North Carolina Rep. Madison Cawthorn has been involved in so many scandals since his 2020 congressional election that we need a timeline to keep track. Just last week, an ethics complaint against the freshman congressman was filed . Cawthorn failed to disclose gifts and loans he provided to Stephen L. Smith, his cousin and scheduler. In a video, Smith gropes Cawthorn's crotch. And Venmo transactions between the two in 2018 and 2019 contain messages such as "getting naked for me in Sweden" and "the quickie at the airport."
Cawthorn is facing a raft of Republican challengers, so North Carolina Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called for an investigation into Cawthorn's insider trading involving a pump-and-dump cryptocurrency scheme. On April 26, he was caught — again — carrying a loaded firearm through airport security. And just last month, he claimed to receive an invite to an orgy in Washington D.C. Later, he admitted he made it all up.
