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Herbert W. Kalmbach (R) Nixon's Personal Attorney, raised $3.9 million for a secret Republican slush fund. [215] He also promised an ambassador a better post in exchange for $100,000, which led to conviction and imprisonment. [216] Kalmbach pleaded guilty to violation of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act and one count of promising federal ...
Besides its re-election activities, CRP employed money laundering and slush funds, and was involved in the Watergate scandal. [2] The CRP used $500,000 in funds raised to re-elect President Nixon to pay legal expenses for the five Watergate burglars. This act helped turn the burglary into an explosive political scandal.
The first efforts in the Republican-controlled Congress were initiated in 2017 by Representatives Al Green and Brad Sherman, both Democrats (D), in response to Trump's obstructions of justice in the Russian influence investigations begun during the first year of Trump's presidency.
One of the most famous slush fund scandals in recent years led to the downfall of a president. In 1972, Republican operatives used a political slush fund to finance the break-in at the ...
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LA Mayor Karen Bass’ office hit with scandals over hush money, bribes and accusations of ‘legalized corruption’ Isabel Vincent January 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Membership fees from across Canada were used to fund at least one of these slush funds. [7] The existence and purpose of these slush funds were discovered during the Hockey Canada sexual assault scandal in 2022. [8] $7.6 million in 11 sexual assault settlements were paid out by these funds between 1989 and 2022. [9]
Fish said in his concession speech that his defeat "should be largely credited to Communistic and Red forces from New York City backed by a large slush fund probably exceeding $250,000." [ 53 ] In a farewell speech before the house on December 11, 1944, he stated, "It took most of the New Deal Administration, half of Moscow, $400,000, and ...