ned mclaine said he lent the secretary that money.o the secretary did not have to go through illegal means. then finally, walsh got mclaine to come up and testify in this room, and said, did you lend him the money? "yes, i did, but he returned it right away." that pull the rug out. it became clear that he a taken abroad. had taken a bribe. .he became the first member of a president's cabinet to go to jail as a result of this. the attorney general is also involved. the whole harding administration was coming apart at the seams. harding died unexpectedly in 1923. calvin coolidge came in as president, different purpose. there was a sense of trying to clean up the mess of teapot dome. teapot dome not only is the legislation but led to some major supreme court decisions. because people were not quite sure what the right of congress were. one of the issues was can the congress call a private citizen who is not a federal official -- the supreme court in the summer because of teapot dome said, yes, anybody can be called to testify before cong