this scandal's main branch was headed by former general John MacDonald.
History  One of its sections funded papers against Carl Schurz in order to increase presidential support. One man appointed special prosecutor in response to this was a co-author of the 13th Amendment, John Brooks Henderson, and this scandal's main branch was headed by former general John MacDonald. After its breakup, the president pardoned his personal secretary, Orville Babcock, and this scandal was uncovered by Attorney General Benjamin Bristow. Operating in Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Louis, for 10 points, name this scandal of the Grant Administration involving the embezzlement of taxes on a certain liquor.
History  One of its sections funded papers against Carl Schurz in order to increase presidential support.
{Whiskey Ring} Scandal