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FakeNoose

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17. Well, he knew he was guilty

Reply to SWBTATTReg (Reply #2)

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.

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Can a Vice President get indicted? [View all] 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