This is wild to read in 2025. It sounds like the case against him was legitimate because the case wasn’t able to be repealed, but most people today would barely blink at a no-bid contract finance bribe. We’re living in a post-shame world.
And I only know about this man from the press conference/suicide sections of this article, but he seemed intelligent and empathetic. Even if he was guilty of bribery, it’s tragic that he took his life.
What is this actually a picture of? I don’t get the joke.
R. Budd Dwyer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._Budd_Dwyer
This is wild to read in 2025. It sounds like the case against him was legitimate because the case wasn’t able to be repealed, but most people today would barely blink at a no-bid contract finance bribe. We’re living in a post-shame world.
And I only know about this man from the press conference/suicide sections of this article, but he seemed intelligent and empathetic. Even if he was guilty of bribery, it’s tragic that he took his life.
Holy shit that’s nuts. The video is on archive.org if you’re crazy enough to look it up.
Pretty sure it’s the guy who offed himself on camera because of some politics stuff, I think involving a bribe