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...former wife of fugitive financier Marc Rich contributed about $400,000 to the Clinton presidential library, legal sources tell TIME. This revelation is likely to deepen suspicions of congressional investigators looking into the controversial pardon given to Rich by President Clinton - that Denise Rich's financing of Clinton political and personal projects influenced his decision to give amnesty to her ex-husband...
...past three decades, American Presidents have been cautious about issuing pardons. In eight years, Bill Clinton gave out roughly 300. Herbert Hoover handed out almost 1,400 in half the time. Ever since Gerald Ford let Richard Nixon off the hook for Watergate, every act of clemency has been scrutinized. Still, each recent President has made a few controversial decisions. Nixon pardoned Jimmy Hoffa in 1971, then received the Teamsters' endorsement a year later. Jimmy Carter pardoned Vietnam draft dodgers on his first full day in office. Ronald Reagan pardoned two FBI officials who had authorized agents to break...
...strong, why did he flee to Switzerland and remain there for 17 years? He claimed that a fair trial in the U.S. was impossible. Rather than go home to face a jury, he spent millions trying to settle his case through shadowy negotiations with U.S. authorities. The pardon will allow Rich and Green to go to the U.S. without facing the threat of immediate arrest. Experts say a civil case against them is highly unlikely...
...Hail to the Chief and motorcades puts you back in the nursery, frantic that your mother isn't going to warm your milk. But how can you ever have a home when it's partly filled with loot from strangers? There may be no connection between the disgraceful pardon Clinton gave Marc Rich and the coffee table Denise Rich gave the Clintons. But I'd never be comfortable putting my feet...
Alexander Hamilton defended the President's power of clemency in the Federalist papers, arguing that it should be free of the whims of Congress. The Justice Department does have guidelines: applicants usually present their case to the pardon attorney's office. But the President can issue a pardon without consulting Justice...