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Not as well known are the many other scandals perpetrated by other high-ranking officials in Harding’s administration, including his US Attorney General, Harry Daugherty.
Junior Montana Senator Thomas J Walsh, who had run for office on an anti-corruption ticket was the committee head leading Senate investigations against Daugherty. Daugherty was ultimately shown to be involved in many shady deals to make him a rich man, including the incredibly profitable selling licenses to move bootleg liquor during Prohibition, sales of public land, movies of boxing macthes shown across state lines and other illegal schemes. These were brought to light after Harding’s death and then after the suicide of a possible gay love interest of Daughterty’s.
The 1920’s Jazz Age loved its scandals and and scofflaws and led to the term ‘Jazz Age Journalism’ with the public eager for details of the latest scandals.
It was also the rise of the FBI under J Edgar Hoover and Daugherty was not above using Hoover and his new department, leading to the first instances of national investigations being weaponized against those trying to bring the perpetrators to justice.
It’s an interesting chapter of history, bringing light to one of the earliest scandal-ridden administrations whose officials were more interested in using the Presidency to create huge fortunes, than in creating stability for the American people.
Recommended for those interested in US history and its politics.… (mehr)