Please notify us of any errors, changed, or additions. DefendUSA is limiting the list to political crimes of federal elected officials and their associates as well as governors and their associates. Many similar lists contain crimes at the state and local level as well as sexual offenses. We have decided on this limitation, frankly because the number of Republicans convicted of sexual misconduct is so long that the list becomes unwieldy. Non-political crimes are beyond the scope of DefendUSA. DefendUSA is dedicated to uncovering and routing out corrupt politicians, not sexual predators.

Side note: The list of people under investigation is not very reliable since the information is not always public information and can change daily. The other lists are more permanent and should be more reliable.

Corruption count
Since January 1, 2000. Federal level, Governor level, elected and appointed officials, aides etc.
Convicted/Pled Guilty
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Republican Governor George Ryan - 4/17/2006 racketeering and bribery - (76 people convicted)
Republican Governor Bob Taft - 8/18/2005. 5 counts failure to report gifts from Lobbyists
Republican Governor John Rowland - 12/24/2004 Bribery
Republican Governor Sonny Perdue - Campaign ethics violations
NH GOP Chair Chuck McGee - conspiricy to make harrasing phone calls to block people from voting.
Republican Aide Allen Raymond
Republican James Tobin (NE Regional Dir., Bush campaign) - 12/15/05 conspiracy to commit telephone harassment, aiding and abetting of telephone harassment
Republican Charles McGee (Executive Director of the NH Republican State Committee )
Republican Shaun Hansen. GOP Marketing aide - conspiracy to commit telephone harassment and aiding and abetting telephone harassment
Republican Aide Scott Falwell - racketeering, mail fraud and obstruction of justice
Republican Aide Alexandra Prokos - Perjury
Republican Aide Jim Ellis - 13 counts of unlawful acceptance of a corporate political contribution, money laundering
Republican Aide John Colyandro - money laundering
Republican Brian Hicks - bribery
Republican Chief of Staff Peter Ellef - Bribery
Republican Roger G. Stillwell - Interior Department official - bribed by Abramoff
Republican Lobbyist Jack Abramoff - defrauding of American Indian tribes and corruption of public officials
Republican Lobbyist and Congressional Aide (to Tom Delay) Tony Rudy - conspiricy
Republican Representative Bob Ney - Conspiricy to defraud the United States and making false statements
Republican Neil Volz (lobbyist and aide to Bob Ney) - bribery and corruption
Republican William Heaton (Bob Ney's chief of staff) - Conspiricy
Republican Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham - conspiracy to commit bribery, mail fraud, wire fraud, and tax evasion
Republican David Hossein Safavian. Lying, obstruction of Justice
Democratic Senator Traficant - bribery and forcing his aides to perform chores
Republican Chief of Staff Lewis "Scooter" Libby - two counts of perjury, one of obstruction of justice, and one of making false statements to federal investigators
Republican Tom Noe - Laundered money for the 2004 Bush-Cheney campaign, theft, corruption, party chairman and Bush Pioneer fundraiser
Republican Gov Ernie Fletcher - 13 aides indicted
Republican Micheal Scanlon (lobbyist and aide to Tom DeLay) - bribery
Deputy Secretary Steven Griles - bribery, perjury, obstrcting a congressional investigation.
Republican Congressional aide Mark Zachares - bribery
Republican deputy Interior secretary Stephen Griles - Obstruction of Justice
Republican lobbyist Italia Federici - Tax Evasion, Obstruction of Justice
Republican Lobbyist and Congressional Aide (to Tom Delay) Michael Scanlon - Conspiricy to bribe public officials
Republican Interior Department official Roger Stillwell - failure to report gifts
Republican Brent Wilkes - 13 counts of bribery (of Duke Cunningham)
Republican Mitchell Wade - bribery (of Duke Cunningham)
Republican Senator Ted Stevens -7 counts of lying to the FBI, concealing income.
Kyle "Dusty" Foggo (George W Bush's CIA Executive Director) - 30 wide-ranging counts of fraud, conspiracy. Pled guilty to accepting bribes. Charges were later dismissed due to deliberate misconduct on the part of Bush's justice department.
Todd Palin - Husband and aid of Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin (and 9 aides)
guilty of contempt in an attempt to coverup wrongdoing in the governor's office
Republican Governor Palin/Republican VP nominee - Abuse of power, failure to pay income taxes.
Democratic Governor Rod Blagojevich - 17 counts of public corruption.
Republican Tom Delay - money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering
Democratic Senator William Jefferson - 11 counts of corruption
Republican Representative Mark Deli Siljander - obstruction of justice and acting as an unregistered foreign agent related to his work for an Islamic charity with ties to international terrorism.
Democratic Congressman Charles Rangel - 11 counts of violating house rules


Confessed under grant of Immunity
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Monica Goodling, White House liaison for Alberto Gonzales - Hired federal prosecuters based upon party affiliation.


Indicted/Charged
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Republican Representative Richard George Renzi - 35 counts of Corruption, bribery, conspiracy, wire fraud, money laundering, extortion, insurance fraud, conflict on interest.

Convicted: 122 Republicans. 4 Democrats
Indicted/Charged: 1 Republicans.
Confessed under grant of Immunity: 1 Republican. 0 Democrats.
Total: 124 Republicans. 4 Democrats.