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John Connally (R-TX) was accused of accepting a $10,000 bribe (Milk Money scandal). He was acquitted. (1975) [269] Richard Tonry (D-LA) pleaded guilty to receiving illegal campaign contributions. [270] Koreagate scandal involving alleged bribery of more than 30 members of Congress by the South Korean government represented by Tongsun Park.
The FBI also spied upon and collected information on Puerto Rican independence leader Pedro Albizu Campos and his Nationalist political party in the 1930s. Albizu Campos was convicted three times in connection with deadly attacks on US government officials: in 1937 (Conspiracy to overthrow the government of the United States), in 1950 (attempted murder), and in 1954 (after an armed assault on ...
Other human rights issues that are controversial include the case of Edward Snowden. [33] [34] [35] However, the significance of human right does not fall into this case regarding whether Snowden received his fair trial or not. Rather, the human rights associated with the Snowden leaks are regarding the types of document Snowden released.
Sandoval recently said he "fought so hard" for Leviss and was "fully in love with her," but she "shooed him away" when the scandal broke. Which is all to say, we can't wait for season 11 on Jan. 30.
Roisin O'Connor picks 10 of the most controversial TV moments of all time from Game of Thrones to Jimmy ... Celebrity Big Brother received a massive 25,327 complaints regarding its 2018 scandal ...
At the time of her admission and subsequent guilty plea, Jones was one of the most famous athletes to be linked to the BALCO scandal. [92] The case against BALCO covered more than 20 top level athletes, including Jones's ex-husband, shot putter C.J. Hunter, and 100 m sprinter Tim Montgomery, the father of Jones' first child.
Olympic scandals go back as far as 1912 with Jesse Thorpe, who was stripped of his pentathlon and decathlon gold medals after it was revealed he played professional baseball three years prior. (At ...
John Seigenthaler, an American journalist, was the subject of a defamatory Wikipedia hoax article in May 2005. The hoax raised questions about the reliability of Wikipedia and other websites with user-generated content. Since the launch of Wikipedia in 2001, the site has faced several controversies. Wikipedia's open-editing model, under which anyone can edit most articles, has led to concerns ...