Blackmail to the Chief
When the GOP found out Carrie Phillips had proof of her affair with presidential candidate Warren G. Harding, she agreed to keep quiet in return for a trip abroad during the election plus cash. She was not his only mistress nor the only one he paid. He willingly gave money to Nan Britton, who bore his child but was ridiculed when she wrote about it after his death. His Senate secretary, Grace Cross, wanted something in return for her love letters from the president, but was thwarted when the evidence was literally snatched from her.
Members of the press knew about Harding's appetite for women not his wife, but limited their reporting to saying that Harding had ogled the first Miss America, Margaret Gorman.
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