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Political Scandals of the '90s
IN THE PAST 
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Here's a list of the political misdeeds in the US during the 1990s.
| | (1990) Senator David Durenberger denounced by Senate for unethical financial transactions |
| | (1991) Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) scandal implicates former Defense Secretary and Washington insider Clark Clifford |
| | (1992)House banking scandal |
| | (1992)Mary Rose Oakar allegations of "ghost employees" on payroll |
| | (1993) President George H.W. Bush's pardon of 6 Iran-Contra affair figures on December 24, 1992 after he had failed to win a second term, days before the perjury trial of Casper Weinberger was scheduled to begin. |
| | (1993) Zoe Baird's nomination as Attorney General and Kimba Wood's subsequent near-nomination were derailed by past employment of illegal aliens as nannies. |
| | (1991 - 1995) Dan Rostenkowski and other Democratic Members of Congress in the Congressional Post Office Scandal |
| | (1993) The evident suicide of White House lawyer Vince Foster, together with accusations that documents from Foster's office relating to an investigation had disappeared mysteriously, fueled scandalous speculations, including the widely publicized suggestion that Foster's death had not been suicide. |
| | Americorps head Eli Segal investigated (1996) |
| | Wes Cooley (1996) |
| | (1996) Filegate -- Misuse of FBI resources by White House Security Chief under President Bill Clinton, allegedly to compile an enemies list; investigation found insufficient evidence of criminal wrongdoing |
| | (1996) Walter R. Tucker III of California resigned before bribery conviction |
| | (1997) Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich financial improprieties leading to House reprimand and assessment of $300,000 sanction |
| | (1998) Secretary of Agriculture Michael Espy forced to resign from office despite ultimate acquittal on criminal corruption charges |
| | (1998) Labor Secretary Alexis Herman investigated in connection with alleged illegal fundraising and other financial improprieties, ultimately cleared in 2001 |
| | (1998-2000) Bruce Babbitt, Interior Secretary, independent probe of alleged lying to Congress concerning influence of money in 1995 American Indian tribe casino decision finds no criminally prosecutable perjury by Babbitt |
| | (1998) Vice-President Al Gore allegations of improper fundraising and "no controlling legal authority" defense |
| | (1994-2000) Whitewater scandal. No criminal charges were brought against the Clintons as there was insufficient evidence that either of them had engaged in criminal wrongdoing |
| | (1999) Henry Cisneros resigns as Housing Secretary and, after lengthy probe that began in 1995, pleads guilty to lying to the FBI about money he paid former mistress Linda Medlar a.k.a. Linda Jones; later pardoned by President Clinton in 2001 |
| | (1999 - 2001) Pardongate -- Bill Clinton appeared to write out pardons, during his lame duck tenure, in response to massive contributions linked to the pardoned. This included a scandal which has become traditional for departing presidents; the sudden flurry of pardons during the final month in office, which would probably not have been deemed tolerable at any other time. |
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