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Last week, he had to announce to a stunned public: "I am under investigation for possible violation of the criminal statutes." Specifically, the inquiry centers on allegations by Maryland contractors and others that Agnew collected payoffs during his terms as Baltimore County executive (1962-66), as Maryland Governor (1967-68), and even as Vice President. He faces possible charges of extortion, bribery, tax evasion and conspiracy...
...Looking confident and totally in command during 30 minutes of televised questioning, the Vice President branded a set of newspaper reports that he had once accepted $1,000 a week in illegal funds as "damned lies." He said that he had "absolutely not" accepted money for personal use from Maryland contractors and that "I have nothing to hide" in the way of finances. As for the possibility of being forced to resign over the matter, Agnew replied that he had given it no thought. He had "no expectation of being indicted" and thus had not even begun any "contingent thinking...
Still, there seems no special reason to doubt the most obvious motive behind the investigation: Beall became convinced that big Maryland building projects, which had been controlled by Democrats for several years, were riddled with corruption. Thus, in early January, he issued a set of sweeping subpoenas demanding several tons of county records, and later announced to a grand jury the opening of a probe into "contract-purchase irregularities." As the investigation widened, it was apparent that major state political figures were involved. Among them...
...Jerome Wolff, 55, president of Greiner Environmental Systems, Inc., an affiliate of J.E. Greiner Co. Inc., one of Maryland's biggest construction consulting firms. Wolff was named chairman of the Maryland roads commission by Agnew in 1966 and later (1969-70) went to Washington as an assistant to the Vice President on scientific matters...
...Harry W. Rodgers III, a prominent Maryland land developer and longtime political fund raiser. Described by associates as "everybody's pal," Rodgers supported the Democratic candidate for President in 1964 and 1968, then joined Democrats for Nixon last year. TIME has learned that the Justice Department considered prosecuting him for a possibly illegal campaign contribution in 1972. Rodgers promptly made these difficulties known to the White House, where W. Richard Howard, an assistant to then Presidential Counsel Charles W. Colson, fired off a memo to John Dean asking him to go to bat for Rodgers at the Justice Department. Rodgers...