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Can a Vice President get indicted? (Original Post) Miigwech Jan 2019 OP
Wasn't Spiro Agnew? RockRaven Jan 2019 #1
I don't think Agnew got indicted but someone else here might know... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #2
Agnew LiberalArkie Jan 2019 #7
Only because he agreed to resign and plead no contest to a tax chage minutes before he was to hlthe2b Jan 2019 #9
Well, he knew he was guilty FakeNoose Jan 2019 #17
yes onenote Jan 2019 #3
Somebody would have to find Pence, first. And then wake him up. Siwsan Jan 2019 #4
You could ask Agnew if he was available. Sneederbunk Jan 2019 #5
My friend said yes. He had to ask his mother first, but still..... dameatball Jan 2019 #6
Spiro Agnew's prosecutors certainly thought so. His last second resignation "deal" was hlthe2b Jan 2019 #8
Did they call it Nolo Contendere or something like that ArnoldLayne Jan 2019 #13
nolo contendere (Latin for "no contest") hlthe2b Jan 2019 #14
Ok thank you I remembered it was something like that. It's ArnoldLayne Jan 2019 #15
Listen if you can to Rachel Maddow's podcast on this, called "Bag Man" hlthe2b Jan 2019 #16
So you were a teenager too around Watergate 1973-75. ArnoldLayne Jan 2019 #18
pre-teen... Yes, my early musical awakening started in 1968, but only got better into that period. hlthe2b Jan 2019 #19
Mine too in the late 60's I was a Preteen Boy with 5 older ArnoldLayne Jan 2019 #20
Yes. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #10
Spiro Agnew jberryhill Jan 2019 #11
Yes, already precedence for it. berni_mccoy Jan 2019 #12

SWBTATTReg

(21,859 posts)
2. I don't think Agnew got indicted but someone else here might know...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:00 PM
Jan 2019

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. Attorney’s 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

(15,686 posts)
7. Agnew
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:01 PM
Jan 2019

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

(101,714 posts)
9. Only because he agreed to resign and plead no contest to a tax chage minutes before he was to
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:03 PM
Jan 2019

be hauled into court on multiple charges.

FakeNoose

(32,345 posts)
17. Well, he knew he was guilty
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:29 PM
Jan 2019

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.

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
8. Spiro Agnew's prosecutors certainly thought so. His last second resignation "deal" was
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:02 PM
Jan 2019

literally completed minutes before charges were to be filed in court. He did ultimately plead no contest to a tax charge.

ArnoldLayne

(2,060 posts)
15. Ok thank you I remembered it was something like that. It's
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:19 PM
Jan 2019

Been 46 years. To much Pink Floyd, ELP, Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull and other things back in 73-75.

hlthe2b

(101,714 posts)
16. Listen if you can to Rachel Maddow's podcast on this, called "Bag Man"
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:25 PM
Jan 2019

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

(2,060 posts)
18. So you were a teenager too around Watergate 1973-75.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:33 PM
Jan 2019

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

(101,714 posts)
19. pre-teen... Yes, my early musical awakening started in 1968, but only got better into that period.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:39 PM
Jan 2019

I still have an enormous music playlist on my iphone that features music from that period, almost exclusively.

ArnoldLayne

(2,060 posts)
20. Mine too in the late 60's I was a Preteen Boy with 5 older
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:53 PM
Jan 2019

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

(115,276 posts)
10. Yes.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:05 PM
Jan 2019

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.

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