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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 ...
United States 1913 Bribery [10] Republican: Daniel Brewster: Senate: Maryland 1972 Federal official gratuity United States v. Brewster (1972) [11] Democrat: Joseph R. Burton: Senate: Kansas 1904 Compensated representation in a proceeding in which the United States is interested (Rev. Stat. § 1782) (codified as amended at 18 U.S.C. § 203 ...
Pages in category "Political corruption scandals in the United States" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
From the time he came down the Trump Tower escalator to announce his candidacy in 2015 to, well, right now, Donald Trump has found himself embroiled in various personal and political scandals ...
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 ...
The case was widely considered to be one of the worst judicial scandals in Pennsylvania history. Like all of the other nearly 1,500 people who got commutations from Biden this week, Conahan was ...
George Santos has another scandal to add to his long list.. On Wednesday 10 May, the embattled congressman was arrested on a string of 13 federal criminal charges. Mr Santos was charged with seven ...
This is a list of notable U.S. state officials convicted of only certain federal public corruption offenses for conduct while in office. The list is organized by office. Acquitted officials are not listed (if an official was acquitted on some counts, and convicted on others, the counts of conviction are list