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| Spiro Agnew is sworn in as vice-president in 1969. From left to right: Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Everett Dirksen, Spiro Agnew (with hand raised), Hubert Humphrey |
September 15, 1970: Spiro Agnew, Vice President of the US, claims that "The youth of America are being brainwashed into a drug culture of rock music, movies, books and tabloid newspapers”…
Critics have cited him as being one of the worst Vice Presidents in American history…
Edwin Starr's version of "War" was the number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 15, 1970, and is not only the most successful and well-known record of Starr’s career, but is also one of the most popular protest songs ever recorded….
During his fifth year as Vice President, late in the summer of 1973, Agnew was investigated by the United States Attorney's office for the District of Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy...
In October, he was charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County Executive, Governor of Maryland, and Vice President of the United States…
On October 10, 1973, Agnew was allowed to plead no contest , with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President..
Agnew is the only Vice President in United States history to resign because of criminal charges. Ten years after leaving office, in January 1983, Agnew paid the state of Maryland nearly $270,000 as a result of a civil suit that stemmed from the bribery allegations. Critics have cited him as being one of the worst Vice Presidents in American history...
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