Question

During the Forbes Scandal, what was Colonel Charles Forbes accused of doing?

Question 3 options:


convincing Harding to replace Calvin Coolidge with another Ohio friend as vice president



selling scarce medical supplies from veterans' hospitals for personal profit



accepting bribes from German businessmen



allowing private drilling in national forest preserves

Answer 1

Selling scarce medical supplies from veterans' hospitals and kept the money for himself

Step-by-step explanation:

Daugherty disclosed to Harding that Charles Forbes had been selling government medical supplies illegally to private contractors. As a result, Harding asked him to leave the country to escape prosecution.

During the Forbes Scandal, Colonel Charles Forbes was accused of selling scarce medical supplies from veterans' hospitals and kept the money for himself.