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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 [43] N/A: Nicholas Mavroules: House of Representatives: Massachusetts 1993: Hobbs Act and RICO [44] 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 ...
Federal official bribery, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and Travel Act: Abscam [16] Joseph Ganim: Mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut: Hobbs Act, mail fraud, program bribery, and RICO [17] Jerome P. Genova: Mayor of Calumet City, Illinois: Mail fraud, program bribery, and RICO [18] Oscar Hernandez: Mayor of Bell, California [19] Richard ...
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 ...
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
This all leads us back to Blake, who hopped on Twitter amid news that Miranda was dating a married man to write: “Been taking the high road for a long time. I almost gave up. I almost gave up.
Timothy A. Clary/AFP/Getty ImagesA Bernie Madoff Halloween mask. Putting together any type of Top 10 list is a dicey business. Once you get past the usual subjects, the criteria for the rest of ...