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Political Scandals 1975-1989  
IN THE PAST 

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Here's a list of the political misdeeds in the US between 1975 and 1989.

	(1975) John Connally Milk Money scandal
	(1977) "Lancegate": President Carter's OMB Director Bert Lance resignation amidst allegations of misuse of funds
	(1979)Jimmy Carter's Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan target of special prosecution
	"Billygate": President Jimmy Carter's brother Billy Carter was found to be a paid agent of the government of Libya in 1980; ensuing scandal did not help President Carter's bid for re-election in 1980
	(1977-1980) Tongsun Park "Koreagate" scandal involving alleged bribery of more than 100 members of Congress by South Korean government; charges were pressed only against congressmen Richard T. Hanna (convicted) and Otto E. Passman (not prosecuted because of illness); also implicated was South Korean President Park Chung Hee
	(1978) Betty Ford addictions
	(1979) Senator Herman Talmadge of Georgia punished after his ex-wife produced cash "gifts" he had hidden in an overcoat; Talmadge later wrote, "I wish I'd burned that damn overcoat and charged everything on American Express." Talmadge the same year admitted to having spent five weeks in alcohol rehabilitation; he was not re-elected to the Senate in 1980.
	(1980)Abscam
	(1980) "Debategate": briefing book of President Jimmy Carter stolen and given to Ronald Reagan campaign before 1980 presidential election debate in Cleveland, Ohio
	(1981)Secretary of Labor Raymond J. Donovan investigated for wrongdoing and ultimately acquitted of larceny and fraud in 1987.
	(1982)Anne Gorsuch Burford refusal to turn over EPA documents
	(1983)William Casey insider trading
	(1983) Congressional page sex scandal
	(1985-1986) Iran-Contra affair; Oliver North was convicted in 1989 of accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents, but the convictions were later overturned in 1990 by appeals court.
	(1980-1989) Savings and loan scandal and the Keating Five: Alan Cranston, Dennis DeConcini, Don Riegle, John Glenn, and John McCain
	(1987) Preferential treatment for military contractor Wedtech implicates Attorney General Edwin Meese and White House aide Lynn Nofziger
	(1987) Robert Bernard Anderson former US Secretary of Treasury pleaded guilty to owning an offshore bank.
	(1987) "Pothead jurist," : President Reagan's first controversial nominee to replace Justice Powell was Judge Robert Bork. Judge Bork, who coincidentally had fired Archibald Cox in the Nixon-era Saturday Night Massacre, was rejected for his allegedly extreme judicial philosophy; the second nominee was Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg, who had to drop out of consideration after he admitted having smoked marijuana while a Harvard Law School professor.
	(1987) Senator John Tower's nomination as Defense Secretary derailed due to allegations of habitual and extreme alcohol abuse and improper ties to defense industry
	Mario Biaggi convicted in 1988 in Wedtech scandal of bribery, extortion, racketeering, filing a false tax return, mail fraud, and false financial disclosure; resigned from U.S. House before he could be expelled
	(1989) Speaker of the U.S. House Jim Wright from Texas forced to resign after ethics committee investigation found dozens of violations of House rules, including alleged improper receipt of $145,000 in gifts by Wright's wife from a Fort Worth developer and large profits from "sale" of Wright's speeches
	(1989) Anthony Lee Coelho of California resigns from U.S. House for unethical finance practices including "junk bond" deal
	(1992) Alcee Hastings, federal district court judge impeached (1989) and convicted of soliciting a bribe; subsequently elected to U.S. House

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