A cikin watan Fabrairun 1745, an kafa kwamiti don bincika hidimar Walpole amma ba a gano wata hujja mai mahimmanci game da aikata laifi ko cin hanci da rashawa ba. Ko da yake ba memba na majalisar ba, Orford ya ci gaba da kasancewa da tasiri na sirri tare da George II kuma ana kiransa "Minista a bayan labule" don wannan shawara da tasiri. A shekara ta 1744 ya yi nasarar tabbatar da korar Carteret da kuma nadin Henry Pelham wanda ya ɗauka a matsayin mai kare siyasa. Ya shawarci Pelham ya yi amfani da kujerarsa a cikin Commons don zama gada tsakanin daular Sarki da Majalisar, kamar yadda Walpole ya yi. A wannan lokacin, Walpole ya yi saɓani biyu a cikin gwamnati.
1744 (shekara ta biyu)