The president's secretary Orville E. Babcock was indicted and the held money was to be used to fund the  campaign for the reelection of Ulysses S. Grant.
This conspiracy operated mainly in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Chicago, but extended to New Orleans, Peoria, and Cincinnati as well. It involved bribing IRS officials in order to keep a tax on their product. The president's secretary Orville E. Babcock was indicted and the held money was to be used to fund the  campaign for the reelection of Ulysses S. Grant. FTP, identify this Grant- Presidency scandal that involved a fraud in taxes on the namesake alcoholic beverage.
This conspiracy operated mainly in St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Chicago, but extended to New Orleans, Peoria, and Cincinnati as well.
the Whiskey Ring