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		tanderson92 on Nov 21, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Second Half of Watergate Was Bigger, Worse, an... I commented at almost the precise moment (great minds!) of your comment on this fact, and cc'ed matt into the discussion: https://twitter.com/wokeberia/status/1065053152775270400 The followup tweet includes my suspicion this might have been the first because they first discovered the lack of a law, and creatively got around that fact.

mcguire on Nov 21, 2018 [–]

Al Capone was imprisoned on tax charges.

Dylan16807 on Nov 22, 2018 | | [–]

Not for lack of his other activities being illegal.

tanderson92 on Nov 21, 2018 | | [–]

Not securities fraud.

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