In 1984, then Alexandria City Vice Mayor Jim Moran breached the public trust and was convicted of conflict of interest charges and forced to resign from the City Council.
In 1984 Vice Mayor Jim Moran again breached the public trust was forced to return public taxpayer money to the Alexandria City Treasurer when it was publicized that he had taken a private business trip to Europe at Alexandria City taxpayer expense.
In 1990 Jim Moran again breached the public trust as he violated federal campaign expenditure laws by using a non-federal Political Action Committee to finance his campaign for federal office, and accepted a $10,000 contribution from a developer having immediate business before the Alexandria City Council, before being publicly forced to return said contribution as a conflict of interest.
In 1995, Jim Moran became involved in a physical altercation and assaulted another Member of Congress on the Floor of the House of Representatives. Moran has been involved in at least two other similar incidents, and at numerous time has threatened to “punch” any of his critics.
In 1998, Jim Moran again breached the public trust when he accepted from MBNA a sweetheart bailout loan well below market rate for anyone else in his financial situation, a loan designed to save him $288,000. In return, Congressman Moran agreed to co-sponsor bankruptcy reform legislation designed to earn MBNA millions of additional dollars at the expense of ordinary citizens who found themselves in the same financial trouble Jim Moran used his sweetheart loan to escape. Moran stated that he never knew MBNA, the largest credit card issuer in the country, had an interest in the bankruptcy legislation.
In 1999, police were called to Jim Moran's home where a domestic disturbance was taking place, and where Moran's wife alleged that he had physically assaulted her. Jim Moran blamed his wife for his troubles.
In 2000, the mother of an 8-year-old African-American boy, backed up by numerous witnesses, accused Jim Moran of physically assaulting her son. Moran responded by saying the young boy tried to carjack him, and told the press he wanted to press charges against the boy.
In 2000, Jim Moran breached the public trust again by accepting an unethical and probably illegal $25,000 personal loan from a BIG-DRUG company lobbyist in return for co-sponsoring legislation designed to earn that company increased profits by banning competing generic drugs from the market.
In 2002, Jim Moran again accepted a personal loan of $50,000 from the Chairman of AOL, a company with numerous interests before the Congress. Moran explained that the check for $50,000 just unexpectedly showed up in the mail one day.