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According to the book "The Brethren" by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong, copyrighted 1979, Fortas had accepted a $20,000. fee from a foundation that a Louis Wolfson controlled. Later it was discovered that it was not to be a on-time payment, but that Fortas would be paid that sum every year till he died and then to his widow till her death. Wolfson started bragging that his friend Fortas was going to use his influence on the court to help in a Securitues and Exchange Commission investigation that involved Wolfson. Wolfson was convicted in the SEC investigation and Fortas returned the $20,000. When this became public, it looked so improper that he had to resign even though there was never any proof that Fortas had done anything to help Wolfson.

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