Questions tagged [scandal]
A scandal is an event that causes political embarrassment and/or intense press coverage of the event. Some political scandals end political careers, while others have little or no effect. Use this tag with the country, political body and/or any applicable politician tags
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Is there a historical precedent for an official in China being removed due to an extramarital affair?
On 11 July 2023, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin
announced that Qin would not be attending the ASEAN foreign ministers
meetings held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 13 and 14 July due to ...
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Why were the lies of George Santos discovered only after the elections?
I read the US Republican Congressman George Santos was accused of lying multiple times during the election campaign. He is accused of faking his CV and making false statements. He himself admitted ...
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Do Republicans have specific objections about Hunter Biden and if so what are they?
Without being able to provide direct evidence, I recall here and there often seeing Republicans lambast Hunter Biden, son of Pres. Joe Biden.
The impression was a sense of scandal and social disgrace ...
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What procedures do parties use to vet candidates, to avoid those with major past controversies?
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The national Republican Party apparatus is standing behind its U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia, Herschel Walker, following a report in the Daily Beast that alleges he paid for a ...
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What happened in the Hunter Biden's laptop controversy?
Recently, I've read Donald Trump's latest quote on the story:
So now it comes out, conclusively, that the FBI BURIED THE HUNTER BIDEN LAPTOP STORY BEFORE THE ELECTION knowing that, if they didn’t, ’...
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What are the consequences for the German politicians who plagiarized in their PhDs thesis?
Romania has yet another high-level plagiarism scandal, namely the Prime Minister who seemed to have plagiarized about 1/3 of this Ph.D. thesis.
Based on the context, this typically leads to ...
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Can the US Federal Government order a judge-led inquiry into a matter of public concern?
Having just watched the Netflix mini-series Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich I was struck by the level of outrage which arose, in 2008, when the the US Attorney for Florida, remarkably, and inexplicably, ...
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Why was President Troare of Mali 'furious' at the arrest of the Ivoirian Minister of Planning for embezzling funds?
In 1984, Thomas Sankara, a military officer, revolutionary activist and President of Burkina Faso, was elected as the President of CEAO, the Economic Community of West Africa. Under his administration ...
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Which Tory MPs have called for Dominic Cummings' resignation?
The BBC is reporting that over 35 Conservative MPs have now called on Boris Johnson's chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, to resign after his Monday statement defending his travel to Durham during the ...
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Why was Eric Massa's asking of David Wasserman's age a red flag?
In Nate Silver's book he writes that Wasserman of cook political was interviewing Democratic congressman Eric Massa to evaluate Eric's rating by the agency. In the interview, he was looking for red ...
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Has Johnson's spokesman explained why he believes the Arcuri investigation was "a waste of police time"?
A report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct has found no evidence that Boris Johnson's relationship with Jennifer Arcuri caused him to influence the payment of any sponsorship monies to Ms ...
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What happened in the trials on "France's Watergate" on Mitterand's security wiretapping journalists etc.?
The Guardian reported in 2002:
Twenty years after the event, the full truth of the scandal known as France's Watergate may finally come out following a decision this week to send for trial 12 men ...
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Why are sex stories so significant in American politics?
As a European I’ve always been surprised by the importance that American people give to personal sex stories of politicians. The list is long and has ancient roots, but sex scandals, as they are often ...
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What was the 2016 presidential scandal in South Korea about?
In 2016, the president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, was caught up in a scandal with allegations of her being controlled by a religious cult.
I have also heard rumours of her jailing or otherwise ...
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Why was SNC-Lavalin not offered a remediation agreement?
Recently, the government of Justin Trudeau in Canada has faced a scandal concerning political interference in the corruption prosecution of the Quebec construction company SNC-Lavalin. Prosecutors ...
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How does the UK deal with freedom of the press?
Information relevant to matters under valid law-enforcement investigation or national-security matters may have valid reasons to be treated carefully by a government. Unregulated details, such as ...
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Does Trump incite more news articles than Obama, Bush, or Clinton did?
I have the feeling that Donald Trump has received as much news coverage throughout his mandate, as Clinton did at the height of his controversies, continually, since he was sworn in on 17th of January ...
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Why do people call for office holders to resign? What consequences does that bring?
Oftentimes amid a scandal or issue the public or other politicians will call for an office holder to resign. It seems strange to me to try to shame an individual into stepping down if they truly are ...
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What put Valerie Jarrett in the news before Roseanne's tweet?
When I read the news about Roseanne Barr insulting Valerie Jarrett, I checked Jarrett's Wikipedia page to see who Jarrett was. As far as I can tell, she was a member of the Obama administration at the ...
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Have congressional hearings any effect concerning military scandals?
While I was researching the topic of the F-35 I noticed a certain pattern in military politics which comes up again and again.
In the TFX program Boeing was the clear winner of the Request For ...
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If Roy Moore is elected, would this hurt the Republican party? [closed]
Roy S. Moore, the Republican Senate candidate in the state of Alabama, was accused of sexual misconduct by five women.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Tuesday did not rule out trying to ...
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Why "must" Roy Moore step aside if abuse allegations are true?
Roy Moore is a Republican Senate candidate for Alabama. He is alleged to have committed sexual offences against an underage girl approximately 40 years ago.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, ...
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