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...question: Did Clinton behave so badly that he abused the power of his office? History offers little guidance, but one of the most recent impeachments doesn't bode well for him: U.S. District Judge Walter Nixon of Mississippi was impeached and removed in 1989. He had allegedly accepted a bribe, but that's not what got him impeached. Lying to the grand jury...
...city mayor. You want a political party to hold its convention in your town. One (or both) of the party-site selection committees is coming to evaluate. What do you do? Bribe them with gifts! Here are some of the items that site selectors have been given. --Richard Woodbury and Ian Judson...
...thinking goes, he might be tempted to distance himself from his guards whenever he wants to talk, or whatever, in private. The privilege has exceptions, the lawyers argue. Agents could be compelled to testify about whether they had witnessed a President committing a crime, such as taking a bribe. But a prosecutor wanting to know about, say, noncriminal caperings with an intern could be refused. "Proximity is the heart and soul of what we do," says Secret Service director Lewis Merletti, who pressed for the privilege. "It can't be compromised...
...need to be a "Titanic" groupie to remember the character of bridge officer William Murdoch. He was the one who took a bribe from Billy Zane, shot a steerage passenger to stop him from boarding the lifeboats, and ended his life ingraciously with a gun at his head. Which didn't go down too well in Dalbeattie, Scotland, where the real-life officer Murdoch is remembered as a selfless hero who saved lives and went down with his ship...
...demanding that Fox clear officer Murdoch's name in the "Titanic" video credits. "Filmgoers all over the world will see him portrayed as a coward," complained school head Linda Kirkwood. Not to mention how bad Fox looks for dishing out what will undoubtedly be seen as a paltry bribe. Will we ever learn from the movies...