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The Chappaquiddick accident
The senator Edward Ted Kennedy was in a car accident involving a 28 year old girl. he drove a car off a bridge in MA. He escaped the accident but left the girl to die. It questioned his integrity and possibly his chance to run for president.
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1969–1974 Richard M. Nixon Administration
Richard Nixon was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. -
Pentagon papers- vietnam
The Pentagon Papers, a secret history of the United States' political and military involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1967 were commissioned by Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara in 1967. They revealed that the U.S., under four presidential administrations, from Harry Truman to Lyndon B. Johnson, had lied to both Congress and the American public regarding the expansion of the war in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
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Watergate Scandal
Major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
Spiro Agnew Resignation
Resigned in exchange for multiple charges of political corruption against him to be dropped, such as bribery, extortion, and conspiracy.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/pictures/top-ten-political-scandals-20110926/spiro-agnew-resignation-0299891 -
Clinton Foundation Investigation
The federal agency refuses to investigate the Clinton Foundation for corruption for accepting unlawful donations. The investigation is only focusing on a Virginia Govenor, Terry McAuliffe. They are accusing him of accepting gubernatorial campaign donations that may violate the law. He was a board member for a part of the Clinton foundation, but this is not being investigated.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/ftc-rejects-congressional-request-to-investigate-clinton-foundation/article/2591767 -
Westland Affair 1986--86
The Westland affair in 1985--1986 was an episode in which the British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her Defense Minister Michael Heseltine went public over a complex cabinet dispute with questions raised about integrity and which senior official was not telling the truth. -
The Keating Five Scandal
Five senators were accused of improperly helping Charles Keating Jr the chairman of the Lincoln Savings and Loan association. Some senators were cleared but still got criticized for their actions as politicians. One senator, Alan Cranston, was prosecuted for the even.
http://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/28/us/ethics-unit-singles-out-cranston-chides-4-others-in-s-l-inquiry.html?pagewanted=all -
The Lewinsky Scandal
President Bill Clinton abused his power with his intern, Monica Lewinsky. This caused the second presidential impeachment in the history of the country. President Clinton was not convicted of a crime, but did get a lot of negative public attention and it was said to be the most unusual documented event in political history.
http://www.huntingtontheatre.org/articles/Now-Or-Later/Top-Ten-US-Political-Scandals/ -
Hilary Clinton Email scandal 2009-2015+
Hilary Clinton's exclusive use of private email to conduct official business was revealed a year ago this month by the New York Times. The State Department released more than 30,000 of Clinton's emails over the course of 10 months under a court order in response to a separate FOIA lawsuit filed by VICE News in January 2015. -
Robert McDonnell corruption trial
Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, were charged in January with illegally accepting gifts, luxury vacations and large loans from Jonnie R. Williams Sr., a wealthy Richmond area businessman who sought special treatment from state government. The trial began July 28 in Richmond. -
Benghazi Scandal
lied about the slaughter of four Americans in Benghazi, Libya, at the hands of terrorists. They lied, but not to protect national secrets. They lied to get reelected. And they lied directly, knowingly, and repeatedly to the American people.