Remember Billygate? (I didn’t think so.) That was a scandal surrounding President Jimmy Carter’s brother, Billy. During Carter’s presidency, news broke that Billy Carter had taken money from shadowy Libyan sources. A media uproar and Senate investigation followed. President Carter formally distanced himself from the story and his brother, with limited success — even as the story threatened to affect his reelection bid.
Remember Billygate? (I didn’t think so.) That was a scandal surrounding President Jimmy Carter’s brother, Billy. During Carter’s presidency, news broke that Billy Carter had taken money from shadowy Libyan sources. A media uproar and Senate investigation followed. President Carter formally distanced himself from the story and his brother, with limited success — even as the story threatened to affect his reelection bid.
