Letter to the Editor: The Most Corrupt President in American History Was Not Warren Harding - The American Spectator

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Letter to the Editor: The Most Corrupt President in American History Was Not Warren Harding

The three scandals in his administration weren’t his fault, and he attempted to respond to them justly.

by The Editors

February 8, 2022, 11:26 PM

It has become commonplace for historians and scholars to compare presidential corruption to Warren Harding, claiming he is the standard to measure dishonesty in the White House. It is repeated on both...

No hoodwinking or hornswoggling here.

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