Rampart scandal

been scandals. In The Histories, Herodotus was a fan of discussing the scandal in Persia with two impostor kings, which when exposed led to Darius assuming the throne, or the scandal in Delphi when the high priestess was bribed to make fake oracles that resulted in Sparta attacking Athens. Nowadays we hear about scandals quite frequently, usually to do with a minister of Parliament misusing public funds, or a celebrity saying something controversial. The statement presented claims that scandals…

President’s Men” is a political film that shows a couple of reporters investigating the Watergate scandal were five men break-in at the Democratic National Committee. The film approaches the scandal as an investigation made for the reporters that transform the film into a suspense movie. The calls, the meetings, the resources, and the effort that both reporters implemented to create the perfect story for the scandal was giving results and, therefore the high commands involved on it tried to stop…

"Fast and Furious" scandal, according to The Hill. The Obama administration refused to hand over the document for years, but now congressional lawmakers have the tools required to bring charges forward. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced Wednesday that the department reached an agreement with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after a six year battle in court over the documents. The Obama administration refused to hand over any documents involving the scandal, which…

If nothing else, Bernstein and Woodward were persistent with finding all the information they needed to support their story. One of the difficulties they faced when writing their article was getting the appropriate people to give information on the issue. The two would often find the people who had the information, but they would not be able get their source to speak on the subject. To take it further, when they did find people who wanted to speak on the topic, they would often refuse to go on…

One incident in particular the Black Sox Scandal. “Later evidence revealed that eight Chicago players had taken money from gamblers to dump the 1919 World Series. Seven of the eight alleged fixers admitted to a grand jury they had received sums varying from $5,000-$10,000—figures that exceeded the…

“The "best interest" clause developed in Major League Baseball (MLB) in response to the Chicago Black Sox scandal during the 1919 World Series, where gamblers bribed players to throw the coveted baseball championship (Kim & Parlow, pg.575).” Due to the actions of players in MLB, the organization was forced to include a clause that prohibited players from participating…

Mark Madoff was put in a very difficult position on whether to turn his father, Bernie Madoff, in for his Ponzi scheme immediately or give his father a week delay as he requested. If Mark would have not immediately gone to authorities, he risked looking guilty for involvement and risked the charges associated with involvement, in addition to possibly facing charges for withholding information on his father’s illegal activity. If Mark chose to wait it out, he would be giving Bernie not only a…

settled out of court, but Jackson went to trial and won the case. However, a judge set aside the verdict, saying some of Jackson’s testimony contradicted what he had told the Grand Jury in 1920, which constituted a prima facie case of perjury. The scandal wounded the White Sox franchise for years to come. It would be 1959 before Chicago would return to the World Series, losing to the Los Angeles Dodgers. It was not until 2005 that the White Sox would return and win the World Series. Fans…

including seven other teammates were accused of losing a game in order to earn cash from gamblers; hence were banned from playing professional baseball for life. Nevertheless, I have confidence that Jackson wasn’t involved in the 1919 World Series scandal. First of all, during a game, he and his teammates were accused of participating in a fix with gamblers. The gamblers’ deal was to make the team lose against the Cincinnati Reds. They asked Jackson, as he was considered the best on the team,…

Moving along with the documentary, they begin to talk about the operation on the 19th floor which as known as the lipstick building. This was very interesting because no one would suspect anything from a lipstick company. That was very genius of Madoff to do. Inside the building there were 20 to 30-year-old working making millions of dollars a year. Madoff “company” was run by Madoff family members like his two sons and brother. Where the actual fraud was taking place was in the 17th floor by…