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A review by amber_lea84
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House by Michael Yarvitz, Rachel Maddow
4.0
I don't watch the Rachel Maddow Show, and I don't remember hearing about this book or placing it on hold at the library.
But hey, here it is. And I read it.
I think the title is meant to make you think it's about Trump, but it's about Spiro Agnew, Nixon's vice president. He resigned in disgrace due to a "tax" scandal. But the real story is that he was accepting bribes, and when he got caught he was really good at deflecting blame. So good, in fact, that he perhaps wrote the Trump playbook.
Maybe consider this a spoiler, but to me the most shocking revelation in this book is that George H.W. Bush was involved in the attempted cover up of Agnew's crimes. He was sent to talk to the prosecutors brother on Agnew's behalf. Holy shit, what would have happened if he was busted for obstruction of justice?
Like just about everyone else, I knew way more about Watergate than I knew about anything that happened with Spiro Agnew. I recommend reading this if you're interested in presidential history, political corruption, or reading anything that is in any way related to Trump.
But hey, here it is. And I read it.
I think the title is meant to make you think it's about Trump, but it's about Spiro Agnew, Nixon's vice president. He resigned in disgrace due to a "tax" scandal. But the real story is that he was accepting bribes, and when he got caught he was really good at deflecting blame. So good, in fact, that he perhaps wrote the Trump playbook.
Maybe consider this a spoiler, but to me the most shocking revelation in this book is that George H.W. Bush was involved in the attempted cover up of Agnew's crimes. He was sent to talk to the prosecutors brother on Agnew's behalf. Holy shit, what would have happened if he was busted for obstruction of justice?
Like just about everyone else, I knew way more about Watergate than I knew about anything that happened with Spiro Agnew. I recommend reading this if you're interested in presidential history, political corruption, or reading anything that is in any way related to Trump.