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On October 10, 1973, Agnew appeared before the federal court in Baltimore, and pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to one felony charge, tax evasion, for the year 1967. Richardson agreed that there would be no further prosecution of Agnew, and released a 40-page summary of the evidence.
Vice President Spiro Agnew (R-MD) was convicted of tax fraud stemming from bribery charges in Maryland and forced to resign. [199] Gerald R. Ford (R-MI) was nominated by Nixon to replace Agnew as vice president, becoming the first person appointed to the Vice Presidency under the terms of the 25th Amendment.
On October 10, 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew (a Republican) was forced to resign following a controversy over his personal taxes.Under the terms of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, a vice presidential vacancy is filled when the president nominates a candidate who is confirmed by both houses of Congress.
Spiro Agnew. Spiro Agnew is neither the largest tax cheat in history nor the most egregious. What lands him on this list is the consequences of his fraud: Agnew was forced out of the vice ...
The FBI subsequently investigated Agnew for bribery, extortion, taking kickbacks and tax fraud. In 1973, after months of claiming innocence, Agnew pleaded guilty to one count of tax evasion and ...
Former real estate developer and lawyer pleaded guilty to 18 counts of illegal campaign contributions, tax evasion, and witness tampering. [65] [66] Served 14 months at Federal Prison Camp, Montgomery in Alabama [67] [68] before being sent to a halfway house in Newark, New Jersey, to complete his sentence [67] [68] [69] and was released August ...
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Spiro Agnew (R) Vice President of the United States, pleaded nolo contendere (no contest) to income-tax evasion (1973). [ 39 ] Maurice Stans (R) United States Secretary of Commerce , pleaded guilty to three counts of violating the reporting sections of the Federal Election Campaign Act and two counts of accepting illegal campaign contributions ...