Reply #5: That was Spiro Agnew's famous plea

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when he was indicted in Maryland on various corruption charges bacl in '73 or '74.

For the younger DUers, Agnew was Nixon's vice president. Many thought Nixon chose him to make himself impeachment-proof, since nobody in their right mind would have wanted Agnew to be president.

In order to impeach Nixon, they had to get Agnew out of the way. After his nolo contendre pleas, Agnew resigned as VP and Gerald Ford took his place, becoming an unelected president when Nixon resigned in August of 1974.