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The Age of Corruption

The Age of Corruption

“The purpose of power is power…”

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Sep 19, 2023
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In 1973, during a 58 day period between Vice President Spiro Agnew’s resignation on October 10th and Gerald Ford’s confirmation as Vice President on December 6th, Carl Albert, the Democratic speaker of the House, was first in the line of succession to the United States Presidency.  When the impeachment process was initiated on October 30th a very real p…

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