11 Biggest Political Scandals of All Time

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9. Hiking the Appalachian Trail

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When in love, people would do all crazy things and come up with silly and not very bright lies in the heat of the moment. The best example of that is Mark Sanford, former Governor of South Carolina, and his famous lie “hiking the Appalachian Trail”, which later became a euphemism for a “sexual scandal”. What happened was that Mark Sanford decided to visit his mistress, but told his staff he is going to hike the Appalachian trail. His lie was discovered by the a news reporter, Gina Smith, who spotted him at the Atlanta airport coming back from the trip to Argentina.

11 Biggest Political Scandals of All Time

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