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Republican Abuse of Power or Authority (102 instances)

1449: Gregg Hayden

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery
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Gregg Hayden is a retired lieutenant at the Anderson County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina. He was also the School Safety and Security Supervisor for Anderson School District Five. He was appointed to the Anderson County School District One Board in where he served from April to August, 2025, when he resigned after his arrest for criminal sexual conduct with minors. He also resigned from his position at Anderson Five.

1438: Christopher Seibert

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Indecency, Child Molestation, Child Rape
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Christopher Seibert was the vice-principal at Regis St. Mary’s school in Stayton, Oregon, from 2020 until 2023. After that, he worked at St. Joseph’s in Salem, first as a 5th-grade teacher and then as principal. He was suspended in December 2024 after the school learned of the allegation against him. In July 2025, he was indicted on four counts of first-degree sex abuse and one count of second-degree unlawful sexual penetration of a child at Regis St. Mary’s.

1434: Stephen Kopp

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Molestation, Child Rape
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Stephen Kopp was the director of EDUCamp, a Bob Jones University summer program and after-school program director at Bob Jones Academy, a K-12 school. Bob Jones is notorious for not allowing inter-racial dating until 2000, giving up its tax exemption rather than enter the modern era. Bob Jones advocates Christian Nationalism, an extremist ideology that is overtaking the Republican party. Kopp has been charged with criminal sexual conduct with a minor who was just fifteen years old.

1431: Curtis Cochran

Abuse of Power or Authority, Kidnapping, Rape, Sexual Assault, Sexual Battery, Solicitation
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The State of North Carolina has charged Cochran with felonious restraint, assault on a female, sexual battery and solicitation to commit prostitution. Cochran is also charged under the Cherokee Code with two counts of oppression in office and one count of abusive sexual contact.

1417: Scott Finkbeiner

Abuse of Power or Authority, Coercion
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Derek Scott Finkbeiner was the Sheriff of Hot Springs County in Arkansas. While sheriff, Finkbeiner warned a local drug dealer that federal investigators were investigating the dealer, even pointing out where they had placed a surveillance camera. He is also alleged to have smoked meth while in uniform. He was also accused of coercing an informant to smoke meth and perform sex acts on him. He was arrested by the FBI in November, 2023. He remained in office during the ongoing investigation against him.

1412: David Whitmire

Abuse of Power or Authority, Sexual Assault, Solicitation
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David Whitmire is a Commissioner representing Precinct 3 in Liberty County, Texas. His previous claim to fame was mocking dog advocates by barking and woofing with county judge Jay Knight, prompting calls for their recall. Now, he has been indicted, charged with sexual assault, solicitation of prostitution, and official oppression.

1396: Jovanté Teague

Abuse of Power or Authority
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Jovanté Teague is the Vice-Chair of the Florida Republican Party. He was also the vice-mayor of Cross City, Florida. Before that, he was a prison guard when he was convicted convicted in a state felony investigation that disclosed he had a sexual relationship with a female inmate. Since he was in a position of power over her making it difficult for her to refuse, any sort of sexual relationship was an abuse of power.

1393: Jay Quam

Abuse of Power or Authority, Sexual Harassment
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Jay Quam was a Hennepin County judge appointed by Republican Governor Tim Pawlenty in 2006. He retired in March, 2025, one month before he was reprimanded by The Minnesota Board on Judicial Standards for a pattern of sexual harassment that included an inappropriate relationship with his clerk and his staff hearing explicit sounds of sexual activity from his office.

1349: Ryan Capps

Abuse of Power or Authority, Child Exploitation, Child Rape, Child Sexual Abuse Material, Coercion
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Ryan C. Capps was a teacher at Durant Middle School in Oklahoma. In 2022, he enticed a student to engage in sexual activity which he used to produce child sexual exploitation material. He was convicted on May 1, 2024, in a jury trial.