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- 01Agnew accepted at least $147,500 in bribes while serving as Vice President, some payments made inside the White House itself.
- 02He resigned via a single-sentence letter to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, bypassing Congress entirely.
- 03His plea deal made him the second Vice President in U.S. history to resign — the first was John C. Calhoun, in 1832.