In the summer of , the "Plumbing Unit" used the HoJo to monitor the break-in at the Watergate and listened to the tapped phone line of the Democratic National Convention's headquarters.
Willard Intercontinental: We touched on this earlier, but the reason the term "lobbying" exists today is because Ulysses S. Grant would sit in the hotel's lobby and meet with politicians and influential businessmen to talk policy.
Grand Hyatt: Yet another hotel that features into the Marion Barry crack scandal! This was the spot where in he beat up his then-girlfriend Hazel Diane "Rasheeda" Moore the one who "set him up" in the video where he got busted for smoking crack for refusing to have sex with him. Washington Hilton: This scandal actually occurred while exiting the hotel and not within its walls.
President Ronald Reagan was wounded by a gunshot from a would-be assassin while leaving its grounds. The Jefferson: Bill Clinton wasn't the only person in his party that had sex scandals in a D. His former adviser and now Fox News talking head Dick Morris was discovered sucking the toes of prostitute Sherry Rowlands in Suite right before Clinton received the Democratic nomination. While that's particularly gross, the more scandalous part of that affair was that Morris let Rowlands listen in on private administrative phone calls.
Oh yeah, and Marion Barry's only crack possession charge that stuck happened at the Mayflower. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies.
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