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Eleven months after the pardon, Cox lived up to his billing with a pledge to the library. His name is etched in gold as a "benefactor," those whose donations amount to between $100,000 to $250,000. He also serves as a library trustee. (The precise size of the donation remains unknown because the Bush library, while listing its patrons, has declined to release the amounts they gave.) The Cox family's generosity began years earlier with at least $35,000 in contributions to Bush and GOP campaigns. (The total may have been higher because soft money did not have...
...Cox did not return repeated calls to his Dallas office. A women who identified herself as an assistant said his gift to Bush's library had nothing to do with the pardon. He gave, she said, because "President Bush is a longtime friend...
Like several controversial pardons by President Clinton, the Cox clemency featured last-minute maneuvering at the Justice Department and lobbying by influential allies. Former Texas governor Bill Clements called Bush's chief of staff, James A. Baker III, asking if the President would consider a pardon for Cox. Baker jotted a note to the White House counsel on Nov. 24, 1992 - copied to Bush - passing along Clements' inquiry and referring to the elder Cox as "a longtime supporter of the President...
Democrats might find some solace in the Cox pardon because of similarities to the recent Clinton binge. Bush granted it in his final few days. As in the Marc Rich case, it was supported by a longtime donor who gave to the presidential library. And although Cox's clemency was vetted by the Justice Department - unlike many granted by Clinton - it was rushed through at the last minute, an official with the former Bush administration told TIME.com...
...attorney in Cox's matter, Marvin Collins, did not criticize the pardon with the same vehemence as federal prosecutors did in Clinton's case. Indeed, he called Cox a good candidate for an eventual pardon. But Collins did question the timing. The Justice Department usually waits five years after a convict finishes his sentence before recommending a pardon. At the time the pardon was given, Collins called it "premature" because the five years had not yet elapsed...