He was still receiving large cash payoffs when he was V.P. The cash was delivered to his White House office. The money came from his home state of Maryland. I, for one, suspected that Nixon knew all about Agnew getting these pay-offs at the time. Nixon knew about everything going on everywhere. He was more connected politically and more in control of the FBI, CIA and military intelligence than even Clinton was. To his credit, Nixon acted quickly to eliminate Agnew when this corruption came to light. He should have acted as quickly after the Watergate burglary started getting press coverage.
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