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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...father "wasn't angry, there was nothing really to be mad about, just shocked," his son said, adding that the speaker did not think that Nixon would resign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Son of Carl Albert Says Nixon Faces Impeachment | 10/23/1973 | See Source »

Fist Banging. Desperately, Agnew went back to the tactic that he had first tried and then abandoned: working out a deal with the Justice Department under which he would be accused of a relatively minor charge if he agreed to resign. Known as "plea bargaining"-or, less elegantly, "copping a plea"-the practice is commonly used in all courts. The prosecution settles for a sure conviction rather than going to the trouble or expense of proving a more ambitious- and time-consuming-case in court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Fall of Spiro Agnew | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

...looked older somehow, his hair seemed whiter73151;Judah Best slipped away to make a phone call to an associate in Washington. Two minutes later, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who had been alerted to be in his office, was delivered a letter signed by Agnew: "I hereby resign the office of Vice President of the United States, effective immediately." (The duty of receiving the resignation of a President or Vice President is an archaic function of Kissinger's office, spelled out by the Presidential Succession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: The Fall of Spiro Agnew | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

...Louis Globe-Democrat admitted its "disappointment that Agnew has been dishonest in more than his tax reports. He attempted to deceive the American public with his protestations of innocence and his insistence that he would not resign ... Most of the 'damn lies' about Agnew seemed to have been told...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Few Tears for Ted | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

...extortion, conspiracy and tax evasion. Yet the President of the U.S. went out of his way to set the public record straight on his support of the prosecution and the seriousness of the charges, even as he accepted Agnew's right, fiercely asserted the week before, not to resign if indicted. Worst of all for Agnew, the Government argued for the first time that a sitting Vice President could be indicted and disclosed that it was pressing for an indictment before Oct. 26, when the five-year statute of limitations on some of the charges will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE VICE PRESIDENCY: Thrust and Riposte in the Agnew Battle | 10/15/1973 | See Source »

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