Word: agnew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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August 10--Federal investigators subpoenaed records of Agnew's two-year administration as governor and "any and all" financial records of his gubernatorial campaign...
August 6--Vice President Spiro T. Agnew announced that he was under investigation for possible violations of criminal law, including bribery, tax fraud, extortion and conspiracy...
August 8--Agnew said in a nationally televised press conference that he had "nothing to hide" and "no expectation of being indicted." The vice president also stated he had no intention of resigning. Deputy press secretary Gerald L. Warren said that the investigation was "no reason for the President to change his attitude about the vice president or his confidence in the vice president...
...Martin Shapiro, professor of Government, looked at the Agnew resignation from another perspective...
...glad [the resignation] happened now," he said, "because I view Judge Hoffman's order to allow Agnew to investigate the Justice Department as not illegal, but not a very wise move, particularly in the light of the first amendment issue...