The scandals that plagued President Harding's administration

The scandals that plagued President Harding's administration were numerous and varied. The most notable were the Teapot Dome scandal, which involved the Secretary of the Interior leasing Navy petroleum reserves to private oil companies without competitive bidding in exchange for bribes, and the Veterans Bureau scandal, which involved the illicit awarding of contracts to friends and family of Charles Forbes, the Director of the Bureau of Veterans' Affairs. The Attorney General, Harry Daugherty, was also implicated in several other scandals, including a bribery case involving coal mining transportation and the awarding of contracts to favored clients. In addition, President Harding's controversial appointments of Charles Cramer and Charles Forbes, who were associated with the Veterans Bureau scandal and Teapot Dome respectively, raised questions about the President's judgment and ethical judgment. Finally, a series of events occurred during what became known as the "Ohio Gang", a term used to describe a group of people from the Ohio political machine that surrounded Harding. These events included the gift of government funds to individuals connected to the Ohio Gang, and the ultimate deportation of a German national who had connections to the German High Command during World War I.