List of -gate scandals and controversies#Similar phenomena

{{Short description|List of scandals or controversies with a -gate suffix}}

File:WatergateFromAir.JPG in Washington, D.C., the inspiration for the -gate suffix following the Watergate scandal]]

This is a list of scandals or controversies whose names include a -gate suffix, by analogy with the Watergate scandal, as well as other incidents to which the suffix has (often facetiously) been applied.{{citation |chapter-url=https://public.oed.com/blog/the-gate-suffix/ |title=Oxford English Dictionary |chapter=-gate, suffix |date=August 16, 2012 |publisher=Oxford University Press}} This list also includes controversies that are widely referred to with a -gate suffix, but may be referred to by another more common name (such as the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal, known as "Bountygate"). Use of the -gate suffix has spread beyond American English to many other countries and languages.

Etymology, usage, and history of ''-gate''

The suffix -gate derives from the Watergate scandal in the United States in the early 1970s, which resulted in the resignation of US President Richard Nixon."-gate, comb. form." OED Online. Oxford University Press, March 2015. Web. June 8, 2015. The scandal was named after the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C., where the burglary giving rise to the scandal took place; the complex itself was named after the "Water Gate" area where symphony orchestra concerts were staged on the Potomac River between 1935 and 1965.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60120-2004Dec12.html|title=Answer Man: A Gate to Summers Past|author=John Kelly|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=December 13, 2004|access-date=September 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604164401/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60120-2004Dec12.html|url-status=live|archive-date=June 4, 2011}}

The suffix has become productive as a libfix and is used to embellish a noun or name to suggest the existence of a far-reaching scandal, particularly in politics and government. As a CBC News column noted in 2001, the term may "suggest unethical behaviour and a cover-up".{{cite book |title=The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I|last=Partridge|first=Eric|page=844|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2006|isbn=978-0-415-25937-8}}

Such usage has been criticized by some commentators as clichéd and misleading.{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-06-16/watergate-scandal-changed-political-landscape/55639974/1|title=Watergate scandal changed the political landscape forever|work=USA Today|date=June 16, 2012|access-date=September 22, 2012}} James Stanyer comments that "revelations are given the 'gate' suffix to add a thin veil of credibility, following 'Watergate', but most bear no resemblance to the painstaking investigation of that particular piece of presidential corruption".{{cite book|last=Stanyer|first=James|title=Modern political communication: mediated politics in uncertain times|page=59|publisher=Polity|year=2007|isbn=978-0-7456-2797-7}} Stanyer links the widespread use of -gate to what the sociologist John Thompson calls "scandal syndrome":

{{blockquote|[A] self-reproducing and self-reinforcing process, driven on by competitive and combative struggles in the media and political fields and giving rise to more and more scandals which increasingly become the focus of mediated forms of public debate, marginalizing or displacing other issues and producing on occasion a climate of political crisis which can debilitate or even paralyse a government.{{cite book|last=Thompson|first=John|author-link=John Thompson (sociologist)|title=Political scandal: power and visibility in the media age|page=265|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|year=2000|isbn=978-0-7456-2550-8}}}}

File:President Bush presents William Safire the 2006 President Medal of Freedom.jpg popularized the -gate suffix.{{Cite web|title=Thanks go to Safire for opening all these gates|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thanks-go-to-safire-for-opening-all-these-gates-wtf3cpxgrmd|date=October 22, 2013|work=The Times|first=Oliver|last=Kamm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926014419/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/thanks-go-to-safire-for-opening-all-these-gates-wtf3cpxgrmd|archive-date=September 26, 2020|url-access=subscription|url-status=live}}]]

The adoption of -gate to suggest the existence of a scandal was promoted by William Safire, the conservative New York Times columnist and former Nixon administration speechwriter. As early as September 1974, he wrote of "Vietgate", a proposed pardon of the Watergate criminals and Vietnam War draft dodgers.{{cite book|last=Schudson|first=Michael|title=Watergate in American memory: how we remember, forget, and reconstruct the past|page=151|publisher=Basic Books|year=1993|isbn=978-0-465-09083-9}} Subsequently, he coined numerous -gate terms, including Billygate, Briefingate, Contragate, Deavergate, Debategate, Doublebillingsgate (of which he later said "My best [-gate coinage] was the encapsulation of a minor ... scandal as doublebillingsgate"), Frankiegate, Franklingate, Genschergate, Housegate, Iraqgate, Koreagate, Lancegate, Maggiegate, Nannygate, Raidergate, Scalpgate, Travelgate, Troopergate, and Whitewatergate. The New York magazine suggested that his aim in doing so was "rehabilitating Nixon by relentlessly tarring his successors with the same rhetorical brush – diminished guilt by association".{{cite news|title=The Smoking Lexicon|last=Cohen|first=Noam|work=New York Magazine|page=13|date=February 5, 1996}} Safire himself later said to author Eric Alterman that he "may have been seeking to minimize the relative importance of the crimes committed by his former boss with this silliness".{{cite book|title=Sound and fury: the making of the punditocracy|page=[https://archive.org/details/soundfurymakingo00alte/page/79 79]|last=Alterman|first=Eric|year=1999|publisher=Cornell University Press|isbn=978-0-8014-8639-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/soundfurymakingo00alte/page/79}}

The usage has spread into languages other than English; examples of -gate being used to refer to local political scandals have been reported from Argentina, Germany, South Korea, Hungary, Greece and the former Yugoslavia.{{cite book|last=Joseph |first=Brian D. |editor-last1=Spencer |editor-first1=Andrew |editor-last2=Zwicky |editor-first2=Arnold M.|title=The handbook of morphology|page=361|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|chapter=Diachronic Morphology|year=2001|isbn=978-0-631-22694-9}} He cites:

{{cite journal|last1=Schuhmacher|first1=W. W.|title=More on {{nbh}}Gate|journal=American Speech|date=1989|volume=64|issue=4|page=380|jstor=455733}} (for German)
{{cite journal|last1=Kontra|first1=Miklós|title=Hungarians Turned Gateniks in 1990|journal=American Speech|date=1992|volume=67|issue=2|pages=216–222|jstor=455461|doi=10.2307/455461}} (for Hungarian)
{{cite journal|last1=Joseph|first1=Brian D.|title=Yet More on {{nbh}}Gate Words: A Perspective from Greece|journal=American Speech|date=1992|volume=67|issue=2|pages=222–223|jstor=455462|doi=10.2307/455462}} (for Serbo-Croatian and Greek) The term is also used in Mandarin Chinese with the suffix -mén ({{Lang-zh|s=门|t=門|l=door, gate}}).

Some commentators have characterized this use of the -gate suffix as a snowclone.{{Cite news |access-date=June 21, 2017 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/feb/01/gate-language-scandal-cliché |date= February 1, 2010 |title= Mind your language |first=David |last=Marsh |work=The Guardian |quote=All these gates are examples of a snowclone, a type of clichéd phrase defined by the linguist Geoffrey Pullum as 'a multi-use, customisable, instantly recognisable, timeworn, quoted or misquoted phrase or sentence that can be used in an entirely open array of different variants'. Examples of a typical snowclone are: grey is the new black, comedy is the new rock'n'roll, Barnsley is the new Naples, and so on.}} But Geoffrey Pullum, the coiner of the term snowclone, considers that it is only a "lexical word-formation analog".{{Cite web |access-date=June 21, 2017 |url= http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2094 |date=February 2, 2010 |title=Snowclonegate |first=Geoffrey K. |last=Pullum |quote={{var|X}}gate as a snowclone? Not quite. I see the conceptual similarity, but the very words he quotes show that I originally defined the concept (in this post) as a phrase or sentence template. The {{var|X}}gate frame is a lexical word-formation analog of it, an extension of the concept from syntax into derivational morphology.}} Martha Brockenbrough, the founder of The Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, said that no one should aspire to write with cliches and that although they do help to get a lot of complicated things across in few words, they are not a good way to get people to keep reading what you're writing.{{Cite web|title=After 40 years, can we slam the door on '-gate' already?|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-05-29-ct-talk-gate-words-manker-0529-20120529-story.html|date=May 29, 2012|work=Chicago Tribune|first=Rob|last=Manker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713163841/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2012-05-29-ct-talk-gate-words-manker-0529-20120529-story.html|archive-date=July 13, 2021|url-status=live}}

=Similar phenomena=

The use of a suffix in this way is not new. -mandering has long been used as a suffix by a politician's name in analogy with gerrymandering ("Henry-mandering" was used in 1852). In recent years, the -gate suffix as a catch-all signifier for scandal has seen some competition from {{nowrap|-ghazi,}} as in "Ballghazi" instead of "Deflategate",{{Cite news |last=Farhi |first=Paul |date=2023-04-09 |title=DeflateGate ... or Ballghazi? Will the new scandal suffix have staying power? |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/deflategate--or-ballghazi-will-the-new-scandal-suffix-have-staying-power/2015/01/27/db1c5eac-a571-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html |access-date=2024-05-28 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} or "Bridgeghazi" instead of "Bridgegate".{{Cite news |last=Dewey |first=Caitlin |date=2021-12-03 |title=Twitter has spoken — it's Bridgegate, not Bridgeghazi |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2014/01/10/twitter-has-spoken-its-bridgegate-not-bridgeghazi/ |access-date=2024-06-06 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} The use of -ghazi is a play on the investigation into the 2012 Benghazi attack, which, despite numerous official investigations into the possibility of government cover-ups, has resulted in no criminal charges or major repercussions for the individuals supposedly involved. -ghazi may be seen as carrying an ironic or self-effacing connotation in its usage, implying that the event described has the appearance and media coverage of a scandal, but does not actually amount to much in a grander sense.{{cite news|title=DeflateGate ... or Ballghazi? Will the new scandal suffix have staying power|last=Farhi|first=Paul|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 27, 2015|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/deflategate--or-ballghazi-will-the-new-scandal-suffix-have-staying-power/2015/01/27/db1c5eac-a571-11e4-a7c2-03d37af98440_story.html}}

Like the -gate suffix, the Italian {{lang|it|-opoli}} suffix emerged in Italian media from investigations in the 1990s that uncovered a system known as {{lang|it|Tangentopoli}}.{{cite web |title=The 'gate' suffix – Gli scandali italiani: '-opoli' |last=Maier |first=Eleanor |work=Oxford English Dictionary |type=Blog |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=UK |date=August 16, 2012 |url=https://public.oed.com/blog/the-gate-suffix/#gli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417065728/https://public.oed.com/blog/the-gate-suffix/#gli |archive-date=April 17, 2019 }} The term derives from {{lang|it|tangente}}, which means 'kickback' (e.g., bribery given for public works contracts),{{cite book |first=Stephen P. |last=Koff |title=Italy: From the 1st to the 2nd Republic |date=2002 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-203-00536-1 |page=2}} and {{lang|it|-(o)poli}}, meaning 'city'. Examples of snowclone-like use of {{lang|it|-opoli}} include {{lang|it|Bancopoli}} (a financial scandal) and {{lang|it|Calciopoli}} (a 2006 Italian football scandal).

Scandals

These scandals have been given the -gate suffix.

= Arts and entertainment =

Name	Year	Description	Country	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
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Burning Sun gate (also known as Burning Sun scandal)	2019	An entertainment and sex scandal that revolved around the Burning Sun nightclub in Seoul and involved several celebrities, including Korean idols in popular K-pop groups, and police officials.	South Korea	{{cite web\|last=Kil\|first=Sonia\|title=K-Pop Crime Cartel Revealed as Korea's Burning Sun Scandal Expands\|url=https://variety.com/2019/music/asia/korea-burning-sun-scandal-reveals-a-k-pop-crime-cartel-1203174904/\|date=March 28, 2019\|work=Variety\|access-date=June 19, 2019}}
Celebgate (also known as "The Fappening")	2014	A collection of nearly 500 private photographs of various celebrities, many containing nudity, leaked via iCloud and posted on the imageboard 4chan, and later disseminated by other users on websites and social networks such as Imgur and Reddit.	United States	{{Cite web\|url=https://torrentfreak.com/in-the-fappenings-wake-4chan-intros-dmca-policy-140903/\|title=In The Fappening's Wake, 4chan Intros DMCA Policy * TorrentFreak\|website=torrentfreak.com}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.elle.com.au/news/the-sex-crime-we-need-to-talk-about-5845\|title=The sex crime we need to talk about\|work=ELLE\|date=December 26, 2014 }}{{cite web \|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/reddit-fappening-ban-triggers-outraged-response-nude-photo-distributor-1681708 \|title=Reddit Fappening Ban Triggers Outraged Response From Nude Photo Distributor \|last1=Stone \|first1=Jeff \|work=International Business Times \|date=September 8, 2014}}
Closetgate	2006	The controversy that erupted following the broadcast of the South Park episode "Trapped in the Closet", a satirical parody of the Church of Scientology and some of its famous adherents, such as Tom Cruise.	United States	{{cite news \| last =Collins \| first =Scott \| title = Clamor outside 'South Park' closet \|work=Los Angeles Times \| date=March 18, 2006 \| url =https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-mar-18-et-channel18-story.html \| access-date=December 8, 2009 }}
Comicsgate	2018	Comicsgate is an alt-right campaign in opposition to what its participants describe as "forced diversity" and progressivism comic books – including the creators hired, the characters depicted, and the stories told – which they argue has led to a decline in both quality and sales.	North America	{{Cite news\|last=Coletta\|first=Amanda\|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/edmonton-comic-book-store-links-break-in-to-controversial-debate-1.3927659\|title=Edmonton comic book store links break-in to controversial debate\|date=May 13, 2018\|access-date=November 1, 2018\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181109070937/https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/edmonton-comic-book-store-links-break-in-to-controversial-debate-1.3927659\|archive-date=November 9, 2018\|publisher=CTV News\|language=en-CA}}
Cuntgate	2018	The outrage on social media that followed when Samantha Bee called Ivanka Trump a "feckless cunt" on her comedy news show, Full Frontal, in the context of the family separation policy under the first Trump administration.	United States	{{Cite news\|last=Ruiz\|first=Michelle\|title=Samantha Bee, the Philadelphia Eagles, and the Upside-Down Morality of Our Present Moment\|date=June 7, 2018\|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/samantha-bee-philadelphia-eagles-donald-trump-hypocrisy\|publisher=Vogue.com\|language=en-CA}}{{Cite news\|last=Squires\|first=Bessie\|title=The 10 Biggest Late-Night Sagas of 2018 From Kanye to Feckless Cuntgate and everything in between.\|date=December 18, 2018\|url=https://www.vulture.com/2018/12/the-10-biggest-late-night-sagas-of-2018.html}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/08/samantha-bees-boiling-point \|title=Samantha Bee's Boiling Point \|author=Laura Bradley \|publication-date=August 14, 2019 \|publisher=Vanity Fair \|access-date=March 27, 2025 \|quote=In the segment, which aired May 30, 2018, Bee derided Ivanka Trump's choice to post a photo of herself posing with her infant son as the Trump administration's family-separation policy caused turmoil at the border. “You know, Ivanka, that's a beautiful photo of you and your child,” Bee said on the show, “but let me just say, one mother to another: Do something about your dad's immigration practices, you feckless cunt!” }}
Derpygate	2012	Controversy surrounding the character of Derpy Hooves from the animated series My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. Following the character's speaking debut in the episode "The Last Roundup", criticism emerged of the her name, appearance and voice, which was interpreted as ableist. Hasbro and The Hub subsequently pulled the episode from iTunes, and released a modified version with the character's voice lines rerecorded, eyes straightened and name removed from dialogue. The decision to modify the episode in turn resulted in further controversy within the brony fandom.	United States and Canada	{{Cite book \|last=Connelly \|first=Sherilyn \|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ponyville_Confidential/E3VPDgAAQBAJ \|title=Ponyville Confidential: The History and Culture of My Little Pony, 1981-2016 \|date=2017-04-01 \|publisher=McFarland \|isbn=978-1-4766-6209-1 \|pages = 125-144 \|language=en}}
Donutgate (also known as "Doughnutgate")	2015	Singer Ariana Grande was observed on video in Lake Elsinore, California, licking unpurchased doughnuts and stating "I hate Americans. I hate America. That's disgusting." In the aftermath of both police and health department investigations, Grande canceled her headlining performance at the 2015 MLB All-Star Game concert, citing recent oral surgery.	United States	{{cite news \| last =D'Zurilla \| first =Christie \| title = Ariana Grande caught on video: Doughnut licker, America hater? She responds \|work=Los Angeles Times \|date=July 8, 2015 \| url =https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/gossip/la-et-mg-ariana-grande-doughnut-licking-20150708-story.html \| access-date=July 9, 2015 }}{{cite news \| last =Deerwester \| first =Jayme \| title = Doughnutgate: Grande incident investigated \|work=USA Today \| date=July 9, 2015 \| url =https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2015/07/09/ariana-grande-donut-licking-investigation/29905033/ \| access-date=July 9, 2015 }}{{cite news \| last =Kaufman \| first =Gil \| title = Could Ariana Do Time For Her Donut-Licking Crime? \|work=MTV \| date=July 9, 2015 \| url =http://www.mtv.com/news/2208041/grande-investigation-donut-licking-police/ \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150711232756/http://www.mtv.com/news/2208041/grande-investigation-donut-licking-police/ \| url-status =dead \| archive-date =July 11, 2015 \| access-date=July 9, 2015 }}
Doritogate \|2012 \|Two initially unconnected events involving video game journalists Geoff Keighley and Lauren Wainwright are questioned in an article by Robert Florence, triggering a chain of events; Florence's publisher is threatened with legal action, Which led to the subsequent editing of the article, Florence resigning, The unedited version of the article suffering from the Streisand effect, And the video game journalism industry questioning the closeness of game journalists to the companies whose products they cover. \| \|{{cite web\|url=http://kotaku.com/5957810/the-contemptible-games-journalist-why-so-many-people-dont-trust-the-gaming-press-and-why-theyre-sometimes-wrong\|title=The Contemptible Games Journalist: Why So Many People Don't Trust The Gaming Press (And Why They're Sometimes Wrong)\|date=November 5, 2012 \|publisher=Kotaku.com\|access-date=September 26, 2013}}
Driv3rgate \|2004 \|Video game magazines PSM2 and Xbox World gave favorable reviews of Driver 3, a game which received an otherwise lukewarm critical response. Some gamers and journalists accused Atari of having given early access to the game on the condition it would be given favorable ratings. \|United Kingdom \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/a-question-of-trust\|title=A Question of Trust\|last1=Fahey\|first1=Rob\|date=December 6, 2007 \|access-date=April 12, 2016}}{{cite web \| url=http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-26-franchise-cheat-sheet-driver-article \| title=Franchise Cheat Sheet: Driver \| publisher=GamesIndustry.biz \| date=3 May 2011 \| access-date=29 June 2016 \| last=Whitehead \| first=Dan \| archive-date=23 April 2016 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423061032/http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2011-04-26-franchise-cheat-sheet-driver-article \| url-status=live }}{{cite web\|last=Lui\|first=Spandas\|title=A history of gaming's biggest scandals\|work=PC World\|date=30 March 2010\|url=http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/341103/history_gaming_biggest_scandals/?pp=2\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630205613/http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/341103/history_gaming_biggest_scandals/?pp=2\|access-date=4 May 2023\|archive-date=30 June 2016}}
Elsagate \|2017–Present \|A scandal and phenomenon referring to thousands of inappropriate YouTube videos deceptively targeted towards young children, often referred to as "content farms". These videos, in order to attract young viewers, mostly feature characters from famous cartoons and video games, such as Minecraft, Roblox, Five Nights at Freddy's, Poppy Playtime, Friday Night Funkin', and The Amazing Digital Circus. \|Worldwide \|{{Cite news \|title=Inside Elsagate, the conspiracy-fueled war on creepy YouTube kids videos \|work=The Verge \|url=https://www.theverge.com/2017/12/8/16751206/elsagate-youtube-kids-creepy-conspiracy-theory \|access-date=January 9, 2018}}
Envelopegate \|2017 \|At the 89th Academy Awards, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway came onstage to present the award for Best Picture, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Bonnie and Clyde. Beatty opened the envelope, and Dunaway announced La La Land as the winner. Around two minutes later, when the La La Land producers were giving acceptance speeches, producer Jordan Horowitz declared that the announcement was a mistake, and announced Moonlight as the actual winner of the Best Picture. Beatty later came onstage to apologize for the mistake, stating that the envelope he had initially been given named Emma Stone for her actress performance in La La Land, after which the producers of Moonlight came on stage. The incident drew comparisons to the Miss Universe 2015 event, where Steve Harvey mistakenly announced Ariadna Gutiérrez of Colombia as the winner, when the actual winner was Pia Wurtzbach of the Philippines. \|United States \|[https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-39112851 Oscars 2017: Truth behind 'Envelopegate' emerges]. BBC. 28 February 2017.
Gamergate	2014	The Gamergate controversy concerns issues of sexism and progressivism in video game culture, stemming from a harassment campaign conducted primarily through the use of the Twitter hashtag #GamerGate.	United States	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/01/gamergate-alt-right-hate-trump \|title= What Gamergate should have taught us about the 'alt-right' The 2014 online hate-storm presaged the tactics of the Trump-loving far right movement. Prominent critics of the president elect should take note \|last=Matt \|first=Lees \|work= The Guardian \|date=December 1, 2016}} {{Cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/12/14/if-we-took-gamergate-harassment-seriously-pizzagate-might-never-have-happened/ \|title= If we took 'Gamergate' harassment seriously, 'Pizzagate' might never have happened: When Internet conspiracy theorists went after women, the tech world mostly ignored it. \|last=Jeong \|first=Sarah \|newspaper= The Washington Post \|date=December 14, 2016}} {{cite news\|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-hollywood-values-updates-how-will-gamergate-values-play-out-in-1483646871-htmlstory.html\|title=Rally white men. Demean women. Mock the impact of misogyny. How will Gamergate values play out in Trump's America?\|newspaper=LA Times\|date=January 7, 2017\|access-date=January 9, 2017\|last=Martens\|first=Todd}} {{cite web \| url = http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/6/7506021/intel-300m-diversity-investment-support-women-minorities-gamergate \| title = Intel pledges $300M investment to bolster women, minority workforce in wake of GamerGate \| first = Michael \| last = McWhertor \| date = January 6, 2015 \| access-date = January 6, 2015 \|work=Polygon }}
Gamergate 2.0 \|2024 \|A campaign against narrative design company Sweet Baby Inc. for its perceived "woke agenda" over support for DEI was referred to as "Gamergate 2.0". A Steam group with 100,000 members highlighted video games that Sweet Baby had been involved with, and discouraged people from playing them. A Kotaku reporter was subjected to online harassment after infiltrating and reporting on the group. \|United States \|{{cite web \|last1=Coleman \|first1=Theara \|title=Gamergate 2.0: Extremism in video games sees another reckoning \|url=https://theweek.com/culture-life/personal-technology/games/gamergate-2-extremism-video-games \|work=The Week \|date=March 22, 2024 \|access-date=7 May 2024}}
Gerstmanngate \|2007 \|Refers to the controversy following the November 2007 dismissal of Jeff Gerstmann from his position as editorial director of GameSpot. Gerstmann had awarded a Fair rating to the game Kane & Lynch: Dead Men at a time when the game was being heavily advertised on GameSpot, which led to accusations from many games journalists of a lack of editorial integrity on the part of GameSpot, who denied that the review had been a part of the reasoning behind the dismissal. However, a subsequent interview with Gerstmann in 2012 countered this statement, with Gerstmann claiming that, although there was more to his firing than any single review, it would not be untrue to say that the Kane & Lynch episode contributed to it. \|United States \|{{cite web\|url=http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/50157\|title=CNET Denies 'External Pressure' Caused Gerstmann Termination\|date=November 30, 2007\|publisher=Shacknews\|access-date=January 28, 2014}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.gamefront.com/jeff-gerstmann-finally-talks-about-gamespot-firing/\|title=Jeff Gerstmann (Finally) Talks About GameSpot Firing\|author=Phil Hornshaw\|date=March 15, 2012\|publisher=GameFront\|access-date=January 28, 2014}}
Mandragate \|2015 \|Massive corruption that involves Indonesian senior comedian, Mandra, and state-owned television network TVRI over programming procurement on the network. \|Indonesia \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.rappler.com/world/regions/asia-pacific/indonesia/83566-komedian-mandra-ditetapkan-jadi-tersangka-kasus-korupsi-tvri\|title = Komedian Mandra ditetapkan jadi tersangka kasus korupsi TVRI\|date = February 10, 2015}}{{Cite web \|url=http://www2.jawapos.com/baca/artikel/12867/nasib-mandra-melejit-di-mandragade-jatuh-kena-mandragate \|title=Nasib Mandra, Melejit di Mandragade, Jatuh Kena Mandragate \| Selalu Ada Yang Baru \|access-date=January 18, 2019 \|archive-date=November 1, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101103606/http://www2.jawapos.com/baca/artikel/12867/nasib-mandra-melejit-di-mandragade-jatuh-kena-mandragate \|url-status=dead }}{{Cite web\|url=http://liputan6.com/news/read/2174779/mandragate-fenomena-gunung-es-korupsi-di-tvri\|title = Mandragate, Fenomena Gunung Es Korupsi di TVRI\|date = February 12, 2015}}
{{anchor\|Nipplegate}}Nipplegate (also known as {{anchor\|Boobgate}}"Boobgate" or "wardrobe malfunction")	2004	Justin Timberlake exposed Janet Jackson's breast during the halftime show of Super Bowl XXXVIII.	United States	Wayne Glowka, [http://www.americandialect.org/Glowka_ADS_2004_Words_of_the_Year.pdf 2004 Words of the Year Nominations] (PDF), American Dialect Society[http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/02/20/findlaw.analysis.hilden.jackson/ Jackson 'Nipplegate' illustrates the danger of chilling free speech], Julie Hilden, Findlaw columnist, CNN.com, February 20, 2004
Nudegate (Edison Chen photo scandal)	2008	Intimate photographs of Hong Kong actor Edison Chen were leaked online and widely discussed in Hong Kong media. Called "Nudegate" ({{Lang-zh\|s=艳照门\|t=豔照門\|p=Yànzhàomén}}) in mainland China, using the Chinese character for the word "gate" ({{Lang-zh\|s=门\|t=門\|p=mén}})	China and Hong Kong	{{cite news \|title=抹不去的回忆忘不掉的疼痛女星艳照门全套图曝光 \|url=http://news.haiwainet.cn/n/2015/0212/c3541091-28418778.html \|access-date=March 12, 2020 \|work=news.haiwainet.cn \|agency=Haiwai Net \|date=February 12, 2015}}
Pandoragate \|2023 \|A scandal among Polish influencers which started when YouTubers Sylwester Wardęga and Konopskyy revealed videos proving that many popular Polish influencers were acting abusive toward their viewers. One of them, Stuu, wrote lewd messages to a 14-year-old girl. The case was loudly commented on by Polish media and politicians, including Polish prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Minister of Justice Zbigniew Ziobro. \|Poland \|{{cite web \|title=Pandora Gate – dlaczego nikt nie zajął się aferą? Kardyś: "Dopiero influencerzy musieli to wywlec" \|url=https://natemat.pl/516178,o-co-chodzi-w-aferze-pandora-gate-dopiero-influencerzy-musieli-to-wywlec \|website=naTemat.pl \|language=PL-pl}}{{cite web \|title=Mateusz Morawiecki grzmi: koniec! Rząd podjął działania w sprawie Pandora Gate \|url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/esportmania/inne/pandora-gate-rzad-dziala-a-premier-mateusz-morawiecki-grzmi-to-koniec/v0rjgqd \|website=Przegląd Sportowy Onet \|language=pl}}{{cite web \|title=Pandora Gate przyciąga miliony widzów. Wardęga lepszy od FAME MMA \|url=https://innpoland.pl/199465,rekordy-sylwestra-wardegi-material-pandora-gate-przyciaga-miliony-widzow \|website=INNPoland.pl \|language=PL-pl}}
Papoosegate \|2018 \|British television host Piers Morgan retweeted and mocked (commenting, Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! and including the hashtag "#emasculatedBond") a photo of English actor Daniel Craig holding his newborn daughter in a papoose while walking down the street. After facing backlash for the tweet (notably from celebrities such as American actor Chris Evans), Morgan attempted to explain it by claiming that "James Bond would never use a papoose to carry his babies". \|United Kingdom \|{{Cite tweet \|user=piersmorgan \|number=1051707168490221568 \|title=Oh 007.. not you as well?!!! #papoose #emasculatedBond \|access-date=2023-01-01 \|lang=en }}{{Cite web \|date=2018-10-16 \|title=Piers Morgan called Daniel Craig an 'Emasculated Bond' for using a baby carrier and people aren't happy \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/piers-morgan-daniel-craig-baby-carrier-james-bond-emasculated-papoose-twitter-reaction-a8585836.html \|access-date=2023-01-01 \|work=The Independent \|language=en}}{{Cite tweet \|user=chrisevans \|number=1052011353056178176 \|title=You really have to be so uncertain of your own masculinity to concern yourself with how another man carries his child. Any man who wastes time quantifying masculinity is terrified on the inside. \|access-date=2023-01-01 \|website=Twitter \|language=en \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181016062247/https://twitter.com/chrisevans/status/1052011353056178176 \|archive-date=2018-10-16}}
Penisgate \|2015 \|While performing at a concert in Stockholm, singer Lenny Kravitz squatted and his pants split open revealing his penis to concertgoers. \|Sweden \|{{Cite news\|url=https://www.guitarworld.com/news/lenny-kravitz-s-private-parts-fly-away-during-onstage-wardrobe-malfunction\|title=Lenny Kravitz's Private Parts 'Fly Away' During Onstage Wardrobe Malfunction\|work=Guitar World\|access-date=January 16, 2018\|language=en-us}}
Portraitgate	2009	Two oil paintings depicting Brian Cowen, Taoiseach of Ireland, in the nude, were briefly displayed in Dublin art galleries in March 2009 as an act of guerrilla art.	Ireland	{{cite news\|last=Lord\|first=Miriam\|title=No losing sight of the big picture as Portraitgate rumbles on\|newspaper=The Irish Times\|page=10\|date=March 26, 2009\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0326/1224243452282.html\|access-date=April 3, 2009\|archive-date=November 18, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101118060424/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0326/1224243452282.html\|url-status=dead}}{{cite news\|last=Hand\|first=Lise\|title=Portraitgate: just who called who is finally laid bare\|work=Irish Independent\|page=18\|date=April 1, 2009\|url=http://www.independent.ie/national-news/portraitgate-just-who-called-who--is-finally-laid-bare-1693308.html\|access-date=April 3, 2009}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5993135.ece\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110918114323/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5993135.ece\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=September 18, 2011\|title=RTÉ's 'Portrait-gate' apology reopens self-censorship debate\|last=Coyle\|first=Colin\|date=March 29, 2009\|work=The Times \|location=UK \|access-date=April 1, 2009}}
Queuegate \|2022 \|Controversy surrounding the accusation that This Morning presenters Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby jumped the queue to walk past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II during her lying-in-state in Westminster Hall. Schofield and Willoughby's actions were compared to that of other celebrities, such as David Beckham and fellow television presenters such as Susanna Reid, who had queued several hours with the public rather than skip the queue at Westminster Hall. The scandal prompted the creation of a Change.org petition calling for the presenters to be dismissed from the programme, which reached 75,000 signatures within a week. \|United Kingdom \|{{cite news \| last =Lewis \| first =Isobel \| title = Queuegate: Richard Ayoade rips into This Morning's 'national scandal' on Have I Got News For You \|work=Independent \| date=24 September 2022 \| url =https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/hignfy-holly-phillip-queue-jump-scandal-b2174421.html \| access-date=12 October 2022 }}{{cite news \| last =Campbell \| first =Tina \| title = Holly Willoughby and Phillip Schofield Queuegate petition creator: 'It's kind of destroying me' \|work=Evening Standard\| date=27 September 2022 \| url =https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/this-morning-holly-willoughby-phillip-schofield-queuegate-petition-update-b1028216.html \| access-date=12 October 2022 }}{{cite news \| title = We Buy Any Car deal end Phillip Schofield's £1m deal as Queuegate petition hits 75k \|work=Daily Record \| date=30 September 2022 \| url =https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/entertainment/buy-any-car-deal-end-28127484 \| access-date=12 October 2022 }}
Sachsgate (also "Manuelgate")	2008	Comedian Russell Brand and TV presenter Jonathan Ross left a series of obscene voice messages on the answering machine of actor Andrew Sachs during an episode of the BBC Radio 2 show, The Russell Brand Show.	United Kingdom	{{cite news\|title=BBC apologises for lewd phone calls by Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross\|date=October 28, 2008\|work=The Times\|author=Patrick Foster\|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5022840.ece \| location=London \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615112535/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article5022840.ece \|archive-date=Jun 15, 2011 }}
Slapgate	2022	On March 27, 2022, during the live television broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards, actor Will Smith walked onstage and slapped comedian Chris Rock{{Cite video\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3W9xxCFp2o\|title=Will Smith's Oscars slap overshadows big win for 'CODA' – Washington Post\|website=YouTube\|publisher=The Washington Post\|date=March 27, 2022\|access-date=April 7, 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407132323/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3W9xxCFp2o\|archive-date=April 7, 2022\|url-status=live}} across the face during Rock's monologue before presenting the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film. Just before, Rock had made a comment about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith, and her shaved head, which Pinkett Smith has said was due to her alopecia areata. Smith then walked onto the stage and slapped Rock before returning to his seat, where Smith repeatedly shouted profanities at Rock, on live television. \| United States \| [https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/04/11/boxing-play-by-play-slapgate Boxing play-by-play: Slapgate], The New Yorker, April 11, 2022[https://variety.com/vip/slapgate-is-chris-rocks-defining-moment-1235218041/ Slapgate Is Chris Rock's Defining Moment], Variety, March 29, 2022[https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/sources-academy-members-furious-about-will-smith-chris-rock-slapgate-1329031/ Sources: Academy Members Furious About Will Smith, Chris Rock Slapgate], Rolling Stone, March 28, 2022
Snakegate \|2016 \|A controversy involving Taylor Swift, Kanye West, and Kim Kardashian, stemming from a lyric in Kanye West's song "Famous." The term was popularized by Swift's fans to describe the criticism she faced and the subsequent portrayal of her as a "snake" by some online, due to the perceived deception surrounding the lyric. \|United States \|{{Cite web \|last=Rosa \|first=Christopher \|date=2018-07-18 \|title=Taylor Swift Just Won't Let That National Snake Day Drama Die \|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/taylor-swift-just-wont-let-that-national-snake-day-drama-die#:~:text=Twitter%20users%20took%20the%20videos,ve%20just%20been%20a%20coincidence.&text=But%20what%20she%20said%20during,Cleveland%20Reputation%20Stadium%20Tour%20stop. \|access-date=2025-04-23 \|website=Glamour \|language=en-US}}{{Cite news \|date=2016-07-20 \|title=Instagram tests spam tool - but not because of Taylor's snakes \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-36848132#:~:text=%22Snakegate%22%20happened%20when%20Taylor%20released,a%20backhanded%20dig%20against%20Swift. \|access-date=2025-04-23 \|work=BBC News \|language=en-GB}}
Spitgate	2022	A video taken at the 79th Venice International Film Festival premiere of Don't Worry Darling was interpreted by some social media commentators to depict Harry Styles, the film's lead, spitting on co-star Chris Pine. Both Pine and director Olivia Wilde denied this rumor, and Styles later jokingly referenced the alleged incident at a concert.	Italy	{{cite web \|last1=Westenfeld \|first1=Adrienne \|title=Olivia Wilde, You're Two Weeks Late to the SpitGate Chat \|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a41091102/harry-styles-spit-chris-pine-dont-worry-darling-premiere/ \|work=Esquire \|date=September 22, 2022 \|access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web \|last1=Bacardi \|first1=Francesca \|title=Chris Pine breaks silence on Harry Styles 'spit-gate' at Don't Worry Darling premiere \|url=https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/movies/new-movies/chris-pine-breaks-silence-on-harry-styles-spitgate-at-dont-worry-darling-premiere/news-story/5c50cf756f68a06fdd91c987b009cfae \|work=News.Com.Au \|access-date=September 26, 2022}}{{cite web \|last1=Stillwell \|first1=Chloe \|title=Harry Styles had a perfectly glib response to #SPITGATE \|url=https://www.mic.com/culture/harry-styles-spit-chris-pine-madison-square-garden \|work=Mic \|date=September 8, 2022 \|access-date=September 26, 2022}}
Threshergate	1992	A controversy based around a faked story, claiming that the British Chancellor Norman Lamont had purchased cigarettes and champagne at an off-license.	United Kingdom	{{cite news \|last1=Braid \|first1=Mary \|title=The beleaguered Chancellor: Fresh till receipt aims to quash speculation \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/the-beleaguered-chancellor-fresh-till-receipt-aims-to-quash-speculation-1560736.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/the-beleaguered-chancellor-fresh-till-receipt-aims-to-quash-speculation-1560736.html \|archive-date=June 14, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|access-date=May 11, 2022 \|work=The Independent \|date=December 1, 1992}}
Tomato-gate	2015	Radio consultant Keith Hill compared women artists in country music to a garnish, saying that male artists were the lettuce in our salad and "the tomatoes of our salad are the females."	United States	{{cite news \|last1=Keel \|first1=Beverly \|title=Sexist 'tomato' barb launches food fight on Music Row \|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2015/05/27/sexist-tomato-barb-launches-food-fight-music-row/28036657/ \|access-date=December 26, 2018 \|publisher=The Tennessean \|date=May 27, 2015}}
Treegate	2023	NBCUniversal hired arborists to illegally trim trees outside of Gate 8 on Barham Road in Universal City, which was being picketed by SAG-AFTRA and the Writers Guild of America West during their respective strikes. Picketers and union representatives alleged that trimming these trees out of season and without a permit was a punitive measure, as the San Fernando Valley had been experiencing a heat wave, and picketers had been using those trees for shade. NBCUniversal representatives denied that selective pruning of those trees was a targeted attack on the protesters, calling it and the ongoing construction on Lankershim Boulevard "unintended challenges for demonstrators". As the company was a first-time offender, NBCUniversal received a maximum fine of just US$250 from the City of Los Angeles for destruction of city property and tree law violation.	United States	{{cite news \|last=Greco \|first=Patti \|date=July 19, 2023 \|title=What Is Treegate? Understanding the Latest Wrinkle in the SAG-AFTRA Strike \|url=https://parade.com/celebrities/treegate-universal-sag-aftra-strike \|quote=Something shady (but also not-so-shady) is afoot. \|work=Parade \|location= \|access-date=July 23, 2023}}{{cite news \|last=Rice \|first=Lynette \|date=July 18, 2023 \|title=Universal Responds To Complaints About Pruned Trees On Barham Boulevard: "Not Our Intent …To Create Unintended Challenges For Demonstrators" \|url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/universal-pruned-ficus-trees-wga-picket-line-barham-boulevard-1235440896/ \|work=Deadline Hollywood \|access-date=July 23, 2023}}{{cite news \|last=Knolle \|first=Sharon \|date=July 21, 2023 \|title=NBCU Fined Only $250 Over 'Tree-Gate' as It Was a 'First-Time Offense' \|url=https://www.thewrap.com/nbcu-fined-250-trimmed-trees-burbank-strike/ \|quote="Outdated laws limit penalties the city can issue," writes L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia \|work=TheWrap \|location= \|access-date=July 23, 2023}}

= Journalism and academics =

Name	Year	Description	Country	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
Choppergate	2011	The Nine News Queensland bulletins on August 20 and 21, 2011, included live coverage each night by reporters Melissa Mallet and Cameron Price, respectively, from the station's helicopter, which they claimed was "near Beerwah", where the remains of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe had been found earlier that month. The reports were revealed to be fake when, on the second night, rival station Channel Seven recorded video of the Nine helicopter sitting on the helipad outside their studios at Mount Coot-tha at the time of the broadcast. Radar footage also revealed that, on the first night, the helicopter was actually hovering over Chapel Hill, {{convert\|70\|km}} away from Beerwah. Both Mallet and Price, as well as news producer Aaron Wakeley, were sacked by the Nine Network following the incident, and news director Lee Anderson accepted responsibility and resigned over the faked reports.	Australia	{{cite web\|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/channel-9-fake-news-cross-will-anyone-be-chopped/story-e6frfmyi-1226122374959\|title=Channel 9 sacks three, news director resigns over 'Choppergate' scandal\|publisher=News.com.au\|date=August 26, 2011\|access-date=November 30, 2016\|archive-date=December 20, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220134807/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/channel-9-fake-news-cross-will-anyone-be-chopped/news-story/23e0914d06115e393dfe6086125cb853\|url-status=dead}}
Chyrongate \|2023 \|A Chyron regarding former President Donald Trump's federal arrest ran on Fox News during speeches by both Trump and President Joe Biden reading, "Wannabe dictator speaks at White House after having his political rival arrested". This was criticized by many journalists and the White House itself. \|United States \|{{Cite news \|last=Stein \|first=Chris \|date=2023-06-14 \|title=Fox News explains away 'wannabe dictator' chyron during Trump speech \|language=en-GB \|work=The Guardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jun/14/fox-news-dictator-banner-chyron-trump-joe-biden \|access-date=2023-06-15 \|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web \|date=2023-06-15 \|title=White House condemns Fox News chyron calling Biden 'wannabe dictator' \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-chyron-wannabe-dictator-white-house-b2358189.html \|access-date=2023-06-15 \|work=The Independent \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|date=2023-06-14 \|title=Fox News under fire for sycophantic Trump chyron calling Biden a 'wannabe dictator' \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/fox-news-trump-biden-dictator-reaction-b2357365.html \|access-date=2023-06-15 \|work=The Independent \|language=en}}
Climategate	2010	Emails that were hacked remotely from the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia were publicized by climate change denialists alleging a global warming conspiracy theory: the allegations against climate scientists were subject to eight investigations, which found there was no evidence of fraud or scientific misconduct, though there was a finding of a lack of openness.	United Kingdom	The eight major investigations covered by secondary sources include: [http://www.deccanherald.com/content/61233/uk-climategate-inquiry-largely-clears.html House of Commons Science and Technology Committee] (UK); [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/08/science/earth/08climate.html Independent Climate Change Review] (UK); [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/04/oxburgh-report-clears-controvers.html International Science Assessment Panel] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509041910/http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/04/oxburgh-report-clears-controvers.html \|date=May 9, 2013 }} (UK); [http://views.washingtonpost.com/climate-change/post-carbon/2010/07/by_juliet_eilperin_a_pennsylvania.html Pennsylvania State University] [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/02/climate-scienti-1.html first panel] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925191452/http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/02/climate-scienti-1.html \|date=September 25, 2010 }} and [http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/michael-mann-exonerated-as-penn.html second panel] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130074750/http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2010/07/michael-mann-exonerated-as-penn.html \|date=January 30, 2012 }} (US); [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-10899538 United States Environmental Protection Agency] (US); [https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/u-s-scientists-cleared-in-climategate-1.1031242 Department of Commerce] (US); [https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-22/climate-change-scientist-cleared-in-u-s-data-altering-inquiry.html National Science Foundation] (US){{cite web\|url=http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsevents/newsstories/2012/july/ueadatabreachinvestigation.aspx \|title=Police closes UEA investigation \|work=Norfolk Constabulary \|date=July 18, 2012 \|access-date=July 18, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120719071718/http://www.norfolk.police.uk/newsevents/newsstories/2012/july/ueadatabreachinvestigation.aspx \|archive-date=July 19, 2012 }}{{cite news \|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2010/0707/Climate-scientists-exonerated-in-climategate-but-public-trust-damaged \|last=Jonsson \|first=Patrik \|title=Climate scientists exonerated in 'climategate' but public trust damaged \|work=Christian Science Monitor \|date=July 7, 2010 \|page=2 \|access-date=January 19, 2017}}
Elevatorgate	2011	In June 2011, skeptic blogger Rebecca Watson revealed that a stranger followed her into an elevator at 4am as she was leaving the World Atheist Convention and propositioned her. After stating that she found this intrusive, several opponents sent her hate mail including death threats. Further controversy arose when Richard Dawkins wrote a blog post which mocked Watson by comparing her experiences to those of women in Muslim countries.	Ireland	{{cite web\|url=https://synapses.co.za/elevatorgate-power-words/\|title=Elevatorgate and the power of words\|first=Jacques\|last=Rousseau\|publisher=Synapses\|date=July 14, 2011}}
Facebookgate	2008	In order to promote their university guides, book publisher College Prowler (now rebranded as Niche) created 125 fake "Class of 2013" Facebook groups. After their involvement was exposed, they removed their administrative access from the groups, admitting, "It was clearly over the line."	United States	{{cite web\|url=http://www.chronicle.com/article/Company-Created/42157\|title=Company Created Official-Looking 'Class of 2013' Facebook Groups for Hundreds of Colleges\|date=December 19, 2008\|access-date=September 19, 2017\|via=The Chronicle of Higher Education}}
Fredo-Gate or FredoGate	2019	A heckler in Shelter Island, New York referred to journalist Chris Cuomo as "Fredo", in reference to a fictional mobster character named Fredo Corleone, from The Godfather film, who was generally associated with emotional weakness and a lack of intelligence. Following Cuomo's profanity-laced tirade against the individual in question, President Donald Trump tweeted about the incident numerous times, criticizing Cuomo's behavior.	United States	{{cite web\|url=https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/08/13/fredo-cnn-chris-cuomo-rant/\|title='Fredo-Gate' Blows Up In Social Media After CNN Chris Cuomo's Rant Over Heckler's Comment\|publisher=CBS New York\|date=August 13, 2019\|access-date=August 14, 2019}}
Hackgate (also "Rupertgate" or "Murdochgate")	2011	Allegations that the now defunct News of the World had hacked into the phones of celebrities, politicians, members of the British royal family, and victims of crime.	United Kingdom	{{cite web\|url=http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/2094792/harbottle-defends-hackgate-position-grabiner-tipped-lead-newscorp-clean\|title=Harbottle Defends Hackgate Position\|publisher=LegalWeek.com\|date=July 18, 2011\|access-date=July 18, 2011\|archive-date=May 29, 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529034526/http://www.legalweek.com/legal-week/news/2094792/harbottle-defends-hackgate-position-grabiner-tipped-lead-newscorp-clean\|url-status=dead}}
Kategate (also known as "Photogate") \|2024 \|A scandal involving the release and then retraction of a Mother's Day photo by Catherine, Princess of Wales, who is also known as Kate, and her three children, which was later revealed to be photo doctored allegedly by the Princess. \|United Kingdom \|{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-11 \|title=Truth or Fake – 'Kate-gate': How might have the Princess of Wales' photo been edited? \|url=https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20240311-kate-gate-how-might-have-the-princess-of-wales-photo-been-edited \|access-date=2024-03-14 \|work=France 24 \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|title=Royals 'rally around Kate' as 'Photogate' played down by insiders as 'bump in the road, not an earthquake' \|url=https://www.lbc.co.uk/news/kate-middleton-photogate-played-down-royals-insiders/ \|access-date=2024-03-14 \|work=LBC \|language=en}}
Mediagate (also known as "Anchorgate")	2012	The controversy over Pakistani top journalists in the mainstream media.	Pakistan	{{cite news\|author=Umer Nangiana\|title='Anchorgate': Criminal case lodged against Dunya TV whistleblowers\|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/394490/anchorgate-criminal-case-lodged-against-dunya-tv-whistleblowers/\|access-date=February 8, 2013\|work=Dunya\|date=June 16, 2012}} {{cite news\|title=FamilyGate..BahriaGate.. MediaGate\|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2012/06/16/comment/todays-cartoon/familygate-bahriagate-mediagate/\|access-date=February 8, 2013\|work=Pakistan Today}} {{cite news\|last=Rashid\|first=Qaisar\|title=A Few Words : Media-gate and the Chief Justice of Pakistan — Dr Qaisar Rashid\|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2012\06\20\story_20-6-2012_pg3_3\|access-date=February 8, 2013\|newspaper=Daily Times\|date=June 20, 2012}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.qaisarrashid.com/Columns_in_2012/Jun_20_2012.html\|title=Jun_20_2012\|work=qaisarrashid.com\|access-date=July 14, 2015}}
Rathergate (also known as "Memogate")	2004	The scandal over a forged memo about George W. Bush's military record that ultimately led to the resignation of Dan Rather as anchor of CBS Evening News.	United States	{{cite web \|date=September 17, 2004 \|url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/sep/17/20040917-075938-4911r/?page=all \|title=Rathergate ... \|work=The Washington Times \|access-date=April 7, 2014}}{{cite web\|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/columnist/mediamix/2004-09-26-media-mix_x.htm\|title=Rather's 'Memogate': We told you so, conservatives say\|work=USA Today \|access-date=September 19, 2017}}
Reutersgate	2006	The controversy over Reuters photographer Adnan Hajj manipulating news photos with Photoshop.	Lebanon	{{cite web \|date=August 11, 2006\|title=Reutersgate strikes other news outlets\|url=http://www.jpost.com/International/Reutersgate-strikes-other-news-outlets\|work=Jerusalem Post\|access-date=November 20, 2014}}{{cite web\|last1=Landes\|first1=Richard\|title=Reutersgate 2.0: Honor-Shame vs. Liberal MSNM\|url=http://www.theaugeanstables.com/2010/06/07/reutersgate20-honor-shame-vs-liberal-msnm/\|work=The Augean Stables\|access-date=November 20, 2014\|date=June 7, 2010}}{{cite web\|title='Reutersgate' Becomes an Issue in Reporting the Israel-Hezbollah War\|url=http://uscpublicdiplomacy.org/blog/060810_reutersgate_becomes_an_issue_in_reporting_the_israel_hezbollah_\|work=USC Center on Public Diplomacy\|access-date=November 20, 2014\|date=August 9, 2006}}
Suzygate or Suzyscam	1988	James Revson, a rival gossip columnist at Newsday, accused Suzy Knickerbocker of fabricating some of the content of her columns. He alleged that she had reported on parties which she had not attended, instead writing from press releases and guest lists.	United States	{{Cite journal\|title=1988 Winners and Sinners\|journal=New York Magazine\|date=December 1998 \|page=54}}
Ubergate	2018	The controversy surrounding Karl Stefanovic and a phone call he had in the back of an Uber, complaining about his job as a journalist. The incident led to his resignation on Australia's Today show.	Australia	{{cite web\|title=ABC Breakfast host pokes fun at Karl Stefanovic\|url=https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/abc-breakfast-host-michael-rowland-pokes-fun-karl-stefanovic-ubergate-022949229.html\|website=au.lifestyle.yahoo.com\|access-date=August 14, 2019\|date=August 13, 2019}}

= Politics =

Name	Year	Description	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
Abu Ghraibgate \| 2004 \| The torture and abuse of inmates at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. \| {{Cite web\|title=TOC's Hudgins Gets it Right\|url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/5203\|access-date=April 11, 2021\|work=History News Network\|date=May 15, 2004 }}{{Cite web\|title=Bush Wins!\|url=https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1191502/posts\|access-date=April 11, 2021\|work=Free Republic}}
Agrogate \| 1987 \| The Agrokomerc Affair in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia exposes the extent of the economic and political corruption and decay in Communist Yugoslavia as its economy collapsed, contributing to its disintegration in 1991. \| {{Cite web\|title=BIG BANK SCANDAL STUNS YUGOSLAVIA\|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1987-10-29-8703210439-story.html\|access-date=October 2, 2021\|work=Chicago Tribune \|date=October 29, 1987 }}{{Cite magazine\|title=Yugoslavia All the Party Chief's Men\|url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,965639,00.html\|access-date=October 2, 2021\|magazine=Time\|date=September 28, 1987\|last1=Banta\|first1=Kenneth W.}}
Angolagate (also known as theMitterrand-Pasqua affair)	2008	Arms sales to the Government of Angola by the Government of France between 1993 and 2000.	{{cite news\|title=Angola-gate\|url=https://www.economist.com/node/12630028\|newspaper=The Economist\|access-date=November 20, 2014\|date=November 19, 2008}}{{cite web\|title=Appeal trial begins in Angolagate arms-for-oil scandal\|url=http://www.english.rfi.fr/africa/20110119-appeal-trial-begins-angolagate-arms-oil-scandal\|publisher=Radio France Internationale English\|access-date=November 20, 2014\|date=January 19, 2011}}
Baligate	1999	Golkar Party officials colluded with the Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency (IBRA) to coerce Bank Bali (now Permata Bank) chief Rudy Ramli to pay an illegal commission of {{Currency\|526 billion\|IDR\|passthrough=yes}}(then equivalent to about {{Currency\|80 million\|passthrough=yes}}) to private company Era Giat Prima in order to collect {{Currency\|904.6 billion\|IDR\|passthrough=yes}} owed by two banks taken over by IBRA.	{{Cite news\|last=Landler\|first=Mark \|date=September 29, 1999 \|title=Baligate, and Why It Matters; Indonesia's Recovery, and Democracy, Tested by Scandal\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/29/business/baligate-and-why-it-matters-indonesia-s-recovery-and-democracy-tested-by-scandal.html\|newspaper=The New York Times\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331\|access-date=June 1, 2021}}{{Cite news\|last=Mapes\|first=Timothy \|date=March 14, 2002 \|title=Indonesia's Central-Bank Chief Is Convicted for 'Baligate' Role\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1016022296956008960\|newspaper=Wall Street Journal\|language=en-US\|issn=0099-9660\|access-date=June 1, 2021}}
Bananagate	1974	The United Brands Company paid a $1.25 million bribe to Honduran President Oswaldo López Arellano, followed by another $1.25 million the next year to have a tax reduced from fifty cents to twenty-five cents per box of bananas. When the bribe was revealed, it provoked the overthrow of the military government in Honduras and this in turn led to the nationalisation of United's railways along with a major divestiture of land by the companies.	{{cite magazine \| first =David \| last =Pauly \|author2 =Rich Thomas \|date =April 21, 1975 \| title =The Great Banana Bribe \| magazine=Newsweek \| pages =76 }}{{cite journal\| first =Robert \| last =Graham \| date =February 17, 1990 \| title =A modern banana republic \| journal =Financial Times \| pages =XV }}
Beachgate	2017	New Jersey Governor Chris Christie lounged in the sun with his family at a state-owned beach house amid a statewide government shutdown that closed such beaches to the public. The scene was captured in airplane photographs snapped by the state's largest newspaper, The Star-Ledger. Christie subsequently defended his actions.	{{cite web\|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-chris-christie-beach-20170703-story.html\|title=From 'Bridgegate' to 'Beachgate': How Chris Christie's hubris hobbled his political career \|first=Robert\|last=Costa\|work=Chicago Tribune\|date=July 3, 2017 \|access-date=September 19, 2017}}
Beergate	2022	Leader of the Labour Party Keir Starmer was accused of breaching COVID-19 social gathering rules while campaigning in Durham in 2021, with pictures circulating of him and his colleagues drinking beer indoors against government advice. Gaining media attention in 2022, critics have cited potential hypocrisy by Starmer given his harsh criticisms of Boris Johnson's actions during Partygate. On 9 May 2022, Starmer announced that he would resign as leader of the opposition if he were to be found to have broken COVID-19 regulations, as did his deputy Angela Rayner. Starmer and Rayner were cleared of any wrongdoing by Durham police.	{{cite news \|last1=Sparrow \|first1=Andrew \|title=What is Beergate and why does it matter? \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/may/08/what-is-beergate-and-why-does-it-matter \|access-date=9 May 2022 \|work=The Guardian \|date=8 May 2022 \|language=en}}{{Cite news \|last1=Zeffman \|first1=Henry \|last2=Maguire \|first2=Patrick \|last3=Smyth \|first3=Chris \|date=9 May 2022 \|title=Labour leader aims to 'regain moral high ground' over Boris Johnson \|work=The Times \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/keir-starmer-considers-pledging-to-resign-if-fined-over-beergate-j7flbzv2n}}{{cite news\|title=Keir Starmer and Angela Rayner to resign if fined over Beergate claims\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/live/2022/may/09/boris-johnson-labour-keir-starmer-beer-election-results-uk-politics-live\|newspaper=The Guardian\|last=Sparrow\|first=Andrew\|date=9 May 2022\|access-date=9 May 2022}}
Bibigate (1)	1993	Benjamin Netanyahu admitted to having an extramarital affair	{{cite news\|title=Israeli Politics, American Style\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1993/01/16/israeli-politics-american-style/c145f6e3-b353-42a4-9f2d-5ad9a6224480/\|access-date=August 27, 2015\|date=January 16, 1993}}
Bibigate (2)	1997	Allegations that Benjamin Netanyahu chose Roni Bar-On for attorney-general to please Aryeh Deri who was in a corruption trial.	{{cite web\|title=Нетаньяху дожил до страшного суда\|url=http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/13489\|access-date=August 27, 2015\|date=April 29, 1997}}
Bigotgate	2010	UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown is accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot after a woman challenged him while he was campaigning in Rochdale during the run-up to the 2010 UK general Election.	{{cite news \|url=http://www.channel4.com/news/bigotgate-in-60-seconds\|title=Bigotgate in 60 seconds \|publisher=Channel 4 News\|date=April 2, 2010}}
Billygate	1980	US President Jimmy Carter's brother, Billy Carter, legally represented the Libyan government as a foreign agent.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/billy.htm\|title=Billygate – 1980\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|date=July 21, 1998}}
Bingogate	1999	A scandal that occurred during the administration of Premier of British Columbia Mike Harcourt, involving the skimming of charity funds for use by the ruling NDP by former MLA Dave Stupich (Harcourt was not involved but did resign).	{{cite news \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/harcourt-cleared-of-any-bingogate-wrongdoing-1.174461 \|title=Harcourt cleared of any Bingogate wrongdoing \|date=September 1, 1999 \|publisher=CBC News \|access-date=June 27, 2008 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106224204/http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/1999/09/01/harcourt990901.html \|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}
Biscuitgate	2017	A scandal in Mauritius involving the alleged abuse of power by the speaker of parliament's daughter to sell biscuits to government departments at inflated prices.	{{cite web \|url=https://www.lexpress.mu/article/301118/biscuitgate-atmaram-sonoo-refuse-divulguer-somme-deboursee-mairie-quatre-bornes \|title=Biscuitgate: Atmaram Sonoo refuse de divulguer la somme déboursée par la mairie de Quatre-Bornes \|last=Deena \|first=Manisha \|date=February 27, 2017 \|work=Le Express \|location=Mauritius \|language=fr \|trans-title=Biscuitgate: Atmaram Sonoo refuses to state the sum disbursed by the Quatre-Bornes municipality.}}{{cite web \|last1=Prayag \|first1=Touria \|title=Because they are worth it \|url=https://www.lexpress.mu/idee/300823/because-they-are-worth-it \|work=Le Express \|date=February 23, 2017 \|publisher=L'Express Weekly \|access-date=February 23, 2017}}
Blabbergate	2017	US President Donald Trump allegedly revealed highly classified information to Russia's Foreign Minister and Ambassador, boasting, "I get great intel. I have people brief me on great intel every day." Trump seemingly confirmed the scandal in a tweet.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html\|title=Trump revealed highly classified information to Russian foreign minister and ambassador\|newspaper=The Washington Post \|last1=Miller \|first1=Greg \|last2=Jaffe \|first2=Greg \|date=May 15, 2017}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-word-blabber-gets-its-own-scandal-gate-1495204456 \|title='Blabber' Gets Its Own Scandal \|last=Zimmer \|first=Ben \|date=May 19, 2017 \|work=Wall Street Journal}}{{cite web \|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2017-05-16/donald-trump-tweets-seemingly-confirming-he-shared-sensitive-information-with-the-russians \|title=Trump Tweets, Seemingly Confirming He Shared Intel \|last=Shaffrey \|first=Mary \|date=May 16, 2017 \|work=U.S. News & World Report}}
Bleachgate	2020	US President Donald Trump suggesting drinking bleach to cure COVID-19.	{{cite news \|url=https://theweek.com/articles/911392/bleachgate-archetype-trump-media-cycle \|title= Bleachgate is the archetype of a Trump media cycle \|last=Walther \|first=Matthew \|date=April 29, 2020 \|publisher=The Week}}
Blobbygate	1994	Lancaster City Council spent £300,000 of taxpayer's money on a Crinkley Bottom theme park which only stayed open for 13 weeks. The overall cost to the taxpayer was £2.6 million. It was known as "Blobbygate" due to the Mr Blobby character who was the main character of the park.	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/morecambe-and-the-blobby-land-saga-20-years-on-1-6755475 \|access-date=March 13, 2019 \|title=Morecambe and the Blobby Land saga – 20 years on \|work=The Visitor \|archive-date=April 9, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409024339/https://www.thevisitor.co.uk/news/morecambe-and-the-blobby-land-saga-20-years-on-1-6755475 \|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web\|title=Edmonds to testify in Blobby fiasco\|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/edmonds-to-testify-in-blobby-fiasco-698665.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/edmonds-to-testify-in-blobby-fiasco-698665.html \|archive-date=June 14, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|date=September 3, 2000 \|work=The Independent\|language=en\|access-date=May 24, 2020}}
Bonusgate	2008	Pennsylvania scandal involving the alleged use of government funds to finance partisan political campaigns.	{{cite web \|author=Brad Bumsted \|date=December 30, 2007 \|url=http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_545058.html \|title=What rises to 'criminal level' in Bonusgate? \|work=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080103141722/http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_545058.html \|archive-date=January 3, 2008}}
Bridgegate	2013	Allegations New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's administration ordered lane closures from Fort Lee, New Jersey, to the George Washington Bridge because the Fort Lee mayor did not endorse his reelection.	{{cite web\|url=http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/national_democrats_out_with_new_bridgegate_video_slapping_chris_christie_in_advance_of_hearing.html \|title=National Democrats out with new 'Bridgegate' video slapping Chris Christie in advance of hearing \|date=January 8, 2014 \|publisher=NJ.com \|access-date=January 8, 2014}}
Brothelgate	2010	The series of events that led to the resignation of the Irish Minister of Defence Willie O'Dea.	{{cite news\|author=Miriam Lord \|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0220/1224264880116.html\|title=Miriam Lord's Week\|date=February 20, 2010\|access-date=February 20, 2010\|newspaper=The Irish Times \|quote=As the Brothelgate crisis deepened, members of the parliamentary party scrambled to see if Willie O'Dea's promised vindication would be contained in the pages of the paper's country edition.}}
Buloggate and Bruneigate	2003	Two related cases that leads to Indonesian president Abdurrahman Wahid's impeachment: Buloggate: Wahid wanted to lend some funds from Yanatera Bulog for development in Aceh, however the $4 million fund was abused by someone who profited from Wahid's name and Wahid asked for fund lending without DPR/Senate consent Bruneigate: Brunei sultan donates for Aceh without any notification nor consent.	{{Cite web\|url=http://nasional.tempo.co/read/29685/buloggate-dan-bruneigate-bukan-satu-satunya-alasan\|title=Buloggate dan Bruneigate Bukan Satu-satunya Alasan – Nasional Tempo.co\|work=Tempo \|date=November 13, 2003 }}{{Cite web\|url=http://merdeka.com/peristiwa/isu-dan-kasus-kasus-ini-pernah-goyang-pemerintahan-gus-dur.html\|title = Isu dan kasus-kasus ini pernah goyang pemerintahan Gus Dur\|date = December 12, 2013}}{{cite web \|last1=Saptohutomo \|first1=Aryo Putranto \|title=Saat Gus Dur Digoyang Skandal Buloggate-Bruneigate... Halaman all \|url=https://nasional.kompas.com/read/2022/07/23/09010031/saat-gus-dur-digoyang-skandal-buloggate-bruneigate?page=all \|work=KOMPAS \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|language=id \|date=23 July 2022}}
Cablegate	2010	In November 2010, WikiLeaks began to release American diplomatic cables from a trove of over 250,000.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/us-red-faced-as-cablegate-sparks-global-diplomatic-crisis-courtesy-of-wikileaks-20101128-18ccl.html \|title=US red faced as 'cablegate' sparks global diplomatic crisis, courtesy of WikiLeaks \|author=Dylan Welch \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=November 29, 2010 \|access-date=December 29, 2013}}
Calendargate	2023–2024	The promotional 2024 calendar released by Ultra Right Beer featuring young American female conservative activists and commentators in pin-up poses, some but not all minimally dressed, to disparage trans women; it was widely criticized by social and Christian conservatives as indecorous and contrary to the movement's values while embraced and defended by libertarians.	{{cite news\|last=Beauchamp\|first=Zack\|title=How a horny beer calendar sparked a conservative civil war\|url=https://www.vox.com/politics/2024/1/10/24024341/calendargate-conservative-civil-war\|work=Vox\|date=January 10, 2024\|access-date=February 12, 2024}}
Cashgate	2014	The plundering of Malawian government funds by government officials in 2013.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.economist.com/blogs/baobab/2014/02/malawi-s-cashgate-scandal\|title=The $32m heist \|newspaper=The Economist\|date=February 27, 2014}}
CatalanGate	2022	A scandal involving accusations of espionage by the Spanish Government using the NSO Group's Pegasus spyware against figures of the Catalan independence movement after the Procés.	{{Cite journal \|date=2022-04-18 \|title=CatalanGate: Extensive Mercenary Spyware Operation against Catalans Using Pegasus and Candiru \|url=https://citizenlab.ca/2022/04/catalangate-extensive-mercenary-spyware-operation-against-catalans-using-pegasus-candiru/ \|access-date=2022-04-21 \|journal=The Citizen Lab \|language=en-US \|last1=Scott-Railton \|first1=John \|last2=Campo \|first2=Elies \|last3=Marczak \|first3=Bill \|last4=Razzak \|first4=Bahr Abdul \|last5=Anstis \|first5=Siena \|last6=Böcü \|first6=Gözde \|last7=Solimano \|first7=Salvatore \|last8=Deibert \|first8=Ron }}
Cheriegate	2002	A political scandal over the purchase of two flats in Bristol by Cherie Blair with the alleged assistance of Peter Foster, a convicted Australian conman and boyfriend of Blair's friend Carole Caplin.	{{cite news\|first=Nick\|last=Assinder\|title=Can Blair end "Cheriegate"?\|date=December 10, 2002\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/2562155.stm\|work=BBC News\|access-date=May 13, 2008\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720074642/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2562155.stm\|archive-date=July 20, 2012\|url-status=live}}{{cite news\|first=Ciar\|last=Byrne\|title=Timeline: how 'Cheriegate' unfolded\|date=December 16, 2002\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/dec/16/marketingandpr.cherieblair\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=April 17, 2022\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220416234557/https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/dec/16/marketingandpr.cherieblair\|archive-date=April 16, 2022\|url-status=live}}
Choi Soon-sil gate	2016	South Korean scandal involving Choi Soon-sil's influence over president Park Geun-hye.	{{cite web\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/28/world/asia/south-korea-choi-soon-sil.html?_r=0\|title=A Presidential Friendship Has Many South Koreans Crying Foul \|date=October 27, 2016\|work=New York Times}} {{cite web\|url=http://qz.com/821612/a-rasputinesque-mystery-woman-and-a-cultish-religion-could-take-down-south-koreas-president-park-geun-hye/ \|date=October 28, 2016\|title=A Rasputinesque mystery woman and a cultish religion could take down South Korea's president\|work=Quartz}} {{cite web \|title='It's actually a system where Choi Sun-sil tells the President what to do'\|url=http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/767405.html \|date=October 26, 2016\|work=The Hankyoreh}} {{cite web \|date=October 23, 2016 \|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/10/116_216623.html \|title=Investigations into 'Choi Soon-sil gate' widening \|work=The Korea Times \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=October 29, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161029175144/https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/10/116_216623.html}} {{cite web\|title=Key suspects still at large in Choi Sun-sil probe\|date=October 25, 2016 \|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3025312\|work=JoongAng Ilbo}}
Choppergate (India)	2013	An Indian parliamentary investigation into allegations of bribery and corruption involving several senior officials and helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland surrounding the purchase of a new fleet of helicopters.	{{cite news\|title=Search Results for Choppergate\|work=India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/advanced_search.jsp?searchword=Choppergate&searchtype=text&search_type=article\|access-date=March 4, 2013}}
Choppergate (Australia)	2014	An Australian political scandal involving Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Bronwyn Bishop flying from Melbourne to a party fundraiser in Geelong in November 2014, at a cost of AUD$5227.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/choppergate-puts-politicians-perks-under-scrutiny-20150724-gijj5o.html\|title='Choppergate' puts politicians' perks under scrutiny\|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \|date=July 25, 2015}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/taxpayers-cop-800000-bill-for-bronwyn-bishops-2014-expenses/story-fni0cx12-1227448331060\|title=Taxpayers cop $800,000 bill for Bronwyn Bishop's 2014 expenses\|work=The Daily Telegraph\|date=July 20, 2015}}
Chinagate	1996	Refers to the allegations of Chinese interference in the 1996 United States elections, and the possible collusion between Beijing and the Clinton presidential campaign, and the subsequent presidency.	{{cite news \|title=China Was Bill Clinton's Russia In 1996, a foreign government didn't just meddle, it donated. \|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-was-bill-clintons-russia-1488585526 \|work=The Wall Street Journal \|date=March 3, 2017}} {{cite news \|title=Larry Elder: Collusion? What About Chinagate and Ted Kennedy's Outreach to the USSR? \|url=https://www.investors.com/politics/columnists/larry-elder-collusion-what-about-chinagate-and-ted-kennedys-outreach-to-the-ussr/ \|work=Investor's Business Daily \|date=July 20, 2017}} Woodward, Bob and Duffy, Brian, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/campfin/stories/china1.htm "Chinese Embassy Role In Contributions Probed"], Washington Post, February 13, 1997 {{cite news \|title=Findings Link Clinton Allies to Chinese Intelligence \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2farchive%2fpolitics%2f1998%2f02%2f10%2ffindings-link-clinton-allies-to-chinese-intelligence%2f87265d5d-7452-41f2-ad2f-aa4abe7e579e%2f%3f \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|date=February 11, 1998}} Kondracke, Morton, [http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/kondracke080999.asp "GOP must launch new probe of Chinagate"] (Opinion), Jewish World Review, August 9, 1999
{{ill\|Civangate\|tr}}	1994	Allegations of involvement by the Özal family on the shooting of Engin Civan, former head of the Emlak Bank, which was organized by mob leader Alaattin Çakıcı	{{cite web \|access-date=4 February 2020 \|archive-date=4 February 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204172245/https://www.milliyet.com.tr/siyaset/civangate-tarih-oldu-5261884 \|title=Civangate tarih oldu \|url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/siyaset/civangate-tarih-oldu-5261884 \|url-status=live \|work=Milliyet\|date=December 14, 1996 }}
Clonegate \| 2020 \| Russian president Vladimir Putin has been accused of having clones, proponents say that his extremely different appearance is a giveaway, however this hoax has been disproven, as this appearance change is easily explained with Botox use and facelifts. \| {{Cite web\|date=February 27, 2020\|title='Are You the Real Putin?' Russian Leader Shuts Down Body Double Rumors\|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2020/02/27/are-you-the-real-putin-russian-leader-shuts-down-body-double-rumors-a69435\|access-date=April 10, 2021\|work=The Moscow Times\|language=en}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/oUF_obPPseE Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200901133155/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUF_obPPseE Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Citation\|title=Some Russians Think Putin Has Clones\| date=April 2, 2020 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUF_obPPseE\|language=en\|access-date=April 10, 2021}}{{cbignore}}
Coingate	2005	The mishandling of Ohio government funds entrusted to Ohio Republican Party operatives, involving rare coin funds	{{cite news \|url=http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060916/SRRARECOINS/309160005 \|title=Blade's 'Coingate' probe wins investigation award \|work=Toledo Blade \|date=September 16, 2006 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100317231349/http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060916/SRRARECOINS/309160005 \|archive-date=2010-03-17}}
Coalgate	2014	The mishandling of coal field auctions by the Indian government under the UPA-1. The alleged loss was $37 billion.	{{cite news\|title=What is coal scam?\|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/what-is/manmohan-singh-cbi-coalgate-coal-block-allocation-cag-report-what-is-coal-scam-4668265/\|newspaper=The Indian Express\|date=May 22, 2017}}
Cokegate	2023	On July 2, 2023, the United States Secret Service found a small plastic bag containing powder cocaine inside the White House.	{{cite news \|last1=Diamond \|first1=Jeremy \|title=First on CNN: Secret Service concludes cocaine investigation, no suspect identified\|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/13/politics/white-house-cocaine-investigation/index.html \|publisher=CNN \|date=July 13, 2023\|access-date=March 11, 2025}}
Corngate	2002	A political scandal in New Zealand in 2002, which involved the suspected release of genetically modified corn seed in 2000.	{{cite news\|url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/425825/115681\|title="Corngate" could leave nasty taste\|date=July 12, 2002\|publisher=TVNZ\|access-date=June 27, 2008}}
$Libra \|2025 \|Controversy following Argentine President Javier Milei's promotion of the cryptocurrency $LIBRA on social media which subsequently suffered a severe price crash. \|{{Cite web \|date=2025-02-17 \|title=Investigation to probe Milei's conduct over 'cryptogate' \|url=https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/investigation-to-probe-mileis-conduct-over-cryptogate.phtml \|access-date=2025-02-18 \|website=Buenos Aires Times \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|last1=Avalos \|first1=Martín \|last2=Raschinsky \|first2=Sonia \|title=Argentine Prosecutors To Probe Milei Over 'Cryptogate' \|url=https://www.barrons.com/news/argentine-prosecutors-to-probe-milei-over-cryptogate-326b1aae?refsec=topics_afp-news \|access-date=2025-02-18 \|website=barrons \|language=en-US}}{{Cite news \|date=2025-02-18 \|title='Cryptogate' in Argentina: Javier Milei in turmoil for encouraging the purchase of an obscure cryptocurrency \|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2025/02/18/cryptogate-in-argentina-javier-milei-in-turmoil-for-encouraging-the-purchase-of-an-obscure-cryptocurrency_6738272_19.html \|access-date=2025-02-18 \|language=en}}
Dasukigate	2015	The diversion of moneys intended for purchase of arms and armaments for the Nigerian army in its counter-insurgency war with Boko Haram to things like paying for Sambo Dasuki's purchase of real estate property in Dubai and paying a friend's private hospital complex for "offering prayers" for the success of President Goodluck Jonathan's re-election bid	{{cite web\|url=http://thenationonlineng.net/dasukigate-beyond-the-outrage-and-apart-from-the-legal-battle-what-is-to-be-done/\|title=Dasukigate: beyond the outrage and apart from the legal battle, what is to be done? \|work=The Nation Nigeria\|date=December 20, 2015\|access-date=September 19, 2017}}
Debategate	1980	A political scandal in the United States involving the suspicious acquisition of debate preparation documents.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/frenzy/debate.htm\|title=Debeategate – 1983\|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=1998}}
Donnygate	1990s	A political scandal involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom	{{cite web \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/mar/13/society.politics \|title=Donnygate scandal ends in jail terms\|work=The Guardian\|date=March 13, 2002}}
Dildogate	2016	Protest action against the Trans-Pacific Partnership where a protester flung a rubber dildo at MP Steven Joyce, striking him in the face. Also known as the Waitangi dildo incident.	{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-35499554\|title=NZ minister hit by sex toy in protest\|date=February 5, 2016\|work=BBC News\|access-date=February 7, 2020\|language=en-GB}}
Dissertation-gate	2019	Controversy surrounding the authenticity of Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen's 1984 doctorate earned at the London School of Economics. (See Chinese article: zh)	{{cite news \|title=Dissertation-gate: Tsai accuser publishes pre... \|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3791991 \|access-date=March 13, 2020 \|work=Taiwan News \|agency=Taiwan News \|date=October 7, 2019}}{{cite news \|last1=Huang \|first1=Wanting \|title=退出「碩博士計畫」後還能取得學位嗎？林環牆再揭蔡英文「學生紀錄」透露的5大重點！ \|url=https://www.storm.mg/article/1799089 \|access-date=March 13, 2020 \|agency=Storm Media (風傳媒) \|date=October 7, 2019}}
Duna-gate	1990	A political scandal in Hungary in 1990, with the communist regime's secret service illegally collecting information on opposition parties.	{{cite journal \|author=Miklós Kontra \|jstor=455461 \|title=Hungarians Turned Gateniks in 1990 \|journal=American Speech \|volume=67 \|issue=2 \|date=Summer 1992 \|pages=216–222 \|publisher=The American Dialect Society \|doi=10.2307/455461}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.nbh.hu/oldpage/english/bmenu92.htm \|title=History of Security Activities in Hungary \|publisher=Hungarian Secret Service \|access-date=April 30, 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322040719/http://www.nbh.hu/oldpage/english/bmenu92.htm \|archive-date=March 22, 2011}}
Elbowgate	2016	Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accidentally elbowed a female MP in the chest in the House of Commons, causing the opposition to accuse him of assaulting her.	Campbell, Meagan, et al. (May 21, 2016). [http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/an-oral-history-of-elbowgate/ "An oral history of Elbowgate"], Maclean's.{{cite web\|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/2709766/chaos-erupts-on-hill-trudeau-apologizes-after-making-contact-with-ndp-mp/\|title=Chaos erupts on Hill: Trudeau apologizes for physical contact with Opposition MPs\|last=Kohut\|first=Kevin Nielsen and Tania\|work=Global News \|access-date=June 3, 2016}}
Emailgate	2015	During her tenure as United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton drew controversy by using a private email server for official public communications rather than using official State Department email accounts maintained on federal servers. Clinton's server was found to hold over 100 emails containing classified information, including 65 emails deemed "Secret" and 22 deemed "Top Secret". An additional 2,093 emails not marked classified were retroactively designated confidential by the State Department.{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/us/clinton-emails-routine-practice.html\|title=Use of Unclassified Email Systems Not Limited to Clinton\|first=Steven Lee\|last=Myers\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=May 11, 2016}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/01/29/464811045/as-iowa-caucuses-near-clinton-email-probe-persists\|title=22 Hillary Clinton Emails Dubbed Top Secret\|work=NPR}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2016-02-29/state-dept-wins-dispute-over-clinton-email-on-north-korea \|title=State Dept completes Clinton email release, more than 52k out including 2,100 with info now deemed classified \|date=February 29, 2016 \|work=U.S. News & World Report}} The controversy was a major point of discussion and contention during the 2016 presidential election, in which Clinton was the Democratic nominee. In July, FBI director James Comey announced that the FBI investigation had concluded that Clinton had been "extremely careless" but recommended that no charges be filed because Clinton did not act with criminal intent, the historical standard for pursuing prosecution.{{Cite magazine\|url=https://time.com/4394178/hillary-clinton-email-fbi-investigation/\|title=Why the FBI Let Hillary Clinton Off the Hook\|magazine=Time}} Clinton claimed that her use complied with federal laws and State Department regulations, and that former secretaries of state had also maintained personal email accounts (however Clinton was the only secretary of state to use a private server).{{Cite web\|url=https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2016/mar/10/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-said-my-predecessors-did-same-thin/\|title=Hillary Clinton said 'my predecessors did the same thing' with email\|work=PolitiFact}} Unlike the official system, which was hacked by the Russians, her private system was never hacked. \|
Erdogate	2016	After the publication of a satirical comedy sketch by Jan Böhmermann and Neo Magazin Royale, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan filed several lawsuits against the comedian, which led the Bundestag to decide to discard the antiquated law §103.	{{cite web\|url=http://diepresse.com/home/kultur/medien/4968876/Nach-Erdogate_Bohmermann-macht-mal-Pause\|title=Nach "Erdogate": Böhmermann macht mal Pause \|date=April 16, 2016\|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web\|url=https://mitvergnuegen.com/2016/eine-chronologie-der-ereignisse-rund-um-boehmermanns-erdogan-schmaehkritik\|title=Eine Chronologie der Ereignisse rund um Böhmermanns Erdogan-Schmähkritik\|work=Mit Vergnügen Berlin\|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web \|url=http://www.salzburg24.at/prominente-kuenstler-solidarisieren-sich-mit-boehmermann-2/apa-s24_1429229046 \|title=Promis und Fans solidarisieren sich nach Erdogan-Satire im Netz mit Böhmermann\|date=April 13, 2016 \|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web \|url=http://www.heute.de/beleidigung-von-erdogan-ermittlungen-gegen-boehmermann-eingestellt-opposition-fordert-schnelle-abschaffung-von-paragraf-103-45520720.html \|title=Debatte um Paragraf 103 – Böhmermann erneuert Türkei-Kritik \|access-date=October 29, 2016 \|date=October 5, 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161030003804/http://www.heute.de/beleidigung-von-erdogan-ermittlungen-gegen-boehmermann-eingestellt-opposition-fordert-schnelle-abschaffung-von-paragraf-103-45520720.html \|archive-date=October 30, 2016}} {{cite web\|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/boehmermann-juristisch-103~_origin-27c8dc23-1fdf-4aff-b7d5-05164c2c14e8.html\|title=Aktuelle Nachrichten – Inland Ausland Wirtschaft Kultur Sport \|work=Tagesschau\|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web\|url=https://twitter.com/hashtag/erdogate\|title=#erdogate hashtag on Twitter\|website=Twitter \|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web\|url=https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/erdogan-boehmermann-103.html\|title=Fall Böhmermann: Erdogan legt Beschwerde ein\|work=Tagesschau\|access-date=September 19, 2017}} {{cite web \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.de/2016/04/12/boehmermann-103-stgb_n_9677226.html\|title=Peinlich und fatal: Dieser Fehler verleiht Erdogan Macht in Deutschland\|work=HuffPost Deutschland \|date=April 13, 2016 \|access-date=September 19, 2017}}
Faceliftgate \| 2017 \| Controversy surrounding two Donald Trump tweets criticizing Morning Joe hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough. Together, the tweets read "I heard poorly rated @Morning_Joe speaks badly of me (don't watch anymore). Then how come low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came... to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!" \| {{cite web\|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/01/politics/donald-trump-morning-joe-tweet/index.html\|title=Trump resumes attacks on 'Morning Joe' \|publisher=CNN \|first1=Deena\|last1=Zaru\|date=July 2017 \|access-date=July 3, 2017}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.mediaite.com/online/here-are-the-people-in-media-siding-with-trump-in-faceliftgate-it-wont-surprise-you/\|title=Here Are the People in Media Siding With Trump in FaceliftGate (It Won't Surprise You)\|work=Mediaite \|language=en\|access-date=July 3, 2017}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-40466301\|title=Trump-Brzezinski row: Why facelift-gate matters\|last=Kay\|first=Katty\|date=July 1, 2017\|work=BBC News\|access-date=July 3, 2017\|language=en-GB}}
Fallagate	2007	Political scandal in Guernsey over an attempt to avoid a political conflict of interest over a hospital extension plan.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1542928/Guernsey-gripped-by-fall-out-from-Fallagate.html\|title=Guernsey gripped by fall-out from Fallagate \|last=Fenton\|first=Ben\|date=February 17, 2007\|work=The Daily Telegraph \|location=UK \|access-date=June 17, 2008 }}
Fajitagate	2002	In November 2002, three off-duty San Francisco police officers allegedly assaulted two civilians over a bag of steak fajitas (which were mistaken as drugs), leading to the retirement of the chief of police and the firing of his successor.	{{cite news \|author=Bob Egelko \|url=http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/New-chapter-opens-in-Fajitagate-case-3228140.php \|title=New chapter opens in Fajitagate case \|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle \|date=February 14, 2008 \|access-date=December 29, 2013}}
Fangate	2014	In a 2014 Florida gubernatorial election debate Governor Rick Scott did not take the stage for seven minutes after learning that his Democratic opponent, former Governor Charlie Crist, had a small electric fan underneath his lectern, which Scott's campaign and debate organizers stated was against the agreed rules. Scott was subsequently criticized for nearly derailing a debate over a trivial issue.	{{cite news \|author=Steve Bousquet \|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article2909766.html \|title=A day after fangate, Rick Scott feels blowback \|newspaper=Miami Herald \|date=October 16, 2014\|access-date=October 17, 2014}}
Farmgate \|2022 \|In February 2020 US$4 million was stolen from South African president Cyril Ramaphosa's private game farm. The theft was not reported and only became public in June 2022 following the lodging of an official criminal complaint against the president by the controversial former head of the State Security Agency Arthur Fraser. The incident raised a number of questions about why the theft was not reported, why Fraser only reported it two years later, and what impact it might have on future South African politics. \|{{Cite web \|last=O'Regan \|first=Victoria \|date=June 12, 2022 \|title=Spies R US: Ramaphosa's Farmgate scandal – a timeline of what we know (and don't know) so far \|url=https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-06-12-ramaphosas-farmgate-scandal-a-timeline-of-what-we-know-and-dont-know-so-far/ \|access-date=June 15, 2022 \|work=Daily Maverick \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|date=June 15, 2022 \|title=Furore over a theft bedevils the ANC \|url=https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/furore-over-a-theft-bedevils-the-anc/ \|access-date=June 15, 2022 \|work=Moneyweb \|language=en}}
Fartgate (Canada) \|2016 \|In a speech at the Canadian House of Commons made by Michelle Rempel Garner, the MP for Calgary Nose Hill, Alberta, about jobs in her province, Rempel asked, "Why does this government treat Alberta like a fart in the room that nobody wants to talk about or acknowledge?" The member of Parliament for Saanich—Gulf Islands and leader of the Canadian Green Party, Elizabeth May, stood up and described Rempel's use of the word "fart" as "unparliamentary". May requested for Rempel to withdraw the word "fart", which Rempel refused to do. The crowd watching the House of Commons proceeded to heckle May. \|{{Citation\|title=Canadian politicians argue over the use of the word 'fart' in Parliament\| date=November 16, 2016 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDNw_vbm_7U\|language=en\|access-date=January 11, 2022}}{{Citation\|title=Tory MP thinks Fartgate stinks {{!}} 22 Minutes\| date=November 22, 2016 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IuELuA_-6Q\|language=en\|access-date=January 11, 2022}}
Fergiegate	2010	Videotape of a conversation between Sarah, Duchess of York and Mazher Mahmood in which she is offered £500,000 in return for access to her ex-husband.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2010/may/26/way-to-fund-the-royals \|title=This is the way to fund the royals \|work=The Guardian \|date=May 26, 2010 \|access-date=November 27, 2022 }}{{cite magazine \|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1991353,00.html \|title=How Britain's King of Sting Nabbed the Duchess of York \|magazine=Time \|date=May 24, 2010 \|access-date=November 27, 2022 }}{{cite news \|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/shane-watson-women-and-the-age-of-drinking-2rngkjdqhtx \|title=Shane Watson: Women and the age of drinking \|work=The Times \|date=June 6, 2010 \|access-date=November 27, 2022 }}
Filegate	1998	The illegal possession and scrutiny of 300–900 FBI files by the Clinton Administration without the file subjects' permission.	{{cite news \|url=http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1998/04/01/filegate/index.html \|title= 'Filegate' Depositions Sought From White House Aides \|work=CNN \|date=April 1, 1998 \|access-date=June 5, 2007}}
Fridgegate \|2019 \|After refusing to be interviewed a number of times in the 2019 election campaign UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson hid in a fridge to avoid being interviewed by Good Morning Britain. Reporter Jonathan Swain attempted to ask Johnson for an interview live on TV while he was campaigning in Pudsey, Yorkshire. In the brief encounter a Johnson aide can be heard saying "oh for fuck's sake" before Johnson disappears into a fridge at Modern Milkman. He did not return for the interview. The event was coined 'fridgegate' with a number of memes being created and the tag '#fridgegate' trending on Twitter. \| {{Cite news\|last1=Stewart\|first1=Heather\|last2=Mohdin\|first2=Aamna\|date=December 11, 2019\|title=Boris Johnson 'hides in a fridge' to avoid Piers Morgan interview\|language=en-GB\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/dec/11/boris-johnson-hides-in-fridge-to-avoid-piers-morgan-interview\|access-date=December 2, 2020\|issn=0261-3077}} {{Cite web\|date=December 5, 2019\|title=Boris Johnson snubs another ITV interview after avoiding Andrew Neil\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-itv-tonight-interview-general-election-julie-etchingham-andrew-neil-a9234711.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson-itv-tonight-interview-general-election-julie-etchingham-andrew-neil-a9234711.html \|archive-date=June 14, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|access-date=December 2, 2020\|work=The Independent\|language=en}} {{Cite web \|title=Know Your Meme \|date=December 12, 2019 \|url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/events/boris-johnson-hides-in-a-fridge}} {{Cite news \|title=The Hill \|date=December 11, 2019 \|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/474048-fridgegate-trends-in-uk-after-boris-johnson-accused-of-hiding-in-freezer-to/ \|last1=Wise \|first1=Justin }} {{Cite news \|title=The Washington Post \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/12/11/boris-johnson-accused-hiding-fridge-order-avoid-interview-with-piers-morgan/}}
Frockgate \|2024 \|Recently elected British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accepted valuable gifts which he initially failed to declare. \|{{Cite web \|last=Harris \|first=Rob \|date=2024-09-20 \|title='Frockgate': Keir Starmer's love for freebies ends his short-lived honeymoon \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/frockgate-keir-starmer-s-love-for-freebies-ends-his-short-lived-honeymoon-20240920-p5kc2t.html \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20240920213151/https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/frockgate-keir-starmer-s-love-for-freebies-ends-his-short-lived-honeymoon-20240920-p5kc2t.html \|archive-date=20 September 2024 \|access-date=2024-09-22 \|work=The Sydney Morning Herald \|language=en}}
Gaetzgate	2021	US politician Matt Gaetz was placed under investigation concerning sex-trafficking and a potential sexual relationship with a minor. The investigation later expanded to include allegations that Gaetz accepted gifts from marijuana investors, including travel and paid escorts, in exchange for pay-for-play legislation favorable to the investors, and sought to secure government jobs for some of the escorts involved.	{{cite web\|title='Matt Gaetz Is Said to Face Justice Dept. Inquiry Over Sex With an Underage Girl\|work=The New York Times\|date=March 30, 2021 \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/30/us/politics/matt-gaetz-sex-trafficking-investigation.html \|access-date=March 30, 2021\|author=Michael S. Schmidt \|author2=Katie Benner \|author3=Nicholas Fandos}}{{Cite web\|title=How the Gaetz probe grew from sex trafficking to medical pot \|work=AP NEWS \|date=May 2021 \|url=https://apnews.com/article/health-business-government-and-politics-48a3df69635f27dcba31e2339c066a91 \|access-date=May 2, 2021}}{{Cite web\|author=Evan Perez \|author2=Paula Reid \|author3=Scott Glover \|author4=David Shortell\|title=Gaetz probe includes scrutiny of potential public corruption tied to medical marijuana industry \|url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/23/politics/gaetz-probe-public-corruption-medical-marijuana/index.html \|access-date=May 2, 2021\|work=CNN\|date=April 23, 2021 }}
Gaiagate	2014	Ruinous spending on Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal) city hall–owned companies and waste disposal concession contracts by former mayor Luís Filipe Menezes and his cronies.	{{cite news \|date=September 30, 2014 \|title=Gaiagate: seis casos nas mãos da PJ \|trans-title=Gaiagate: six cases on the hands of the PJ \|language=pt \|work=Visão \|location=Paço de Arcos \|url=https://visao.sapo.pt/actualidade/portugal/gaiagate-seis-casos-nas-maos-da-pj=f796902 \|access-date=June 7, 2017 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 5, 2016 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105183252/http://visao.sapo.pt/actualidade/portugal/gaiagate-seis-casos-nas-maos-da-pj=f796902}} Note: the PJ is the Judiciary Police ("Polícia Judiciária").
Garglegate	2010	A radio interview given by Taoiseach Brian Cowen in September 2010, in which many commentators said he appeared to be suffering from a hangover.	{{cite web\|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/horrifying-drinking-went-on-at-ff-meeting-205208.html\|title='Horrifying' drinking went on at FF meeting\|newspaper=Irish Examiner\|author=Paul O'Brien\|date=August 24, 2012\|access-date=October 10, 2013}}
Gategate or plebgate	2012	UK political row, when MP Andrew Mitchell allegedly called a policeman a "pleb", after he was asked to use another gate to leave Downing Street on his bicycle. Mitchell denied using the word pleb; however, he resigned amid the media furor over the alleged comments. Reports later emerged which called the legitimacy of the officers' claims into question and a PC was eventually jailed for his involvement in the incident. This -gate scandal is noteworthy for actually involving a gate. (Another scandal named Gategate involved footballer Ross McCormack claiming he was unable to attend training due to his electric gate at his home not functioning. It is believed his manager travelled to his house to measure the fence.) {{Cite web \|title=Plebgate \|url=https://politicalgate.com/hashtag/Plebgate \|access-date=2025-04-18 \|website=PoliticalGate \|language=en}}	{{cite news\|last=Wright\|first=Oliver \|title=Plebgate: Police vow to 'get to truth' of allegations that a police officer falsely claimed to have witnessed Andrew Mitchell row \|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/plebgate-police-vow-to-get-to-truth-of-allegations-that-a-police-officer-falsely-claimed-to-have-witnessed-andrew-mitchell-row-8425154.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/plebgate-police-vow-to-get-to-truth-of-allegations-that-a-police-officer-falsely-claimed-to-have-witnessed-andrew-mitchell-row-8425154.html \|archive-date=June 14, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|access-date=December 20, 2012\|newspaper=The Independent\|date=December 19, 2012\|location=London}}{{cite magazine\|last=Collins \|first=Lauren\|title=Thrasher and the Plebs\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/lauren-collins/2012/09/thrasher-and-the-plebs.html\|magazine=The New Yorker \|access-date=December 20, 2012}}
Ghaligate \|2021 \|A diplomatic crisis between Morocco and Spain following the admission of Polisario Front leader Brahim Ghali to a Spanish hospital. \|{{Cite web \|date=2021-05-05 \|title="Le Ghali-gate : Rien ne saurait justifier l'impunité", écrit un député européen \|url=https://www.mapnews.ma/fr/actualites/politique/le-ghali-gate-rien-ne-saurait-justifier-limpunit%C3%A9-%C3%A9crit-un-d%C3%A9put%C3%A9-europ%C3%A9en \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|work=Maghreb Arabe Presse \|language=fr}}{{Cite web \|date=2021-07-11 \|title=L'Espagne appelée à regarder le Maroc à travers "un realpolitik rationnel" (géopolitologue) \|url=https://www.mapnews.ma/fr/actualites/politique/l%E2%80%99espagne-appel%C3%A9e-%C3%A0-regarder-le-maroc-%C3%A0-travers-un-realpolitik-rationnel \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|work=Maghreb Arabe Presse \|language=fr \|quote=M. Roudani, spécialiste des relations internationales, a fait observer que le limogeage de la ministre espagnole des affaires étrangères, Arancha Gonzalez Laya, suite au large remaniement ministériel opéré samedi, a été précipité par la gestion catastrophique de l'affaire "GhaliGate".}}{{Cite web \|title=Maroc-UE : le grand reset ? \|url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1268045/politique/maroc-ue-le-grand-reset/ \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|work=Jeune Afrique \|language=fr-FR \|quote=Le « GhaliGate » a laissé également des traces sur la relation avec Madrid, estime ce spécialiste français en défense et sécurité.}}
Gloriagate (also known as the Hello Garci scandal)	2005	An electoral scandal in the Philippines involving leaked telephone conversations between President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo and a member of the Commission on Elections (COMELEC), with both allegedly conspiring to rig the results of the 2004 presidential election in Arroyo's favor.	{{cite news\|last=Mangahas \|first=Malou\|title=Gloriagate: Can the Filipinos forgive Arroyo's faux pas?\|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/editorials-columns/gloriagate-can-the-filipinos-forgive-arroyo-s-faux-pas\|access-date=March 13, 2016\|newspaper=Khaleej Times\|publisher=Galadari Printing and Publishing\|date=June 30, 2005}}{{cite news\|last=Diaz\|first=Jess\|title=Monsod view on Gloriagate scandal a death knell to impeachment\|url=http://www.philstar.com/headlines/286975/%C2%91monsod-view-gloriagate-scandal-death-knell-impeachment%C2%92html\|work=The Philippine Star\|publisher=PhilStar Daily, Inc.\|date=July 18, 2005\|access-date=March 13, 2016}}
Golfgate	2020	A number of Irish TDs and senators and former TDs and senators including Fine Gael EU Commissioner Phil Hogan, Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary, Galway TD Noel Grealish, and others attended the Oireachtas golf society dinner in Clifden, Galway to celebrate its 50th anniversary in direct breach of COVID-19 social distancing measures where the limit of individuals in a contained space was set by the Dáil with no more than 50 attendees while the event itself had 82 attendees.	{{cite news\|title=#Golfgate Latest: If sacking's good enough for Dara Calleary then its good enough for Phil Hogan – MEP Luke Flanagan \|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40036097.html \|newspaper=Irish Examiner \|access-date=August 22, 2020 \|ref=172}}
Gombakgate \| 2025 \| Grassroots volunteers from two Singaporean political parties, People's Action Party and Progress Singapore Party, were involved in a series of altercations at Bukit Gombak on 4 January, four months prior to the events of the 2025 Singaporean general election due to be held on 3 May. The term was coined by PSP's Hazel Poa during her rally on 1 May, and also questioned about PAP's motives on attempts to further disrupting their campaigning walkabouts, after a series of WhatsApp messages suggesting volunteers linked to PAP's candidate Shawn Huang (who he and Poa were both contesting West Coast-Jurong West Group Representation Constituency, previously West Coast Group Representation Constituency) on doing so went viral online; Poa also demanded Huang a statement. PSP also demanded a request for probe findings prior to the polling day. \|{{cite web \|last1=Citizen \|first1=The Online \|title=GE2025: Hazel Poa slams govt's HDB policy, challenges Desmond Lee on affordability claims \|url=https://www.theonlinecitizen.com/2025/05/01/ge2025-hazel-poa-slams-govts-hdb-policy-challenges-desmond-lee-on-affordability-claims/ \|website=The Online Citizen \|access-date=2 May 2025 \|date=1 May 2025}}{{cite web \|title=Did PAP volunteers plan disruption? PSP's Hazel Poa asks PAP's Shawn Huang to clarify {{!}} GE2025 \|website=YouTube \|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KOzHDhyiL8E \|access-date=2 May 2025 \|language=en}}{{cite web \|title=PAP and PSP allege harassment during Chua Chu Kang walkabout, offer different accounts \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/pap-and-psp-allege-harassment-during-chua-chu-kang-walkabout-offer-different-accounts \|website=The Straits Times \|access-date=30 March 2025 \|language=en-SG \|date=8 January 2025}}{{cite web \|title=PAP volunteer releases footage of altercations with PSP during Bukit Gombak walkabout \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/pap-volunteer-releases-footage-of-altercation-with-psp-during-bukit-gombak-walkabout \|website=The Straits Times \|date=January 9, 2025 \|access-date=30 March 2025}}{{cite web \|title=PAP volunteer shares videos of confrontation with PSP members \|website=YouTube \|url=https://www.youtube.com/shorts/6ZGKrJ6y_bI \|access-date=30 March 2025 \|language=en}}{{cite web \|title=PSP wants to fight a 'very clean fight', expects members to conduct themselves well: Tan Cheng Bock \|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/tan-cheng-bock-psp-pap-clean-fight-slapping-pulling-shirt-4852526?cid=youtube_cna_social_29012018_cna \|website=CNA \|access-date=30 March 2025 \|language=en}}
Grangegate	2014	A political scandal involving former New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell and a $3,000 bottle of Penfolds Grange.	{{cite web\|last1=Trute\|first1=Peter\|title=Barry O'Farrell resigns: Grange-gate costs Premier his job\|url=http://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/2224860/barry-ofarrell-resigns-grange-gate-costs-premier-his-job/\|publisher=Illawarra Mercury\|access-date=September 24, 2014\|date=April 16, 2014}}{{cite news \|last1=Lin\|first1=Anne\|title=What can Barry O'Farrell's non-verbal cues tell us about Grange gate?\|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/04/21/what-can-barry-o-farrell-s-non-verbal-cues-tell-us-about-grange-gate\|access-date=September 24, 2014\|publisher=SBS\|date=April 21, 2014}}
\| Greek Watergate	2022	Greek Prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was revealed that shortly he took office in 2019, he ordered the Greek intelligence services to have the phones of his political opponents tapped to secretly monitor their calls and texts. This particular scandal is called "-Watergate" instead of "-gate" because of similarities with the original Watergate scandal including the direct involvement of the most important politician in the country, the wiretapping of the politician's opponents, the scandal's domination of the national news media and the widespread coverage in the international media (with corresponding damage with the government's reputation abroad).	{{cite news \| url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/28/greek-watergate-phone-tapping-scandal-threatens-to-topple-pm \| title=Greek 'Watergate' phone-tapping scandal puts added pressure on PM \| newspaper=The Observer \| date=August 28, 2022 \| last1=Smith \| first1=Helena }}
Gropegate (1) \|2003 \|Refers to the allegations of groping and sexual misconduct against actor and former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger during his campaign in the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election. \|{{cite news\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/celebritology/post/arnold-schwarzenegger-a-history-of-accusations-and-denials/2011/05/17/AF7Clo5G_blog.html\|title=Arnold Schawrzenegger: A History of Accusations and Denials\|newspaper=The Washington Post\|access-date=July 6, 2022\|author=Sarah Ann Hughes\|date=May 17, 2011}}
Gropegate (2)	2018	The name for the accusation of groping in 2000 by former journalist Rose Knight against Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau. Knight released a public statement asserting she refused to involve herself with publicity or any pursuits of repercussions.	{{cite web\|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/woman-accused-trudeau-breaks-silence-1.4737511\|title=Woman who accused Trudeau of groping breaks her silence\|publisher=CBC News\|access-date=July 7, 2022\|date=July 6, 2018}}
Grubgate	2024	An uproar in which Mayra Flores used photos of food from social media and posted to the social media of her political campaign with captions suggesting that she cooked the food in the photos.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.texastribune.org/2024/01/03/mayra-flores-mexican-food-photos/\|title=Former U.S. Rep. Mayra Flores accused of cribbing others' pictures of Mexican food as her own cooking\| first=Robert\| last=Downen\| date=January 3, 2024\| publisher=The Texas Tribune}}
Gulargate	2013	A political corruption scandal in Azerbaijan involving MP Gular Ahmadova.	[http://www.assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2013/NYFf%C4%B1nalpressfjdoc1e.pdf Corruption as a threat to the Rule of Law]. Report by the PACE Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights. AS/Jur (2013) 19.
Guptagate	2013	A political scandal involving South African President Jacob Zuma and the illegal landing of a planeload of guests at the Gupta family's wedding at Waterkloof Air Force Base in South Africa.	{{cite web \|url=http://www.timeslive.co.za/sundaytimes/stnews/2015/12/17/Gupta-family-seen-as-symbol-of-Zuma%E2%80%99s-failing-rule \| title=Gupta family seen as symbol of Zuma's failing rule \|work=Sunday Times \|date=December 17, 2015 \|access-date=February 9, 2016 \|author=Wild, Franz}}
Hailgate	2016	Scandal following leaked footage of the Nazi salute used by attendees of a white nationalist conference organized by Richard B. Spencer.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/01/a-one-stop-shop-for-the-alt-right/512921/\|title=A 'One-Stop Shop' for the Alt-Right\|work=The Atlantic\|date=January 12, 2017}}
Hairgate	1993	Unsubstantiated allegations surrounding a haircut given to US President Bill Clinton.	{{cite web \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-09-17-mn-36084-story.html\|title=Did Reporters Let Their Feelings Affect Coverage? : Journalism: Resentment over White House treatment led to overblown and hostile stories about Clinton.\|first=David\|last=Shaw\|date=September 17, 1993\|access-date=September 19, 2017\|via=Los Angeles Times}}Nigel Hamilton, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wJmUbbMCh6UC&pg=PA118 Bill Clinton: Mastering the Presidency], p. 118.
Handshakegate	2025	An event when Syria's de facto leader Ahmed al-Sharaa failed to shake German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock's hand while shaking the French foreign minister's.	{{cite news \|first=Nicolas \|last=Camut \|title=Handshakegate in Syria \|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/syria-germany-annalena-baerbock-handshake-france-barrot-no-surprise/ \|work=Politico \|date=4 January 2025}}
Hawaiigate	2016	Outrage in Thailand over Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwon's 20.9-million-baht chartered flight to an ASEAN-US defence meeting in Hawaii.	{{cite news\|title=OAG backs Prawit over Hawaii-gate\|url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1103237/oag-backs-prawit-over-hawaii-gate\|access-date=October 10, 2016\|work=Bangkok Post\|date=October 6, 2016}}
Ibizagate \| 2019 \| A scandal featuring senior members of Austria's far-right FPÖ party in a sting operation that happened on the island of Ibiza, involving them offering government contracts to alleged Russian backers in return for favorable coverage in the country's press. This caused the First Kurz government of ÖVP and FPÖ parties to collapse. \| {{cite news\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190523-austrias-ibiza-gate-video-what-we-know\|title=Austria's 'Ibiza-gate' video: What we know\|date=May 23, 2019\|work=France 24\|access-date=May 24, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524120901/https://www.france24.com/en/20190523-austrias-ibiza-gate-video-what-we-know\|archive-date=May 24, 2019\|url-status=live\|agency=Agence France-Presse}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.thelocal.at/20190526/what-you-need-to-know-about-austrias-ibiza-gate-video\|title=What you need to know about Austria's 'Ibiza-gate' video\|date=May 26, 2019\|work=The Local Austria\|language=en-GB\|access-date=May 31, 2019}}
Iraqgate	2003	A Finnish scandal involving the leaking of secret documents to Anneli Jäätteenmäki, which helped bring down Paavo Lipponen's government. Later, it also brought down Jäätteenmäki's government.	{{Cite news \|date=2003-06-19 \|title=Finland's PM quits over 'Iraqgate' \|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/finlands-pm-quits-over-iraqgate-20030619-gdgygx.html \|access-date=2024-05-19 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240317143043/https://www.smh.com.au/national/finlands-pm-quits-over-iraqgate-20030619-gdgygx.html \|archive-date=2024-03-17 \|url-status=live \|work=The Sydney Morning Herald \|language=en \|quote=The scandal, dubbed "Iraqgate" by local media, took a new turn when Jaatteenmaki spoke to a full parliament saying she had not actively sought the secret documents.}}
Irangate or Contragate (also referred to as the Iran–Contra affair)	1980s	The Reagan Administration sold weapons to Iran and diverted the proceeds to the Contras in Nicaragua.	{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/5/newsid_2772000/2772471.stm\|title=1989: Irangate colonel avoids prison\|publisher=St Louis Post-Dispatch\|date=July 5, 1989}}
Irisgate	2010	UK political scandal involving an affair by Northern Ireland MLA Iris Robinson, wife of First Minister Peter Robinson.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/politics/robinson-fights-for-political-life-amidst-irisgate-scandal-1.997215\|title=Robinson fights for political life amidst Irisgate scandal\|last=Crichton\|first=Torcuil\|date=January 8, 2010\|work=The Herald\|access-date=January 9, 2010\|location=Scotland}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6984300.ece \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110604160708/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6984300.ece \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=June 4, 2011 \|work=The Times \|location=London \|title=Who really wins and loses in Irisgate \|first=Mick \|last=Fealty \|date=January 12, 2010 \|access-date=May 5, 2010}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7929/ \|title=After Irisgate: the future's not Orange – or Green \|publisher=Spiked-online.com \|access-date=March 9, 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622005509/http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/7929/ \|archive-date=June 22, 2011 }}
Jurmalgate ({{langx\|lv\|Jūrmalgeita}})	2005	Political scandal in Latvia that involved several businessmen and politicians offering a bribe to a deputy of Jurmala City Council in an attempt to sway the 2005 mayoral elections.	{{cite web\|url=http://providus.lv/article_files/3286/original/D6.2_Latvia.pdf?1484580247#page=23\|title=Case studies on corruption involving journalists: Latvia\|author=Iveta Kažoka\|date=August 31, 2016\|publisher=Providus\|page=23\|quote=Jurmalgate (Latvian: Jūrmalgeita) is a label that combines two words: Jurmala and -gate (following Watergate). This label has been given to the attempt to corrupt the process of selecting the mayor of Jurmala, a wealthy sea-side resort in Latvia.\|access-date=June 16, 2017}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.againstcorruption.eu/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Latvia.pdf#page=11\|title=Latvia\|author=Alexandru Rusu \|date=September 2010 \|publisher=Civil Society Against Corruption\|page=11\|quote="Jurmalgate" – The scandal involved attempts by politicians and business people to bribe a critical swing vote in the 2005 election of the Jurmala city mayor.\|access-date=June 16, 2017}}
Kazakhgate	2005	Scandal surrounding James Giffen, an American businessman and former advisor of Kazakhstani president Nursultan Nazarbayev, who paid US$78 million in bribes to high-level Kazakhstani officials to secure the oil contracts for Western companies in the 1990s.	{{cite news \|date=December 3, 2005 \|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2005/12/200841012139464449.html \|title=Profile: President Nazarbayev \|publisher=Al Jazeera \|quote=Nazarbayev spoke publicly about the case – dubbed Kazakhgate – only once, and dismissed allegations of his involvement as "insinuations and a provocation \|access-date=December 29, 2013}}
Koreagate	1976	An American scandal involving South Korean influence peddling in the US Congress. This was the first scandal after Watergate to receive the {{nowrap\|-gate}} suffix.	{{cite news\|title='Koreagate' Emerging as Republicans' No. 1 Campaign Issue\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1977/07/24/koreagate-emerging-as-republicans-no-1-campaign-issue/383bf0bd-0ddb-4b5f-b366-a069656d0582/\|newspaper=The Washington Post \|date=July 24, 1977 \|access-date=September 24, 2015\|issn=0190-8286\|language=en\|first=T. R.\|last=Reid}}
LadyRussiagate \|2022 \|A South African scandal involving the secretive docking of a sanctioned Russian cargo ship carrying military cargo at a naval base in South Africa. The United States accused South Africa of selling arms to Russia that would be used in its war with Ukraine resulting in the damaging of South African-USA bilateral relations. \|{{Cite web \|title=#LadyRussiaGate leads to enquiry \|url=https://www.ofm.co.za/article/centralsa/325812/-ladyrussiagate-leads-to-enquiry \|access-date=2023-05-15 \|work=OFM}}{{Cite web \|author1=Muhammad Hussain \|author2=Vanessa Banton \|title=IN-DEPTH {{!}} #LadyRussiagate: Highly unlikely SA supplied weapons to Russia, say experts \|url=https://www.news24.com/news24/opinions/analysis/in-depth-ladyrussiagate-highly-unlikely-sa-supplied-weapons-to-russia-say-experts-20230512 \|access-date=2023-05-15 \|work=News24 \|language=en-US}}
Leakgate	2015	An Indian scandal involving the theft and sale of government documents	{{cite news\|last1=Singh\|first1=Karn Pratap \|title=Leakgate: GMR, Infraline Energy under lens\|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/leakgate-gmr-infraline-energy-under-lens/story-AhuwrpfZdtHPdwOOeZBDaJ.html \|access-date=May 23, 2017\|work=The Hindustan Times}}{{cite news\|title=Corporate espionage: How it unfolded and as it develops \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/corporate-espionage-how-it-unfolded-and-as-it-develops/listshow/46328973.cms\|access-date=May 23, 2017\|work=The Times of India}}
Lecterngate or Podiumgate \|2023 \|Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders' office purchased a replica of the Presidential Falcon lectern and road case using a state-issued credit card for $19,029.25, which was reimbursed by the Republican Party of Arkansas. Public record requests revealed the purchase to the public, and it was criticised for alleged waste and potential wrongdoing. The Arkansas General Assembly opened an audit. \|{{Cite web \|last=Cathey \|first=Libby \|date=2023-10-25 \|title=Sarah Huckabee Sanders defends herself from podium controversy after unusual $19K payment \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/sarah-huckabee-sanders-defends-podiumgate-after-unusual-19k/story?id=104263678 \|access-date=2024-01-13 \|work=ABC News \|language=en}}{{Cite news \|last=Betts \|first=Anna \|date=2023-10-10 \|title=In Arkansas, a $19,000 Lectern for the Governor Draws Scrutiny \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/10/us/sarah-huckabee-sanders-arkansas-lectern.html \|access-date=2024-01-13 \|work=The New York Times \|language=en-US \|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web \|last=Demillo \|first=Andrew \|date=2023-10-28 \|title=Arkansas governor's $19,000 lectern remains out of sight, but not out of mind with audit underway \|url=https://apnews.com/article/huckabee-sanders-19000-lectern-audit-arkansas-a8363ae825c351ce22df39fa0176d097 \|access-date=2024-01-13 \|work=AP News \|language=en}}
Lettergate	2022	Then Prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan and his government allege that the United States government threatened Pakistan with 'consequences' if the vote of no-confidence were to fail and Khan was to remain in office, and that 'all would be forgiven' if Khan were removed. White House Communications Director Kate Bedingfield replied to this by saying "there is absolutely no truth to that allegation".	{{Cite web \|date=March 20, 2022 \|title=Pakistani PM steps up criticism of west as confidence vote looms \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/20/pakistan-imran-khan-criticism-west-confidence-vote \|access-date=March 20, 2022 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en}} {{cite news \|title=Imran Khan claims US threatened him and wants him ousted as Pakistan PM \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/31/imran-khan-address-pakistan-faces-no-confidence-vote \|access-date=3 April 2022 \|agency=The Guardian \|date=31 March 2022}} {{Cite web\|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2351215/imran-khan-seeks-memogate-style-probe-into-lettergate\|title=Imran Khan seeks Memogate-style probe into 'Lettergate'\|date=April 6, 2022\|work=The Express Tribune}} {{Cite web\|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/947887-foreign-conspiracy-pm-imran-calls-for-judicial-commission-to-probe-lettergate\|title=Lettergate: PM Imran seeks formation of judicial commission to probe 'foreign conspiracy'\|work=The News}}
Liquorgate \|2022 \|Irrelevant licensing, extensions and inviting private firms and businessmen into liquor sector, shutting away government power and grip over the retail liquor sector in New Delhi. \|{{Cite web \|date=August 30, 2022 \|title=Liquor gate: CBI officials search Sisodia's bank locker in Ghaziabad \|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/300822/liquor-gate-cbi-officials-search-sisodias-bank-locker-in-ghaziabad.html \|access-date=September 6, 2022 \|work=Deccan Chronicle \|language=en}}{{Cite news \|title=Delhi liquor scam: BJP releases sting video, claims it exposes AAP's role \|work=The Economic Times \|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/delhi-liquor-scam-bjp-releases-sting-video-claims-it-exposes-aaps-role/articleshow/93998137.cms \|access-date=September 6, 2022 }}
Lunaticgate	2016	During the 2016 Labour Party leadership election campaign, leadership challenger Owen Smith, in a speech to party members in Hammersmith on August 23, said "What you won't get from me is some lunatic at the top of the Labour Party", commenting about incumbent Leader Jeremy Corbyn and sparking outrage from many. Though Smith later admitted that he needed to be "slightly less colourful" with his choice of language, he said that his comment was not referring to Corbyn.	{{cite web\|url=http://www.aol.co.uk/news/2016/08/24/first-corbyn-had-traingate-now-owen-smiths-in-hot-water-over-lunaticgate/\|title=First Corbyn had #Traingate, now Owen Smith's in hot water over #Lunaticgate\|publisher=AOL News UK\|date=August 24, 2016\|access-date=August 24, 2016}}
Mammygate	2008	Gloria Squitiro, wife of Kansas City Mayor Mark Funkhouser, allegedly called one of her secretaries "mammy". The secretary, Ruth Bates, who is black, sued the city council for discrimination. The case was settled in 2009.	Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ylKSWdXeZAo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20150608041100/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKSWdXeZAo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web\|title=Details Of 'Mammygate' Deposition Released\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylKSWdXeZAo\|website=YouTube\|publisher=KMBC 9 News Kansas City\|access-date=December 17, 2014\|date=November 26, 2008}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web\|title=Council Rejects Funkhouser 'Mammygate' Solution\|url=http://kcur.org/post/council-rejects-funkhouser-mammygate-solution\|publisher=KCUR News\|access-date=December 17, 2014\|date=December 5, 2008}}
Marocgate (also "Moroccogate")	2022	A bribery scandal involving Morocco and several members of the European Parliament, closely linked to the Qatargate scandal. The allegations involve Morocco offering gifts and luxurious holidays worth up to {{€\|100,000}} to influence votes and secure support for Morocco's claims over Western Sahara.	{{Cite news \|date=December 19, 2022 \|title=Disregard for Morocco's involvement in bribery scandal puts European institutions at stake \|language=en \|work=Sahara Press Service \|url=https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/12/19/43329.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=December 19, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221219165738/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/12/19/43329.html \|archive-date=December 19, 2022}}{{Cite news \|date=December 24, 2022 \|title=Corruption in EP: Sultana Khaya victim of "Marocgate" \|language=en \|work=Sahara Press Service \|url=https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/12/24/43391.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=December 24, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224134208/https://www.spsrasd.info/news/en/articles/2022/12/24/43391.html \|archive-date=December 24, 2022}}{{Cite news \|last=Khalef \|first=Fatiha \|date=December 24, 2022 \|title="Marocgate" : des cadeaux et des vacances à 100.000 euros offerts par Rabat \|language=fr \|work=Algeria Press Service \|url=https://www.aps.dz/monde/149196-marocgate-des-cadeaux-et-des-vacances-a-100-000-euros-offerts-par-rabat \|url-status=live \|access-date=December 24, 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221224154951/https://www.aps.dz/monde/149196-marocgate-des-cadeaux-et-des-vacances-a-100-000-euros-offerts-par-rabat \|archive-date=December 24, 2022}}{{Cite web \|date=2023-01-27 \|title=Revue de presse des hebdomadaires français – À la Une: le "Moroccogate" \|url=https://www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/revue-de-presse-fran%C3%A7aise/20230127-%C3%A0-la-une-le-moroccogate \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|work=RFI \|language=fr}}
Mehrangate \|1990s \|In which senior Army and ISI (Maj. General Asad Durrani, under the direction of COAS Aslam Beg) officials had withdrawn large sums of money from Mehran Bank Limited (MBL) and Habib Bank Limited (HBL) to be used in an 'intelligence fund' to fund the electoral opponents of Benazir Bhutto and the PPP (the IJI and Nawaz Sharif) before the 1990 general elections. some Rs. 499 million was distributed to various politician and used to "topple" the provincial government in NWFP. The operation had the support of then President Ghulam Ishaq Khan and caretaker Prime Minister Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, while Yunus Habib of HBL was involved. Those who received money included Nawaz Sharif, Lt.-Gen. Rafaqat (of the Presidents election cell), Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, Abdul Hafeez Pirzada, Pir Pagaro, Muhammad Khan Junejo, Jam Sadiq Ali, Altaf Hussain,{{Efn\|Yusuf Haroon. Rs. 5 million was received on his behalf rather than direct deposit to Altaf Hussain.{{Cite book \|last=Nawaz \|first=Shuja \|title=Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within \|date=October 11, 2009 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0195476972 \|edition=1st \|pages=433–435 \|language=en}}}} etc. This was revealed following the collapse of Mehran Bank and a case registered by retired Air Marshal Asghar Khan, when neither Aslam Beg or Asad Durrani continued to hold office. \|{{Cite journal \|last1=Salman \|first1=Faryal \|last2=Siddiqui \|first2=Kamran \|date=January 2013 \|title=Mehrangate Scandal: Corporate Governance Failure \|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/316240377 \|journal=The IUP Journal of Corporate Governance \|volume=12 \|issue=4 \|pages=41–46}}{{Cite web \|date=2012-03-08 \|title=1990 elections scandal: Habib says then army chief used him \|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/347218/asghar-khan-petition-former-mehran-bank-chief-admits-distributing-rs400m \|access-date=2024-07-05 \|work=The Express Tribune \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|title=Mehrangate: Act One, Part Two \|url=https://newslinemagazine.com/magazine/mehrangate-act-one-part-two/ \|access-date=2024-07-05 \|work=Newsline \|language=en}}
Memogate (2)	2011	Controversy surrounding an alleged Pakistani memo seeking the help of the Obama administration in the wake of the Osama bin Laden raid to prevent a military takeover in Pakistan.	{{cite web \| last=Hashim \| first=Asad \| title='Memogate': Pakistan's evolving politics \| work=Al Jazeera \| date=January 15, 2012 \| url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2012/1/15/memogate-pakistans-evolving-politics \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Merriongate	2021	Similar to the Golfgate scandal in 2020, former Minister for Children Katherine Zappone hosted an outdoor gathering on 21 July 2021 for 50 guests, including Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, at the Merrion Hotel in Dublin during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, six days prior to her controversial appointment as an "UN special envoy" which was proposed by Simon Coveney. This resulted in widespread anger among opposition TDs. Ultimately Zappone declined to take up the envoy role, which subsequently led to a motion of no confidence against Coveney for his handling of the affair.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.joe.ie/news/katherine-zappone-hosted-50-friends-including-leo-varadkar-five-star-dublin-hotel-days-envoy-appointment-727775\|title=Katherine Zappone hosted 50 friends, including Leo Varadkar, at five-star Dublin hotel days before envoy appointment\|work=JOE.ie\|first=Alan\|last=Loughnane\|date=August 4, 2021\|access-date=August 4, 2021}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40352549.html \|title=Breaking: Zappone will not take up Special Envoy role \|last=Hosford \|first=Paul\|newspaper=Irish Examiner\|date=August 4, 2021\|access-date=August 4, 2021}}
Minkgate	2020	The slaughter of all mink in Denmark under orders of Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen that were later revealed to have no legal basis, leading to snap elections following threats of a no-confidence vote	{{cite web \|first1=Thomas \|last1=Erdbrink \|first2=Jasmina \|last2=Nielsen\| url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/minkgate-danish-pm-grilled-over-mass-cull-of-furry-animals-20211210-p59ggv.html?ref=rss \| title='Minkgate': Danish PM grilled over mass cull of furry animals \|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald \| date=December 10, 2021 }} {{cite web \|first=Richard \|last=Wood \| url=https://www.9news.com.au/world/coronavirus-updates-denmark-pm-defends-mink-cull-during-pandemic/7d023341-3532-44bd-82af-d6a1c55c759f \| title=Danish PM defends culling of 17 million mink \|work=Nine News \|date=December 10, 2021 }} {{cite web \|first=Charles \|last=Szumski \|url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/all/short_news/danish-pm-called-snap-elections-following-mink-gate-scandal/ \|title=Danish PM called snap elections following mink-gate scandal \|work=Euractiv \|date=October 5, 2022}} {{cite web \|url=https://cphpost.dk/?p=129957 \|title=Denmark's international reputation was on the line during Minkgate, maintains PM \|first=Ben \|last=Hamilton \|date=December 10, 2021 \|newspaper=The Copenhagen Post}}
Monicagate, Lewinskygate, Tailgate, or Sexgate ("Zippergate", "the Lewinsky scandal")	1990s	Named after Monica Lewinsky, who had an "inappropriate relationship" with the then-US President Bill Clinton.	{{cite news\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1998_Dec_7/ai_53284437 \|title=Scandal Bust: Why Clinton won Monicagate \|author=William Saletan \|author-link=William Saletan \|date=December 7, 1998 \|work=National Review \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106085616/http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1282/is_1998_Dec_7/ai_53284437 \|archive-date=January 6, 2009}}
Muldergate	1979	South African political scandal in which funds were clandestinely diverted by defence minister Connie Mulder for overseas propaganda in support of the apartheid regime. The scandal brought about the downfall of Prime Minister BJ Vorster.	{{cite book \|title=Muldergate: The Story of the Info. Scandal \|author=Mervyn Rees \|author2=Chris Day \|year=1980 \|publisher=Macmillan South Africa \|isbn=978-0-86954-089-3}}
Namagate \| 2015 \| A Northern Irish political and financial scandal in which the First Minister of Northern Ireland allegedly stood to benefit from the sale of a portfolio of loans and properties by the National Asset Management Agency. \|
Nannygate (1)	1993	A political controversy in the United States wherein the nomination of Zoë Baird and near-nomination of Kimba Wood for US Attorney General were withdrawn due to the hiring of illegal aliens as nannies or the failure to pay taxes for them.	{{cite magazine \| last=Wallis \| first=Claudia \| title=The Lessons Of Nannygate \| magazine=Time \| date=February 22, 1993 \| url=https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,977802,00.html \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Nannygate (2)	2006	Swedish scandal over the non-payment of employment taxes of nannies and obligatory television fees by members of the Reinfeldt cabinet.	{{cite news \| title=Reinfeldt Speaks Out On "Nannygate." \| work=Sveriges Radio \| date=October 19, 2006 \| url=https://sverigesradio.se/artikel/976610 \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Nenegate	2015	A political controversy in South Africa following the firing of Nhlanhla Nene as Minister of Finance by then president Jacob Zuma resulting in large scale capital flight from the country.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.biznews.com/undictated/2016/03/05/calculating-zumas-r500bn-blunder-the-effs-calculation-was-correct\|title=Calculating Zuma's R500bn #Nenegate blunder – Rand depreciation excluded\|date=March 5, 2016\|work=BizNews.com\|language=en-GB\|access-date=June 13, 2019}}{{Cite web\|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2019-02-19-nenegate-the-financial-cost-of-political-uncertainty/\|title=NeneGate: The financial cost of political uncertainty\|last=Smit\|first=Sarah\|work=The M&G Online\|date=February 19, 2019\|language=en\|access-date=June 13, 2019}}
NISgate	2013	South Korean National Intelligence Service manipulated public opinion to promote the ruling party and Park Geun-hye.	{{citation\|url=http://www.ohmynews.com/NWS_Web/View/at_pg.aspx?CNTN_CD=A0001878956\|title='국정원게이트'가 대한민국 헌정질서 망쳐\|date=June 24, 2013}}
Nkandlagate (1)	2009	South African political scandal brought to light in 2009 by the Mail & Guardian regarding a multimillion-rand state-funded private home of President Jacob Zuma. The story became more sensitive after the release of the public protector Thuli Madonsela's report titled "Secure in comfort". The scandal drove the opposition to initiate impeachment proceedings against Zuma.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.publicprotector.org/library%5Cinvestigation_report%5C2013-14%5CFinal%20Report%2019%20March%202014%20.pdf \|title=Secure in comfort \|url-status=usurped \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150426000045/http://www.publicprotector.org/library/investigation_report/2013-14/Final%20Report%2019%20March%202014%20.pdf \|archive-date=April 26, 2015 }}
Nokiagate	2022	In May 2022, the Dutch state attorney revealed in a courtcase that Prime Minister Mark Rutte daily deleted all the text messages on his archaic Nokia mobile phone, which those he deemed important being forwarded or dictated to civil servants. This was referred to as "real-time archiving". The phone purportedly only had memory space for twenty messages. According to the Council of State, text messages are required by law to be stored to allow officials to be held accountable by the public. Rutte denied withholding information or breaking the law. Experts and opposition parties were critical. A motion of no confidence failed.	{{Cite web\|publisher=House of Representatives\|date=May 19, 2022\|title=Debat over de sms-berichten van de minister-president\|url=https://www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken/plenaire_verslagen/kamer_in_het_kort/debat-over-de-sms-berichten-van-de-minister\|language=nl\|access-date=July 5, 2022}}{{Cite news\|newspaper=De Telegraaf\|date=May 18, 2022\|title=Tweede Kamer wil onderste steen boven in 'Nokiagate'\|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1521143836/tweede-kamer-wil-onderste-steen-boven-in-nokiagate\|language=nl\|access-date=July 5, 2022}}{{Cite news\|newspaper=de Volkskrant\|url=https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/kamer-en-experts-twijfelen-aan-uitleg-premier-rutte-over-wissen-sms-verkeer~b0aa4401/\|title=Kamer en experts twijfelen aan uitleg premier Rutte over wissen sms-verkeer\|date=May 18, 2022\|last1=Hendricx\|first1=Frank\|last2=Verwiel\|first2=Erik\|access-date=July 5, 2022\|url-access=registration\|language=nl}}
Nueragate \| 2015 \| Chilean president Michelle Bachelet was accused of giving advantageous business deals and credits to her daughter-in-law ("nuera" in Spanish) through a position that her son also held in the government. \| {{Cite web \|date=2015-12-23 \|title="Nueragate": el hijo de Bachelet destapó la olla y embarró al oficialismo \|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/el-mundo/nueragate-el-hijo-de-bachelet-destapo-la-olla-y-embarro-al-oficialismo-nid1856557/ \|access-date=2023-02-28 \|work=LA NACION \|language=es}}
Nukegate \| 2017 \| A political and legal scandal which arose from the abandonment of the Virgil C. Summer nuclear expansion project in South Carolina by South Carolina Electric & Gas (a subsidiary of SCANA) and the South Carolina Public Service Authority (known as Santee Cooper) in 2017. It was the largest business failure in the history of South Carolina and resulted in criminal charges. \| {{Cite web\|last=Brown\|first=Andrew\|date=July 31, 2017\|title=Early signs of 'incompetence at every level' went unheeded as South Carolina rushed toward 'sexy' nuclear future\|url=https://www.postandcourier.com/business/early-signs-of-incompetence-at-every-level-went-unheeded-as-south-carolina-rushed-toward-sexy/article_b47acd2c-89a5-11e7-830a-9364c7e7b71b.html\|access-date=December 24, 2020\|work=Post and Courier\|language=en}}{{Cite web\|last=Collins\|first=Jeffrey\|date=November 25, 2020\|title=Former executive faces prison time in SC nuclear debacle\|url=https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/business/former-executive-faces-prison-time-in-sc-nuclear-debacle/\|access-date=December 26, 2020\|work=ABC27\|language=en-US}}
Officegate	2001	Scotland's First Minister Henry McLeish resigned after it was revealed that while he was a Westminster MP between 1987 and 1998 (before the advent of devolution), he sublet his constituency office in Glenrothes, Fife, but failed to ensure that it was registered or that the party issued funds from the income to the House of Commons.	{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/scotland/2001/mcleish_resignation/1645556.stm \|title=How the Officegate saga unfolded \|author=Miranda Hurst \|date=November 8, 2001 \|work=BBC News}}
Oniongate \|2015 \|Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was filmed biting into a whole onion, seemingly including its skin. \|{{Cite news\|date=2015-03-13 \|title=Tony Abbott eats a raw onion \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/mar/13/tony-abbott-eats-raw-onion \|access-date=2025-01-26 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en-GB \|issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web \|last=Pozzebon \|first=Stefano \|date=2014-03-13 \|title=Tony Abbott shocked Australia when he ate a whole raw onion on TV as if it were a fresh apple \|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/tony-abbott-eats-whole-raw-onion-with-peel-2015-3 \|access-date=2025-01-26 \|work=Business Insider \|language=en-US}}
Palmargate	2003	The Minister of Housing and Lands resigned and was arrested twice following bribery allegations regarding the lease of state owned land on the coast line of Mauritius. It involved the use of fake contracts by notaries, lawyers and political intermediaries to extort money from a local businessman.	{{cite web \|title=Ex-Mauritius minister re-arrested for fraud \|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/archive/2003/11/2008410134513839344.html \|work=Al Jazeera \|access-date=November 14, 2003}}{{cite web \|last1=Patrick \|first1=Yvon \|title=Palmargate: L'étincelle met le feu aux poudres \|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200301270101.html \|work=All Africa \|access-date=January 26, 2003}}{{cite web \|title=PalmarGate \|url=https://issuu.com/stevenhyde/docs/capital_edition_37/7 \|website=Issuu.com \|date=August 4, 2011 \|publisher=Capital Edition 37 \|access-date=October 9, 2011}}
Panamagate	2016	Ongoing political scandals in several countries, associated with the Panama Papers, a leaked set of 11.5 million confidential documents that provide detailed information on more than 214,000 offshore companies listed by the Panamanian corporate service provider Mossack Fonseca. In Malta, Panamagate refers to a March 2016 scandal surrounding Energy Minister Konrad Mizzi with an undeclared trust in New Zealand and a company in Panama.{{cite news\|title=Panamagate scandal has left a negative impact on Labourites and floating voters – PL Whip\|url=http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2016-03-12/local-news/Panamagate-scandal-has-left-a-negative-impact-on-Labourites-and-floating-voters-PL-Whip-6736154773\|access-date=April 7, 2016\|work=Malta Independent\|date=March 13, 2016}} In Pakistan, the Panama Papers case, or Panamagate case, resulted in the disqualification of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding public office for 10 years.{{cite news\|last1=Malik\|first1=Hasnaat\|title=SC reserves judgment in Panamagate case\|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1336384/sc-reserves-judgment-panamagate-case/\|access-date=April 11, 2017\|work=The Express Tribune\|publisher=Express Group\|date=February 23, 2017}} \| \|
Pantigate	2014	Controversy surrounding payments by RTÉ after drag queen and LGBT activist Panti accused some anti-LGBT campaigners of homophobia	{{cite web\|url=https://medium.com/chrissy-curtin/pantigate-an-illustrated-timeline-dafef882b0be#.9qxymni5g\|title=Pantifgate: An Illustrated Timeline\|author=Chrissy Curtin\|work=Medium \|date=December 1, 2014}}
Pardongate	2001	Controversy surrounding Bill Clinton's pardons of 140 people on his last day in office as President of the United States, including Patty Hearst	{{cite web \| last=Morris \| first=Vince \| title=PARDONGATE PROBERS BID TO UNITE ON CLINTON GRILL \| work=New York Post \| date=February 26, 2001 \| url=https://nypost.com/2001/02/26/pardongate-probers-bid-to-unite-on-clinton-grill/ \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Partygate (United Kingdom)	2021	A political scandal surrounding social gatherings of United Kingdom government and Conservative Party staff that took place during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, when there were public health restrictions on such gatherings. Whilst several lockdowns in the country were in place, reported gatherings occurred at 10 Downing Street, its garden, and other government buildings. Starting in December 2021, these attracted substantial media attention, public debate, and controversy. The scandal contributed to the downfall of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who was later found to have deliberately misled the House of Commons, a contempt of Parliament, over the affair by a privileges committee, prompting his resignation as an MP in June 2023.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/jun/10/partys-over-boris-what-the-uk-papers-say-about-johnsons-partygate-resignation \|title= 'Party's over, Boris': what the UK papers say about Johnson's Partygate resignation \|first=Graham \|last=Russell \|date=10 June 2023 \|work=The Guardian \|accessdate=15 June 2023}} {{Cite web\|last=Asthana\|first=Anushka\|date=December 18, 2021 \|title=Partygate, Covid and another election defeat: Could things get any worse for PM?\|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2021-12-18/partygate-covid-and-another-election-defeat-could-things-get-any-worse-for-pm\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|work=ITV News\|language=en}} {{Cite news\|last1=Riley-Smith\|first1=Ben\|last2=Yorke\|first2=Harry\|date=December 17, 2021 \|title=Boris Johnson's bid to move on from by-election rout derailed by fresh leaks\|language=en-GB\|work=The Telegraph\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/12/17/boris-johnsons-bid-move-by-election-defeat-derailed-fresh-leaks/\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|issn=0307-1235}} {{Cite web\|last=Bloom\|first=Dan\|date=December 18, 2021 \|title=7 bits of bad news Tories buried under partygate, Covid and MPs' Xmas holidays\|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/7-bits-bad-news-tories-25728732\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|work=mirror\|language=en}} {{Cite web\|title=Official leading Partygate probe accused of hosting lockdown parties too\|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/19793544.official-leading-partygate-probe-accused-hosting-lockdown-parties/\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|work=Herald Scotland\|date=December 17, 2021 \|language=en}} {{Cite web\|date=December 14, 2021 \|title=Ryanair Trolls Boris Johnson With A Hilarious Takedown Of No.10's 'Partygate'\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/boris-johnson-ryanair-christmas-party-covid-alert-level_uk_61b86492e4b0911ceb5a2f99\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|work=HuffPost UK\|language=en}} {{Cite web\|last=Hughes\|first=Tammy\|date=December 9, 2021 \|title=Partygate: Three government gatherings to be investigated\|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/partygate-downing-street-party-three-gatherings-probe-investigated-b971021.html\|access-date=December 19, 2021 \|work=The Standard \|language=en}}
Partygate (Hong Kong)	2022	A political scandal in Hong Kong involving the birthday party of Witman Hung during the COVID-19 pandemic	{{Cite web\|date=February 4, 2022 \|title=Should host, other officials also take rap for Hong Kong 'partygate' scandal?\|url=https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3165750/hong-kong-top-official-caspar-tsui-got-boot-partygate\|access-date=February 18, 2022 \|work=South China Morning Post\|language=en}}
Pastagate	2013	Montreal controversy, in which an Italian restaurant was investigated by the Quebec government for using words that do not comply with their language laws, such as "bottiglia", "calamari" and "pasta".	{{cite news \|url=http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/language-watchdog-admits-being-overzealous-on-word-pasta-on-menu-1.1164110 \|title=Language watchdog admits being overzealous on word 'pasta' on menu \|publisher=CTV News \|location=Montreal \|date=February 20, 2013}}
Pastygate	2012	Controversy in March/April 2012 around the taxation by the UK Government of hot snacks such as pasties, where Conservative ministers were said to be out of touch with the eating habits of ordinary people.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/2012/03/29/pastygate-westminster-row-over-whether-tories-eat-bakery-products-rumbles-on-86908-23805780/ \|title=Pastygate: Westminster row over whether Tories eat bakery products rumbles on \|work=Daily Record \|date=March 29, 2012 \|location=Glasgow \|issn=0956-8069 \|oclc=500344244 \|access-date=March 30, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402030421/http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/politics-news/2012/03/29/pastygate-westminster-row-over-whether-tories-eat-bakery-products-rumbles-on-86908-23805780/ \|archive-date=April 2, 2012}}
Pemexgate	2000	Scandal involving the state-owned oil company Pemex in Mexico in which funds were used to support the political campaign of Carlos Romero Deschamps, the presidential candidate for the Institutional Revolutionary Party.	{{cite web \| last=Graham\| first=Dave\| title=Powerful Mexican oil union boss who became symbol of corruption dies at 79 \| work=Reuters \| date=October 20, 2023 \| url=https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/powerful-mexican-oil-union-boss-who-became-symbol-corruption-dies-79-2023-10-20/ \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Penelopegate	2017	Revelation that French presidential candidate François Fillon had officially employed his wife Penelope as an aide while a politician, but that it was a fictitious job which she never worked but nonetheless earned over €1 million in public wages. Known as both "Penelopegate" and "l'affaire Fillon" (the Fillon affair) in French.	{{cite news\|last1=Vinocur\|first1=Nicolas\|title=Fillon's troubles deepen as 'Penelopegate' probe continues\|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/fillons-troubles-deepen-as-penelopegate-probe-continues/\|access-date=March 29, 2017\|work=Politico\|date=February 16, 2017}}{{cite news\|last1=Vinocur\|first1=Nicolas\|title=François Fillon fights growing 'Penelopegate' scandal\|url=http://www.politico.eu/article/francois-fillon-fights-growing-penelopegate-scandal/\|access-date=March 29, 2017\|work=Politico\|date=January 30, 2017}}{{cite news\|title=Penelope Fillon : le parquet financier ouvre une enquête pour des soupçons d'emplois fictifs\|url=http://www.atlantico.fr/pepites/penelope-fillon-parquet-financier-ouvre-enquete-pour-soupcons-emplois-fictifs-2945738.html\|access-date=March 29, 2017\|work=Atlantico\|date=January 25, 2017\|language=fr\|archive-date=March 29, 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329141136/http://www.atlantico.fr/pepites/penelope-fillon-parquet-financier-ouvre-enquete-pour-soupcons-emplois-fictifs-2945738.html\|url-status=dead}}
Petrogate	2008	The name given by the press in Peru to the corruption case regarding large amounts of oil. Norwegian mining company Discover Petroleum and state-owned Perupetro were involved, which prompted the resignation of cabinet ministers.	{{cite web \| title=Peru's Romulo "the rat" León moved from jail to house arrest \| work=Peruvian Times \| date=July 9, 2009 \| url=https://www.peruviantimes.com/09/perus-romulo-the-rat-leon-moved-from-jail-to-house-arrest/3443/ \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
rowspan="2" \| Pfizergate	2021	Ongoing political scandal centered on the lack of transparency in the communication and negotiation processes for purchasing a significant number of vaccine doses during the COVID-19 pandemic.	{{cite web \| last=Moniquet \| first=Claude \| title=Mais que s'est-il vraiment passé entre la Commission de Bruxelles et Pfizer ? \| work=Atlantico \| date=2023-02-13 \| url=https://atlantico.fr/article/decryptage/mais-que-s-est-il-vraiment-passe-entre-la-commission-de-bruxelles-et-pfizer-ursula-von-der-leyen-vaccin-covid-19-commission-europeenne-sms-ombudswoman-charles-reviens-claude-moniquet \| language=fr \| access-date=2024-06-21}}{{cite web \| last=Bauer-Babef \| first=Clara \| title=New York Times takes EU Commission to court over 'Pfizergate' affair \| work=Euractiv\| date=2023-02-14 \| url=https://www.euractiv.com/section/coronavirus/news/new-york-times-takes-eu-commission-to-court-over-pfizergate-affair/ \| access-date=2024-06-21}}
2021 \|Report raising concerns over the data integrity and regulatory oversight of Pfizer vaccine trials. \|{{cite web \| last=Berlato \| first=Sergio \| title=Citizens' health must be a priority: clarifications on 'Pfizergate' \| work=European Parliament \| date=2021-11-24 \| url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2021-005058_EN.html \| access-date=2024-06-21}}{{cite journal \| last=Thacker \| first=Paul D \| title=Covid-19: Researcher blows the whistle on data integrity issues in Pfizer's vaccine trial: Video 1 \| journal=BMJ \| date=2021-11-02 \| volume=375 \| issn=1756-1833 \| doi=10.1136/bmj.n2635 \| page=n2635\| pmid=34728500 }}
Pizzagate \|2014 \|Mayor of New York City Bill de Blasio dined on pizza with a fork and knife, causing a humorous reaction on the internet. \|{{Cite news \|last=Iaboni \|first=Rande \|date=2014-01-21 \|title=NYC mayor's 'pizzagate' could mean real dough for charity \|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/15/us/new-york-mayor-pizza-fork/index.html \|access-date=2024-04-16 \|work=CNN}}
Plamegate (also "Leakgate", "CIA leak scandal", "Plame affair")	2005	The revealing, by Robert Novak, of the name of Valerie Plame. Lewis Libby allegedly leaked to the media the identity of a covert CIA agent who worked on WMDs, in retaliation for her husband, Joseph C. Wilson, criticizing George W. Bush's justification for the invasion of Iraq.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/plamegate-turns-dc-upside-down/ \|title=Plamegate Turns D.C. Upside Down \|author=Dotty Lynch \|work=CBS News \|date=July 14, 2005}}
Ponytailgate	2015	A young waitress claims Prime Minister of New Zealand John Key pulled at her hair's ponytail numerous times over several months while visiting the café, even after being requested to stop by her and his wife.	{{cite web\|author=Michael Bloomfield\|date=April 24, 2015 \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/apr/24/ponytailgate-john-key-new-zealand-prime-minister \|title=Ponytailgate: the childish roots of John Key's behaviour\|work=The Guardian\|access-date=July 14, 2015}}{{cite web\|author=Simon Wong\|title=PM hopes ponytail gate hasn't embarrassed NZ\|work=3 News\|url=http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/pm-hopes-ponytail-gate-hasnt-embarrassed-nz-2015050409#axzz3eUbyx8lF \|access-date=July 14, 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150723035041/http://www.3news.co.nz/nznews/pm-hopes-ponytail-gate-hasnt-embarrassed-nz-2015050409#axzz3eUbyx8lF\|archive-date=July 23, 2015\|url-status=dead}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/opinion/news/article.cfm?c_id=466&objectid=11443800\|title=Good hair day for John Key – Ponytail-gate as dead as dodo\|work=The New Zealand Herald\|date=March 27, 2015 \|access-date=July 14, 2015}}
Popcorngate	2021	Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and an ongoing curfew related to the pandemic, Quebec premier François Legault announced that movie theaters would be permitted to open in the province ahead of March break. However, with much of the province in the most restrictive "red" zone, the theaters were not permitted to sell popcorn or other concessions, unless they were located in the lesser restrictive "orange" zone. Legault justified that the move was so that patrons could keep their masks on throughout the entire movie, as a mask mandate had been in place in Quebec since July 18, 2020. The announcement was condemned by other MNAs as well as by movie theater mogul Vincenzo Guzzo (owner of Cinémas Guzzo, a prominent Quebec movie theater chain), who has been active on Twitter throughout the pandemic criticizing the handling of the pandemic by Legault. Quebec then announced that it would compensate movie theaters for the absence of popcorn sales. Guzzo refused the money and would not open his theaters until the end of May, when the curfew was lifted.	{{Cite web \|title='Popcorngate': Quebec will compensate movie theatres for loss of food sales, Legault says\|work=Montreal Gazette \|url=https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/popcorngate-quebec-will-compensate-movie-theatres-for-loss-of-food-sales-legault-says\|access-date=June 23, 2021 }}{{Cite web\|date=February 19, 2021 \|title=Quebec Movie Theatre Operator Says He Won't Take Public 'Popcorngate' Funds \|work=HuffPost Canada \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/quebec-popcorngate-francois-legault_ca_603034fec5b6cc8bbf3b9c62 \|access-date=June 23, 2021 }}{{Cite web\|date=May 26, 2021\|title=Cinémas Guzzo Theatres Across Québec to Reopen on Friday, May 28\|url=https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/cinemas-guzzo-theatres-across-quebec-to-reopen-on-friday-may-28-839612553.html\|access-date=June 23, 2021\|work=Newswire}}
Porngate	2012	Three members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India resigned from their offices after accusations that they watched porn during government proceedings.	{{cite web \| title=India ministers in Karnataka banned over porn row \| work=BBC News \| date=February 9, 2012 \| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-16958988 \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Pussygate	2016	On October 7, 2016, The Washington Post released a video and accompanying article about Donald Trump and Billy Bush having "an extremely lewd conversation about women" in 2005. In the video, Trump indicated that he might start kissing a woman that he and Bush were about to meet during the filming of an episode of Access Hollywood. Trump further asserted that "when you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything ... grab them by the pussy".	{{cite news\|last1=Drum\|first1=Kevin\|title=Pussygate might be the final straw for Trump\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2016/10/pussygate-might-be-final-straw-donald-trump\|work=Mother Jones\|date=October 8, 2016}}{{cite news\|last1=Cooper\|first1=Matthew\|title=The Republican crack up over Trump won't end anytime soon\|url=http://www.newsweek.com/republican-crack-over-trump-wont-end-soon-508079\|work=Newsweek\|date=October 9, 2016}}
Qatargate (1)	2022	Ongoing political scandal in which politicians, political staffers, lobbyists, civil servants and their families are alleged to have been involved in corruption, money laundering and organised crime involving the state of Qatar in exchange for influence at the European Parliament. Qatar denies the allegations. Law enforcement authorities in Belgium, Italy and Greece seized €1.5 million in cash, confiscated computers and mobile phones, and charged four individuals with the alleged offences.	{{cite news\|title=Explained: The European Union, 'Qatargate' and the World Cup\|url= https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/4001392/2022/12/16/qatargate-european-union-explained/\|date=December 15, 2022\|publisher=The Atlantic\| first= Joey\| last= D'Urso}}{{cite news\|title=Anatomy of a scandal: How 'Qatargate' crisis shook EU to its core\|url= https://www.politico.eu/article/scandal-qatargate-crisis-european-union-corruption-crisis/\|date=December 17, 2022\|publisher=Politico\| first=Suzanne\| last= Lynch}}{{cite news \| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/01/04/qatargate-european-union-scandal-democracy/ \| title = Opinion: The E.U.'s lurid 'Qatargate' scandal hurts the cause of democracy \| newspaper = The Washington Post \| date = January 4, 2023 }}
Qatargate (2)	2025	A scandal in Israel in which top aides in the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were allegedly being paid by Qatar.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.israelhayom.com/2025/02/14/netanyahus-top-aides-and-qatar-a-strong-stench-of-money/\|title=Netanyahu's top aides and Qatar: A strong stench of money\|first=Yoav\|last=Limor\|date=February 14, 2025\|publisher=Israel Hayom}}
Railgate (also known as the Basi-Virk Affair and the BC Legislature Raids scandal)	2007	Scandal and court proceeding involving influence peddling and abuse of privilege in regard to the sale of BC Rail to Canadian National Railways by the government of British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell, the raid of government offices in the provincial legislature building on December 28, 2003.	{{cite news\|url=https://thetyee.ca/News/2008/12/29/Railgate/ \|title=Railgate, A to Z \|author=Bill Tieleman \|work=The Tyee \|date=December 29, 2008 \|access-date=September 26, 2013}}
Raeesah-gate	2021–present	Singaporean politician Raeesah Khan resigned on November 30, 2021, after admitted to making unsubstantiated allegations in Parliament on three occasions. Investigations from the Parliament's Committee of Privileges referred that Khan's party, the Workers' Party, that its secretary-general Pritam Singh and assistant chairman Faisal Manap to the public prosecutor for potentially misleading the Parliament. Singh has since charged on court and was currently on trial, while Faisal was given a warning from the police.	{{cite web \|title=Raeesah Khan resigns from WP, steps down as Sengkang MP (FULL STATEMENT) \|url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/sengkang-mp-raeesah-khan-resigns-from-workers-party-full-statement-145752094.html \|website=Yahoo Singapore\|access-date=30 November 2021 \|date=30 November 2021}}{{cite web \|last1=Baharudin \|first1=Hariz \|title=Sengkang MP Raeesah Khan resigns from WP following probe over admission of lying in Parliament \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/raeesah-khan-resigns-from-wp-and-from-position-as-sengkang-grc-mp \|work=The Straits Times \|access-date=30 November 2021 \|date=30 November 2021}}{{cite web \|title=Raeesah Khan resigns from The Workers' Party and as MP after admitting to lying in Parliament \|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/wp-workers-party-raeesah-khan-resigns-mp-lying-parliament-sexual-assault-2348736 \|work=CNA \|access-date=30 November 2021 \|date=30 November 2021}}{{Cite news \|last1=Tham \|first1=Yuen-C \|last2=Chua \|first2=Nadine \|date=2024-03-19 \|title=WP chief Pritam Singh charged with lying to Parliament over Raeesah Khan's case, pleads not guilty \|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/wp-chief-pritam-singh-under-police-probe-over-ex-mp-raeesah-khan-s-lying-case-arrives-at-court \|access-date=2024-06-19 \|work=The Straits Times \|language=en \|issn=0585-3923}}{{Cite web \|title=AGC-SPF Joint Statement On Completion Of Investigations Into Conduct Before The Committee Of Privileges \|url=http://www.police.gov.sg/Media-Room/News/20240319_Statement_On_Completion_Of_Investigations_Into_Conduct_Before_The_Comm_Of_Privileges \|access-date=2024-06-19 \|work=Singapore Police Force \|language=en}}
Ranjangate	2020	A collection of audio recordings of phone calls between Sri Lankan MP Ranjan Ramanayake and several high-ranking government officials were leaked to the media.	{{cite news \|title=Revealed: Phone talk scandal as Ranjangate Tapes explode \|url=https://www.sundaytimes.lk/200112/columns/revealed-phone-talk-scandal-as-ranjangate-tapes-explode-387257.html \|access-date=30 November 2023 \|publisher=The Sunday Times \|date=12 January 2020}}
Ridoutgate (also known as the Ridout Road rentals)	2023	Singapore-based government agency Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigated ministers K. Shanmugam and Vivian Balakrishnan on the rentals of 26 and 31 Ridout Road respectively, after a blog post was published by opposition politician Kenneth Jeyaretnam and initiated the case. Investigations were held from 23 May until 28 June, and revealed that neither ministers were convicted, with Senior Minister Teo Chee Hean, who launched its independent review on the situation, mentioned that there was "no abuse of power or conflict of interest resulting in the ministers gaining any unfair advantage or privilege".	{{cite news\|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/four-ministers-to-speak-on-ridout-road-bungalow-rentals-11-things-to-know-about-the-saga-so-far\|title=Four ministers to speak on Ridout Road bungalow rentals: 11 things to know about the saga so far\|date=3 July 2023\|first=Yuen-C\|last=Tham\|newspaper=The Straits Times\|access-date=6 July 2023}} {{cite news\|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/leave-family-alone-shanmugam-utterly-false-allegations-son-ridout-road-2203981\|title= 'Leave my family alone': Ridout Road allegations against son's firm 'utterly false', says Shanmugam\|date=3 July 2023\|access-date=6 July 2023\|newspaper=Today\|first=Taufiq\|last=Zalizan}} {{cite news\|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/pmo-statement-ridout-road-properties-2177191\|title=SM Teo to 'expeditiously' review rental of Ridout Road state properties by Shanmugam and Balakrishnan, after request by both ministers: PM Lee\|last=Ng\|first=Jun Sen\|date=23 May 2023}} {{cite news\|publisher=Channel NewsAsia\|url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/shanmugam-balakrishnan-bid-above-guide-rent-ridout-road-state-properties-sla-3485161\|title=Shanmugam, Balakrishnan bid above 'guide rent' for Ridout Road state properties: SLA\|date=13 May 2023\|first=Ashley\|last=Tham\|access-date=6 July 2023}}
Rinkagate	1976	UK scandal in which Jeremy Thorpe, leader of the UK Liberal Party, lost his position and his seat in Parliament after being accused of involvement in an unsuccessful attempt to murder an alleged former gay lover. Thorpe was eventually acquitted, but the scandal and an unrelated personal illness ended his career. "Rinka" refers to a Great Dane that was killed in the attack.	{{cite book \|title=Rinkagate: Rise and Fall of Jeremy Thorpe \|author=Simon Freeman \|author2=Barrie Penrose \|year=1997 \|publisher=Bloomsbury \|isbn=978-0-7475-3339-9}}
Robogate	2011	Allegations of widespread voter fraud targeting non-Conservative voters occurring during the 2011 Canadian federal election. Robotic and live calls to voters are claimed to have been made in 200 ridings. Investigation by the RCMP, the Conservative Party, and Elections Canada.	{{cite news\| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/mps-agree-to-report-illegal-phone-tactics-1.1194717 \|publisher=CBC News \|title=MPs agree to report illegal phone tactics \|date=February 28, 2012}}
Rolexgate	2024	Allegations of corruption involving Rolex watches and Peruvian President, Dina Boluarte.	{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-31 \|title=Peru president ordered to present Rolex watches in graft scandal \|url=https://www.voanews.com/a/peru-president-ordered-to-present-rolex-watches-in-graft-scandal/7550984.html \|access-date=2024-04-04 \|work=Voice of America \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|date=2024-03-18 \|title=ALERTA: Congreso amenaza a Fiscalía y Poder Judicial \|url=https://laencerrona.pe/2024/03/18/alerta-congreso-amenaza-a-fiscalia-y-poder-judicial-laencerrona/ \|access-date=2024-03-30 \|work=La Encerrona \|language=es}}
rowspan="2" \| Russiagate	2016	The controversy and investigations of Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election regarding the links between Trump associates and Russian officials and the Trump campaign's cooperation with that interference.	{{cite web \| last=Wittes \| first=Benjamin \| author-link=Benjamin Wittes \| title=A Collusion Reading Diary: What Did the Senate Intelligence Committee Find? \| website=Lawfare \| date=August 21, 2020 \| url=https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/collusion-reading-diary-what-did-senate-intelligence-committee-find \| access-date=October 17, 2023}}
2024 \|Scandal of Russian interference in EU elections. \|{{Cite web \|date=2024-04-03 \|title=EU's Russiagate hits German far right \|url=https://www.politico.eu/article/russiagate-hits-german-far-right-european-parliament-afd/ \|access-date=2024-05-05 \|work=POLITICO \|language=en-GB}}
Rywingate	2002	A corruption scandal in Poland, which began in late 2002 while the post-communist government of the SLD (Democratic Left Alliance) was in power. It is named after the film producer Lew Rywin, who was a key figure.	{{cite web\|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/polish-corruption-scandal-adds-to-miller-s-woes-1.1306039\|title=Polish corruption scandal adds to Miller's woes\|date=February 21, 2004\|newspaper=The Irish Times \|access-date=November 24, 2018}}
St Louis gate or Saint Louis gate	2020	Corruption scandal in Mauritius regarding the award of a contract for the upgrade of an existing diesel power station at St. Louis, on the outskirts of capital city Port Louis. Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) of Denmark was awarded the contract by the Mauritian power-generating entity Central Electricity Board ([https://ceb.mu/ CEB]) following a tender issued in 2014. A whistleblower alerted the financier African Development Bank (ADB) that the award to BWSC occurred after bribes had been received by several CEB employees through an intermediary of BWSC who owns a Mauritian construction company. ADB investigated the claims and thus excluded BWSC from all future work for 21 months. Leader of Opposition Arvin Boolell raised this issue in Parliament and several employees of CEB were stood down.	{{cite web \|title=Scandale allégué: c'est quoi le St-Louis Gate? \|url=https://www.lemauricien.com/actualites/politique/scandale-allegue-cest-quoi-le-st-louis-gate/356119/ \|work=Le Mauricien \|date=June 11, 2020 \|access-date=June 11, 2020}}{{cite web \|title=The Fight Against Fraud and Corruption \|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202006110594.html \|work=All Africa \|date=June 11, 2020 \|access-date=June 11, 2020}}
Salmondgate \| 2018 \| Scandal involving former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond who had been accused of sexually harassing two female aides in Bute House, Edinburgh. Salmond was eventually acquitted. \| {{Cite news\|first=Ruth\|last=Wishart\|title=Can the SNP survive the mess of Salmondgate?\|date=August 31, 2018\|language=en-GB\|work=The Guardian\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/31/snp-salmondgate-alex-salmond-resigned-crowdfunding\|access-date=April 17, 2022\|archive-date=April 17, 2022 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220417025203/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/31/snp-salmondgate-alex-salmond-resigned-crowdfunding\|url-status=live}}{{Cite news\|date=March 23, 2020 \|title=Alex Salmond cleared of all sexual assault charges\|language=en-GB\|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-52004285\|access-date=December 2, 2020}}
{{anchor\|sharpie-political}} Sharpiegate (distinguish from the identically named conspiracy theory)	2019	Repeated assertions by US president Donald Trump, falsely claiming that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama, showing a map altered using a black marker pen, and having the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration publish statements in support of his claims.	{{cite web\|url=https://www.newsweek.com/sharpiegate-hurricane-dorian-trump-map-alabma-1457782\|title=#Sharpiegate Trends as People Mock Trump For Showing Hurricane Dorian Path Map Altered With Pen\|work=Newsweek\|last=Palmer\|first=Ewan\|date=September 5, 2019 \|access-date=September 5, 2019}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/05/not-just-sharpie-gate-other-times-officials-tried-fabricate-trumps-truth/?noredirect=on \|title=Not just Sharpie-gate: 7 other times officials tried to fabricate Trump's 'truth' \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=September 5, 2019}}
Shawinigate	1999	Canadian scandal involving then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's profiting from real estate deals in his home riding of Shawinigan, Quebec	{{cite news\|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/paper-ordered-to-surrender-shawinigate-documents-1.279598 \|title=Paper ordered to surrender 'Shawinigate' documents \|work=CTV News \|date=February 29, 2008}}
Shitholegate	2018	During a meeting with lawmakers about immigration, President Trump is reported to have asked, "Why are we having all these people from shithole countries come here?"	{{cite news\|last1=Murdock\|first1=Deroy\|title=President Trump, Dr. King, and Shitholegate\|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/455449/donald-trump-democrats-not-friends\|access-date=January 16, 2018\|work=National Review\|date=January 15, 2018}}
Signalgate	2025	A scandal in which Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of the American magazine The Atlantic, was accidentally added to a Signal group chat where high level US government officials used the unsecure application to discuss sensitive military operations against the Houthis in Yemen prior to the operations taking place.	{{cite web \|last1=Pindell \|first1=James \|title=Three things we've learned so far from 'Signalgate' about the Trump administration - The Boston Globe \|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/25/nation/signalgate-houthi-chat-takeaways/ \|website=BostonGlobe.com}}{{cite web \|last1=Benen \|first1=Steve \|title=Did the Trump White House cross legal lines in the 'Signalgate' debacle? \|url=https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-white-house-cross-legal-lines-signalgate-debacle-rcna198058 \|website=MSNBC.com \|language=en \|date=25 March 2025}}{{cite web \|last1=Haltiwanger \|first1=John \|title=5 Key Questions About Signalgate \|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/25/signalgate-trump-leak-goldberg-yemen-questions/ \|website=Foreign Policy \|date=26 March 2025}}
Sleep-gate \|2018 \|Conservative MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, Bill Grant was twice caught sleeping in the House of Commons. First, in December 2017, Grant appeared to have fallen asleep during a debate on pensions equality for women however, he claimed he was "listening intently". Then, in July 2018, during questions to the then Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, James Brokenshire, Grant was again caught asleep but this time admitted that he had taken "a wee nap" and was "guilty as charged". \|{{Cite news \|url=https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/15794805.cumnock-mp-bill-grant-looked-asleep-in-parliament/ \|title=Cumnock MP Bill Grant looked asleep in Parliament \|publisher=Cumnock Chronicle \|first=Stephen \|last=Bark \|date=December 28, 2017 \|access-date=April 7, 2022}}{{Cite news \|url=https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/15816122.cumnock-constituents-turn-sleep-gate-mp-bill-grant/ \|title=Cumnock constituents turn on sleep-gate MP Bill Grant \|work=Cumnock Chronicle \|first=Stephen \|last=Bark \|date=January 18, 2018 \|access-date=7 April 2022}}{{Cite news \|url=https://www.cumnockchronicle.com/news/16379780.sleepy-mp-nods-off-parliament/ \|title=Sleepy MP nods off in Parliament... Again \|work=Cumnock Chronicle \|first=Stephen \|last=Bark \|date=July 30, 2018 \|access-date=April 7, 2022}}
Sofagate \|2021 \|The event when the first female EU commission president Ursula von der Leyen had to take place on a sofa while EU council president Charles Michel and Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan were offered seats \|{{Cite news \|date=April 26, 2021 \|title=Sofagate: EU chief Ursula von der Leyen blames sexism for Turkey chair snub \|language=en-GB \|work=BBC News \|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-56896734 \|access-date=March 22, 2022}}
Sophiegate	2001	Tape of a conversation between Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Mazher Mahmood.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/apr/06/monarchy.antonybarnett \|title=Countess still has senior role in Sophiegate firm \|work=The Guardian \|date=April 5, 2003 \|access-date=November 27, 2022 }}
Squidgygate (also known as "Dianagate")	1992	Tape of a telephone conversation between Diana, Princess of Wales and a male friend.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/01/10/ndiana110.xml \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112114533/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=%2Fnews%2F2008%2F01%2F10%2Fndiana110.xml \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 12, 2008 \|title=Diana's Squidgygate tapes 'leaked by GCHQ' \|work=Daily Telegraph \|date=January 10, 2008 \|location=London \|access-date=August 5, 2021 }}
Stickygate	2020	During the recount for the 2020 New York's 22nd congressional district election, sticky notes used by some boards of elections to mark disputed ballots fell off and became attached to other ballots.	{{Cite news\|date=November 23, 2020 \|title=Absentee ballots in limbo over lost sticky notes in Brindisi-Tenney House race\|url=https://www.syracuse.com/politics/2020/11/absentee-ballots-in-limbo-over-lost-sticky-notes-in-brindisi-tenney-house-race.html\|access-date=August 14, 2021 \|work=Post-Standard\|language=en\|first1=Mark \|last1=Weiner\|first2=Patrick \|last2=Lohmann}}
Stormontgate	2005	Allegations of a Provisional Irish Republican Army spy ring operating in Stormont (Home to the Northern Ireland Assembly).	{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4515324.stm \|title=DUP chase 'Stormontgate' answers \|work=BBC News \|date=December 10, 2005}}
Strippergate (Seattle)	2003	Two separate government scandals and criminal investigations on the West Coast of the United States, both involving state and local politicians, strip clubs and organized crime.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/local/opinion/article/Strippergate-just-more-political-corruption-1263093.php\|title=Strippergate just more political corruption\|first1=Chi-Dooh\|last1=Li\|date=January 30, 2008\|location=Seattle\|work=Seattle Post-Intelligencer}}
Strippergate (Canada) \|2004-5 \|Canadian federal immigration minister Judy Sgro was accused of providing favours to people who helped with her political campaigning during the 2004 Canadian federal election. \|{{Cite news \|date=22 Nov 2004 \|title=Immigration minister under fire for 'Strippergate' \|work=CBC \|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/immigration-minister-under-fire-for-strippergate-1.473801}}
Strippergate (Israel) \| 2018 \| Yair Netanyahu was secretly filmed at a Tel Aviv strip club, referring to a controversial gas deal signed by his father, the Prime Minister of Israel (see Netanyahu corruption investigations) \| {{cite news \|title=Yair Netanyahu sues former driver for recording night of debauchery \|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-sues-former-driver-for-recording-night-of-debauchery/ \|access-date=June 9, 2019 \|work=Times of Israel \|date=November 11, 2018}}{{cite news \|title='God Help Us if This Gets Out': The Full Transcript of Yair Netanyahu's Wild Tel Aviv Night \|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-full-transcript-of-yair-netanyahu-s-wild-tel-aviv-night-1.5730342 \|access-date=May 30, 2019 \|work=Haaretz \|date=January 11, 2018 \|language=en}}
Swinggate \| 2019 \| Irish politician Maria Bailey sued a hotel after falling off a swing while holding a drink, at a time when insurance costs were rising due to high levels of personal injury claims. \| {{cite news \|url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/varadkar-on-swinggate-not-the-norm-of-any-party-to-publish-internal-party-inquiry-results-933077.html \|title=Varadkar on SwingGate: 'Not the norm of any party' to publish internal party inquiry results \|newspaper=Irish Examiner \|date=June 26, 2019 \|access-date=February 11, 2020 \|url-status=live \|archive-date=February 11, 2020 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200211010841/https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/varadkar-on-swinggate-not-the-norm-of-any-party-to-publish-internal-party-inquiry-results-933077.html}}
Tampongate (also known as "Camillagate")	1993	Following the release of a tape of a telephone conversation between Charles, Prince of Wales (later King Charles III) and Camilla Parker Bowles (later Queen Camilla).	{{cite news\|url=http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/1/hi/uk/4410551.stm\|title=Timeline: Charles and Camilla's romance\|work=BBC News\|location=UK\|date=April 6, 2005}}{{cite magazine\|url=https://time.com/6226657/crown-charles-camilla-tampongate/\|title=The True Story Behind Charles and Camilla's Phone Sex Leak on The Crown\|magazine=Time\|first=Eliana\|last=Dockterman\|date=November 9, 2022\|accessdate=November 17, 2022}}
Taxigate	2005	Scottish Conservative Party leader David McLetchie was found to have claimed an excessive amount in taxi expenses (over £11,000) many of which were for party business rather than parliament business. The debacle resulted in McLetchie's resignation as Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party.	{{cite news\|url=http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Taxigate-McLetchie-bill-hits-10K.2636355.jp\|title=Taxigate: McLetchie bill hits £10K\|first1=Eddie\|last1=Barnes\|first2=Murdo\|last2=MacLeod\|date=June 19, 2005\|access-date=July 21, 2011\|location=Edinburgh\|work=The Scotsman}}
Telegramgate (also known as Chatgate and RickyLeaks) \| 2019 \| A political scandal involving Ricardo Rosselló, Governor of Puerto Rico, that began on July 8, 2019, with the leaking of several pages of a group chat on the messaging application Telegram. The leak came in the midst of allegations by the ex-Secretary of Puerto Rico's Treasury, Raúl Maldonado Gautier, that his department boasted an "institutional mafia" which Rosselló was involved in. \| {{Cite web\|url=https://www.metro.pr/pr/noticias/2019/07/11/llega-a-la-isla-el-gobernador-ricardo-rossello.html\|title=Llega a la isla el Gobernador Ricardo Rosselló\|last=González\|first=Jennifer \|work=Metro\|date=July 11, 2019 \|language=es \|access-date=July 23, 2019}}{{cite news\|last=Mazzei\|first=Patricia \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/puerto-rico-rossello.html\|title=Puerto Rico Leadership in Turmoil Amid Calls for Ricardo Rosselló to Resign \|date=July 14, 2019\|work=The New York Times}}{{Cite magazine \|first1=Michael \|last1=Weissenstein \|first2=Joel \|last2=Colon \|date=July 16, 2019 \|title='Chatgate' Scandal Plunges Puerto Rico Governor Into Political Crisis \|magazine=Time \|url=https://time.com/5627187/puerto-rico-ricardo-rossello-chatgate/ \|access-date=July 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726203305/https://time.com/5627187/puerto-rico-ricardo-rossello-chatgate/ \|archive-date=July 26, 2019 \|url-status=dead}}
Thulegate	1995	Danish scandal regarding the storage of nuclear weapons in Greenland in the late 1950s and 1960s, in contravention of Denmark's nuclear-free policy.	{{cite journal \|last1=Vestergaard \|first1=Cindy \|title=Going non-nuclear in the nuclear alliance: the Danish experience in NATO \|journal=European Security \|date=2014 \|volume=23 \|issue=1 \|pages=109, 116 \|doi=10.1080/09662839.2013.856300\|s2cid=154109520 }}{{cite journal \|last1=Kristensen \|first1=Hans M. \|title=Secrecy on a sliding scale \|journal=Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists \|date=1999 \|volume=55 \|issue=6 \|pages=33 \|doi=10.1080/00963402.1999.11460389}}
Toallagate	2001	Scandal in Mexico due to the high cost of bathroom towels (around US$400 apiece) bought for the official residence of the Mexican president.	{{cite web \| title=El 'toallagate' como modelo de lucha anticorrupción \| website=aprodeh.org.pe \| date=June 25, 2001 \| url=http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/ridhualc/actulatin/al_20.htm \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080115031414/http://www.aprodeh.org.pe/ridhualc/actulatin/al_20.htm \| archive-date=2008-01-15 \| url-status=dead \|language=es}}{{cite web \| title=Continúan en Los Pinos implicados en 'toallagate' \| website=esmas.com \| date=July 10, 2001 \| url=http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/117545.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218031925/http://www.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/117545.html \| archive-date=2010-12-18 \| url-status=dead \|language=es}}
Traingate	2016	Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn filmed a short video of him sitting on the floor of a packed UK train on a three-hour journey saying he would not pay to upgrade his ticket to business class saying "after all it is the people's money". A couple of days later, Virgin Trains East Coast released CCTV footage challenging the Labour leader's claim, in which after filming the short video, Corbyn got up and sat in spare seats with his aides. The hashtag "traingate" trended highly on social media with Corbyn responding that he hoped Virgin Trains owner Richard Branson was "well aware" of his plans to re-nationalise the railways.	{{cite web\|url=http://metro.co.uk/2016/08/23/jeremy-corbyn-hits-back-at-virgin-after-traingate-6086466/ \|title=Jeremy Corbyn hits back at Virgin after #TrainGate\|work=Metro \|last=Morley\|first=Nicole\|date=August 23, 2016\|access-date=August 24, 2016}}
Travelgate	1993	Controversy surrounding the firings of White House Travel Office employees at the start of the Clinton administration.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/whitewater/whitewater.htm \|title=Untangling Whitewater \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|quote=The firing of seven members of the White House travel office in 1993, possibly to make room for Clinton friends – Followed by an FBI investigation of the office, allegedly opened under pressure from the White House to justify the firings. Sometimes called "Travelgate". \|date=September 20, 2000}}
Travelgate (South Africa)	2006	A controversy and resulting court case in South Africa involving Bathabile Dlamini and 13 other African National Congress government ministers who pleaded guilty of fraud after claiming travel benefits amounting to R254,000.	{{cite web \|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2006-10-16-travelgate-14-plead-guilty \|title=Travelgate: 14 plead guilty \|last=Maclennan \|first=Ben \|date=October 16, 2006 \|work=Mail and Guardian \|language=en}}{{Cite web \|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/03/03/bathabile-dlamini-travelgate-smallanyana-skeletons-and-no/ \|title=Bathabile Dlamini: Travelgate, 'Smallanyana Skeletons' – And Now Social Grants \|last=du Toit \|first=Pieter \|date=March 3, 2017 \|publisher=Huffington Post South Africa \|access-date=March 6, 2017 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170308181310/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.za/2017/03/03/bathabile-dlamini-travelgate-smallanyana-skeletons-and-no/ \|archive-date=March 8, 2017 \|url-status=dead }}
Troopergate (1)	1994	Allegations by two Arkansas state troopers that they arranged sexual liaisons for then-governor Bill Clinton.	{{cite web\|url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb3138/is_199403/ai_n7808569\|title=FindArticles.com – CBSi\|website=findarticles.com\|access-date=September 19, 2017}}
Troopergate (2)	2007	Controversy involving New York Governor Eliot Spitzer, who allegedly ordered the state police to create special records of senate majority leader Joseph Bruno's whereabouts when he traveled with police escorts in New York City.	{{cite news \|last=Hakim \|first=Danny \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/23/nyregion/23cnd-spitzer.html \|title=Spitzer's Staff Misused Police, Report Finds \|work=The New York Times \|date=July 23, 2007 \|access-date=March 29, 2008 }}
Troopergate (3)	2008	The controversy surrounding allegations that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the 2008 Republican vice-presidential nominee for the United States presidential election, fired the state's public safety commissioner, allegedly for not cooperating with her demand that he dismiss her former brother-in-law, a state trooper. Palin used the term "Taser-gate", a reference to the allegation that the trooper used a taser on his 10-year-old stepson.	{{cite news\|first=Wesley\|last=Loy\|url=http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/517072.html\|title=Palin won't face 'Troopergate' subpoena\|work=Anchorage Daily News\|date=September 5, 2008\|access-date=September 5, 2008\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907010043/http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/517072.html\|archive-date=September 7, 2008}}{{cite news\|first=Kate\|last=Phillips \|url=http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/ps-palin-apologizes/#more-6743\|title=P.S. Palin Apologizes\|date=October 21, 2008\|access-date=October 23, 2008\|work=New York Times}}
Trousergate \| 2016 \| Controversy following a photograph taken of then UK Prime Minister Theresa May in The Sunday Times in which she was wearing a pair of brown leather trousers, reportedly worth £1000. Former Conservative Secretary of State for Education Nicky Morgan criticized May for the photo and claimed she had never spent that amount of money on anything except her wedding dress. When Morgan withdrew from her scheduled appearance on Have I Got News for You on December 16 at short notice, following an ensuing row with an aide to the Prime minister, she was replaced with a leather handbag on the show after it transpired she owned a similar bag costing £950. \| {{cite news\|url=http://www.itv.com/news/2016-12-11/nicky-morgan-and-theresa-may-aide-clash-over-prime-ministers-trousers/\|title=Nicky Morgan and Theresa May aide clash over Prime Minister's trousers\|publisher=ITV News\|access-date=December 20, 2016}}Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/WmYr8JwSRKo Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20200229205739/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmYr8JwSRKo Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web \|publisher=BBC\|title=Theresa May's trouser-gate and special guest: the handbag – Have I Got News for You 2016: Episode 10\|date=December 19, 2016 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmYr8JwSRKo \|access-date=December 20, 2016}}{{cbignore}}
Tunagate	1985	Canadian political scandal involving large quantities of possibly spoiled tuna that were sold to the public.	{{cite news \|url=http://archives.cbc.ca/IDC-1-73-1700-11707/politics_economy/political_scandals/clip4 \|title=The tainted Star-Kist tuna scandal \|publisher=CBC \|quote=What became known as "Tunagate" erupts after this Fifth Estate report airs on 17 September 1985. The CBC's Eric Malling reveals that Progressive Conservative Fisheries Minister John Fraser had knowingly approved a million cans of rancid Star-Kist tuna for sale.}}
Ukrainegate	2019	A conversation between Donald Trump and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy in which an intelligence analyst who listened in on the conversation filed a whistleblower complaint that Trump was demanding that Ukraine commence an investigation of Hunter Biden (son of Joe Biden, a potential opponent in the 2020 United States presidential election), as well as unofficial clandestine diplomatic efforts by Rudy Giuliani and threats to withhold Congressionally-approved military aid.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2019/09/trump-sure-i-did-it-so-what/\|title=Trump: Sure, I Did It. So What?\|first= Kevin\|last= Drum\|author-link=Kevin Drum\|date= September 2019\|publisher=Mother Jones}}{{cite news\|title=This may be the worst Trump scandal yet\|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/22/trumps-ukraine-gate-extortion/\|date=September 22, 2019 \|first= Max\|last =Boot\| author-link=Max Boot\|newspaper=Washington Post}}
Utegate	2009	Australian political incident in June 2009 around the lending of a utility vehicle ("ute") to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favorable treatment of Grant by the Treasury department.	{{cite news \|author=Steve Lewis \|date=June 20, 2009 \|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/pm-orders-probe-into-ute-gate-storm/story-e6frf7jo-1225737859420 \|title=PM orders probe into Ute-gate storm \|work=Herald Sun \|location=Melbourne \|access-date=December 29, 2013}}{{cite news \|author=Steve Lewis \|date=June 20, 2009 \|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/kevin-rudd-calls-for-utegate-inquiry-over-john-grant-claims/story-e6freuy9-1225737983166 \|title=Kevin Rudd calls for Utegate inquiry over John Grant claims \|work=The Daily Telegraph \|location=Sydney \|access-date=December 29, 2013}}
Valijagate	2007	Venezuelan-American entrepreneur Guido Antonini Wilson arrived in Argentina on a private flight hired by Argentine state officials carrying US$800,000 in cash, which he failed to declare.	{{cite web \| title=Valijagate: un caso que apunta al poder \| work=LA NACION \| date=June 1, 2008 \| url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/editoriales/valijagate-un-caso-que-apunta-al-poder-nid1017373/ \| language=es \| access-date=January 3, 2024}}
Watergate (United States)	1972–1974	The original "gate" scandal got its name from the Watergate Office Building, where two politically motivated burglaries took place in 1972. The Watergate scandal ultimately led to the resignation of US President Richard Nixon on August 9, 1974.	{{cite web \|title=Watergate Fast Facts \|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/us/watergate-fast-facts/ \|publisher=CNN \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203215438/http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/23/us/watergate-fast-facts/ \|archive-date=December 3, 2016 \|date=January 23, 2014 \|url-status=live}} Updated June 3, 2016.
Watergate (Australia)	2019–	An Australian political scandal surrounding an AUD$80 million water buyback in 2017 by the federal government as part of the Murray–Darling Basin Plan. The buyback was approved by Barnaby Joyce, and the money went to a private company registered in the Cayman Islands, which was co-founded by Angus Taylor. Joyce and Taylor were both government ministers and members of the National Party.	{{cite web \|last1=Sullivan \|first1=Kath \|title=The 'watergate scandal' is still as clear as mud in a drought \|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-28/murray-darling-water-buy-backs-watergate/11048708 \|work=ABC News \|date=April 27, 2019 \|publisher=ABC \|access-date=May 5, 2019}}
Water Bottle-gate	2013	A media controversy wherein US Senator Marco Rubio interrupted his rebuttal to President Obama's state of the union address to grab an offscreen bottle of water and take a drink.	{{cite web \|last1=Madison \|first1=Lucy \|title=Marco Rubio's "water bottle-gate" moment \|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marco-rubios-water-bottle-gate-moment/ \|work=CBS News \|date=February 13, 2013 \|access-date=July 14, 2021}}
Waterkantgate (also known as Watergate an der Waterkant)	1987	A major political scandal in Germany. West German politician Uwe Barschel allegedly issued orders for political rival Björn Engholm to be spied upon, with the aim of bringing tax evasion charges against him; as well as orders to install a bugging device in his own phone to frame Engholm's party, the Social Democratic Party of Germany. Barschel's guilt was never proven.	{{cite web\|url=http://www.todayinhistory.de/index.php?lang=en&sdt=20001011 \|title=Today in History – DW.DE \|publisher=Todayinhistory.de \|date=October 11, 1987 \|access-date=July 23, 2012}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-11-02-mn-12012-story.html\|title=Soul-Searching Over Barschel Case : West German Scandal Tests Faith in Politics\|work=Los Angeles Times\|date=November 2, 1987 \|access-date=October 14, 2016}}
Weinergate	2011	US Representative Anthony Weiner's Twitter account linked to an inappropriate photograph. Weiner claimed that his account had been hacked, but later admitted he sent the tweet; numerous other lewd photographs from Weiner were later revealed. In 2013, after he resigned from the House and attempted to return to politics by running for mayor of New York City, it was revealed that he had been involved in another sexting relationship with a woman in her early twenties.	{{cite news\| url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/06/03/weinergate.twitter.insights/index.html \|publisher=CNN \|title=9 things Weinergate tells us about Twitter}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/23/anthony-weiner-new-york-explicit-photographs \|title=New York mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner says explicit photo is of him \|first=Tom \|last=McCarty \|work=The Guardian \|date=July 23, 2013 \|access-date=September 12, 2013 \|location=London}}
Willowgate \|1988–1989 \|A corruption scandal in Zimbabwe in which The Bulawayo Chronicle revealed illegal resale of automobile purchases by various government officials. The ensuing investigation resulted in the resignations of five members of President Robert Mugabe's cabinet. One of the five, Maurice Nyagumbo, later committed suicide after being charged with perjury. The reporters who had broken the story, Geoffrey Nyarota and Davison Maruziva, were subsequently removed from their posts. \|* {{cite web \|author=Jane Perlez \|date=20 January 1989 \|title=Zimbabwe Reads of Officials' Secrets \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/world/zimbabwe-reads-of-officials-secrets.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm \|url-status=live \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202003055/http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/20/world/zimbabwe-reads-of-officials-secrets.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm \|archivedate=2 February 2016 \|accessdate=12 September 2012 \|work=The New York Times}} {{cite news \|author=Karl Maier \|date=15 April 1989 \|title=3 Cabinet Ministers Quit in Zimbabwe as Corruption Report Is Published \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1185472.html \|url-status=dead \|accessdate=12 September 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202003056/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1185472.html \|archive-date=2 February 2016}} {{cite web \|date=28 April 2000 \|title=Zimbabwe Crisis: Foreign journalist held over newspaper bomb \|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5075005.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121208175916/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5075005.html \|archive-date=8 December 2012 \|accessdate=12 September 2012 \|work=The Independent }} {{cite book \|author=P. P. Jackson \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xn2ibDi8EUMC&q=nyarota&pg=PA52 \|title=Shattered Dreams \|publisher=AuthorHouse \|year=2010 \|isbn=9781452043944 \|pages=52–3 \|accessdate=12 September 2012}}
Vacunagate	2021	487 people (mainly senior officials of the Executive Power of Peru) were irregularly vaccinated against COVID-19. Among these people were former president Martín Vizcarra and high-ranking officials of the Peruvian government such as the Minister of Foreign Affairs Elizabeth Astete and the Minister of Health Pilar Mazzetti.	{{cite news \|url=https://elcomercio.pe/politica/gobierno/vacunagate-estas-son-las-487-personas-que-recibieron-la-vacuna-de-sinopharm-noticia/ \|title='Vacunagate': Estas son las 487 personas que recibieron la vacuna Sinopharm \|access-date=March 26, 2021 \|last=Hidalgo \|first=Martín \|date=February 17, 2021 \|work=El Comercio \|publisher=Grupo El Comercio \|location=Lima \|language=Spanish \|quote= }}{{cite web \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/06f34f5a-d196-468f-8802-8a508552e13c \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/https://www.ft.com/content/06f34f5a-d196-468f-8802-8a508552e13c \|archive-date=December 10, 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|title=Peru's political elite ensnared in 'Vacuna-gate' scandal \|access-date=March 26, 2021 \|last=Long \|first=Gideon \|date=February 18, 2021 \|work=Financial Times \|publisher=The Financial Times Limited \|location= \|language= \|quote= }}
Omtzigtgate, Scoutinggate or Scoutsgate ({{langx\|nl\|Verkenningsgate, Verkennersgate}})	2021	In March 2021, Dutch cabinet formation scout Kajsa Ollongren left Parliament in a hurry after learning of her positive COVID-test. A photograph showed her legible notes. It read among other things: "position Omtzigt, position elsewhere" ({{langx\|nl\|positie Omtzigt, functie elders}}). Pieter Omtzigt is a critical and rebellious MP. Ollongren and her colleague resigned shortly after. Prime Minister and party leader Mark Rutte claimed that he had not discussed Omtzigt. Documents later showed the opposite. Rutte claimed he did not remember ({{langx\|nl\|Ik heb er geen actieve herinnering aan}}, which became a stock phrase in society). After he said he had been notified of the documents' content hours before the debate and ahead of other leaders, and refused to say by whom, an unsuccessful motion of no confidence was introduced.	{{Cite news\|newspaper=Trouw\|date=April 3, 2021\|last=Den Boon\|first=Ton\|title=De inburgering van de actieve herinnering\|url=https://www.trouw.nl/achterpagina/de-inburgering-van-de-actieve-herinnering~b34e153e/\|access-date=July 5, 2022\|language=nl\|url-access=registration}} {{Cite news\|date=March 29, 2021\|newspaper=De Telegraaf\|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1607691719/verkenningsgate-politieke-thriller-dit-staat-er-op-het-spel\|title=Verkenningsgate politieke thriller: dit staat er op het spel\|access-date=July 5, 2022\|last=Bakker\|first=Alexander\|language=nl\|url-access=subscription}} {{Cite news\|publisher=Metro\|title=Meteen al beladen debat in de nieuwe Tweede Kamer over 'Omtzigtgate'\|url=https://www.metronieuws.nl/in-het-nieuws/binnenland/2021/03/beladen-debat-in-de-tweede-kamer/\|date=March 31, 2021\|access-date=July 5, 2022\|language=nl}} {{Cite news\|newspaper=De Telegraaf\|date=March 31, 2021\|title=Kamerdebat 'verkennersgate' uitgesteld naar morgen\|url=https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/1095689925/kamerdebat-verkennersgate-uitgesteld-naar-morgen\|access-date=July 5, 2022\|url-access=subscription\|language=nl}}

= Sports =

Name	Year	Description	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
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Astrogate \|2018 \|In Game 1 of the MLB American League Championship between the Boston Red Sox and the Houston Astros, a Houston Astros employee was removed from the stadium after being caught spying on the Red Sox dugout. \|{{cite web\|url=https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2018/10/17/17986646/astros-dugout-photographer-red-sox-indians-athletics-mlb-playoffs\|title=The Astros have been cheating all season, maybe\|first=Marc\|last=Normandin\|date=October 17, 2018\|work=SBNation}}
Barçagate (1), or Bartogate	2020	During Josep Maria Bartomeu's presidency of Futbol Club Barcelona, the club allegedly hired a social media agency which protect the president's image, and spread defamation over popular figures related to the club. These included players such as Lionel Messi, ex-players like Xavi, and even high-profile political figures such as Quim Torra and Carles Puigdemont.	{{cite news\| first1=Debbie \| last1=Escudero \| first2=Sergi \| last2=Adrià \|title=El Barça tiene contratada una empresa que llegó a lanzar mensajes en las redes contra algunos de sus jugadores \|publisher=Cadena SER \|url=https://cadenaser.com/ser/2020/02/17/deportes/1581937137_018966.html \|accessdate=19 February 2020 \|date=17 January 2020}}{{cite news \|title=Els periodistes que han destapat el cas: "El Barça ens intenta fer pena perquè no publiquem" \|publisher=EL MÓN A RAC1 \|url=https://www.rac1.cat/esports/20200218/473646964379/i3-ventures-xarxes-barca-bartomeu-critica-messi-pique-xavi-guardiola-font-roures-laporta.html \|accessdate=19 February 2020 \|date=18 February 2020}}
Bibgate	2009	American Nordic combined skier Bill Demong's disqualification for not wearing his bib during the ski jumping part of the team event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009, in Liberec, Czech Republic, on February 26.	[http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=2281/bio/index.html NBCOlympics profile of Bill Demong for the 2010 Winter Olympics, including "Bibgate".] – accessed March 28, 2010.
Bladegate	2012	Controversy that arose during the 2012 Summer Paralympics when athlete Oscar Pistorius questioned the size of the running blade of fellow amputee sprinter Alan Oliveira on live television when the former unexpectedly caught up with Pistorius and narrowly overtook him before the finishing line at the Men's 200 metres T44 final.	{{cite news \|author=Alan Oliveira \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/02/alan-oliveira-oscar-pistorius-200-paralympics-2012_n_1850909.html \|title=Oscar Pistorius Stunned By Alan Oliveira In 200 Final At Paralympics (VIDEO) \|work=The Huffington Post \|date=September 2, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2013}}{{cite web\|url=http://posabilitymagazine.co.uk/2012/09/03/oscar-apologises-but-bladegate-continues/ \|title=Oscar Apologises But Bladegate Continues — Disability Magazine \|publisher=PosAbility Magazine \|date=September 3, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2013 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131001103013/http://posabilitymagazine.co.uk/2012/09/03/oscar-apologises-but-bladegate-continues/ \|archive-date=October 1, 2013 }}{{cite news \|author=Kevin McCallum \|url=http://www.iol.co.za/mercury/bladegate-issue-raised-six-weeks-ago-1.1375754 \|title=Bladegate: Issue raised six weeks ago \|work=The Mercury \|date=September 4, 2012 \|access-date=July 29, 2013}}
Bloodgate	2009	The events surrounding a faked injury to Tom Williams of English rugby union side Harlequins in a 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarterfinal against eventual champions Leinster. Specifically, Williams used fake blood to dupe the referee into allowing Harlequins to send in a blood replacement, at the instigation of Harlequins coach Dean Richards and team physiotherapist Steph Brennan. Williams later admitted that his mouth had been cut open immediately after the match in an attempt to cover up the fake injury. Richards was ultimately banned from rugby for three years and Brennan for two; Williams was initially banned for one year, but his ban was reduced to four months for his role in revealing the full extent of the scheme.	{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/6047832/Dean-Richards-ban-how-Bloodgate-saga-unfolded.html \|title=Dean Richards ban: how 'Bloodgate' saga unfolded \|first=Emily \|last=Benammar \|work=telegraph.co.uk \|location=UK \|date=August 18, 2009 \|access-date=December 16, 2014 }}
Bottlegate	2001	Rowdy fans of the Cleveland Browns threw beer bottles and other debris on the field after a controversially overturned call in the final minute of the game led to the Browns losing the game 15–10 to the Jacksonville Jaguars.	{{cite web\|last1=Meisel\|first1=Zack\|title=An oral history of BottleGate, 13 years after Cleveland Browns fans stole the spotlight\|url=http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2014/12/bottlegate_oral_history_cleveland_browns.html\|website=Cleveland.com\|date=December 16, 2014\|access-date=December 17, 2014}}{{cite web\|title=Top Ten Controversial Calls: Bottle gate\|url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/0ap2000000113877/Top-Ten-Controversial-Calls-Bottle-gate\|work=NFL Videos\|access-date=December 17, 2014}}
Bountygate	2012	In March 2012, the NFL discovered that from 2009 to 2011, a number of New Orleans Saints players and defensive coordinator Gregg Williams had operated a "bounty" scheme, illegal under league rules, in which defensive players received financial rewards for big plays, including those that injured offensive players. The investigation also revealed that head coach Sean Payton knew about the scheme but took no steps to stop it. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell handed out multiple suspensions to coaches and players involved in the scheme. The most severe was an indefinite suspension (ultimately one year) for Williams and season-long suspensions for Payton and player Jonathan Vilma (Vilma's suspension was overturned during the season).	{{cite news \|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/nfl-start-cleaning-bountygate-sean-payton-gregg-williams-role-saints-bounty-system-article-1.1032536 \|title=NFL needs to start cleaning up 'BountyGate' by going after Sean Payton and Gregg Williams for role in Saints' bounty system \|first=Wayne \|last=Coffey \|work=New York Daily News \|date=March 3, 2012 \|access-date=March 4, 2012}}{{cite news \|url=http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/03/02/bountygate-possibly-taints-saints-super-bowl-win/ \|title="Bountygate" possibly taints Saints Super Bowl win \|first=Mike \|last=Florio \|work=Profootballtalk.com \|publisher=NBC Sports \|date=March 2, 2012 \|access-date=March 4, 2012}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/7881761/nfl-bans-four-players-new-orleans-saints-bounty-roles\|title=Jonathan Vilma banned one year\|publisher=ESPN\|date=May 2, 2012 \|access-date=June 28, 2012}}
Broomgate	2015	In the sport of curling, new broom head technologies led to a change in sweeping strategies, and ultimately led to standardized brush heads in competitive curling.	{{cite news \|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/2324081/canadian-curling-world-swept-up-in-broomgate/\|title=Canadian curling world swept up in 'Broomgate'\|publisher=Global News\|date=November 6, 2015 \|access-date=May 8, 2024}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/06/05/480766140/sweeping-changes-in-store-for-curling-after-broomgate\|title=Sweeping Changes In Store For Curling After 'Broomgate'\|publisher=NPR\|date=June 5, 2016\|access-date=May 8, 2024}}{{cite news \|url=https://ottawasun.com/2016/09/20/curling-still-has-broom-concerns\|title=Curling still has broom concerns\|publisher=Ottawa Sun\|date=September 20, 2016\|access-date=May 8, 2024}}
Coughgate	2017	Allegations that professional darts player and 27th seed Justin Pipe coughed in the direction of opponent Bernie Smith, in order to distract and prevent Smith from throwing a match-winning double 10 during the first round of the 2018 PDC World Darts Championship. Pipe was fined £3,000 and was reprimanded for the incident by the Darts Regulation Authority in January 2018.	{{Cite web \|url=http://www.skysports.com/darts/news/12288/11180314/did-justin-pipe-cough-deliberately-to-distract-bernie-smith \|title=Did Justin Pipe cough deliberately to distract Bernie Smith? \|publisher=Sky Sports \|date=December 21, 2017}}{{Cite web \|url=http://www.thedra.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DRA-Hearings-2017-to-08.01.18.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117131240/http://www.thedra.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DRA-Hearings-2017-to-08.01.18.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=January 17, 2018 \|title=DRA Hearings 2017 \|date=January 8, 2018 \|publisher=Darts Regulation Authority \|access-date=February 24, 2018 }}
Crashgate	2008	The allegations of race fixing at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, where Renault team bosses Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds allegedly ordered Nelson Piquet Jr. to crash, handing an advantage to his teammate, Fernando Alonso. Neither driver would be punished, but Symonds and Briatore would be banned from all FIA events for five years and indefinitely respectably, although this would later be overturned	{{cite news \|last=Smith \|first=Ben \|date=September 21, 2009 \|title=Renault given two-year suspended ban in Crashgate hearing \|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/a9d31927-157f-4951-badb-8f4ba61c7ccf \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241030021506/https://www.thetimes.com/article/a9d31927-157f-4951-badb-8f4ba61c7ccf \|archive-date=October 30, 2024 \|access-date=May 22, 2010 \|work=The Times \|location=London}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e671f34-a69e-11de-bd14-00144feabdc0.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221210/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3e671f34-a69e-11de-bd14-00144feabdc0.html \|archive-date=December 10, 2022 \|url-status=live\|title=Renault handed two-year suspended sentence for 'Crashgate'\|work=Financial Times\|location=London\|first=Roger\|last=Blitz\|date=September 21, 2009\|access-date=September 13, 2013\|url-access=subscription}}{{Cite web \|title=Crashgate explained \|url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/14272.html \|access-date=2023-06-22 \|work=ESPN UK \|language=en}}
Deflategate	2015	After the 2015 AFC Championship game, the NFL acknowledged it was investigating reports that the game balls had been deflated. One report may have come from Indianapolis Colts player D'Qwell Jackson after he intercepted a pass by New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady. Patriots coach Bill Belichick stated he knew nothing of the reports until the morning following the game, and that he and the team would "cooperate fully" with any investigation. Brady called the allegation "ridiculous". On January 20, sources reported that 11 of 12 footballs provided by the Patriots were underinflated. On May 11, 2015, the NFL announced it had suspended Tom Brady without pay for 4 games of the upcoming season. The Patriots were fined $1 million and lost their first-round pick in the 2016 NFL draft and their fourth-round pick in the 2017 NFL draft. In September 2015 a federal judge overturned the suspension, allowing Brady to play the 2015 season. A federal appeals court overturned the lower court's ruling, reimposing the suspension for 2016.	{{cite news \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/deflategate-nfl-investigating-england-patriots-deflated-balls/story?id=28322679 \|title=Deflategate: NFL Probing Whether New England Patriots Used Deflated Balls \|date=January 19, 2015\|work=ABC News}} {{cite web \| url=http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/24981262/report-nfl-finds-11-footballs-were-under-inflated-in-afc-championship-game \| title=Report: NFL finds 11 footballs were under-inflated in AFC title game \| publisher=CBSSports.com \| date=January 20, 2015 \| access-date=January 21, 2015 \| author=Dubin, Jared}} {{cite news \|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/deflate-gate-england-patriots-coach-team-cooperate-probers/story?id=28330108 \|title=Deflate-Gate: New England Patriots Coach Says Team Will Cooperate With Probers \|date=January 19, 2015\|work=ABC News}} {{cite news \|url=http://nesn.com/2015/01/reports-dqwell-jacksons-interception-sparked-deflated-ball-controversy/ \|title=Reports: D'Qwell Jackson's Interception Sparked Deflated Ball Controversy \|date=January 20, 2015\|publisher=NESN}} {{cite web\|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/tom-brady-suspended-4-games-plans-to-appeal-0ap3000000492185\|title=Brady suspended 4 games; Patriots forfeit 2016 first rounder\|work=NFL.com\|first=Gregg\|last= Rosenthal \|date=May 11, 2015\|access-date=May 11, 2015}}
Doorgate	2024	During a World Snooker Championship match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stuart Bingham at the Crucible, a door was left open allowing spectators to enter. O'Sullivan complained that this was distracting him and refused to take the shot until the doors had been closed so no one could come in. Dubbed "Doorgate" by former snooker player Steve Davis.	{{Cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/videos/cw07wrl842go \|title=O'Sullivan's 'Doorgate' drama has BBC studio in hysterics \|date=May 2, 2024 \|publisher=BBC Sport \|accessdate=2024-05-02}}
Dronegate	2024	An official with the Canada women's national soccer team was caught using drone surveillance to spy on the New Zealand team ahead of their match in the 2024 Summer Olympics	{{cite news \|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/soccer/article/former-canada-soccer-coach-john-herdman-denies-involvement-in-drone-usage/ \|title=Former Canada Soccer coach John Herdman denies involvement in drone usage\|date=July 26, 2024 \|publisher=Sportsnet}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-dronegate-why-canadas-players-shouldnt-be-punished-in-ugly-affair-as-new-zealand-push-for-heavier-sanctions-michael-burgess/ZIPDOUXS5RBWRBKGAAEVNOZUMQ/ \|title=Olympics 2024: Dronegate — Why Canada's players shouldn't be punished in ugly affair, as New Zealand push for heavier sanctions — Michael Burgess\|date=July 26, 2024 \|publisher=New Zealand Herald}}
FIFA-gate	2015	A case of corruption and money laundering by officials and associates connected with FIFA, the governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer.	{{cite news \|url=http://www.euronews.com/2015/06/17/fifagate-swiss-investigators-look-into-53-cases-of-possible-money-laundering/ \|title=Fifagate: Swiss investigators look into 53 cases of possible money laundering \|date=June 17, 2015 \|publisher=Euronews}}
Grannygate	2006	A rugby league scandal involving New Zealand players, their family history and therefore their eligibility for the national team. The term was most recently invoked in the 2006 Rugby League Tri-Nations series, in which New Zealand was penalized for fielding hooker Nathan Fien despite his ineligibility.	{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/rugby_union/752625.stm \|title='Grannygate' comes to a close \|date=May 17, 2000 \|work=BBC News}}
Helmetgate (1)	2019	At the start of the 2019-2020 NFL season, Antonio Brown's helmet was considered too old to be used. Brown initially refused to give up his old helmet and got into a prolific dispute with the Oakland Raiders. After losing two grievances with the NFL, Brown eventually gave in and wore an approved helmet.	{{cite news \|title=Raiders' Antonio Brown picks new helmet for NFL season after long saga \|url=https://www.nbcsportsbayarea.com/nfl/raiders-antonio-brown-picks-new-helmet-for-nfl-season-after-long-saga/1325499/ \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=NBC Sports Bay Area}}
Helmetgate (2)	2019	During the Week 11 game between the Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers, a brawl broke out where Browns defensive end Myles Garrett removed Steelers Quarterback Mason Rudolph's helmet and struck him in the head with it. Garrett was later suspended indefinitely and eventually reinstated after a meeting with the commissioner's office during the offseason.	{{cite news \|title=Was the NFL's 'Helmetgate' the dumbest sports story of the year? \|url=https://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/lifestyles/was-the-nfls-helmetgate-the-dumbest-sports-story-of-the-year/article_9d433a84-4635-5a9c-bbbc-41d980d8afcd.html \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=New Castle News}}{{cite news \|title=Myles Garrett reinstated after indefinite suspension \|url=https://www.nfl.com/news/myles-garrett-reinstated-after-indefinite-suspension-0ap3000001101817 \|access-date=18 February 2025 \|work=NFL}}
Homeworkgate	2013	Used to describe a controversial sequence of events that took place during the Australian cricket tour of India in 2013.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/22278797 \|title=Return of the Aussie veterans \|publisher=M.bbc.co.uk \|date=April 24, 2013 \|access-date=December 24, 2013}}{{cite news\|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-19/top-stories/37842956_1_senior-players-australian-cricket-shane-watson \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728074730/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-03-19/top-stories/37842956_1_senior-players-australian-cricket-shane-watson \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=July 28, 2013 \|title=Put my neck on line: Arthur on 'homework-gate' \|date=March 19, 2013 \|work=The Times of India \|access-date=December 24, 2013}}
Indygate	2005	Seven Formula One teams pull out of the 2005 United States Grand Prix at Indianapolis Motor Speedway ("Indy") following tyre failures and the inability to come to a compromise with the FIA.	{{cite web \|title='Indygate' lawsuit dismissed \|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=36315 \|accessdate=March 25, 2007 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060702051631/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=36315 \|archive-date=July 2, 2006 }}
Liegate \|2009 \|Allegations of Lewis Hamilton lying to stewards at the 2009 Australian Grand Prix, where Hamilton and McLaren told stewards another driver passed him under the Safety car illegally when McLaren had ordered Hamilton to let the other driver pass. \|{{Cite web \|date=2009-04-29 \|title=McLaren handed suspended ban over 'lie-gate' scandal as Lewis Hamilton avoids further punishment \|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/mclaren-handed-suspended-ban-over-1020458 \|access-date=2023-06-22 \|work=Daily Record \|language=en}}
Lleytgate	2008	The sixth day of the 2008 Australian Open featured a long, five-set match between World No. 1 Roger Federer and Janko Tipsarević, which extended into the evening session of the day, and thus delayed it by more than two hours. As a result, the scheduled second match of the session between Lleyton Hewitt and Marcos Baghdatis did not start until just before midnight Australian time, and the match, which also lasted five sets, did not finish until 4:33am local time. The second match had been delayed initially as a match between Venus Williams and Sania Mirza had to be played out first, as per the schedule.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/tennis/open-struggle-to-get-timing-right/2008/01/20/1200764081729.html \|title=Open struggle to get timing right – Tennis – Sport \|publisher=smh.com.au \|date=January 20, 2008 \|access-date=September 26, 2013}}
Lochtegate	2016	Scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While initial news stories reported that Lochte and three other US swimmers had been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio, later details emerged that the "armed robbers posing as police" were actually security guards at a gas station where the swimmers had urinated outside the bathroom and Lochte allegedly vandalized a framed poster, and ended with the swimmers providing money to the guards. Some of the swimmers were detained in Brazil as witnesses. Ultimately, the athletes each released statements, and one swimmer paid a fine of approximately $10,800 to a Brazilian charity in order to get his passport back. Lochte apologized for not being more candid about the gas station dispute, and subsequently lost four major sponsorships. \| {{cite web\|author1=Alex Butler\|date=August 20, 2016\|title=#LochteGate: Gunnar Bentz gives statement, says Ryan Lochte damaged gas station\|url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2016/08/20/LochteGate-Gunnar-Bentz-gives-statement-says-Ryan-Lochte-damaged-gas-station/7371471712215\|access-date=August 25, 2016\|publisher=UPI}} {{cite web\|author1=Scott Eric Kaufman\|date=August 20, 2016\|title=#LochteGate explained: Everything we know about U.S. Olympic swimmers alleged robbery, so far\|url=http://www.salon.com/2016/08/18/lochtegate-explained-everything-we-know-about-u-s-olympic-swimmers-alleged-robbery-so-far/\|access-date=August 25, 2016\|work=Salon}} {{cite magazine\|author1=Cady Lang\|date=August 19, 2016\|title=These Are the Best Memes of the 2016 Rio Olympics\|magazine=Time \|publisher=Time\|url=https://time.com/4456849/rio-2016-best-olympics-memes/\|access-date=August 25, 2016}} {{cite web\|date=August 22, 2016\|title=Billy Bush on Lochtegate: I played 'devil's advocate' to Al Roker in debate\|url=http://www.today.com/video/billy-bush-on-lochtegate-i-played-devil-s-advocate-to-al-roker-in-debate-748473923884\|access-date=August 25, 2016\|work=Today}} {{cite web\|date=August 18, 2016\|title=#Lochtegate\|url=http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/lochtegate-746993731763\|access-date=August 25, 2016\|work=MSNBC}}
Moggigate	2006	Football clubs of Italian Serie A were involved in a referee appointment scandal, named after Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi.	{{cite web\|url=http://archivo.marca.com/reportajes/futbol/2007/internacional/juventus/moggigate.html\|title=Reportaje · Marca.com\|work=marca.com\|access-date=July 14, 2015}}
Monkeygate \|2008 \|During the verbal altercation between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh in the second Test between India and Australia in Sydney in 2008, the off-spinner allegedly hurled a racist abuse at Symonds, referring to him as a 'Monkey'. \| {{cite news \| title= Tendulkar throws light on 'monkeygate' scandal. \|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/tendulkar-throws-light-on-monkeygate-scandal/article6568380.ece \| work = The Hindu \|date=November 6, 2014 \|access-date= December 10, 2016}} {{Cite web\|last=Suresh\|first=Anirudh \|date=April 23, 2020 \|title=The 'Monkeygate' scandal explained \|url=https://sportscafe.in/cricket/articles/2020/apr/23/the-monkeygate-scandal-explained \|access-date=May 17, 2021 \|work=SportsCafe\|language=en}} {{Cite web\|title=Ponting: Monkeygate lowest point of my captaincy\|url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/ricky-ponting-monkeygate-harbhajan-singh-andrew-symonds-ashes-2005-sky-sports-podcast/article31097450.ece\|access-date=May 17, 2021 \|work=Sportstar\|date=March 18, 2020 }} {{Cite web \|date=January 7, 2021 \|title=12 years of Monkeygate: The IND vs AUS Sydney Test that erupted into a courtroom battle \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/monkeygate-the-scg-test-that-erupted-into-a-courtroom-battle-7134953/\|access-date=May 17, 2021 \|work=The Indian Express\|language=en}} {{Cite web\|date=Aug 2, 2020 \|title=Felt Harbhajan was wronged: Kumble on Monkeygate \|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/sport/cricket/felt-harbhajan-was-wronged-kumble-on-monkeygate/articleshow/77309892.cms\|access-date=May 17, 2021 \|work=Mumbai Mirror}} {{Cite web \|date=November 2, 2018\|title=Andrew Symonds reveals how Monkeygate led to his alcohol abuse and 'downhill slide'\|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/andrew-symonds-monkeygate-harbhajan-singh-india-vs-australia-sydney-test-2008-1380993-2018-11-02\|access-date=May 17, 2021 \|work=India Today}} {{Cite web\|date=November 8, 2014 \|title=Allan Border: new book sheds light on Cricket Australia's role in 'Monkeygate' \|work=Fox Sports\|url=https://heraldsun.com.au/sport/cricket/allan-border-new-book-sheds-light-on-cricket-australias-role-in-monkeygate/news-story/6383cc7fadd786e12964b47ac392827d \|access-date=May 17, 2021 }}
Napgate	2010	In May 2010, Ken Griffey Jr., who played for Major League Baseball (MLB)'s Seattle Mariners, was asleep in the clubhouse according to two teammates. Griffey did not deny being asleep and retired one month later.	{{cite news\|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/columns/story?columnist=stark_jayson&page=rumblings100513 \|title=Scripting Griffey's final chapter \|last=Stark \|first=Jayson \|work=ESPN.com \|date=May 13, 2010 \|access-date=February 24, 2013}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/sports/moore/article/Departing-Sweeney-sheds-little-light-on-M-s-woes-899995.php \|title=Departing Sweeney sheds little light on M's woes \|last=Moore \|first=Jim \|publisher=Seattle PI \|date=August 4, 2010 \|access-date=February 24, 2013}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/news/story?id=5249125 \|title=Wakamatsu benched Griffey last month \|work=ESPN.com \|date=June 4, 2010 \|access-date=February 24, 2013}}
Piegate	2017	During Sutton United's 0–2 loss to Arsenal in the 2016–17 FA Cup, Sutton United's goalkeeper Wayne Shaw knowingly ate a pasty while sitting on the bench after learning of a betting company offering 8–1 odds against him eating pie during the game. Shaw defended himself by saying he did it in response to fans chanting "Who ate all the pies?" Shaw resigned from Sutton United soon after, and was fined £375 and banned for two months by the FA.	{{cite web\|title=Wayne Shaw:Pie-eating keeper is charged twice by FA\|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/40607213\|work=BBC Sport\|access-date=June 11, 2019\|date=July 14, 2017}}
Pizzagate (also known as the "Battle of the Buffet")	2004	Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson was assaulted with a slice of pizza by an unnamed opposition player following a tumultuous league game against Arsenal. Former Arsenal player Cesc Fàbregas later admitted to throwing the pizza in 2017.	{{cite news \|title=FA acts after Old Trafford battle \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/3950373.stm \|publisher=BBC Sport \|date=October 25, 2004 \|access-date=November 17, 2007 }}{{cite news \|title = Cesc Fabregas confirms he threw pizza at Sir Alex Ferguson during 2004 'Battle of the Buffet'\|url=http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11670/11067044/cesc-fabregas-confirms-he-threw-pizza-at-sir-alex-ferguson-during-2004-battle-of-the-buffet \|publisher=Sky Sports}}
Sandpapergate	2018	Ball tampering scandal involving the men's Australian national cricket team during their 2017–18 tour of South Africa. During the third Test, Cameron Bancroft was revealed by television cameras to have rubbed the cricket ball with sandpaper, with the intent to make it swing in flight. Cricket Australia later banned captain Steve Smith and vice-captain David Warner from all international and domestic cricket for one year for their roles in the scandal, while Bancroft received a nine-month ban. Although not involved, Australia coach Darren Lehmann resigned after the fourth Test.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/cameron-bancroft-steve-smith-ball-tampering-umpires-tape-pockets-australia-cape-town-video/2018-03-25 \|title=Australia own up to ball tampering \|access-date=May 4, 2019 \|work=Cricket Australia}}{{cite web\|title=Cricket Australia Statement on investigation\|url=http://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/media/media-releases/cricket-australia-statement-update/2018-03-28\|work=Cricket Australia\|access-date=May 4, 2019\|archive-date=May 4, 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504091206/https://www.cricketaustralia.com.au/media/media-releases/cricket-australia-statement-update/2018-03-28\|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.cricket.com.au/news/darren-lehmann-steps-down-resigns-australia-cricket-head-coach-ball-tampering-scandal/2018-03-29 \|title=Lehmann announces shock resignation \|access-date=May 4, 2019 \|work=cricket.com.au}}
Seatgate	2011	Referring to the scandal over 800 ticketed fans who were denied seats at Super Bowl XLV due to Fire Officials' regulations.	{{cite news \|title=Behind the Super Bowl Spin: The Depressing, Dangerous Stories of Seatgate \|publisher=TIME Newsfeed \|date=February 6, 2011 \|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/09/super-bowl-nfl-seatgate-controversy/}}
Shouldergate	1978	A controversy that arose in June 1978 when the Pittsburgh Steelers were found to have practiced in shoulder pads during an off-season period in which such drills were not allowed under NFL rules. The team was stripped of its third-round selection in the 1979 NFL draft as a penalty.	{{cite news\|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=rzIcAAAAIBAJ&dq=john-clayton&pg=6910%2C207658\|title=Steelers' Secret Slips Out\|last=Clayton\|first=John\|date=June 1, 1978\|publisher=Pittsburgh Press\|pages=C-10\|access-date=April 2, 2010}}
Sirengate	2006	A controversial match in Australian rules football when the umpire failed to hear the final siren, allowing St Kilda to score an extra point and draw the match. Four days later, the Australian Football League overturned the result and awarded the match to Fremantle.	{{cite news\|url=http://www.aurorastadiumlaunceston.com.au/content/view/25/40/ \|title=Sirengate \|publisher=www.aurorastadiumlaunceston.com.au \|access-date=July 5, 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531093945/http://www.aurorastadiumlaunceston.com.au/content/view/25/40/ \|archive-date=May 31, 2008 }}
Skategate	2002	During the pairs competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, controversy brewed when Canadian skaters Jamie Salé and David Pelletier were denied the gold medal despite a clean long program while Russian pair Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won the title despite making several mistakes, causing an uproar from both the Canadian and American media. It was later revealed that French judge Marie-Reine Le Gougne had been pressured by Didier Gailhaguet, the head of the French skating federation into voting for the Russians in the pairs competition in exchange for the Russians voting for the French team in the ice dance competition. As a result, Le Gougne was suspended by the ISU for 3 years and her marks for the long program were thrown out, resulting in a 4–4 split decision. The IOC then decided to upgrade the Canadians' silver to gold, and a second medal ceremony was held with both the Russian and Canadian pairs attending.	{{cite web\|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/3027011/Judge-suspended-after-Skategate-scandal.html\|title=Judge suspended after 'Skategate' scandal\|date=May 1, 2002\|access-date=September 19, 2017\|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}
Sonicsgate	2009	The controversial relocation of the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Seattle SuperSonics to Oklahoma City. The creators of the Webby Award-winning 2009 documentary Sonicsgate coined this term as the title of their film and video series, which soon became synonymous with the scandal as the definitive historical document on the topic.	Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/s9Dp20ydm1E Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20100327022453/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dp20ydm1E Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9Dp20ydm1E \|title=SONICSGATE Online Director's Cut – 2009 \|work=YouTube.com \|date=January 22, 2010 \|access-date=July 29, 2013}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web \|url=http://www.sonicsgate.com/press \|title=Press \|work=sonicsgate.com \|access-date=July 29, 2013 \|archive-date=September 30, 2013 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930043035/http://www.sonicsgate.com/press/ \|url-status=dead }}
Spingate	2013	Near the end of the 2013 Federated Auto Parts 400 race in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at Richmond International Raceway on September 7, 2013, team orders became an issue in order to ensure certain drivers would make the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Michael Waltrip Racing driver Clint Bowyer spun in turn 4 on lap 393 of 400 to bring out a caution while Michael Waltrip Racing's general manager and vice president Ty Norris ordered Brian Vickers to pit, both in an attempt to help Michael Waltrip Racing driver Martin Truex Jr. make the Chase over Ryan Newman, who was leading the race before the caution caused by Bowyer. Carl Edwards won the race and Truex made the Chase while Newman did not. A few days after the race, Michael Waltrip Racing was fined $300,000 while Bowyer and Truex both lost 50 points, enough to knock Truex out of the Chase and allow Newman to make it. In addition, it was determined that Penske Racing and Front Row Motorsports collaborated to have Front Row Motorsports driver David Gilliland give up track position to ensure Penske Racing driver Joey Logano made the Chase at the expense of Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon, who was subsequently added as a 13th Chase driver.	{{cite news\|last=Fryer\|first=Jenna\|title=SpinGate: NASCAR Credibility Crisis Began After Clint Bowyer Spun Out At Richmond\|agency=Associated Press\|work=HuffPost Sports\|date=September 16, 2013\|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/16/nascar-spingate-clint-bowyer-spun_n_3937392.html\|access-date=February 1, 2015}}
Spygate (1) (also known as Stepneygate)	2007	Allegations of espionage in Formula One racing carried out by members of the McLaren team against the Ferrari team in 2007. The documents taken were given to the team by Ferrari factory worker Nigel Stepney. After unrelated events at the 2007 Hungarian Grand Prix launched an investigation, McLaren were disqualified from the Constructors' Championship and fined $100,000,000, however the drivers were not punished.	{{cite news\|author=David Tremayne\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/motor-racing/relief-for-mclaren-as-fia-draws-a-line-under-spy-scandal-765945.html?origin=internalSearch\|title=Relief for McLaren as FIA draws a line under spy scandal\|date=December 19, 2007\|work=The Independent\|access-date=December 29, 2013\|location=London}}{{cite news \|author=Kevin Garside \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/columnists/kevingarside/2293161/Ron-Dennis-defiant-over-Spygate.html \|title=Ron Dennis defiant over 'Spygate' \|work=Daily Telegraph \|date=March 1, 2008 \|access-date=December 29, 2013 \|location=London}}{{Cite news \|last=Spurgeon \|first=Brad \|date=2007-09-13 \|title=McLaren fined $100 million in Formula One spying scandal \|language=en-US \|work=The New York Times \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/13/sports/13iht-prix.5.7500107.html \|access-date=2023-06-22 \|issn=0362-4331}}
Spygate (2)	2007	The scandal involving the New England Patriots' videotaping of the New York Jets defensive signals during a 2007 NFL game.	{{cite web\|title=Timeline of events and disclosures during Spygate saga\|url=https://www.espn.com/nfl/news/story?id=3392047\|work=ESPN\|date=May 12, 2008 \|access-date=December 17, 2014}}
Spygate (3)	2017	The scandal involving the Houston Astros using technology to steal signs from their opponents using a video camera hidden in center field during the 2017 season in which the Astros won the World Series.	{{cite web\|title=Houston Astros May Have Been Caught In 'Spygate' Cheating Scandal In ALCS, 'Metro' Reports\|url=https://www.inquisitr.com/5119623/houston-astros-spygate-cheating-scandal/\|work=Inquisitr\|date=October 17, 2018\|access-date=October 17, 2018}}
Stickygate	2021	The 2021 pitch doctoring controversy in Major League Baseball, referring to the sticky substances used by pitchers to enhance grip and spin.	{{Cite web \|last=Phillips\|first=Chris\|date=January 21, 2021 \|title=Seattle Mariners pitcher Keynan Middleton caught in "Stickygate"\|url=https://pacificnwsports.com/seattle-mariners-keynan-middleton-stickygate/ \|access-date=August 17, 2021 \|work=Pacific Northwest Sports\|language=en-US}}
Strippergate	2015	In October 2015, Katina Powell, a self-described former madam, published a book in which she charged that former University of Louisville men's basketball staffer Andre McGee had paid her $10,000 over a four-year period, during which the Cardinals won a national title, to provide strippers and prostitutes for players and recruits.{{cite news\|url=http://www.kentucky.com/sports/college/mens-basketball/article109362307.html \|title=NCAA accuses Louisville, Pitino of violations in escort case \|first=Gary \|last=Graves \|agency=Associated Press \|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader \|date=October 20, 2016 \|access-date=February 4, 2018}} In June 2017, the NCAA announced major penalties that, after a failed appeal by Louisville, forced the Cardinals to vacate their 2013 national title.{{cite news\|url=https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/22513517/ncaa-denies-louisville-appeal-rules-cardinals-vacate-2013-national-title \|title=NCAA denies Louisville's appeal, rules Cardinals must vacate 2013 national title \|first=Mark \|last=Schlabach \|author-link=Mark Schlabach \|work=ESPN\|date=February 20, 2018 \|access-date=February 20, 2018}}	{{cite web\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/bdavidridpath/2017/03/26/ncaa-enforcement-is-not-buying-what-pitino-and-louisville-are-saying/#69a5df4049e1 \|title=NCAA Enforcement Is Not Buying What Pitino and Louisville Are Saying \|first=B. David \|last=Ridpath \|work=Forbes \|date=March 26, 2017 \|access-date=February 4, 2018 \|quote=The ongoing Louisville "Strippergate" major NCAA investigation was back in the news this week as the NCAA Enforcement Staff fired back at the University of Louisville's and head men's basketball coach Rick Pitino.}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.kentucky.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/john-clay/article175775206.html \|title=The end for Rick Pitino is one we could have never seen coming \|first=John \|last=Clay \|newspaper=Lexington Herald-Leader \|date=September 27, 2017 \|access-date=February 4, 2018 \|quote=And yet the cumulative effect of sordid events, from the Karen Sypher extortion case to "Strippergate" to the possibility of Louisville becoming the first school forced to take down a championship banner to the most recent allegations of recruiting violations by a staff member, became far too much to bear.}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.espn.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/21710106/louisville-athletic-director-tom-jurich-leveraged-big-deals-build-university-sports-powerhouse-only-watch-burn-amid-charges-excess \|title=How a midlevel school became The University of Adidas at Louisville \|first1=Steve \|last1=Fainaru \|first2=Mark \|last2=Fainaru-Wada \|work=ESPN\|date=December 10, 2017 \|access-date=February 4, 2018 \|quote=[Tom] Jurich refused to fire Pitino despite a string of public embarrassments, including Pitino's affair with a woman who was later sent to prison for trying to extort him, and "Strippergate", in which a Pitino assistant coach, over a period of four years, brought in dancers and prostitutes to entertain recruits at a university dorm.}}
Tattoogate	2011	In May 2011, Jim Tressel, the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes football team, resigned amid allegations that he lied in order to cover up activities, including tattoos, undertaken in violation of NCAA rules by players he was coaching.	{{cite web\|last1=Bradley\|first1=Thomas\|title=Breaking it down: 'Tattoo-Gate' scandal costs Ohio State almost $8M \|url=http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-network-top-ten/0ap2000000113877/Top-Ten-Controversial-Calls-Bottle-gate\|work=The Lantern\|access-date=December 17, 2014\|date=June 3, 2012}}{{cite web\|last1=Groves\|first1=Roger \|title=Top 10 Lessons From Ohio State's Tattoo-Gate\|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sportsmoney/2011/12/21/top-10-lessons-from-ohio-states-tattoo-gate/\|work=Forbes\|access-date=December 17, 2014\|date=December 21, 2011}}{{cite magazine\|last1=Axson\|first1=Scooby\|title=Former Ohio State president Gordon Gee on Tattoogate: 'I think everyone won'\|url=https://www.si.com/si-wire/2014/06/04/former-ohio-state-gordon-gee-speaks-on-tattoogate\|magazine=Sports Illustrated\|access-date=December 17, 2014\|date=June 4, 2014}}
Tigergate	2010	A series of alleged and admitted marital infidelities by golf superstar Tiger Woods.	{{cite news\|title=Tiger Woods confessed to cheating with 120 women while married: Report\|url=https://vancouversun.com/sports/Golf+Tiger+Woods+reportedly+confessed+cheating+with+women+while+married/2967214/story.html\|access-date=May 30, 2010\|newspaper=Vancouver Sun\|date=April 30, 2010\|archive-date=June 3, 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100603062113/http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/Golf+Tiger+Woods+reportedly+confessed+cheating+with+women+while+married/2967214/story.html\|url-status=dead}}
Toiletgate	2006	The allegations by Veselin Topalov and his manager Silvio Danailov during the World Chess Championship 2006 that Topalov's opponent Vladimir Kramnik was visiting the toilet suspiciously frequently during games. The allegations were never proven, and were widely viewed within the international chess playing community as an act of gamesmanship on the part of Topalov and Danailov, attempting to distract Kramnik at a time when he was ahead in the match.	[http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=3397 GMs support Vladimir Kramnik], Chessbase, October 3, 2006
Tripgate	2010	During a December 11, 2010 NFL game between the New York Jets and Miami Dolphins, the Jets' strength and conditioning coach Sal Alosi tripped Dolphins gunner Nolan Carroll as he ran down the Jets sideline. The Jets suspended Alosi indefinitely for setting up a "wall" on the sideline and claimed that "he acted alone in doing so".	{{cite web \|url=https://www.espn.com/new-york/nfl/columns/story?columnist=cimini_rich&id=5924363 \|title=New York Jets coach Sal Alosi acted alone? Not buying it – ESPN New York \|author=Rich Cimini \|date=December 16, 2010 \|publisher=ESPN \|access-date=December 16, 2010}}
Tyregate/Pirelligate	2013	allegations against F1 tyre supplier Pirelli and Mercedes carrying out illegal tyre testing during June 2013 followed by a series of tyre failures during the 2013 British Grand Prix. \|
Jeansgate \|2024 \|During the 2024 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship, Norwegian grandmaster and defending champion Magnus Carlsen was handed a $200 fine for wearing jeans, which violated FIDE's dress code. He was given an ultimatum to either change or not be paired in round 9 of the tournament, but wouldn't be disqualified or be unpaired for the remaining rounds. However, Carlsen decided to resign from the tournament, which would have meant resigning from the following World Blitz Championship a few days later as well. On the 29th of December 2024, one day before the Blitz Championship, Carlsen and FIDE confirmed that he would still participate in this tournament, with FIDE giving him the green light to play with jeans. \|{{Cite web \|last=Levin (AnthonyLevin) \|first=Anthony \|date=2024-12-27 \|title=Carlsen Quits Rapid World Championship; Murzin, Duda, Arjun, Grischuk Lead Open \|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/2024-fide-world-rapid-chess-championship-day-2 \|access-date=2025-06-14 \|website=Chess.com \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|last=Svensen (TarjeiJS) \|first=Tarjei J. \|date=2024-12-29 \|title=Magnus Carlsen Makes U-Turn, Confirms World Blitz Participation With Jeans Approval \|url=https://www.chess.com/news/view/breaking-magnus-carlsen-makes-u-turn-confirms-world-blitz-championship-participation \|access-date=2025-06-14 \|website=Chess.com \|language=en-US}}{{Cite web \|title=Magnus Carlsen and the Jeans That Broke Chess \|url=https://www.worldchess.com/ilya-merenzons-blog/magnus-carlsen-and-the-jeans-that-broke-chess \|access-date=2025-06-14 \|website=World Chess (LSE:CHSS) \|language=en-US}}

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Name	Year	Description	Country	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
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Antennagate (also known as Gripgate)	2010	The name the media applied to the controversy over the Apple iPhone 4's antenna after initial users complained of dropped calls and Consumer Reports would not recommend it.	United States	{{cite web\|url=http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Antennagate \|title=Antennagate definition of Antennagate in the Free Online Encyclopedia \|publisher=Encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com \|access-date=July 23, 2012}} {{cite web\|url=http://www.answers.com/topic/antennagate \|title=Antennagate: Information from \|publisher=Answers.com \|access-date=July 23, 2012}} {{cite web \|last=Schofield \|first=Jack \|url=http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/antennagate-its-time-for-apple-to-behave-different-10018219/ \|title=Antennagate: it's time for Apple to Behave Different \|publisher=ZDNet \|date=August 10, 2010 \|access-date=July 23, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=December 14, 2011 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214115638/http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/jacks-blog-10017212/antennagate-its-time-for-apple-to-behave-different-10018219/}} {{cite web\|author=Asavin Wattanajantra \|url=http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1725887/apple-stops-bashing-rivals-antennagate \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805053650/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1725887/apple-stops-bashing-rivals-antennagate \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=August 5, 2010 \|title=Apple stops bashing rivals over antennagate \|publisher=The Inquirer \|date=August 2, 2010 \|access-date=July 23, 2012}} {{cite web\|url=https://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/07/30/pa_consulting_group_iphone_4_tests/ \|title=Boffins authenticate Apple 'Antennagate' Judas Phone 'death grip' proven fatal \|author=Rik Myslewski \|publisher=The Register \|date=July 30, 2010 \|access-date=July 29, 2013}}
Audiblegate	2020	The controversy around Audible secretly deducting costs of audiobook returns from rights holders even though the listener had already listened to it before returning it.	Worldwide	{{cite web\|url= https://www.allianceindependentauthors.org/audible-campaign/ \|title= Audiblegate Campaign: Fair Deal for Rights Holders \|publisher=Alliance of Independent Authors }}
Batterygate	2016	Involves the implementation of performance controls on older models of Apple's iPhone line in order to preserve system stability on degraded batteries.	Worldwide
Bendgate	2014	Numerous people reported bent Apple iPhone 6 Plus phones, which was later reported on by Consumer Reports.	United States	{{cite news\|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-replacing-bent-iphone-6-2014-9\|title=Apple Will Start Replacing Bent iPhones\|work=Business Insider\|date=September 25, 2014\|access-date=September 25, 2014}}{{cite news\|url=http://www.computerbild.de/artikel/cb-News-Handy-Apple-boycotts-COMPUTER-BILD-An-open-letter-to-Tim-Cook-10953399.html\|title=Apple boycotts Computer Bild: An open letter to Tim Cook\|work=Computer Bild\|date=September 29, 2014\|access-date=September 29, 2014}}
Bumpgate \|2008 \|Nvidia Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) chips experienced high failure rates because a design flaw lead to cracked solder bumps \|Worldwide \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004378/why-nvidia-chips-defective\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520152257/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1004378/why-nvidia-chips-defective\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=May 20, 2009\|title=Why Nvidia's chips are defective\|date=September 1, 2008\|work=TheINQUIRER\|language=en\|access-date=December 15, 2018}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1736698/nvidia-settles-bumpgate-class-action-lawsuit\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004114517/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1736698/nvidia-settles-bumpgate-class-action-lawsuit\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=October 4, 2010\|title=Nvidia settles Bumpgate class action lawsuit\|date=October 1, 2010\|work=TheINQUIRER\|language=en\|access-date=December 15, 2018}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.semiaccurate.com/2009/08/21/nvidia-finally-understands-bumpgate/\|title=Nvidia finally understands bumpgate\|date=August 21, 2009\|work=SemiAccurate\|language=en-US\|access-date=December 15, 2018}}
Chipgate	2015	Apple used two different kinds of processors in the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus, one made by Samsung and the other by TSMC, with the Samsung one running hotter and using more power.	United States
Dieselgate (or Emissionsgate)	2015	International Council on Clean Transportation and West Virginia University caught Volkswagen cheating on emissions tests on about 11 million diesel cars by programming them to enable emissions controls during testing, but not control {{NOx}} pollution during real world driving	Worldwide	{{cite web \|url=https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a883dc3da7094f97852572a00065d7d8/dfc8e33b5ab162b985257ec40057813b \|title=EPA, California Notify Volkswagen of Clean Air Act Violations / Carmaker allegedly used software that circumvents emissions testing for certain air pollutants \|publisher=EPA \|location=US \|date=September 18, 2015 \|access-date=July 1, 2016 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302172909/https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/a883dc3da7094f97852572a00065d7d8/dfc8e33b5ab162b985257ec40057813b \|archive-date=March 2, 2017 }}{{cite news\|last1=Jordans\|first1=Frank \|title=EPA: Volkswagon [sic] Thwarted Pollution Regulations For 7 Years\|url=http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2015/09/21/epa-volkswagon-thwarted-pollution-regulations-for-7-years/\|access-date=September 24, 2015\|agency=Associated Press\|publisher=CBS Detroit \|date=September 21, 2015}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/23/business/international/volkswagen-diesel-car-scandal.html\| first=Jack \|last=Ewing \|title=Volkswagen Says 11 Million Cars Worldwide Are Affected in Diesel Deception\|newspaper=The New York Times\|date=September 22, 2015\|access-date=September 22, 2015}}
Donglegate	2013	At a Python Conference, a misinterpretation of the words "dongle" and "forking" led to two people being fired and a DDoS attack.	United States	{{cite web\|first1=Ken\|last1=Fisher\|access-date=April 3, 2021\|title="Donglegate" is classic overreaction—and everyone pays\|url=https://arstechnica.com/staff/2013/03/donglegate-is-classic-overreaction-and-everyone-pays/\|date=March 21, 2013\|work=Ars Technica}}{{cite web\|first1=Tasneem\|last1=Raja\|first2=Dana\|last2=Liebelson\|access-date=April 3, 2021\|title=Donglegate: How One Brogrammer's Sexist Joke Led to Death Threats and Firings\|url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/03/pycon-2013-sexism-dongle-richards/}}
Flexgate \|2019 \|Some of Apple's fourth generation MacBook Pro can feature uneven lighting at the bottom of the screen, which looks a bit like a "stage light" effect, and the display can eventually fail entirely after frequent opening and close the lid due to fragile flex cable. \|Worldwide \|{{Cite web\|title='Flexgate' Display Issues Affecting 2016 MacBook Pro and Later\|url=https://www.macrumors.com/guide/flexgate-macbook-pro-display-issue/\|work=MacRumors\|date=May 21, 2019 \|language=en\|access-date=May 24, 2020}}{{Cite web\|title=2018 MacBook Pros Try to Solve Flexgate Without Admitting It Exists\|url=https://www.ifixit.com/News/13979/apples-2018-macbook-pros-attempt-to-solve-flexgate-without-admitting-it-exists\|date=March 5, 2019\|work=iFixit\|language=en\|access-date=May 24, 2020}}
Locationgate \|2011 \|The controversy surrounding the discovery that the Apple iPhone stored location coordinates and timestamps of owner's movements in a hidden file, with a year's worth of location recorded on the phone. Led to multiple class action lawsuits, a US Senate hearing, and a mention on South Park. \|Worldwide \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/apr/20/iphone-tracking-prompts-privacy-fears\|title=iPhone keeps record of everywhere you go\|work=The Guardian \|date=April 20, 2011}}{{Cite web\|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/iphone-locationgate-2011-privacy/\|title=How I Discovered the First Big Mobile Privacy Scandal\|work=VICE\|date=July 19, 2017 }}{{Cite web\|url=https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2011/08/27000-south-korean-iphone-users-suing-apple-over-locationgate/\|title=27,000 South Korean iPhone users suing Apple over "Locationgate"\|date=August 17, 2011}}
MoFi Gate \|2022 \|The controversy within the audiophile and vinyl communities surrounding the discovery that audiophile reissue label Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab was pressing records using digital masters, despite implying in their marketing that they were using all-analogue sources. \|Worldwide \|{{cite web\|title=A different take on the MoFi scandal\|date=August 10, 2022 \|publisher=Darko.Audio\|url=https://darko.audio/2022/08/podcast-40-a-different-take-on-the-mofi-scandal-future-fi-streaming-volatility/\|access-date=August 12, 2022}}{{cite news \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/2022/08/05/mofi-records-analog-digital-scandal/ \|title=How a Phoenix record store owner set the audiophile world on fire \|date=August 5, 2022 \|author1=Geoff Edgers \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|place=Washington, D.C. \|issn=0190-8286 \|oclc=1330888409}}
Notegate	2016	Lithium-ion batteries spontaneously combusting in Samsung's Galaxy Note 7.	Worldwide	{{cite web\|url=https://scottschober.com/notegate-is-a-thing-deal-with-it-samsung/\|title=#NoteGate is a Thing. Deal with it, Samsung.\|date=October 3, 2016\|access-date=November 25, 2018}}
Pengate	2015	Anger over Samsung's design flaw in the Galaxy Note 5 which allows the stylus to be put in backwards. Once the stylus was put in backwards, it got stuck and destroyed the sensors that detected stylus removal.	United States	{{cite web\|url=http://www.slashgear.com/galaxy-note-5s-so-called-pengate-who-should-be-responsible-25399295/ \|title=slashgear.com \|date=August 25, 2015 \|access-date=August 25, 2015}}
Petrikgate	2009–2012	An attempt by the Russian pseudoscientist Viktor Petrik and the politician Boris Gryzlov to get a contract for a massive amount of low quality water filters at an inflated price under the guise of cutting-edge new technology. (see Russian article: Петрикгейт)	Russia
Rapidgate (and Coldgate) \|2018 \|A phenomenon in the rapid charging (DC Fast Charging, Supercharging) of a few electric car models (especially Nissan Leaf 2nd generation) where the charging speed is greatly reduced due to high battery temperatures after the first or second rapid charge. This causes much longer charging stops on long road trips. Most other cars have cooling systems and are not affected. Also, in low temperatures, Lithium Ion batteries would be damaged if charged too fast. Most cars can heat up their battery, either from the grid when plugged in, or even from the battery itself when a charging stop is planned. \|Worldwide \|{{Cite news\|url=https://www.electrive.com/2018/04/08/leaf-drivers-complain-of-rapidgate/\|title=Leaf drivers complain of #rapidgate - electrive.com\|date=April 8, 2018\|work=electrive.com\|access-date=November 17, 2018\|language=en-US}}
Resolutiongate	2013	A controversy about the resolution on the Xbox One console.	Worldwide	{{cite web\|url=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-resolutiongate-the-fallout \| title=Xbox One Resolutiongate: the 720p fallout\| work=Eurogamer\|date=October 31, 2013 \|access-date=December 3, 2015}}
Shirtgate	2014	Matt Taylor, a Rosetta mission project scientist, wore a homemade shirt at an ESA press conference that caused concern.	United States	{{cite journal\|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/11/17/casual_sexism_when_a_shirt_is_more_than_a_shirt.html\|title=When a shirt is more than a shirt\|journal=Slate \|date=November 17, 2014\|last1=Plait \|first1=Phil }}{{cite web\|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/392929/shirtgate-and-common-decency-jonah-goldberg\|title=Shirtgate and Common Decency\|work=National Review\|date=November 19, 2014}}
Staingate	2015	Anger over reports that the anti-reflective coating appeared to be wearing off several Apple MacBook Pros, including mid-2012 to mid-2014 models sold between June 2012 and present.	United States	{{cite web \|url=http://www.staingate.org \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320013341/http://www.staingate.org/ \|url-status=usurped \|archive-date=March 20, 2015 \|title=Staingate.org \|date=March 11, 2015 \|access-date=March 18, 2015 }}{{Unreliable source?\|certain=y\|reason=source is "Staingate" website built to promote the name and idea of the existence of a scandal presenting only personal anecdotes, not reliable journalistic source\|date=September 2015}}{{cite news\|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-33311223\|title=Apple users angered over 'staingate' screen damage\|work=BBC News\|date=July 10, 2015}}
Webcamgate \|2010 \|Lower Merion School District allegedly do surveillance by using student's Apple MacBooks \|United States \|{{Cite web\|url=https://www.pacermonitor.com/view/6LZS7RA/ROBBINS_et_al_v_LOWER_MERION_SCHOOL_DISTRICT_et__paedce-10-00665__0001.0.pdf\|title = PacerMonitor Document View – 2:10-cv-00665 – ROBBINS et al v. LOWER MERION SCHOOL DISTRICT et al, Docket Item 1}}{{Cite web\|url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20101012_Lower_Merion_district_s_laptop_saga_ends_with__610_000_settlement.html\|title = Lower Merion district's laptop saga ends with $610,000 settlement\| date=October 12, 2010 }}

= Other =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Name

!Year

!Description

!{{Abbr|Refs|References}}

Buttergate

|2020–2021

|In February 2021, reports emerged regarding industry-wide changes in the consistency of Canadian-produced butter, which softened at a slower pace at room temperature than before. It was speculated that the increased use of palm oil or palmitic acid in feed by dairy farmers to help meet demand may have had an impact on the resulting butter products.

|{{cite news | title=Baffled Canadians Spread Reports Of 'Hard' Butter | work=NPR | date=February 24, 2021 | url=https://www.npr.org/2021/02/24/971018428/baffled-canadians-spread-reports-of-hard-butter | access-date=February 25, 2021| last1=Bowman | first1=Emma }}{{Cite web|last=Bresge|first=Adina|date=February 25, 2021|title=Dairy farmers lobby asks members to stop using palm as it investigates 'buttergate'|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/dairy-farmers-lobby-asks-members-to-stop-using-palm-as-it-investigates-buttergate-1.5323703|access-date=March 2, 2021|work=CTVNews|language=en}}

Fartgate (United States)

|2019

|In November 2019 US Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) appeared on MSNBC's Hardball, when a fart sound "ripped through the airwaves". Swalwell denied the allegations, writing "It was not me!!!!!" to BuzzFeed News in a text. The show later attempted to explain away the sound, claiming "it was the #hardball mug scraping across the desk".

|{{Cite magazine |title=With #Fartgate, Twitter Was a Gas Once Again |language=en-US |magazine=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/fartgate/ |access-date=2022-12-16 |issn=1059-1028}}{{Cite web |last=Baird |first=Addy |title=A Lawmaker Denied Ripping An Absolutely Enormous Fart On Live Television |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/addybaird/eric-swalwell-denies-fart-msnbc-chris-matthews |access-date=2022-12-16 |work=BuzzFeed News |date=November 19, 2019 |language=en}}

Flossgate

|2016

|A scandal when the 2015 United States Dietary Guidelines for Americans{{cite book |title=2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans |date=December 2015 |publisher=US Department of Health and Human Services and US Department of Agriculture |edition=8 |url=http://health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015/guidelines |access-date=16 January 2021}} did not include a recommendation about flossing.

|{{cite web |title="Flossgate" Controversy: Changes to the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans |url=https://www.dentalcare.com/en-us/professional-education/ce-courses/ce550/flossgate-controversy-changes-to-the-2015-2020-dietary-guidelines-for-americans |work=Dental Care|access-date=16 January 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228042737/https://www.dentalcare.com/en-us/professional-education/ce-courses/ce550/flossgate-controversy-changes-to-the-2015-2020-dietary-guidelines-for-americans |url-status=dead }}

Horsegate (also "Horsemeat-gate")

|2013

|A UK scandal in which it emerged that several large supermarket chains were selling meat containing horse or equine meat while claiming they were "100% beef". Further context to this is that, while horsemeat is mostly fine for human consumption and is eaten in countries throughout Europe and the rest of the world, it is rarely sold on the mainstream UK market and is considered somewhat culturally unacceptable to eat in British society.

|{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2013/feb/15/horsemeat-scandal-the-essential-guide|title=Horsemeat scandal: the essential guide|last=Lawrence|first=Felicity|date=February 15, 2013|work=The Guardian|access-date=January 9, 2018|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}

Monkeygate

|2018

|The controversy after it was revealed that Volkswagen had experimented on monkeys to prove that diesel exhaust was not harmful to primates.

|{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jan/30/vw-suspends-media-chief-monkey-exhaust-tests-diesel-emissions |title=VW suspends media chief amid scandal over fume tests on monkeys |first=Kate |last=Connolly |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=January 30, 2018 |access-date=February 7, 2018}}

Nutellagate

|2013

|A controversy at Columbia University surrounding allegations of widespread Nutella theft that cost the university $5,000 per week.

|{{Cite news|last=Barron|first=James|date=March 7, 2013 |title=On Campus, Costly Target of Brazen Thefts: Nutella|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/07/nyregion/for-columbia-students-nutella-in-a-dining-hall-may-be-too-tempting.html |access-date=August 24, 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}

Nutgate

|2014

|Korean Air vice president Heather Cho, dissatisfied with the way a flight attendant served her nuts on a plane, ordered the aircraft to return to the gate before takeoff, before dismissing the flight attendant and cabin crew chief. She was arrested two months later and charged with interfering with flight safety. The crew members eventually returned to their positions.

|{{Cite news|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-19/korean-air-nut-rage-incident-prompts-higher-fines-in-south-korea/7098290|title=Fines for South Korean air rage incidents now not peanuts|date=January 19, 2016|work=ABC News|access-date=January 9, 2018|language=en-AU}}

Smooshgate

|2018

|A proposal for a JavaScript language feature called Array.prototype.flatten turns out to be Web-incompatible. The proposal author jokingly suggested renaming flatten to smoosh to avoid the compatibility issue. The joke was not clear to everyone, some people started to incorrectly believe that the new name had already been decided, and things escalated quickly.

|{{Cite web|title=#SmooshGate FAQ |url=https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/03/smooshgate |access-date=October 28, 2021 |work=Google Developers|date=March 19, 2018 |language=en}}

Conspiracy theories

These conspiracy theories have been given the -gate suffix by both supporters and critics of them.

Name	Year	Description	Country	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
Italygate	2020–present	Allegations that the 2020 United States presidential election was rigged in Joe Biden's favor by switching votes from Donald Trump to Biden at the US Embassy in Rome.	United States	{{cite news \|last1=Caldera \|first1=Camille \|title=Fact check: Claims of electoral fraud in Rome, dubbed 'ItalyGate,' are baseless \|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2021/01/08/fact-check-italygate-claims-electoral-fraud-rome-baseless/6567335002/ \|work=USA Today \|date=January 8, 2021}}
Kategate	2024	Speculation and gossip concerned with Catherine, Princess of Wales prior to the public announcement of her cancer diagnosis.	United Kingdom	{{cite news \|last1=Cavendish \|first1=Camilla \|title=What 'Kate-Gate' tells us about the Faustian royal pact \|url=https://www.ft.com/content/f38327d0-9a7d-4978-b7d2-36dc9d005f21 \|work=Financial Times}}{{cite news \|last1=Placido \|first1=Dani Di \|title=How Kate Middleton And 'KateGate' Became A Muddle Of Memes \|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/danidiplacido/2024/03/15/the-kate-middleton-story-is-spiraling-out-of-control/?sh=2f82c4246480 \|work=Forbes \|language=en}}
Obamagate \|2020 \|Used by President Donald Trump as a nickname for unsubstantiated claims that his predecessor Barack Obama had spied on his incoming administration. \|United States \|{{Cite news \|last=Pengelly \|first=Martin \|date=2020-05-10 \|title=Trump claims Obama committed 'biggest political crime in American history' \|language=en-GB \|work=The Guardian \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/may/10/trump-obama-biggest-political-american-history-russia-michael-flynn \|access-date=2023-11-16 \|issn=0261-3077}}
Pencilgate	2016	Allegations that the use of pencils in UK voting stations in the lead-up to the EU membership referendum allowed for MI5 to erase the results of Brexit voters. This led to the hashtags #Usepens and #Pencilgate on social media in the UK.	United Kingdom	{{cite news \|last=Etehad \|first=Melissa \|date=June 23, 2016\|title=Pencil or pen? An unusual conspiracy theory grips Brexit vote \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/23/pencil-or-pen-an-unusual-conspiracy-theory-grips-brexit-vote/ \|newspaper=Washington Post \|access-date=December 12, 2019}}{{open access}} {{cite journal \|last1=Dobreva \|first1=Diyana \|last2=Grinnell \|first2=Daniel\|last3=Innes \|first3=Martin \|date=May 6, 2019 \|title=Prophets and Loss: How "Soft Facts" on Social Media Influenced the Brexit Campaign and Social Reactions to the Murder of Jo Cox MP \|journal=Policy & Internet \|volume=12 \|issue=2 \|pages=144–164 \|doi=10.1002/poi3.203 \|doi-access=free }}
Piggate \|2015 \|The name given to the accusation Lord Ashcroft made against British Prime Minister David Cameron, of performing a ritual in which he engaged in sexual acts with a dead pig's head. \|United Kingdom \|{{Cite web \|date=2015-09-21 \|title=From #piggate to #Hameron: how Twitter reacted to David Cameron claims \|url=http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/21/piggate-hameron-twitter-react-david-cameron-pig-head-claims \|access-date=2023-01-01 \|work=The Guardian \|language=en}}
Pizzagate	2016–present	In reference to an alleged child-sex trafficking ring run by high-ranking Democratic Party officials out of the basement of a pizza restaurant.	United States	{{Cite news \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html \|title=Dissecting the #PizzaGate Conspiracy Theories \|first1=Gregor \|last1=Aisch \|last2=Huang \|first2=Jon \|last3=Kang \|first3=Cecilia \|date=December 10, 2016 \|work=The New York Times \|access-date=December 10, 2016 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161210112745/http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/10/business/media/pizzagate.html \|archive-date=December 10, 2016}}
{{anchor\|sharpie-conspiracy}}Sharpiegate (distinguish from the identically named political controversy)	2020	Allegations that the use of marker pens invalidated ballots in the 2020 United States presidential election in the state of Arizona.	United States	{{cite news\|first=Bill\|last=Goodykoontz\|title=How the disproved 'Sharpiegate' conspiracy theory made Arizona a national media punchline\|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/media/2020/11/04/sharpiegate-arizona-media-punchline/6168652002/\|work=The Arizona Republic\|date=November 4, 2020\|access-date=November 11, 2020}}{{cite news\|first1=Rachel\|last1=Leingang\|first2=McKenzie\|last2=Sadeghi\|title=Fact check: Arizona election departments confirm Sharpies can be used on ballots\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2020/11/04/fact-check-sharpiegate-controversy-arizona-false-claim/6164820002/\|work=USA Today\|date=November 4, 2020\|access-date=November 11, 2020}}
Spygate	2018	A conspiracy theory initiated by President Donald Trump in May 2018 that the Obama administration had put a spy in his 2016 presidential campaign for political purposes.	United States	{{cite news \|title=With 'Spygate', Trump Shows How He Uses Conspiracy Theories to Erode Trust \|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/28/us/politics/trump-conspiracy-theories-spygate.html \|date=May 28, 2018 \|last1=Davis \|first1=Julie \|last2=Haberman \|first2=Maggie \|work=The New York Times \|access-date=May 29, 2018 }} {{cite news \|last1=Blake \|first1=Aaron \|title=The No. 1 reason Trump's 'spygate' conspiracy theory doesn't make sense \|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/23/the-no-1-reason-trumps-spygate-conspiracy-theory-doesnt-make-sense/ \|newspaper=The Washington Post \|access-date=June 3, 2018}} {{cite web \|last1=Megerian \|first1=Chris \|last2=Stokols \|first2=Eli \|title=Republicans distance themselves from Trump's 'Spygate' conspiracy theory \|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-spygate-20180530-story.html \|work=Los Angeles Times \|access-date=July 1, 2019 \|date=May 30, 2018}} {{cite web \|title=Trump's 'SpyGate:' Fox News and Republicans Sound the Alarm on President's Dangerous 'Disinformation Campaign' \|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/trump-s-spygate-fox-news-and-gop-fear-president-had-gone-too-far-1.6137030 \|work=Haaretz \|access-date=July 1, 2019 \|date=May 31, 2018}}

In popular culture

The suffix has also been commonly used in the context of popular media, including satirical usage by television pundits and viewers of reality shows.

Name	Year	Description	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
class="wikitable sortable"
Dressgate	2015	Debate over whether a popular photograph depicted a blue-and-black dress or a white-and-gold one.	{{cite web \|url = http://www.bustle.com/articles/66892-what-colors-are-this-dress-white-gold-or-black-blue-the-internet-is-going \|title = What Colors Are This Dress? White & Gold or Black & Blue? The Internet Is Going Insane Trying To Find Out – PHOTO \|first = Anna \|last = Klassen \|publisher = Bustle \|date = 26 February 2015 \|access-date = 27 February 2015 \|archive-date = 21 August 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170821212542/https://www.bustle.com/articles/66892-what-colors-are-this-dress-white-gold-or-black-blue-the-internet-is-going \|url-status = live }}

=Film and television=

Name	Show	Episode	Description	{{Abbr\|Refs\|References}}
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Bingate	The Great British Bake OffBroadcast in the United States as the Great British Baking Show	Series 5, Episode 4: "Desserts"	The ice cream in contestant Iain's baked Alaska did not set and he threw his baked Alaska in the bin and walked off the set. The editing suggested another contestant Diana Beard was responsible for this. Later, when the contestants had to present their bakes to the judges, Iain presented the bin in which he had discarded his baked Alaska. He was eliminated, with the judges saying they couldn't judge him due to him not presenting them with anything to taste.	{{Cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/aug/28/great-british-bake-off-ian-watters-speaks-diana-beard\|title=Great British Bake Off: Iain Watters speaks out as Diana Beard quits\|work=The Guardian\|date=August 28, 2014\|access-date=May 12, 2017}}
Butterflygate	RuPaul's Drag Race	Season 10, Episode 14: "Grand Finale"	Finalist Asia O'Hara attempts a revelation during her lip sync using live butterflies, but it does not go as intended	{{cite news \|last1=Brammer \|first1=John Paul \|title=Asia O'Hara Opens Up About Confronting RuPaul and Life After ButterflyGate \|url=https://www.them.us/story/asia-ohara-drag-race-interview \|work=Them \|date=June 29, 2018 \|quote=It may have been difficult to watch, but ButterflyGate, as it's come to be known online, is unlikely to define Asia.}} {{cite news \|last1=Lee \|first1=Josh \|title=The "RuPaul's Drag Race" finale was a hot mess \|url=https://www.popbuzz.com/tv-film/rupauls-drag-race/finale-recap/ \|work=PopBuzz \|date=June 29, 2018 \|quote=But in truth, Asia's problems started long before butterfly-gate.}} {{cite news \|last1=McGrath \|first1=Rachel \|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Finalist Apologises After Failed Butterfly Stunt \|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rupauls-drag-race-finale-asia-o-hara-spoilers_uk_5b36373de4b007aa2f7f49ed \|work=HuffPost UK \|date=June 29, 2018 \|quote=Aquaria went on to win the final after a three-way lip sync battle for the crown, but to be honest we never truly recovered from butterfly-gate.}} {{cite magazine \|last1=Crowley \|first1=Patrick \|title='Drag Race' Miss Congeniality Monet X Change Dishes on 'All Stars 4' & Asia O'Hara's Butterfly Reveal \|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/pride/8463521/monet-x-change-as4-asia-butterfly-reveal \|magazine=Billboard \|date=June 30, 2018 \|quote=And then she threw the sponge into the audience and we had butterflygate.}}
Clipgate	The Colbert Report		Stephen Colbert's mocking of Fox News Channel's portrayal of the way Barack Obama presented his jobs bill proposal with pages clipped together, rather than bound together.	{{cite news\|url=http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/09/15/clipgate.html#043592a\|title=clipgate\|date=September 15, 2011\|publisher=political Wire\|access-date=September 16, 2011\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924072421/http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/09/15/clipgate.html#043592a\|archive-date=September 24, 2011}}{{cite web\|url=https://www.cc.com/video/thyhg7/the-colbert-report-jobs-bill-clipgate\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210920012641/https://www.cc.com/video/thyhg7/the-colbert-report-jobs-bill-clipgate\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=September 20, 2021\|date=September 14, 2011\|title=Jobs Bill Clipgate}}
Flatgate	The Thick of It		Government minister Hugh Abbot is involved in a scandal surrounding the ownership of a Notting Hill flat – which the press are dubbing "Flatgate", but which Abbot's secretary feels would better be named "Notting Hill Gate gate".	{{cite web \|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ipm/2008/10/gateanswers_as_promiseddrumrol.shtml \|title=iPM: Gate-answers as promised...drumroll please \|publisher=BBC \|date=October 23, 2008 \|access-date=July 23, 2012}}
Kimono-gate	RuPaul's Drag Race	Season 8, Episode 5: "Supermodel Snatch Game"	Half of the remaining queens came out on stage in a kimono, inspired by Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters" video and "Paradise (Not For Me)" for a Madonna-inspired runway.	{{cite web\|last1=Booster\|first1=Joel Kim\|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Season Premiere Recap: Spring Queening\|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/03/rupauls-drag-recap-season-9-episode-1.html\|work=Vulture\|date=March 24, 2017\|quote=Luckily, they all fare pretty well in the second half of the challenge, so we are not treated to a meat-dress rehash of season eight's {{strong\|kimono-gate}}.}}{{cite magazine\|last1=Kressley\|first1=Carson\|title=RuPaul's Drag Race: Snatch Game\|url=https://ew.com/recap/rupauls-drag-race-season-9-episode-6/\|magazine=Entertainment Weekly\|date=April 29, 2017\|quote=It was {{strong\|'kimono-gate'}} all over again.}}{{cite web\|last1=Cuby\|first1=Michael\|title=Bob the Drag Queen on 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Season 9's Snatch Game\|url=http://www.teenvogue.com/story/rupauls-drag-race-season-9-snatch-game\|work=Teen Vogue\|date=May 1, 2017\|quote=This week, the runway was dedicated to re-doing 'Night of 1000 Madonnas' since last season's run incited {{strong\|'kimono-gate,'}} where four queens all were wearing kimono Madonna looks.}}
Manorgate	The Hunt		Athena and several of her friends send texts to each other about hunting people for sport. The texts were satirical but people dubbed the controversy "Manorgate" and believed that they were actually hunting people. In response, Athena and her friends decide to make Manorgate a reality by actually hunting people for sport.	{{cite web\|last1=Ramella\|first1=Brynne\|last2=Barker\|first2=Stephen\|title=The Hunt Ending Explained: What Is {{strong\|Manorgate}}?\|url=https://screenrant.com/hunt-movie-ending-real-meaning-explained/\|work=ScreenRant\|date=December 17, 2023}}
Maskgate	RuPaul's Drag Race	Season 9, Episode 9: "Your Pilot's On Fire"	The contestant Valentina initially refuses to remove her mask during the "lip sync for your life". This incident was referred to as "Maskgate" by viewers.	{{cite web\|last1=O'Keefe\|first1=Kevin\|title=The truth about Valentina and {{strong\|Maskgate}} during 'RuPaul's Drag Race' episode 9\|url=https://mic.com/articles/177494/rupauls-drag-race-the-truth-about-valentina-and-maskgate-during-the-episode-9-lip-sync#.k3Bl45Nh4\|work=Mic\|date=May 19, 2017}}{{cite web\|last1=Burns\|first1=Chase\|title=RuPaul's Drag Race Recap: "Your Pilot's On Fire" Reminds Us RuPaul Is Savage and No One Is Safe\|url=http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/05/19/25154988/rupauls-drag-race-recap-your-pilots-on-fire-reminds-us-rupaul-is-savage-and-no-one-is-safe\|work=The Stranger\|date=May 19, 2017\|quote={{strong\|#MaskGate}} is shocking and, well, damn good TV. But beyond the inevitable social media firestorm that {{strong\|#MaskGate}} will stir up, it brings up general issues surrounding RPDR as a show and cultural influence.}}{{cite web\|last1=Puchko\|first1=Kristy\|title=Let's Talk About That Shocking 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Elimination\|url=http://www.pajiba.com/reviews/valentina-speaks-out-about-rupauls-drag-race-elimination.php\|work=Pajiba\|access-date=May 29, 2017\|date=May 22, 2017\|quote=That's the question that had Drag Race fans tweeting about {{strong\|#Maskgate}}.}}
Muffgate	Pitch Perfect	Pitch Perfect 2	A cappella singing group The Barden Bellas are performing for President Obama at the Kennedy Centre when Fat Amy descends from the rafters in Cirque du Soleil-like trapeze silks as if to perform an acrobatic sequence à la Pink while performing Wrecking Ball. Unfortunately, the silks rip, Amy's pants split, she flips upside down, and she delivers a wardrobe-malfunction that comes to be referred to as "Muffgate".	{{cite news \|last1=Page-Kirby \|first1=Kristen \|title='Pitch Perfect 2': a summer blockbuster that takes feminism seriously \|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2015/05/15/pitch-perfect-2-a-summer-blockbuster-that-takes-feminism-seriously/ \|access-date=September 3, 2018 \|newspaper=Washington Post \|date=May 15, 2015}}{{cite news \|last1=Felperin \|first1=Leslie \|title='Pitch Perfect 2': Film Review \|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/pitch-perfect-2-film-review-794017 \|access-date=September 3, 2018 \|work=The Hollywood Reporter \|date=May 7, 2015 \|language=en}}
Notegate \|The Traitors US \|Season 1, Episode 3: 'Murder They Wrote' \|In Episode 3 just before the round table, Brandi (who was banished) and Kate discussed who is a traitor, in which they discussed the possibility of Shelbe and Amanda being The Traitors next target Shelbe's name was crossed out and after the round table in which Brandi was banished Anjelica found the note and shared it Cirie who revealed it to a small group of the remaining contestants Cirie dubbed it "Notegate" \|
Pantygate	The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills	Season 7, Episode 4: "Pantygate"	New housewife Dorit Kemsley and her husband Paul pass judgments on Erika Girardi's decision not to wear underwear to a party with the housewives.	{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/dorit-needs-to-stop-talking-about-erikas-vagina-on-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-26604\|title=Dorit Needs To Stop Talking About Erika's Vagina On 'Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills'\|last=Urquhart-White\|first=Alaina\|work=Bustle\|access-date=May 19, 2017\|language=en}}{{Cite news\|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/what-is-pantygate-a-timeline-of-the-real-housewives-of-beverly-hills-feud-that-just-wont-go-away-47379\|title=What Is Pantygate? A Timeline Of 'The Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills' Feud That Just Won't Go Away\|last=Urquhart-White\|first=Alaina\|work=Bustle\|access-date=May 19, 2017\|language=en}}
Punchgate	Celebrity Big Brother (UK)	Series 22	Roxanne Pallett accused fellow housemate Ryan Thomas of deliberately and repeatedly punching her; she was criticized for over exaggerating the light play fighting and has since called it a "horrible mistake" after leaving the house and seeing the footage.	{{cite news \|last1=Saunders \|first1=Emmeline \|title=Roxanne Pallett vomited after apology to Ryan Thomas for Punchgate lies \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/roxanne-pallett-vomited-after-apology-13187675 \|access-date=September 4, 2018 \|work=Mirror \|date=September 3, 2018}}{{cite news \|last1=Fahey \|first1=Seán \|title=WATCH: CBB's Roxanne: "I got it wrong" over 'punchgate' fiasco \|url=https://www.buzz.ie/celebs/cbbs-roxanne-got-wrong-ryan-thomas-297995 \|access-date=September 4, 2018 \|work=Buzz.ie \|date=September 3, 2018 \|archive-date=September 4, 2018 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180904052630/https://www.buzz.ie/celebs/cbbs-roxanne-got-wrong-ryan-thomas-297995 \|url-status=dead }}{{cite news \|last1=Jones \|first1=Paul \|title=Roxanne Pallett apologises for CBB 'punchgate': "I got it wrong, I really got it wrong" \|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-09-03/roxanne-pallett-apologises-ryan-thomas-punchgate-celebrity-big-brother-i-got-it-wrong/ \|access-date=September 4, 2018 \|work=Radio Times \|date=September 3, 2018 \|language=en}}
Sharongate	EastEnders		Sharon (Letitia Dean) confessed on tape that she had slept with Phil (Steve McFadden), the brother of her husband Grant (Ross Kemp).	{{cite news\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/nov/18/usnews.broadcasting\|title=EastEnders-style drama set for US\|first=John\|last=Plunket\|newspaper=The Guardian \|date=November 18, 2004\|access-date=September 19, 2017\|via=www.theguardian.com}}{{cite web\|url=http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2003/1027/entertainment/kfkfsnauidmh/\|title=Corrie killer Hillman makes top soap moment\|date=October 27, 2003\|access-date=September 19, 2017\|archive-date=December 30, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233252/http://www.breakingnews.ie/archives/2003/1027/entertainment/kfkfsnauidmh/\|url-status=dead}}
Stargate	Community	"Contemporary American Poultry"	A newspaper uses the name in a headline after the character Star-Burns is accused of controlling a chicken finger-laundering scandal. The newspaper also clarifies that the title is a reference to Watergate, not the 1994 film Stargate.	{{cite web \|url=https://www.vulture.com/2010/04/community_chicken_fingers_good.html \|title=Community Recap: Meet the Chicken-Finger Mafia \|last=Greenwald \|first=Andy \|date=April 23, 2010 \|work=Vulture \|access-date=June 25, 2020}}
Strawberry-Gate \|I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here! \|UK series 17, Episode 11 \|Contestants Amir Khan and Iain Lee won the Dingo Dollar challenge receiving the opportunity for a reward; Chocolate coins or Strawberries & cream. Their campmates got the question right, and Amir and Iain were given Strawberries & cream. However, while returning to camp, they decided to eat the treat and pretend that the camp got the question wrong. \|{{Cite web\|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2017-11-29/im-a-celebrity-day-11-recap-iain-and-amir-shock-viewers-with-dingo-dollar-betrayal/\|title=I'm a Celebrity Day 11 recap: Iain and Amir shock viewers with Dingo Dollar betrayal\|work=Radio Times\|access-date=January 27, 2018}}
"Stupid Watergate" \|Last Week Tonight with John Oliver \|Season 4, Episode 13 and Season 5, Episode 14 \|A recurring segment called "Stupid Watergate" is concerned with the appearance of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and resulting coverups. It is called "Stupid Watergate" because, according to Oliver, it is "a scandal with all the potential ramifications of Watergate, but where everyone involved is stupid and bad at everything".Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/FVFdsl29s_Q Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170522072727/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVFdsl29s_Q&gl=US&hl=en Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite AV media\|title=Stupid Watergate\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVFdsl29s_Q\|publisher=HBO\|via=YouTube\|people=John Oliver\|date=May 21, 2017\|access-date=November 27, 2017}}{{cbignore}}	{{Citation \|title=Stupid Watergate: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) \| date=May 21, 2017 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVFdsl29s_Q \|access-date=2023-07-21 \|language=en}}{{Citation \|title=Stupid Watergate II: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) \| date=June 10, 2018 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOVPStnVgvU \|access-date=2023-07-21 \|language=en}}
Tullegate	RuPaul's Drag Race	Season 3, Episode 11: "RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza"	The contestant Raja used tulle fabric in a challenge in which all the contestants had to design an outfit only using hair and wigs. This was alleged by other competitors Shangela, Alexis Mateo, and Yara Sofia, before Raja confirmed it on an episode of Untucked. In the Drag Race fan community, many fans refer to this as Tullegate.	{{Cite episode \|title=Untucked: RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza \|series=RuPaul's Drag Race: Untucked \|people=Stander, Jennifer (producer) \|network=Logo \|date=March 28, 2011 \|season=3 \|number=10 \|time=15:14 \|quote=With {{strong\|tullegate}} resolved, the queens moved on to talk about some family matters.}}{{cite interview\|author=Imp Queen \|interviewer=Chad Sell\|title=RPDR8, Episode 8\|date=April 26, 2016\|url=https://chad-sell.squarespace.com/blog/2016/04/rpdr8-episode-8\|quote= I'm glad cardboard-gate didn't turn into {{strong\|tulle-gate}} 2.0\|publisher=Chad Sell}}{{cite web\|author1=dewitt\|title=RuPaul's Drag Race: RuPaul's Hair Extravaganza\|work=Manhunt Daily \|url=http://www.manhuntdaily.com/rupauls-drag-race-rupauls-hair-extravaganza/\|date=March 29, 2011 \|quote={{strong\|Tullegate}} aside, we were really feeling Raja on this particular episode!\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170531115139/http://www.manhuntdaily.com/rupauls-drag-race-rupauls-hair-extravaganza/\|archive-date=May 31, 2017}}
Waitergate	The Simpsons	"The Boy Who Knew Too Much"	A court case surrounding a waiter who appeared to have been beaten by Freddy Quimby is named by the press as 'Beat-Up Waiter'. Anchorman Kent Brockman says he suggested calling the story 'Waitergate', but was "shouted down at the press club".	{{cite web \|url=http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/the-boy-who-knew-too-much/episode/1386/trivia.html \|title=The Simpsons – Season 5, Episode 20: The Boy Who Knew Too Much \|work=TV.com \|access-date=July 23, 2012 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526030013/http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/the-boy-who-knew-too-much/episode/1386/trivia.html \|archive-date=May 26, 2008 }}
Watergategate	That Mitchell and Webb Look	S01E02	Webb's character points out in one sketch that the original scandal that resulted in Nixon's resignation should actually be referred to retroactively as "Watergategate" as the popularisation of the -gate suffix means that "Watergate" should logically be reserved for a scandal involving water.	{{cite web \| url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vB9JgxhXW5w \| title=Mitchell & Webb – Watergategate \| website=YouTube \| date=November 23, 2010 }}
Wiggate	RuPaul's Drag Race	Season 11: Episode 6 "The Draglympics", Episode 11 "Bring Back My Queens!"	Some of the remaining contestants fight over Ariel Versace's wigs which were left on set.	{{cite web \|last1=Kulzick \|first1=Kate \|title=RuPaul's Drag Race trades transformation for recycled drama in its least satisfying makeover yet \|url=https://www.avclub.com/rupaul-s-drag-race-trades-transformation-for-recycled-d-1834650703 \|work=A.V. Club \|access-date=May 10, 2019 \|date=May 9, 2019 \|quote=Vanjie tries to steer Ariel back on track, but this is not the last the audience will hear about {{strong\|Wig-gate}} 2019.}}{{cite tweet \|user=RuPaulsDragRace \|author=RuPaul's Drag Race \|number=1126658194024144896 \|date=May 9, 2019 \|title=Now, I know {{strong\|#WigGate}} is happening, but let's talk about this outfit! ✨💞💅 @arielversace #DragRace }}{{cite news \|last1=Moseley \|first1=Brittany \|last2=Thompson \|first2=Erica \|title='RuPaul's Drag Race' Recap: Episode 13, 'Reunited' \|work=Columbus Alive \|date=May 24, 2019 \|url=https://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20190524/rupauls-drag-race-recap-episode-13-reunited \|access-date=May 28, 2019 \|quote=All we learned from {{strong\|WigGate}} is that even the most ridiculous nonstories can lead to a good sound bite}}

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