Teapot Rock

The infamous political scandal involving Secretary of the Interior Albert B.

Fall accepting bribes in exchange for federal oil leases was [ding] the Teapot Dome scandal.

During the Harding administration in the 1920s, Fall secretly leased federal oil reserves to private companies without competitive bidding.

He became the first former U.S. cabinet member to be imprisoned for crimes committed while in office.

Sinclair is the one that gets the fame because he gave more money.

His was Teapot Dome in Wyoming.

Doheny got a place in California called Elk Hills in Kern County, California, which was the much better oil lease.

Doheny also is part of that deal with Fall, this bribery deal.