391: Jonathan Parker

Jonathan Parker was the Idaho Republican Party chairman. In 2019, he was arrested for hiding in the bushes, in a woman’s wig, looking in the windows at his ex-wife’s apartment building while masturbating. This is after his wife had already filed a criminal complaint about him constantly hiding in the bushes and masturbating. She had a restraining order.

A colleague also had filed a complaint about him entering her home without permission.

In all, he was facing five charges. He proposed probation in a plea deal.

He was sentenced to two weeks in jail and five years probation. While he expressed contrition, he also blamed his wife and the media for his life unraveling. One of his defenses was that he was there to scare another woman, not his wife. He soon violated probation. His most recent problem is being arrested for meth use. He is not allowed out on bail.

So harassing and stalking at least one woman, he is released on his own recognizance and serves just fourteen days. Meth, though, he gets no bail and I presume we will spend far more than fourteen days in jail. Women’s safety is so much less important.

• The Lewiston Tribune: Statesman editorial: Parker does two weeks for a lifetime’s worth of harm
• KTVB7: Former Idaho GOP Chair proposes plea agreement
• All That’s Interesting: Former GOP Chairman Arrested For Masturbating In A Woman’s Wig Outside His Ex-Wife’s House
• Idaho Statesman: Idaho Republican Jonathan Parker in jail for probation violation
• Idaho Press: Former Idaho GOP chairman arrested for meth use

The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Saturday, July 13, 2019

The Idaho Statesman
Boise, Idaho · Sunday, August 22, 2021

379: Paris Dennard

Paris Dennard was a conservative pundit for CNN until 2018 when it was revealed he had been fired at his previous job for sexual harassment, including gesturing as though unzipping his pants and masturbating. He was then hired by the RNC as a national spokesperson until he was fired in August 2022 for unknown reasons.

Trump thought Dennard was “wonderful,” probably because he argued Trump’s past sex “indiscretions” shouldn’t have any bearing on his presidency. He also defended Trump’s reference to “shithole” nations.

Dennard was active in GOP politics since his youth, speaking at the national convention when he was just a teenager. He worked for the RNC, then for the Bush Administration, and had an appointment in the Trump Administration. When the Washington Post published a story about his firing at Arizona State University for sexual harassment, he was suspended and eventually fired by CNN.

ASU fired him for several incidents of sexual harassment which he did not dispute, though he claimed he was just joking. He sued ASU because the reason for his firing was leaked to the press.

• FOX News: Conservative CNN pundit suspended amid revelations of sexual misconduct allegations from 2014
• Washington Post: Trump called this White House defender ‘wonderful.’ He was fired from his previous job for alleged sexual harassment.
• Politico: The man selling GOP politics to Black America
• Politico: RNC fires national spokesman
• Academic Sexual Misconduct Database: Arizona State University

Arizona Republic
Phoenix, Arizona · Wednesday, April 03, 2019

386: John McGee

John McGee was an Idaho state senator who was offered a choice between facing a states ethics panel or resigning after being accused of sexual harassment. He chose to resign.

He’s kind of a “and then there is more” sort of character. He was first elected to the state senate in 2004, winning the primary and thus the election since Democrats did not run a candidate in any of the elections. But things went awry. In 2011, he went to a golf tournament where he got really drunk, stole an SUV and cargo trailer from a complete stranger and in an accident, got it stuck in someone’s yard. His blood alcohol was .15, nearly twice the legal limit of .08. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor DUI in a deal that got the vehicle theft charges dropped. He had 180 days jail sentence, with 175 days suspended.

And then there’s more.

The AP reported that he was taking $122 per diem to defray the cost of a residence in Boise, but he was staying at his parents’ house is Boise for free. Most legislators close to Boise claim a smaller $49 per diem

In 2012, he was accused by a staffer of locking her in his office while he made graphic sexual overtures. With his previous legal troubles, he didn’t have much good will, hence the offer to resign or face the ethics panel. The Attorney General is also investigating the claims. The aide was reassigned and given paid leave. Because he did this while on a suspended sentence, he was sentenced to 44 days in jail for his probation violation.

And then there’s more. In spite of his criminal record and the sexual harassment claim, he ran for Caldwell City Council and was elected. His run for mayor in 2021 was unsuccessful.

And then there’s more. I just have to share the 2019 Idaho State Journal just in case anyone wonders why there is no accountability for these predators.

• Herald.Net: Idaho GOP Senator quits on sexual harassment allegations
• Idaho Press: A Timeline of harassment claims against Sen. John McGee
• Idaho State Journal: John McGee makes life fixes where they count

The Times-News
Twin Falls, Idaho · Wednesday, September 26, 2012

363: Bo Dresner

Bo Dresner was a Republican county official, sergeant of arms, and a precinct chair in Hays County, Texas. He has been charged with aggravated sexual assault of one victim over the course of seven years. The four children in his custody have been removed. Aggravated sexual assault means the alleged assailant caused serious bodily harm, used fear or threats of violence, flourishing of weapons, to coerce them, or gives them something that impairs their ability to resist.

According to the affidavit the victim was under 14 and was given “medicine” before she was assaulted.

• Austin American-Statesman: Hays County GOP precinct chair charged with sexual assault
• San Marco Daily Record: Former Hays County GOP Official Arrested For Sexual Assault Of A Child

339: Clint Reed

Clint Reed was the Arkansas Republican Party director before he was hired by Sen. Mark Rubio as his Chief of Staff for sexual misconduct. Rubio was made aware of the misconduct, did an investigation with his general counsel, found there were some threats of withholding employment benefits and improper conduct between a supervisor and subordinates. Reed was fired the next day.

• Washington Examiner: Marco Rubio fires chief of staff amid ‘allegations of improper conduct’
• Arkansas Times: Marco Rubio fires Arkansan Clint Reed as chief of staff for ‘improper conduct’
• Politico: Rubio fires chief of staff for improper relations with suborndinates

The Miami Herald
Miami, Florida · Monday, January 29, 2018

300: Todd Kincannon

Todd Kincannon was the Executive Director of the Republican Party. He was arrested in 2015 for domestic violence when his wife called in fear for her life. He claimed it was a side effect of his cold medicine benzonatate.

In 2018, he was arrested for killing his mother’s dog and terrorizing his mother. His father called the police. He may be mentally ill. He was also a Twitter troll who tweeted things like this:

Wonkette: South Carolina Republican Bravely Tweets Similarities Between Trayvon Martin, Super Bowl

• Charleston City Paper: Ex-SCGOP official arrested on domestic violence charge
• WYFF: Report Former SCGOP exec threatened to kill wife, himself, and family
• Washington Post: Former state GOP leader kills mother’s dog, claims he’s ‘the second coming of Christ,’ police say

The Charlotte Observer
Charlotte, North Carolina · Sunday, September 06, 2015

281: Elliott Broidy

Elliott Broidy was the Republican National Committee’s Finance Chair until he resigned after a woman sued him and alleged he physically abused her. She also alleged the anti-choice Broidy pressured her to have an abortion. When this became public, he suspended payments to her because they had a nondisclosure agreement, but she disputes that she disclosed the situation. She took him to court and the judge dismissed the abuse allegations because they do not apply to the question of breach of contract.

He pleaded guilty to violating FARA in 2020.

• CNN: Accusations by ex-mistress of GOP mega-donor Elliott Broidy go public
• Axios: New documents detail alleged abuse by former RNC official

LA Times
08 Sep 2018

280: Roy Bolden

Roy Bolden was a pastor of the Legions of Christ Ministries in Providence, Rhode Island. It’s a church that happily risks its nonprofit status with openly partisan, pro-Republican teaching. He was also the Chair of the Providence GOP. In 2017, he was charged with child molestation. The case is ongoing and the next pre-trial conference is in late October, 2022.

The accuser was 21 in 2017 when he went to the police. He said the abuse began when he was twelve and continued for six years.

• Rhode Island (Gov): Final Report of the Providence Grand Jury
• Providence Courts: Roy Bolden Case Summary
• GoLocalProv: Chair of Providence GOP arrested for child molestation
• WPRI: Pastor, ex-Providence GOP Chair charge with child molestation

March 10, 2017 | Westerly Sun, The (RI)

277: Gary Schaffrick

Gary Schaffrick was the Connecticut Republican State Central Committee Treasurer. He also was a paid employee of the party. He often bragged about how much he enjoyed bathtime with a five-year-old victim, a young boy who also slept with him on sleepovers. He was babysitting the child for a relative. He was charged with risk of injury to a child, a broad charge that encompasses offenses from supplying a child with cigarettes, alcohol, adult materials, or inappropriate sexual contact. He resigned after the press sued for release of details of his arrest warrant. He pleaded guilty and was given a ten-year suspended sentence and five years probation.

• CT Post: State GOP treasurer resigns over child endangerment arrest
• Hartford Courant: Former state treasurer avoids jail in child endangerment case

Hartford Courant
18 Mar 2017

274: Rupert Tarsey

Rupert Tarsey was elected Secretary of the Broward County Executive Committee. He had worked hard on Trump’s election, registering Republican voters in a liberal county. But he was not who he seemed to be.

He was born Rupert Ditsworth. His family was wealthy and he attended an exclusive prep school near his home in Beverly Hills. One day he invited another student, Elizabeth Barcay, to eat lunch in his Jaguar. He confessed he was feeling suicidal and when she suggested seeking counseling he beat her with a hammer until it broke and then he tried to strangle her. There were forty wounds from the beating. Incredibly, she bit him, broke free, ran away, before collapsing in someone’s yard. She survived. He was charged with attempted murder and two counts of assault with a deadly weapon.

But he never spent time in jaijl. Instead, the DA decided since he was young (17) what he really needed was counseling and jail would serve no purpose. His family sent him for inpatient therapy while their lawyers got a plea deal where he pleaded guilty to one count of assault with a deadly weapon and got six years probation. Even that was too much, and probation was terminated a year early. Then the lawyers got his felony downgraded to a misdemeanor.

In arguing for a lesser charge, his lawyers asserted that Barcay screamed which precipitated the attack because he was autistic and sensitive to noise. When his crime was exposed in Florida, he claimed Barcay attacked him and he beat her with a hammer at least forty times until it broke in self defense.

While the Broward County Chair wanted him gone, the local committee voted not to unseat him. So he stayed.

• New York Daily News: Republicans say man who attacked woman with hammer can keep post
• LA Times: As a teen he savagely beat a classmate. The attack was forgotten until he went into politics.

LA Times
06 Dec 2017