Overview
āRachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz expand on their riveting podcast to create a work both scholarly and disturbing in its parallels to current events.āāPreet Bharara,Ā New York TimesĀ bestselling author ofĀ Doing JusticeĀ and host of theĀ podcastĀ Stay Tuned with Preet
Is it possible for a sitting vice president to direct a vast criminal enterprise within the halls of the White House? To have one of the most brazen corruption scandals in American history play out while nobodyās paying attention? And for that scandal to be all but forgotten decades later?
The year was 1973, and Spiro T. Agnew, the former governor of Maryland, was Richard Nixonās second-in-command. Long on firebrand rhetoric and short on political experience, Agnew had carried out a bribery and extortion ring in office for years, whenāat the height of Watergateāthree young federal prosecutors discovered his crimes and launched a mission to take him down before it was too late, before Nixonās impending downfall elevated Agnew to the presidency. The self-described ācounterpuncherā vice president did everything he could to bury their investigation: dismissing it as a āwitch hunt,ā riling up his partisan base, making the press the enemy, and, with a crumbling circle of loyalists, scheming to obstruct justice in order to survive.
In this blockbuster account, Rachel Maddow and Michael Yarvitz detail the investigation that exposed Agnewās crimes, the attempts at a cover-upāwhich involved future president George H. W. Bushāand the backroom bargain that forced Agnewās resignation but also spared him years in federal prison. Based on the award-winning hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnewās scandal and its lasting influence on our politics, our media, and our understanding of what it takes to confront a criminal in the White House.
This book title, Bag Man (The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House), ISBN: 9780593136683, by Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, published by Crown/Archetype (March 17, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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