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=== Teapot Dome incident ===

=== Teapot Dome incident ===

Mr. Harding, in a quest to help re-privatize land taken from the American people and industry by their own government, appointed Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico as his Secretary of the Interior.  While Falls efforts to open reserves for private exploration are commendable, he misappropriated this effort for his own gain in an abuse of the public trust.  In revenge, Democrats in congress, lead by Senator [[Thomas J. Walsh]] and Senator [[Robert M. LaFollette]], began an investigation with the support of the [[conservationist]] interests that backed them.  They found that Fall had used his privatization efforts to benefit himself to the tune of over $400,000.  Mr. Fall also had entangled other businessmen and politicians into his wrongdoing which lead to other indictments of both Democrats and Republicans and continued into the Coolidge administration.  While Mr. Harding did not know about these dealings until shortly before his death, he was indirectly at fault as it was his appointee behind them.  In later years the petroleum reserves would prove to be less valuable than initially overestimated by the government. <ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0380900-00</ref>  Some rumors speculated that as Harding became aware of the scandal he threatened to expose others that he was poisoned to prevent this and still others that he committed suicide over the issue.  Though the evidence does not support these claims.  <ref>http://www.freewarehof.org/harding.html</ref> <ref>http://american-presidents.blogspot.com/search/label/Warren%20G.%20Harding</ref> <ref>http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/warren_harding/6.html</ref>

Mr. Harding, in a quest to help re-privatize land taken from the American people and industry by their own government, appointed Senator Albert B. Fall of New Mexico as his Secretary of the Interior.  While Falls efforts to open reserves for private exploration are commendable, he misappropriated this effort for his own gain in an abuse of the public trust.  In revenge, Democrats in congress, lead by Senator [[Thomas J. Walsh]] and Senator [[Robert M. LaFollette]], began an investigation with the support of the [[conservationist]] interests that backed them.  They found that Fall had used his privatization efforts to benefit himself to the tune of over $400,000.  Mr. Fall also had entangled other businessmen and politicians into his wrongdoing which lead to other indictments of both Democrats and Republicans and continued into the Coolidge administration.  While Mr. Harding did not know about these dealings until shortly before his death, he was indirectly at fault as it was his appointee behind them.  In later years the petroleum reserves would prove to be less valuable than initially overestimated by the government. <ref>http://ap.grolier.com/article?assetid=0380900-00</ref>  Some rumors speculated that as Harding became aware of the scandal he threatened to expose others that he was poisoned to prevent this and still others that he committed suicide over the issue.  Though the evidence does not support these claims.  <ref>http://www.freewarehof.org/harding.html</ref> <ref>http://american-presidents.blogspot.com/search/label/Warren%20G.%20Harding</ref> <ref>http://www.crimelibrary.com/terrorists_spies/assassins/warren_harding/6.html</ref>

== Assault in the MSM ==

== Assault in the MSM ==