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Events on Monday 10 May 1875 1
1875Whiskey Ring scandal exposedTreasury raids uncover a distillers' tax fraud conspiracyTreasury agents raided distilleries across the Midwest, exposing a conspiracy among distillers and federal officials to evade liquor taxes and funnel the proceeds to the Republican Party. The scandal implicated President Grant's own private secretary, Orville Babcock, though he was acquitted.