Rampart scandal

Hobby Lobby, the arts-and-crafts store operated by a Christian family which gained most of its publicity from a religious freedom case at the Supreme Court in 2014, has recently been gaining media attention once again — but this time, under accusations of smuggling biblical artifacts. The company came under fire when the U.S. Department of Justice found that it broke federal laws when it purchased and brought to America artifacts including clay bullae, cuneiform tablets, and cuneiform bricks…

For employee fraud case study, I chose the Nathan John Mueller’s embezzlement scandal. As an accounting manager of ING Reinsurance Corporation (a major financial service company) in Minnesota, Mueller stole almost 8.5 million dollars from the company from 2003 to 2007 (“Mueller Gets 8 years for $8.5 million ING Fraud”). The way he orchestrated the fraud was surprisingly rather simple. Mueller accidentally found out that ING gave him and another co-worker the authorization to request and approve…

Act which was a United States federal law. Question One The main reason for the emergence of this Act was the occurrence of scandals that affected very big companies in the United States. The major scandals were Enron scandals and WorldCom scandals. Enron scandal was a problem revealed in the year 2001that…

NIXON’S PRESIDENCY 2 The Demise of Richard Nixon’s Presidency In 1974, Republican President, Richard Nixon was forced to resign from office due to his involvement in the Watergate scandal. The scandal was a major upset to the Republican party causing the first resignation from a president and seven of his administrators to be arrested for their participation. The reason for the arrest and resignation was a cause of the Republicans…

Watergate Scandal Why did president Nixon want the tapes and documents? According to Gerald R. (History.com) it was made in 2015 no specific date. This subject is mostly about the steps of the Watergate Scandal. There were several burglars invloed. The scandal took place on June 17 1972. In August 1974. During Richard Nixon's reelection campaign they got caught wiretapping the whole thing. Six weeks after Nixon resigned Vice President Gerald Ford was sworn in as president, he…

Democratic National Committee headquarters in the Watergate Complex in Washington, D.C. became a scandal that would change the nation’s views on politics and presidential power forever. From 1972 to 1974, this scandal was investigated and reported on by two dedicated individuals. Their reports became the country’s insight into what was really going on in the White House. To this day, the Watergate scandal and the names of the two men who broke it wide open, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein,…

June of 1972, five men with cameras and bugging equipment were caught and arrested in the Democratic National Committee’s offices in Washington DC. Which happens to be where Democratic Party members make decisions involving political campaigns. (streetlaw.org) The break in was eventually connected to the white house. Nixon had hired men to help him get information on how to be re-elected, but President Nixon denied any connection with the incident. After some time, the presiding judge got a…

From lawyer to President, Gerald Ford did amazing things. Ford became the 38th President after Nixon was forced to resign following his involvment in the Watergate Scandal. This was a major struggle for the United States. President Ford was credited with comforting the nation and helping rebuild the government during this difficult time. Ford's early life, early political career, presidency, and later life are all important topics that will be discussed. Gerald R. Ford Jr. was born on July…

June 17, 1972 is a date that changed America for years to come. For on that day Richard Nixon signed his death sentence on his presidency. That was the day of the break-in at the watergate hotel, the home of the 1972 democratic national convention headquarters. Watergate prolifically changed the way that we as americans think and how we as americans act through politics. Without Watergate who knows what our current political system would be like? Most think what we currently have is a very…

Political ethics and scandals are the forefront of the Canadian political system, as a month rarely passes when the public is not engaged by a new revelation of misbehaviour within the political system. As corruption is directly assimilated within the Canadian political system, as scandals are simply a demonstrable breakdown of politics, in relation to corruption and ethical behaviour. Scandals and corruption are the fundamental backbone of politics as political ethics and scandals are the…