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William Belknap (R) United States Secretary of War, resigned just before he was impeached by the United States House of Representatives for bribery. (1876) [41] Schuyler Colfax (R-IN) Vice President under Republican U. S. Grant invested money in the Crédit Mobilier Scandal and failed to mention $10,000 they invested in his next campaign. He ...
Conspiracy to defraud the United States [44] N/A: Nicholas Mavroules: House of Representatives: Massachusetts 1993: Hobbs Act and RICO [45] Democrat: Andrew J. May: House of Representatives: Kentucky 1947 Conspiracy to defraud the United States and compensated representation in a proceeding in which the United States is interested (18 U.S.C ...
This list contains notable sex scandals in American history involving incumbent U.S. federal elected politicians and persons appointed with the consent of the United States Senate. [1] [2] [3] This list does not include politicians' sex crimes. [4] [disputed – discuss] This list is ordered chronologically, with emphasis on modern scandals.
President Warren G. Harding’s legacy is largely tied to the scandal involving government-owned oil fields in Wyoming and California where his Secretary of the Interior, Albert Fall, “had ...
Corruption in the United States is the act of government officials abusing their political powers for private gain, typically through bribery or other methods, in the United States government. Corruption in the United States has been a perennial political issue, peaking in the Jacksonian era and the Gilded Age before declining with the reforms ...
Leonard Glenn Francis, nicknamed “Fat Leonard,” was also ordered to pay $20 million in restitution to the Navy, and fined $150,000 for his role in the scandal, according to the US Attorney’s ...
June 1986 – Jonathan Jay Pollard, a United States Naval civilian intelligence analyst was convicted on one count of spying for Israel, receiving a life sentence with a recommendation against parole. August 1988 – Clyde Lee Conrad, a member of the United States military was arrested for selling NATO defense plans to Hungary from 1974 to 1988 ...
Hobbs Act and conspiracy to defraud the United States [118] Frank A.J. Stodola: Board of Commissioners for Lake County, Indiana Hobbs Act and RICO [119] Claude Tanner: Hillsborough County Commission in Tampa, Florida Hobbs Act, mail fraud, and RICO [110] James W. Treffinger: County Executive of Essex County, New Jersey Mail fraud [120] Martin ...