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Richard Nixon's first vice president resigned in 1973 amid charges of bribery and tax evasion. Now, Maddow and her former producer Mike Yarvitz revisit the Agnew story in the podcast Bag Man.

On this day in 1973, Vice President Spiro Agnew summoned to his office, H.R. Haldeman, President Richard Nixon’s chief of staff. He reported that the U.S. attorney in Maryland, who was ...

Spiro T. Agnew, left, and Richard M. Nixon at the Republican National Convention in 1968. (AP) By Walter Dellinger. Walter Dellinger was head of the Office of Legal Counsel from 1993 to 1996 and ...

Spiro Agnew didn't leave a rosy legacy, but the ethics and accountability reforms initiated following the vice president's resignation in disgrace continue to guide public officeholders in Maryland.

Spiro Agnew was the progenitor of Trump’s politics. He also resigned from office and accepted a plea deal to avoid jail time.

Vance brings to mind Spiro Agnew, whose selection by Republican Richard Nixon in 1968 baffled party veterans. But it soon became obvious why Nixon chose Agnew: to appeal to angry right-wingers.

Spiro T. Agnew served as the 39th vice president of the United States from Jan. 20, 1969 to Oct. 10, 1973, when he was forced to resign after pleading no contest to a felony charge of tax evasion.

Agnew Road first shows up on Montgomery County documents in 1940, said Sarah Hedlund, archivist/librarian at Montgomery History. At that time, Spiro Agnew had yet to enter public life.

President Richard M. Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew at the "Western White House" in San Clemente, Calif., on Aug. 22, 1970. Wind, rain and hail pummeled the line of mourners that stretched ...

On August 7, 1973, the Wall Street Journal published a startling story: Spiro Agnew, elected in 1968 as Richard Nixon’s Vice-President, was under investigation for tax evasion, bribery, and ...