Yes, Agnew's resignation for tax fraud, embezzlement, and other financial crimes for which he was under indictment.
Gold Star to Due - use of the term 'oval office' may have been a tad loose.
Nixon should have had the balls to tell the Courts and Congress to SHOVE IT - with a great big bonfire on the White House front lawn of certain 'tapes'. He was a dumbschitt - in so many ways.
I actually rank him BELOW Carter in 'whooze been the worst president'. Remember, NIXON was the DIRECT CAUSE of the hyper-inflation that kicked off under Carter. Carter, of course, made things MUCH WORSE - but the root cause was Nixon, the budgets there, and an out of control Fed.
From Wikipedia (accurate even if memory serves in vaguely)
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.
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