

Tulsa’s NBC affiliate reports: Residents in McCurtain County are outraged after a newspaper article revealed racist comments and threats of murder involving county officials. The McCurtain Gazette newspaper published an audio recording they obtained where the group is heard discussing a plot to kill the publisher and his son, as well as making racist comments condoning lynching, A large crowd …

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DeSantis Ally Killed Himself Over Child Sex Allegations

The Daily Mail reports: The political donor behind Ron DeSantis’s rapid rise to prominence took his own life after he was accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an underaged teen, a DailyMail.com investigation has revealed. Kent Stermon’s suicide in December came shortly after the girl’s father turned down a ‘five-figure sum’ in a hush-money deal and reported him to …

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Oklahoma Sheriff And County Officials Caught On Tape Discussing Killing Reporters And Lynching Black People

The Oklahoman reports: In southeast Oklahoma, the sheriff of McCurtain County, one of his investigators and a county commissioner are accused by a newspaper of discussing killing a local reporter and lamenting that modern justice no longer includes hanging Black people. The explosive accusations were published this week in the McCurtain Gazette-News. According to the newspaper, Sheriff Kevin Clardy, investigator …

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Thomas’ Billionaire Benefactor: This Is A Political Hit Job

The Dallas Morning News reports: “I think it’s a political hit job,” Crow said. “I don’t think the media cares really much about Harlan Crow, and I think they’re right. They shouldn’t care much about Harlan Crow.” “But I think that the media, and this ProPublica group in particular, funded by leftists, has an agenda to destabilize the [Supreme] Court. …

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WaPo: Thomas Reported Big Income From Defunct Firm

The Washington Post reports: Over the last two decades, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has reported on required financial disclosure forms that his family received rental income totaling hundreds of thousands of dollars from a firm called Ginger, Ltd., Partnership. But that company — a Nebraska real estate firm launched in the 1980s by his wife and her relatives — …

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Friend: Arrested Guardsman Was Not A Whistleblower

The New York Times reports: The 21-year-old National Guard airman was frantic as he joined a call with members of a small online gamer community that has improbably ended up at the center of a federal investigation into a major U.S. security breach. It sounded as if the airman, Jack Teixeira, was in a speeding car, said a member of …

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TN Speaker Secretly Lives In Home Outside District

Popular Information reports: Tennessee Speaker Cameron Sexton (R) secretly bought a home in Nashville for nearly $600,000 in September 2021 through an anonymous trust, Popular Information has learned. The revelation raises serious new questions about whether Sexton can legally represent Crossville, which is nearly two hours from Nashville. If Sexton is not a “qualified voter” in Crossville, he is ineligible …

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Schlapp’s Mother Hints He May Settle Groping Lawsuit

The Wichita Eagle reports: Former Wichita City Council member Sue Schlapp adamantly defended her son Matt Schlapp against accusations of sexual battery while speaking to a Republican women’s group. “There’s nothing that’s more devastating than being the mother of somebody who’s falsely accused,” Sue Schlapp, 82, told attendees at a Republican Women United meeting. “Any of you who knows my …

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TX GOP Rep Goes Absent Amid Possible Criminal Probe

The Texas Tribune reports: State Rep. Bryan Slaton, R-Royse City, has retained a criminal-defense attorney amid a potential ethics investigation by a House committee. The lawyer, Patrick Short, issued a statement Monday morning saying his firm “has been engaged by State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-TX 2) in a matter relating a possible complaint filed against him with the Texas House …

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Scottish Ex-Leader’s Husband Arrested In Money Probe

The BBC reports: The husband of former first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been arrested in connection with an investigation into Scottish National Party finances. Peter Murrell, 58, is being questioned after being taken into police custody on Wednesday morning. Police Scotland said officers were carrying out searches at a number of addresses as part of the investigation. Ms Sturgeon stood …

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South Carolina Comptroller Resigns After $3.5B Error

The Associated Press reports: Embattled South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom will resign next month after a $3.5 billion accounting error in the year-end financial report he oversaw. The state’s top accountant will leave the elected post he has held for 20 years on April 30. The Senate panel investigating the error issued a damning report last week that suggested …

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Schlapp Accuser Himself Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

The Washington Post reports: The longtime Republican campaign aide who has leveled sexual misconduct allegations against Matt Schlapp, the influential leader of the Conservative Political Action Conference, was accused last month of sexual battery. Carlton Huffman, 39, was recently ordered by a judge to stay away for one year from a Raleigh, N.C., housemate who alleged he performed unwanted sex …

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Report: Rail Worker Was Told To Skip Safety Inspections

The Guardian reports: In leaked audio heard by the Guardian, a manager for one of the US’s largest rail companies can be heard explaining to a former carman that they should stop tagging railcars for broken bearings. The manager says doing so delays other cargo. The disclosure comes as federal agencies investigate the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. A wheel-bearing …

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Walker Campaign Paid $600,000 To Defunct Car Wash Owned By Donor, Money Was For “Private Jet” Service

Fox News reports: Campaign finance experts expressed concern following a Fox News Digital report showing former Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker’s campaign paid a defunct car wash hundreds of thousands of dollars for private jet travel. Team Herschel, Walker’s main campaign organization, paid a company named Jetts roughly $595,600 to charter private jets between March and December last year. Other …

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Fox News May Not Have Presence At This Year’s CPAC

The Daily Beast reports: Days ahead of this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference, it remains to be seen if and how Fox News will cover the annual right-wing confab amid CPAC boss Matt Schlapp’s alleged groping scandal. As of publication, Schlapp and his annual convention have all but disappeared from the Fox News universe. None of Fox News Media’s outlets …

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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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Florida Republican Resigns After Cocaine/DUI Arrest

Orlando’s NBC affiliate reports: Peter Filiberto has resigned from the Palm Bay City Council. He submitted a letter saying he was resigning from his position as a council member and that the resignation will immediately be effective. He is facing charges of DUI and possession of cocaine. Police say when they attempted to pull him over, Filiberto tried to outrun …

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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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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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