"Crackgate" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2013 June 14, Rosie DiManno, “Dixon Road raids turn up glare on Rob Ford's helter-skelter life: DiManno”, in Toronto Star, Toronto, ON: Toronto Star Newspapers Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-10-02",
          "text": "A mayor who insists he is not a crack addict — and there's no indication of habitual use, nor much likelihood that drug traces could be obtained from hair samples, given the buzz cut that Ford suddenly adopted a few weeks ago, after Crackgate exploded in the media.",
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          "ref": "2023 September 26, Courtney Shea, “Winners and Losers: The Greenbelt scandal”, in Toronto Life, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2023-09-29",
          "text": "It's not all high fives and fist bumps, though. Over at Queen's Park, the unravelling of the biggest Ford fiasco since Crackgate has led to a mounting list of humiliations and resignations—and proof that what happens in Vegas rarely stays there.",
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          "text": "A mayor who insists he is not a crack addict — and there's no indication of habitual use, nor much likelihood that drug traces could be obtained from hair samples, given the buzz cut that Ford suddenly adopted a few weeks ago, after Crackgate exploded in the media.",
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