Politics
Doheny's reputation was somewhat tainted by a bribe paid to the Secretary of the Interior, Albert B. Fall. The "gift" of $100,000 was made in connection with obtaining a lease of 32,000 acres (130 km²) of government owned land used for the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve near Taft, California. The resulting scandal broke soon after that over similar bribes Fall accepted for leasing Teapot Dome in Wyoming. Doheny was charged with bribing Fall, but was acquitted. The scandal is also the inspiration for Upton Sinclair's novel, Oil!, based in part on Doheny's life. The film There Will Be Blood (2007) was in turn loosely based on Sinclair's book.
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