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Bag ManAuthor: MSNBC, Rachel Maddow
Is it possible for an American Vice President to carry out a criminal enterprise inside the White House and have nobody remember? To have one of the most brazen political bribery scandals in American history play out before the country while nobodys paying attention? In her first original podcast, MSNBCs Rachel Maddow goes back 45 years to dig into a story that got overshadowed in its day. Theres intrigue. Corruption. Envelopes of cash delivered to the White House. Its a story thats not well known, but it probably should be. Especially today. Bag Man. A Rachel Maddow podcast from MSNBC. Listen to the Peabody Award-nominated series now. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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Bag Man Bonus Episode: Indictment Edition
Monday, 3 July, 2023
In 1973, in the throes of the Watergate scandal, three young federal prosecutors uncovered a separate criminal scheme being run inside the White House — the sitting vice president, Spiro Agnew, was taking envelopes stuffed with cash in exchange for official acts as an elected official. If Nixon left office, Agnew would be the next President. And so, what would happen if the President was charged with a federal crime? Worse yet, what if he was convicted? Now that Donald Trump has been charged with 37 federal crimes – as he runs again for president — Rachel Maddow and Bag Man executive producer Mike Yarvitz talk with the three Spiro Agnew prosecutors who have the only experience in our nation’s history with a situation like this.