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595: Ryan Samsel

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence, Menacing, Rape, Sexual Assault

Ryan Samsel is an insurrectionist. He is accused of assaulting several officers during the insurrection and leaving one of them with a concussion. He has a long history of domestic violence and sexual assault. In fact, at the time he was attacking Capitol Police, there was a warrant for his arrest for alleged breaking into a woman’s home to assault her. He was also on parole for his brutal attack on his pregnant girlfriend and witness intimidation.

563: Andrew Ryan Bennett

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence

Andrew Ryan Bennett is an insurrectionist. On January 6th, he was chanting “break it down” when he entered the Capitol. He also wore a Proud Boys hat. He has a long criminal history full of violence against women. In 2003, he broke down a glass door at a tattoo parlor and attacked a woman and served eighteen months in prison. That same year his mother called the police for help because he had gotten drunk and was menacing her and others. In 2009, he assaulted his sister and his TWO-YEAR-OLD nephew. He poured bleach on the child. A woman whose known him since childhood said in stroke of understatement, “I don’t think he says women as equals.”

504: Thomas Gilmer

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence

Thomas Gilmer, a Q conspiracist, ran for Congress in Connecticut. He entered the Republican primary, was endorsed by the party convention, but was arrested for domestic violence the evening before votes were cast and withdrew the morning of the primary. His opponent, Justin Anderson, and the Republican party chair, J.R. Romano, knew about the incident.

436: Daniel Rodimer

Assault, Familial Abuse & Violence

Daniel Rodimer is the retired professional wrestler Dan Rodman and an unsuccessful Republican candidate for Congress. He’s also been accused of domestic violence though no charges were filed and he remains married to his wife who twice called the police. Before that, a neighbor called police on him when he was fighting with a former girlfriend. He also has three assault charges and he pleaded no contest to one of them.

409: Corey Lewandowski

Assault, Sexual Assault

Corey Lewandowski was one of Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign managers. Though he was fired, He continued to be part of the Trump world until 2021 after he was alleged to assault a Trump donor. The most infamous was the incident with Breitbart reporter Michelle Fields. Fields was knocked down but did not know who grabbed…

318: Frank Sapareto

Assault

Frank Sapareto was a New Hampshire Republican state representative. He was elected even though he was convicted of three counts of assault in 2013. An argument with his girlfriend’s son ended up with two charges of assaulting the girlfriend’s son and one charge for assaulting her daughter. He appealed the convictions but was unsuccessful. Ironically, he was named vice chairman of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee.

Two years later, he was sued for assault, accused of beating up his collaborator in a porn video. He was the actor and was unhappy with the day’s filming. He was accused of breaking into the producer’s home and beating him into unconsciousness. He was hospitalized and the hospital documented severe injuries. Sapareto claimed thought he was filming a tourism video for Japanese tourist but the hours of video proved he was lying. He was removed from his committee vice chairmanship and lost re-election.