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Who Survives a Political Scandal?
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Title page of Alexander Hamilton's Reynolds Pamphlet, printed in 1797, with the full title and publication details in black text on aged paper.
The Reynolds Pamphlet Its full title is: “Observations on Certain Documents Contained in No. V & VI of ‘The History of the United States for the Year 1796,' In Which the Charge of Speculation Against Alexander Hamilton, Late Secretary of the Treasury, is Fully Refuted.”

Who Survives a Political Scandal?

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Tracy Grant is a senior editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. She previously served as editor in chief, the first woman to hold that title. 
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History is littered with the careers of politicians who committed crimes or engaged in moral indiscretions and then tried to lie their way out of public shame. Hence the maxim: “It’s not the crime, it’s the cover-up.” But honesty doesn’t always save a career, and duplicity doesn’t always sink one. Here we revisit 10 political scandals from across the centuries and around the world to see what about a scandal—or a politician’s response to it—determines...

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