On August 7, 1973, the Wall Street Journal published a startling story: Spiro Agnew, elected in 1968 as Richard Nixon’s Vice-President, was under investigation for tax evasion, bribery, and various ...

Before his electoral career ended in a Baltimore courtroom 50 years ago, Spiro T. Agnew had enjoyed a meteoric rise. In less than two decades, one of Maryland’s most famous sons ascended from a ...

Nixon’s disgraced partner spoke out frequently about the “Zionist influences in the U.S.” before corruption scandals forced him to resign. (JTA) — The late Vice President Spiro Agnew requested money ...

The news has been full of concerns about the fate of our republic following the indictment of former President Donald Trump. There have been questions about the politicization of criminal laws and the ...

Walter Dellinger was head of the Office of Legal Counsel from 1993 to 1996 and acting U.S. solicitor general from 1996 to 1997. What does the nation do if it turns out that a president of the United ...

News of two separate scandals rocked the White House and stunned the American people in 1973. The first was President Nixon’s coverup of his election committee’s burglary at the Watergate Hotel, and ...

The indictment of former president Donald Trump has taken the country into uncharted territory. Yet the case bears considerable resemblance to the successful prosecution of Vice President Spiro Agnew ...

If disgraced Richard Nixon Vice President Spiro Agnew was going to be featured prominently in the lead segment of a primetime cable news show in 2019, it would undoubtedly be Rachel Maddow‘s. And ...

There are countless presidential scandals in U.S. history, but very few of them have resulted in resignation or impeachment — which is precisely why MSNBC host Rachel Maddow was drawn to the story of ...

A few days after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Republican governor of Maryland, Spiro T. Agnew, strode into a conference room in downtown Baltimore. In the hours after King ...

As we usher in a new class of politicians, we should also pause to consider one from the past. Friday, Nov. 9th marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Spiro T. Agnew, whose meteoric rise in ...