Five U.S. senators were investigated in the late '80s/early '90s for interfering in an investigation. They were known as what?

Lincoln Savings and Loan Association was being investigated for getting in over their heads in risky investments. Five senators – known as the "Keating Five" – all of whom had received campaign donations by the company's owner, Charles Keating, improperly interfered in the investigation of Lincoln by insisting no charges should be pursued. After Lincoln collapsed, they received a taxpayer bailout exceeding $3 billion, but the senators in question (one of whom was John McCain) were investigated themselves for misconduct over two years. McCain faced further scrutiny over the matter during his presidential campaign in 2008.

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