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The Teapot Dome scandal was a 1920s corruption scandal involving the secret leasing of federal oil reserves by Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall to private oil companies, who paid him hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes. Fall leased the reserves without competitive bidding, leading to public outrage, investigations, and his eventual conviction for bribery.
1921-1923
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