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From Corruption to Sexual Harassment: The Most Shocking Scandals in Congress

Khaled Sayed
5 min readJan 8, 2023

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Joint Session of Congress

The US House of Representatives has seen its fair share of scandals and controversies in the past few years. From 2016 to 2020, a number of representatives from both parties have been embroiled in various types of misconduct, ranging from corruption and abuse of power to sexual harassment and misuse of campaign funds.

While some of these scandals have received significant media attention, others may have gone largely under the radar. In this article, we will take a closer look at 20 of the major scandals that have occurred in the House of Representatives during this time period, and examine whether there are any patterns or differences in the types of misconduct that have been committed by Republican and Democratic representatives.

Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA)

In 2016, Representative Chaka Fattah (D-PA) was sentenced to prison for corruption charges related to misusing federal grants and charitable donations for personal and campaign expenses.

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Khaled Sayed
Khaled Sayed

Written by Khaled Sayed

@khaledreporting Photojournalist, Filmmaker.

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