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Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson '41 told the court that the Justice Department investigation of Maryland politics "established a pattern of substantial cash payments to the defendant Agnew during the period when he served as governor of Maryland [1966-1968] in return for engineering contracts with the State of Maryland...
...statement to Hoffman, Agnew denied that any payments he received influenced his official actions as governor. "My acceptance of contributions was part of a long-established pattern of political fund-raising in the state," he said. "At no time have I enriched myself at the expense of the public trust...
...Agnew said his decision to resign and plead no contest was based on "my firm belief that the public interest requires swift disposition of the problems which are facing...
...lawyers, Agnew said, advised him that a legal battle over the charges facing him could drag on for years. He said he feared that "intense media interest in the case would distract public attention from other matters of public importance...
...thing is for certain: Agnew's resignation this week and the imminence of the president's announcement of his successor served Nixon well by distracting public attention from Nixon, Watergate and related scandals, and other matters of public importance...