Many still searched for clues to put him and his administration behind the scandal. When it came into light that the Nixon administration had been behind the scandal, President Nixon resigned in August of that year. While historians are not sure whether Nixon knew about the Watergate espionage action before it happened, he took steps to cover it up later, raising “hush money” for the burglars, trying to stop the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from examining the crime, destroying evidence and firing uncooperative staff members (HISTORY.com). His successor, Gerald Ford, immediately pardoned Nixon for all the crimes he “committed or may have committed” while in office (HISTORY.com). Although Nixon was never prosecuted, the Watergate scandal changed American politics forever, leading many Americans to question their leadership and think more critically about the presidency (HISTORY.com).
The reason, a background screening firm called ChoicePoint, which is the largest screening firm in the United States for corporate employers, had reported to Walgreens that Mr. Pendergrass had a record of “cash register fraud and theft of merchandise” totaling over $7,000. These accusations were from his previous job at Rite Aid in 2005, where his employer accused him of theft and underpaying for DVDs. Mr. Pendergrass denied the allegations and wrote
In December 2014, attorneys for Ventura filed a separate lawsuit against HarperCollins, the parent company of the publisher, for failing to check the accuracy of the story it used in publicity. The suit alleges that the false account used in publicity had "increased sales" and generated "millions of dollars for HarperCollins." Other controversies Kyle's family claimed he donated his book proceeds to Veterans' Charity, but reports surfaced that he had kept most of the profit for himself. National Review rebutted the claim that all proceeds of his book went to veterans' charities. According to reports, around 2 percent went to the charities, while Kyle's family took $3
A few days after the break-in, he arranged to provide hundreds of thousands of dollars to the burglars, so they would be quiet. Then, he and his committee told the CIA to slow down the FBI’s investigation of the Watergate scandal. Some Americans thought the cover up was a worse crime than the initial break in. President Nixon was seen as abusing his presidential power. Seven conspirators were indicted on charges related to the Watergate affair.
On May 11, 1973 Senator Proxmire, Vice President Agnew, and a few others have criticized the press about the allegations made about the Watergate scandals. One journalist in particular was accused of false accusations, Mr. John Dean. Mr. Dean reported about the Watergate scandals calling it was a cover up and president Nixon knew about what was going on. Most newspaper editorials backed up Dean saying that journalist’s job is to report the whole story and not just half of the story. Allegations acquired saying that Dean planned it all, it was a self-serving tale and that Dean wanted minimal criminal charges and maximum leverage in immunity (Jones & Company,
Cox has a great deal of political respect and was a solicitor general in the Watergate scandal. When Cox refused to drop motion to the tapes in court on October 20th, 1973, President Nixon ordered Archibald Cox to be fired. The firing of Cox caused Nixon’s attorney general, Elliot Richardson to resign rather than fire Cox himself. Then the President asked the deputy attorney general, William Ruckelshaus to do the same, he also disobeyed and resigned. Eventually a solicitor general named Robert Bork carried out the discharge of Archibald Cox (americanhistory.abc-clio.com).
Billionaire mining mogul Ira Rennert could have used an asbestos suit at times on Thursday. Rennert, who seldom speaks in public, was forced to testify for about six hours in Manhattan federal court over allegations that he looted his company and used the cash to finance construction of a 29-bedroom, 39-bath estate in the Hamptons. Faced with questions from a lawyer for creditors of the company, MagCorp, Rennert was forced to admit that he had gotten some facts wrong in a deposition taken for this suit. Leo Beus, the lawyer for MagCorp’s trustee, was aiming to undercut Rennert’s credibility. “Did you ever understand there was a need for new … cell technology?” asked Beus, referring to a slide of an August 2001 article written by MagCorp’s
The stockholders in this case filed a lawsuit against Beazer and some of its officers for "issuing false and misleading statements regarding the company's business prospects and not disclosing facts the defendants knew related to alleged improper lending practices in its mortgage origination business" (Burney, 2009, p. 1). This case was settled with Beazer's insurance company paying $30.5 million. In this case, the restatement of past financial statements wreaked havoc on Beazer Homes USA. It began with an internal investigation, which led to an investigation by the SEC and ended with several lawsuits and large quantities of money being spent to settle
When Filt brought the card to some sport-card grading services, they all said the card had been refinished and trimmed. Strek tricked Filt into buying this card, but it was not an original card; this was clearly a fraud. The related issue that I noticed about this case and my project court case was the facts show that the defendant, Win Van Lines, Inc. lost or stole client’s expensive properties, but it refused to accept the fault. In both these cases, the defendant lost because they had committed fraud and crime. I agreed with the court’s decision that the defendants of both these cases should pay the plaintiff the exact amount of what they had lost.
Chapter 5 cases Skilling v. United States * TX federal court convicted Jeffrey Skilling of conspiracy, securities fraud, making false representations to auditors and insider trading * Skilling was former CEO of Enron. Corp. * On appeal he argued that the government prosecuted him under an invalid legal theory and that the jury was biased * US court of appeals affirmed the conviction but vacated Skilling’s sentence and remanded the case for resentencing * Court held that the government’s theory under the “Honest Services” fraud statute was valid Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States * Andersen instructed Enron employees to destroy Enron-related documents * Consistent with Andersen’s document retention policy *