Posted on 12/07/2017 6:37:25 PM PST by Libloather
- Rep. Dan Sickles kills Phillip Barton Key
- ABSCAM FBI sting takes out eight members of Congress
- Barney Franks prostitution ring
- Rep. Fred Richmond pleads guilty to multiple federal charges
- Sen. Kennedy drives car off bridge, woman drowns
- Congressional page sex scandal rocks Congress in 1983
- Mark Foleys 2006 instant messenger page scandal
- Rep. Hays hires unqualified secretary for sex acts
- Mel Reynolds convicted in teen-sex scandal
- Rep. Tom Delay resigns under indictment for money laundering
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Andrew Jackson killed a man in a duel in 1806, but he did not become President until 1829.
He participated in other, non-fatal duels.
Koreagate.
The Keating 5.
John McCain was involved, but managed to skate.
He actually won his appeal not too long ago.
You were looking at her hair? Does she have hair?
After that scandal they gave all the secretaries on Capitol Hill typing tests.
Results: Most of them could type, but a few were just hunt n peckers.
Delay was acquitted. How is that a scandal?
Senator Brooks subsequently received hundreds of canes as gifts.
It was a vicious attack. Brook’s didn’t even have the guts to go after Sumner alone. His accomplice, Laurence Keitt of South Carolina, held bystanders at bay with a pistol, to prevent them from stopping the attack.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner
Thanks Libloather.
LOL = now that's funny!
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