Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford to President Richard M. Nixon Letter from House Minority Leader Gerald R. Ford to President Richard M. Nixon Background In the late summer of 1973, Vice President Spiro T. Agnew was under investigation by the U.S. Attorney's office in Baltimore, Maryland, on charges of extortion, tax fraud, bribery, and conspiracy. In October, he was formally charged with having accepted bribes totaling more than $100,000 while holding office as Baltimore County E