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These new developments could hardly have seemed encouraging to Agnew, and Nixon's latest clarification of presidential support was not much help either. Despite his vehement seconding of Agnew's complaint about leaks from Justice, the President was something less than sweeping when it came to expressing his confidence in the Vice President. "I have confidence in the integrity of the Vice President," said Nixon, "and particularly in the performance of the duties that he has had as Vice President and as a candidate for Vice President." That seemed to leave rather large chunks of Agnew...
...AGNEW INVESTIGATION...
September: A federal grand jury in Baltimore will decide whether to indict the Vice President on charges of bribery, extortion, conspiracy and tax fraud. The best outcome for Nixon, surely, would be for Agnew to escape indictment. That would justify the President's somewhat limited declaration of confidence in him. But it would leave the Vice President tarnished and, to many people, less acceptable than before as an alternative to Nixon...
...Agnew should leave office for any reason, Nixon would face a dilemma. His nominee as Agnew's successor must be approved by a majority of both the Senate and the House. Congress might refuse to confirm a weak or controversial appointee. On the other hand, the appointment of a strong, popular man would make Nixon's own resignation -or impeachment-more acceptable to much of the public...
September: Dale Anderson, Agnew's successor in 1966 as Baltimore County executive, will be arraigned in federal district court in Baltimore on charges of bribery, conspiracy and extorting kickbacks from eight engineering and consulting firms...