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RockRaven
(15,037 posts)Pence should be old enough to remember that...
SWBTATTReg
(22,176 posts)Dec 21, 2010 · SPIRO AGNEW SCANDAL. After Nixon and Agnew were elected to a second term, Agnew became the focus of an investigation by the U.S. Attorneys office in Maryland for financial irregularities while he held state office. Rather than face trial, Agnew resigned and entered a plea of no contest to charges of evading income tax.
LiberalArkie
(15,730 posts)Beginning in early 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland on suspicion of criminal conspiracy, bribery, extortion and tax fraud. Agnew took kickbacks from contractors during his time as Baltimore County Executive and Governor of Maryland. The payments had continued into his time as vice president. On October 10, 1973, after months of maintaining his innocence, Agnew pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of tax evasion and resigned from office. Nixon replaced him with House Republican leader Gerald Ford. Agnew spent the remainder of his life quietly, rarely making public appearances. He wrote a novel and a memoir that both defended his actions.
hlthe2b
(102,421 posts)be hauled into court on multiple charges.
FakeNoose
(32,827 posts)They had him by the short hairs. He pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) on his charges in Maryland. I'm sure Nixon told him he had to resign, but somebody on DU might know something I don't. Nixon already had his own problems to deal with, and he didn't want to shield Agnew along with it.
The one good thing about Agnew's resignation, it brought Gerald Ford to the Vice Presidency. He actually wasn't a bad guy, even though I would have never voted for him myself.
Spiro Agnew.
Siwsan
(26,308 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,314 posts)dameatball
(7,400 posts)hlthe2b
(102,421 posts)literally completed minutes before charges were to be filed in court. He did ultimately plead no contest to a tax charge.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)I was only 16 years old in 1973.
hlthe2b
(102,421 posts)so yes, no contest on the one tax charge
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)Been 46 years. To much Pink Floyd, ELP, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull and other things back in 73-75.
hlthe2b
(102,421 posts)Excellent and no, I didn't remember any details prior to that either....
There are so many similarities between then and now, it is just amazing.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)Those were some good times hlthe2b weren't they. Deep Purple, Robin Trower, Kiss, Queen and of course David Bowie. But Pink Floyd was and still is my favorite.
hlthe2b
(102,421 posts)I still have an enormous music playlist on my iphone that features music from that period, almost exclusively.
ArnoldLayne
(2,068 posts)Sisters that turned me on to The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Animals and The Byrds. But in the 70's I was getting into more of the British Progressive Rock that was coming out in the early to mid 70's.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,908 posts)Just ask Spiro Agnew. Although tried to argue that a VP couldn't be indicted, it was obvious that he didn't have much of an argument so he he entered into a plea bargain, resigned as VP, and ended up pleading no contest to tax evasion.