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646: Austin Cox

Sexual Misconduct
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Austin Cox was Utah Governor Spencer Cox’s (no relation) campaign manager in 2020. In 2021, a woman came forward alleging sexual misconduct on his part. Gov. Cox put him on leave and hired investigators who substantiated her claim. They also found other examples of his misconduct, described as hostil conduct, and he would have been fired, but resigned first. Cox denied the claim and suggested that it was made in spite after a consensual relationship ended.

573: Scott Miller

Organizational Cover-Up, Sexual Harassment
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Scott Miller was the chair of the Salt Lake County Republicans. When several women reported harassment and abuse by Dave Robinson, he ignored them. When the story became public, he sent an official email calling out the women for their “salacious accusations.” In the email, he wrote, “Are these persons and possibly their special interest backers attempting to embarrass and cancel me and our volunteers?” Miller wrote. “Are most of the accusers sore losers who failed to win their respective races? Is this an attempt to disrupt my efforts to become the Utah GOP Chairman?”

449: Cory Green

Sexual Battery
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Cory Green, a Republican candidate for Congress in Utah, pleaded guilty to two sexual battery charges in a plea deal that took two more serious charges off the table for him. Now he says he is as innocent as Kavanaugh. He claims law enforcement has it out for him and picks on him because he…

378: Kevin Garn

Child Indecency, Sexual Assault
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Kevin Garn was the House Majority Leader in the Utah legislature. In 1985, when he was 28, he took a fifteen-year-old girl who worked for him, his business partner’s daughter, to Salt Lake City and took her hot-tubbing. He got in the tub naked. He claims that is all that happened, but she said there was more to it and characterized it as sexual abuse and a long-term adult-child relationship.

255: Greg Peterson

Kidnapping, Rape
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Gregory Nathan Peterson was an activist for the Utah Republican party. Two women alleged he took them to his cabin and raped them. A third claimed he attempted to rape her but gave in when she showed her gun. Two other women claimed he raped them in their homes. He was charged with kidnapping as well as rape. Two days after being released on bail he killed himself leaving a vindictive, self-justifying note.

95: Daniel Dean Thompson

Child Molestation, Child Sexual Abuse Material
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Daniel Dean Thompson thought modern movies were too full of profanity and nudity. He claimed to have founded CleanFLIX where he bowdlerized popular films. He edited out the swear words and the nudity. But this was a front. He was also producing child sexual assault material with Isaac R. Lifferth, films of him and Liffert…

70: E Ozwald Balfour

Child Rape, Rape, Sexual Assault
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E Ozwald Balfour was a conservative radio host, founder of the Utah Republican Black Assembly, and a Utah Republican State Central Committee member, the latter even after he was arrested for sexually abusing women who applied for work at his media company. In the end, he pleaded no contest and was sentenced to 90 days…

717: Brandon Beckham

Sexual Abuse, Sexual Assault
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Brandon Beckham is running for Utah’s Senate District 23 as a Republican. His campaign site is here. He has been charged with forcible sexual abuse. The woman who filed the complaint also informed police that he called to apologize after claiming he was “wild” and admitting “he had gone too far.”