I have heard people say that Trump is the most corrupt President in U.S. history. I have also heard people say that they are all corrupt. Well, I thought I would ask that question, and here are the results. It lists them by the timeline of their service, with the first being Ulysses S. Grant. Grant's presidency was marred by the Whiskey Ring Scandal, which involved Treasury officials stealing tax revenues, as well as other major corruption cases stemming from poor oversight. Next, there was Warren G. Harding, who was infamous for the Teapot Dome Scandal, in which senior officials accepted bribes from oil companies in exchange for access to federal oil reserves. Then there was Richard Nixon and the Watergate Scandal, including illegal surveillance, campaign dirty tricks, and abuse of executive power. Next comes Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair and the HUD Scandal. Who can forget the trading of weapons through Iran to the Contra Rebels to bypass congressional oversight? We ...
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