Well that's weird.

So a story surfaced recently. Watergate Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox expressed "extreme interest" in a 1970s criminal investigation of New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner for illegal campaign contributions. Then-FBI director Clarence M. Kelley relayed Cox's concerns in a memo back in 1973, sent to the bureau's Cleveland office, saying that agents needed to make sure the probe received "the same, immediate and preferred handling" as other criminal cases then growing from the Watergate scandal. The memos were released along with 400 pages of Steinbrenners FBI file. Most of the material concerned Steinbrenner's illegal contributions to President Nixon. Associated Press and other news organizations requested the file under the Freedom of Information Act following Steinbrenner's death in July. There are references to Steinbrenner's pardon later by President Reagan as well but nothing about his career as the Yankee's "Boss."

Among other things mentioned, the FBI was investigating whether employees were told they would be reimbursed by the company for campaign contributions, another violation of campaign finance laws. Steinbrenner was indicted in 1974, and two weeks after Nixon's resignation in August of that same year, the Boss pleaded guilty and was fined $15,000. Executives in Steibrenner's American Shipbuilding Co. told FBI officials in signed statements that they received bonuses after making contributions to Nixon's campaign. What can we say. The Boss knows how to get stuff done.