20 Outrageous Political Scandals from the Last 25 Years

20 Outrageous Political Scandals from the Last 25 Years

The Fiscal Times Staff  // 

Mark Sanford, (R-SC)

Sandford, the former Governor of South Carolina, had an affair with an Argentine woman and disappeared for 6 days in June 2009 during which time no one—not his wife and not his staff could contact him. He was censured but never resigned. His wife divorced him.

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