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russia_investigation: Russia Investigation

Description

This folder contains data behind the story 'Is The Russia Investigation Really Another Watergate?' https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/russia-investigation/

Usage

russia_investigation

Arguments

Format

A dataset with 194 rows representing every special investigation since the Watergate probe began in 1973 and 13 variables

investigation

Unique id for each investigation

investigation_start

Start date of the investigation

investigation_end

End date of the investigation

investigation_days

Length, in days, of the investigation. Days will be negative if the charge occurred before the investigation began.

name

Name of the person charged (if applicable). Will be blank if there were no charges.

indictment_days

Length, in days, from the start of the investigation to the date the person was charged (if applicable). Days will be negative if the charge occurred before the investigation began.

type

Result of charge (if applicable)

cp_date

Date the person plead guilty or was convicted (if applicable)

cp_days

Length, in days, from the start of the investigation to the date the person plead guilty or was convicted (if applicable)

overturned

Whether or not the relevant person's conviction was overturned

pardoned

Whether or not the relevant person's charge was pardoned

american

Whether or not the relevant person's charge was a U.S. resident

president

President at the center of the investigation