Sex Lies and insider trading but what
agents found instead of a compromised
official account were intimate salacious
emails between Broadwell and Petraeus
described as a lot of human drama
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
falls from grace in business and
politics a native media and repeated
efforts to save Mary Jo by diving into
the strong and murky current for this
list we looked at the business tycoons
and political power players that reached
the greatest positions of authority in
government industry or finance
she said a young woman danced while
dressed as a nun and stripped for the
then prime minister but today’s trial is
separate from one which the 76 year old
is charged with paying for sex with an
underage prostitute and covering it up
held in the highest esteem they threw it
all away because of arrogance greed and
in some cases pure lust scorned by the
public and their peers they were
completely forced out of their positions
or at the very least judged in the court
of public opinion it’s a terrible
mistake
and I’ll never do it again number 10
Michael Milken of course the real-life
star from the go-go 1980s who flamed out
most spectacularly was Michael Milken
now a Boston Globe report links romney
to a business deal with Milken it’s the
last of a triple head of negative Bain
stories in three major newspapers they
call him the junk bond King with an
almost preternatural understanding of
the stock market Michael Milken made
billions through creative investments in
cheap high yielding bonds one of the
richest men in the world Michael Milken
pleaded guilty today to six criminal
charges and agreed to pay the largest
fine ever assessed against an individual
then he got a little too creative a
poster boy of 1980s money lust and
excess Milken was indicted on fraud
charges banned from the securities
industry for life
he has since dedicated himself to
philanthropic work and remains one of
the richest men in the world turns out
the junk bond King is also a comeback
kid matter what it is prostate cancer no
matter what it is the man is right there
and grazes millions and millions of
dollars number 9 Dominique strauss-kahn
there’s no easy way to ask any of these
questions no easy way to answer as
managing director of the International
Monetary Fund Dominique strauss-kahn
caught heat when he had an affair with a
subordinate the IMF finally forced him
to resign when he was accused of
sexually assaulting a hotel maid I was
like I’m so sorry I turned my head he
counted me and cat my breast and the
case was settled in civil court he’s now
been connected to a prostitution ring
and faces charges of aggravated pimping
oh I’m thinking anything it happened
something happened which is a private
thing and I still say what happens in a
room is a private thing unless the
prosecutors find something to tell you
that you are going to be charged for
something in there I have proof of that
dsk has managed to dodge the legal
system thus far but in the court of
public opinion it’s pretty clear that
this guy’s a creep
number eight Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin sentenced to 120 months which
equates to ten years it takes one to
know one
as mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin was
celebrated for his aggressive fight
against city corruption which is funny
because Ray Nagin was one of the
dirtiest politicians around if somebody
says what happened what did happen well
in my opinion I’ve been targeted
I’ve been smeared tarnished and for some
reason some of the stances that I took
after Katrina didn’t sit well with some
very powerful people convicted on 20
counts of fraud bribery and money
laundering Nagin took over half a
million dollars worth of payouts in
exchange for city contracts even after
New Orleans had been devastated by
Hurricane Katrina in 2014 he was given a
10-year prison sentence guess the
payouts didn’t pay off so now I’m paying
a price for that number seven Jeffrey
Skilling if you negotiate hard on behalf
of Enron and if you take a baseball bat
– Andy fast down in a negotiation that
benefits Enron Corporation twenty-three
of the 24 people on that committee will
be cheering for you today Enron is the
iconic symbol of corporate greed and
Jeffrey Skilling is the face of Enron
company founder Kenneth Lay hired
skilling to build up business instead he
built a house of cards yeah what
happened if the Enron guys got dragged
before Congress I must respectfully
decline to answer on Fifth Amendment
grounds all the questions of this
committee and subcommittee that’s where
hidden profits inflated once hailed one
of the most innovative companies in
America Enron collapsed under the weight
of its lies resulting in the largest
bankruptcy in US history though several
execs were indicted Skilling’s arrogance
personified the nature of Enron’s crimes
set for release in 2019 it’s anyone’s
guess what this guy will do next I would
they say you know if it doesn’t kill you
it makes you
number six Bernard Kerik he ran one of
the largest jails in the country and
he’s credited with turning it around the
police commissioner of New York City
Bernard Kerik was nominated by President
George W Bush for US Secretary of
Homeland Security in 2004 there have
been a number of people detained over
the last two or three hours at the
airports with possibly fictitious
identification unfortunately he had to
refuse the prestigious position because
he’d employed an illegal immigrant and
he was a really crooked cop is a sad day
when this office returns an indictment
against a former law enforcement officer
particularly one who served in positions
as high as those held by Bernard Kerik
one of the most decorated policemen in
New York history Carrick was later
indicted on 16 counts including
conspiracy and fraud plain and simple
tax evasion is not a victimless crime
released from custody in 2013 Carrick
wants to repair the criminal justice
system perhaps he should just try to
repair his credibility that’s one way to
look at it and that’s what the way I
looked at it before I went in except the
reality is you want people to be
punished you want to punish them okay
punish them but don’t destroy them
number five Eliot Spitzer it’s not
reasonable it’s not right it violates
the law while we could have chosen
sexter Anthony Weiner whose
inappropriate online relationships with
several women forced him to resign from
Congress it’s this former New York
Attorney General turned state governor
and then client nine that lands here in
the past few days I’ve begun to atone
for my private failings with my wife so
des my children and my entire family
Spitzer built a successful career
championing the little guy but this
ethical crusader had a secret penchant
for hookers spending tens of thousands
of dollars on high-end escorts over a
10-year period for this reason I am
resigning from the office of governor
facing impeachment Spitzer resigned as
governor though his private
predilections tarnished his political
persona
Spitzer return to public life running
for New York City Comptroller in 2013 he
lost people might forgive they don’t
forget the only metaphor I can think of
perhaps is Icarus those whom the gods
would destroy they may call powerful
number 4 Andy Coulson it’s been arrested
for perjury yes during a trial where
someone else was on trial for perjury
yes as editor of news of the world he
liked a juicy story but when it came to
allegations of illegal phone hacking
Andy Coulson couldn’t quite keep his
story straight
Coulson resigned from his editor
position when his reporter was caught
intercepting voicemails that culminated
in the hacking of a murdered teenagers
phone denying any knowledge of this
crime
Coulson started work with Prime Minister
David Cameron I take full responsibility
for employing Andy Coulson I did so on
the basis of undertakings I was given by
him about phone hacking and those turn
out not to be the case but Coulson did
know about the hacking in fact he’d
encouraged it and was found guilty of
conspiracy for phone hacking a perjurer
an eavesdropper an embarrassment to
Downing Street Coulson was the tabloid
journalist reduced to tabloid fodder it
would require a remarkably robust editor
to say well thank you very much mr.
Murdoch I’m very interested in that it’s
I’m actually going a hundred eighty
degrees in the other direction be a bold
move yes
number three John Edwards god bless you
thank you for being ale
he was a self-made man with all-american
good looks he had a loving family with a
heart-wrenching backstory John Edwards
was the Democrats darling and his eyes
were set on the Oval Office then he had
an affair and fathered a child with a
campaign staffer all while his wife
battled stage four cancer I have no idea
what you’re asking about I’ve responded
to consistently to these tabloid
allegations by saying I don’t respond to
these lives repeated lies and a sloppy
cover-up only made matters worse it’s
fundamental to
how you judge people and human character
whether you keep your word whether you
keep what is your ultimate word which is
that you love your spouse and you’ll
stay with them a cheat a liar and a
deadbeat dad Edwards was the ideal
political candidate who became the worst
kind of political cliche there’s no
question that I’ve done wrong and I take
full responsibility for having done
wrong number two Bernard Madoff what do
you think should happen to him I can’t
say it on the camera
he was the non-executive chairman of the
Nasdaq and a trusted financial adviser
whose investment firm managed the
savings of charities millionaires and
regular folk I’m gonna put my money with
Madoff cuz he’s he’s on the inside he
can get some of that action
all the while Bernie Madoff was actually
running the largest Ponzi scheme in
American history his victims he said
have themselves to blame my investors
were sophisticated people smart enough
to know what was going on and how money
was made but they still invested with me
without any explanations a corporate con
artist he defrauded thousands of people
out of billions of dollars but in 2008
the scam imploded companies collapsed
life savings were lost and Madoff was
exposed sentenced to 150 years in prison
Madoff’s fall from grace is more like a
full-blown crash into infamy and
disgrace Bernie Madoff told me that he
is happier now than he’s been in years
he said quote I feel safer here than
outside I know I will die in prison but
I lived the last 20 years of my life in
fear before we unveil our pick for
number one here are a few honorable or
in this case dishonorable mentions new
bombshell allegations including
accusations that Ford consorted with a
suspected prostitute snorted cocaine
drove while drinking and smoked a joint
with two women and then after lunch and
that’s saying that it only makes you
better oh my gosh I mean wool ball it’s
terrible what you didn’t like
barrages I’m not a racist I made a
terrible terrible mistake and I’m here
with you today
to apologize and to ask for forgiveness
for all the people that I’ve heard I’ve
exchanged messages and photos and an
explicit nature with about six women
over the last three years well I mean I
really I don’t really want to get into
details of any these lawsuits only tell
you that some of the losses have well
people I’ve never met right or not
employees themselves berry is whether
years of allegations that he’s a drug
user two witnesses have even testified
to it before federal grand juries berry
always dismissed the charges but I’ve
never bought you so and uh okay number
one Richard Nixon above everything else
the American people want leaders who
will keep the peace without surrender
for America and the world Watergate the
word synonymous with political
corruption in 1972 a burglary at the
Democratic National Committee
headquarters in the Watergate office
complex revealed a web of shady
governmental operations that were
eventually linked to the Nixon
administration
and if these allegations prove to be
true what they were seeking to steal was
not the jewels money or the property of
American citizens but something much
more valuable they’re our most precious
heritage the right to vote in a free
election intimidation harassment spying
and a little B&E seemed par for the
course with this two-term president
publicly shamed and facing possible
indictment Richard Nixon was the only
president ever to resign from office
therefore I shall resign the presidency
effective at noon tomorrow though we
wanted to be known for his political
accomplishment it’s his personal
scheming that history remembers well I’m
not a crook I earned everything I’ve got
do you agree with our list
what backhanded financial fraudsters are
duplicitous political schemers have we
missed I don’t think there is a fancy
way to say that I have sinned
for more scandalously entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
last thing was Olivia ganda it says that
I wanted to eat her me let him conduct
I’ve never said that in my life tour I
would never do that
I’m happily married I’ve got more than
enough to be at home
agents found instead of a compromised
official account were intimate salacious
emails between Broadwell and Petraeus
described as a lot of human drama
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top ten
falls from grace in business and
politics a native media and repeated
efforts to save Mary Jo by diving into
the strong and murky current for this
list we looked at the business tycoons
and political power players that reached
the greatest positions of authority in
government industry or finance
she said a young woman danced while
dressed as a nun and stripped for the
then prime minister but today’s trial is
separate from one which the 76 year old
is charged with paying for sex with an
underage prostitute and covering it up
held in the highest esteem they threw it
all away because of arrogance greed and
in some cases pure lust scorned by the
public and their peers they were
completely forced out of their positions
or at the very least judged in the court
of public opinion it’s a terrible
mistake
and I’ll never do it again number 10
Michael Milken of course the real-life
star from the go-go 1980s who flamed out
most spectacularly was Michael Milken
now a Boston Globe report links romney
to a business deal with Milken it’s the
last of a triple head of negative Bain
stories in three major newspapers they
call him the junk bond King with an
almost preternatural understanding of
the stock market Michael Milken made
billions through creative investments in
cheap high yielding bonds one of the
richest men in the world Michael Milken
pleaded guilty today to six criminal
charges and agreed to pay the largest
fine ever assessed against an individual
then he got a little too creative a
poster boy of 1980s money lust and
excess Milken was indicted on fraud
charges banned from the securities
industry for life
he has since dedicated himself to
philanthropic work and remains one of
the richest men in the world turns out
the junk bond King is also a comeback
kid matter what it is prostate cancer no
matter what it is the man is right there
and grazes millions and millions of
dollars number 9 Dominique strauss-kahn
there’s no easy way to ask any of these
questions no easy way to answer as
managing director of the International
Monetary Fund Dominique strauss-kahn
caught heat when he had an affair with a
subordinate the IMF finally forced him
to resign when he was accused of
sexually assaulting a hotel maid I was
like I’m so sorry I turned my head he
counted me and cat my breast and the
case was settled in civil court he’s now
been connected to a prostitution ring
and faces charges of aggravated pimping
oh I’m thinking anything it happened
something happened which is a private
thing and I still say what happens in a
room is a private thing unless the
prosecutors find something to tell you
that you are going to be charged for
something in there I have proof of that
dsk has managed to dodge the legal
system thus far but in the court of
public opinion it’s pretty clear that
this guy’s a creep
number eight Ray Nagin
Ray Nagin sentenced to 120 months which
equates to ten years it takes one to
know one
as mayor of New Orleans Ray Nagin was
celebrated for his aggressive fight
against city corruption which is funny
because Ray Nagin was one of the
dirtiest politicians around if somebody
says what happened what did happen well
in my opinion I’ve been targeted
I’ve been smeared tarnished and for some
reason some of the stances that I took
after Katrina didn’t sit well with some
very powerful people convicted on 20
counts of fraud bribery and money
laundering Nagin took over half a
million dollars worth of payouts in
exchange for city contracts even after
New Orleans had been devastated by
Hurricane Katrina in 2014 he was given a
10-year prison sentence guess the
payouts didn’t pay off so now I’m paying
a price for that number seven Jeffrey
Skilling if you negotiate hard on behalf
of Enron and if you take a baseball bat
– Andy fast down in a negotiation that
benefits Enron Corporation twenty-three
of the 24 people on that committee will
be cheering for you today Enron is the
iconic symbol of corporate greed and
Jeffrey Skilling is the face of Enron
company founder Kenneth Lay hired
skilling to build up business instead he
built a house of cards yeah what
happened if the Enron guys got dragged
before Congress I must respectfully
decline to answer on Fifth Amendment
grounds all the questions of this
committee and subcommittee that’s where
hidden profits inflated once hailed one
of the most innovative companies in
America Enron collapsed under the weight
of its lies resulting in the largest
bankruptcy in US history though several
execs were indicted Skilling’s arrogance
personified the nature of Enron’s crimes
set for release in 2019 it’s anyone’s
guess what this guy will do next I would
they say you know if it doesn’t kill you
it makes you
number six Bernard Kerik he ran one of
the largest jails in the country and
he’s credited with turning it around the
police commissioner of New York City
Bernard Kerik was nominated by President
George W Bush for US Secretary of
Homeland Security in 2004 there have
been a number of people detained over
the last two or three hours at the
airports with possibly fictitious
identification unfortunately he had to
refuse the prestigious position because
he’d employed an illegal immigrant and
he was a really crooked cop is a sad day
when this office returns an indictment
against a former law enforcement officer
particularly one who served in positions
as high as those held by Bernard Kerik
one of the most decorated policemen in
New York history Carrick was later
indicted on 16 counts including
conspiracy and fraud plain and simple
tax evasion is not a victimless crime
released from custody in 2013 Carrick
wants to repair the criminal justice
system perhaps he should just try to
repair his credibility that’s one way to
look at it and that’s what the way I
looked at it before I went in except the
reality is you want people to be
punished you want to punish them okay
punish them but don’t destroy them
number five Eliot Spitzer it’s not
reasonable it’s not right it violates
the law while we could have chosen
sexter Anthony Weiner whose
inappropriate online relationships with
several women forced him to resign from
Congress it’s this former New York
Attorney General turned state governor
and then client nine that lands here in
the past few days I’ve begun to atone
for my private failings with my wife so
des my children and my entire family
Spitzer built a successful career
championing the little guy but this
ethical crusader had a secret penchant
for hookers spending tens of thousands
of dollars on high-end escorts over a
10-year period for this reason I am
resigning from the office of governor
facing impeachment Spitzer resigned as
governor though his private
predilections tarnished his political
persona
Spitzer return to public life running
for New York City Comptroller in 2013 he
lost people might forgive they don’t
forget the only metaphor I can think of
perhaps is Icarus those whom the gods
would destroy they may call powerful
number 4 Andy Coulson it’s been arrested
for perjury yes during a trial where
someone else was on trial for perjury
yes as editor of news of the world he
liked a juicy story but when it came to
allegations of illegal phone hacking
Andy Coulson couldn’t quite keep his
story straight
Coulson resigned from his editor
position when his reporter was caught
intercepting voicemails that culminated
in the hacking of a murdered teenagers
phone denying any knowledge of this
crime
Coulson started work with Prime Minister
David Cameron I take full responsibility
for employing Andy Coulson I did so on
the basis of undertakings I was given by
him about phone hacking and those turn
out not to be the case but Coulson did
know about the hacking in fact he’d
encouraged it and was found guilty of
conspiracy for phone hacking a perjurer
an eavesdropper an embarrassment to
Downing Street Coulson was the tabloid
journalist reduced to tabloid fodder it
would require a remarkably robust editor
to say well thank you very much mr.
Murdoch I’m very interested in that it’s
I’m actually going a hundred eighty
degrees in the other direction be a bold
move yes
number three John Edwards god bless you
thank you for being ale
he was a self-made man with all-american
good looks he had a loving family with a
heart-wrenching backstory John Edwards
was the Democrats darling and his eyes
were set on the Oval Office then he had
an affair and fathered a child with a
campaign staffer all while his wife
battled stage four cancer I have no idea
what you’re asking about I’ve responded
to consistently to these tabloid
allegations by saying I don’t respond to
these lives repeated lies and a sloppy
cover-up only made matters worse it’s
fundamental to
how you judge people and human character
whether you keep your word whether you
keep what is your ultimate word which is
that you love your spouse and you’ll
stay with them a cheat a liar and a
deadbeat dad Edwards was the ideal
political candidate who became the worst
kind of political cliche there’s no
question that I’ve done wrong and I take
full responsibility for having done
wrong number two Bernard Madoff what do
you think should happen to him I can’t
say it on the camera
he was the non-executive chairman of the
Nasdaq and a trusted financial adviser
whose investment firm managed the
savings of charities millionaires and
regular folk I’m gonna put my money with
Madoff cuz he’s he’s on the inside he
can get some of that action
all the while Bernie Madoff was actually
running the largest Ponzi scheme in
American history his victims he said
have themselves to blame my investors
were sophisticated people smart enough
to know what was going on and how money
was made but they still invested with me
without any explanations a corporate con
artist he defrauded thousands of people
out of billions of dollars but in 2008
the scam imploded companies collapsed
life savings were lost and Madoff was
exposed sentenced to 150 years in prison
Madoff’s fall from grace is more like a
full-blown crash into infamy and
disgrace Bernie Madoff told me that he
is happier now than he’s been in years
he said quote I feel safer here than
outside I know I will die in prison but
I lived the last 20 years of my life in
fear before we unveil our pick for
number one here are a few honorable or
in this case dishonorable mentions new
bombshell allegations including
accusations that Ford consorted with a
suspected prostitute snorted cocaine
drove while drinking and smoked a joint
with two women and then after lunch and
that’s saying that it only makes you
better oh my gosh I mean wool ball it’s
terrible what you didn’t like
barrages I’m not a racist I made a
terrible terrible mistake and I’m here
with you today
to apologize and to ask for forgiveness
for all the people that I’ve heard I’ve
exchanged messages and photos and an
explicit nature with about six women
over the last three years well I mean I
really I don’t really want to get into
details of any these lawsuits only tell
you that some of the losses have well
people I’ve never met right or not
employees themselves berry is whether
years of allegations that he’s a drug
user two witnesses have even testified
to it before federal grand juries berry
always dismissed the charges but I’ve
never bought you so and uh okay number
one Richard Nixon above everything else
the American people want leaders who
will keep the peace without surrender
for America and the world Watergate the
word synonymous with political
corruption in 1972 a burglary at the
Democratic National Committee
headquarters in the Watergate office
complex revealed a web of shady
governmental operations that were
eventually linked to the Nixon
administration
and if these allegations prove to be
true what they were seeking to steal was
not the jewels money or the property of
American citizens but something much
more valuable they’re our most precious
heritage the right to vote in a free
election intimidation harassment spying
and a little B&E seemed par for the
course with this two-term president
publicly shamed and facing possible
indictment Richard Nixon was the only
president ever to resign from office
therefore I shall resign the presidency
effective at noon tomorrow though we
wanted to be known for his political
accomplishment it’s his personal
scheming that history remembers well I’m
not a crook I earned everything I’ve got
do you agree with our list
what backhanded financial fraudsters are
duplicitous political schemers have we
missed I don’t think there is a fancy
way to say that I have sinned
for more scandalously entertaining top
10s published every day be sure to
subscribe to watchmojo.com
last thing was Olivia ganda it says that
I wanted to eat her me let him conduct
I’ve never said that in my life tour I
would never do that
I’m happily married I’ve got more than
enough to be at home
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