Distilled Corruption: The Political Sabotage of the Whiskey Ring

How does a highly organized syndicate of private distillers and corrupt federal agents manage to quietly steal millions of dollars directly from the United States Treasury, right under the nose of the President? The Whiskey Ring scandal of 1875 exposed a level of systemic corruption so deep that it permanently tainted the legacy of Ulysses S. Grant's administration. In the aftermath of the Civil...