Richard Nixon's Vice President Spiro Agnew, a lawyer, was forced to resign from the Vice Presidency following charges that he:

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Spiro Agnew was forced to resign from the Vice Presidency following charges that he had evaded paying taxes. In 1973, the US Attorney's Office for the District of Maryland discovered that Agnew had taken kickbacks from contractors when he was Governor of Maryland and later as Vice President. Agnew was eventually charged with extortion, bribery, conspiracy, and tax fraud. He resigned in 1973 and pleaded no contest to the tax evasion charge.

Richard Nixon's Vice President Spiro Agnew, a Lawyer, Was Forced