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What vice president was forced to resign because he took bribes?
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Spiro Agnew is the only vide president forced to resign because he took bribes prior to becoming vice president. From Wikipedia: During his fifth year as Vice President, in the late summer of 1973, Agnew was under investigation by the United States Attorney’s office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. In October, he was formally 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 to a single charge that he had failed to report $29,500 of income received in 1967, with the condition that he resign the office of Vice President. Agnew is the only Vice President in U.S. 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. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiro_Agnew retrieved on April 29, 2009)
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Which president was forced to resign from office because of a scandal?
Richard M Nixon, in 1974
What President was forced to resign from office because of scandal?
Richard Nixon resigned because he would have been impeached by congress.
Who was forced to resign in the scandal of Watergate?
President Richard Nixon.
Richard Nixon was forced to resign as what in 1974?
President of the United States
Who served as Vice President under Nixon but was forced to resign?
Spiro Agnew
What president was forced to resign from the office because of scandal?
Richard Nixon resigned because he would have been impeached by congress.
Can a board of directors be fired?
yes, only if the president or the utmost boss decides to or they can be forced to resign
Who was forced to resign their position in the Nixon white house over a tax evasion and bribery scnadal?
Spiro Agnew was forced to resign from his position as Vice President under President Nixon due to charges of tax evasion and bribery. He later pleaded no contest to the charges.
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Nelson Mandela was not forced to resign the presidency of South Africa.
What president was asked not to be president anymore?
Very few, if any, presidents have been asked this. Some cease to be president because their tenure is over, some are not re-elected, some are forced out of office by political or military methods. There are some that are forced to resign because they do not wish to be charged with breaking the law, which would happen if they stayed in office.
The Watergate scandal forced Nixon to?
Resign from office.
Why was Gerald Ford impeached?
Ford was not impeached. He became president after Nixon was forced out of office due largely to the Watergate cover up. Nixon was was facing impeachment process but resign prior.
