Rep. David Wu, D-Ore., who was elected to Congress in 1998 as the first Chinese-American to serve in the House, announced his resignation July 26, 2011, following allegations he engaged in “aggressive and unwanted sexual behavior” with a woman who is reportedly the teen of a longtime friend and campaign donor.
The veteran lawmaker says he will not run for re-election next year.
Sen. Al Franken, Bill Clinton, Rep. John Conyers and Harvey Weinstein most of the recent series of sex scandals have involved liberals preying on women. So much for the so-called party of women.
South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford is smart, handsome, principled—and no longer a political threat to President Obama in 2012. After going AWOL and admitting to an extramarital affair in Argentina, the now resigned chairman of the Republican Governors Association and oft-mentioned presidential
The American quiz show scandals of the 1950s were a series of revelations that contestants of several popular television quiz shows were secretly given assistance by the show’s producers to arrange the outcome of an ostensibly fair competition.
Aku’s full list is after the jump. If we’ve missed anyone, please let us know in the comments and we’ll update the graph. Democrats: 1. Wayne Hays (1976): Affair with secretary (one of the first major sex scandals)
Here’s a depressing fact: Nine members of Congress have lost their jobs over allegations of sexual impropriety or related workplace misconduct since October.
Heads of state. Celebrities. Hollywood moguls. Journalists. They’ve all been the focus of sexual misconduct allegations since the Harvey Weinstein scandal exploded. But members of Congress have largely escaped — until now. That ended this past week in a big way. The wave of sexual harassment
Many sex scandals in American history have involved incumbent United States federal elected politicians, as well as persons appointed with the consent of the U.S. Senate.
A critically inexperienced candidate running on the ‘America First’ platform whose White House was rocked with corruption and sex scandals.
