Topic: Political Scandals
Disgraced US president Richard Nixon described the Watergate break-in which eventually led to his resignation as "silly" and "incredible," in grand jury testimony released Thursday.Nixon, speaking 10 months after being forced out of the White House, also recounted how he exploded with ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former President Richard Nixon told a U.S. grand jury "I practically blew my stack" when he learned of the long gap on a White House tape sought in the Watergate scandal investigation, according to transcripts released Thursday.In one of ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Former Senator Charles Percy of Illinois, a leading moderate Republican voice during the Vietnam and Watergate years, died on Saturday, his daughter's office said.Percy, 91, who served in the Senate from 1966 to 1984, opposed the Vietnam war and ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will be barred from profiting from the sale of his memoirs, a court ruled on Tuesday, until he pays off nearly $900,000 in restitution he still owes under his 2008 conviction on obstruction of ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was released from a Michigan state prison on Tuesday after serving about 14 months for violating the terms of his probation on obstruction of justice and perjury charges.Kilpatrick, 41, who faces multiple federal charges, ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick was granted parole on Friday and will be released from state prison in late July, a state prison spokesman said.Kilpatrick, 41, was sentenced to 18 months to five years in prison after he was ...
(Reuters) - Representative Anthony Weiner, embroiled in a sex scandal for sending lewd photos of himself to women over the Internet, has told House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi he will resign from Congress, a party source said on Thursday.The New York Democrat ...
DETROIT (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday entered not guilty pleas to racketeering, extortion, and a slew of other charges on behalf of imprisoned former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, his father and three co-defendants.Kilpatrick, a 40-year-old Democrat who was considered a rising ...
Spacey imitates Reagan, Clinton while playing disgraced lobbyist Abramoff in 'Casino Jack'Kevin Spacey not only transforms into disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff in "Casino Jack," he gets to imitate former Presidents Clinton and Reagan, Al Pacino and many others.In an interview with the ...
US files new corruption charges against ex-Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick; father indicted, tooFederal prosecutors in Detroit say they've filed new corruption charges against imprisoned ex-Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and also are charging his father, Bernard Kilpatrick.U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade and FBI Detroit chief Andrew ...
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