Word: pardons
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...White House also conveniently forgot to send the pardon petition that Quinn filed to the Justice Department, as per normal procedure, for reasons that have never been adequately explained. A furious U.S. Attorney, Mary Jo White, said her office had been "bypassed" by the Clinton White House. "We were totally unaware that pardons for Marc Rich were even under consideration," she said...
...plainly, Rich appears to have purchased his presidential pardon. Even more disturbing, he bought his freedom with money made betraying our country. As outraged Representative Chris Cox (R-Calif.) said on the house floor, "Mr. Rich traded with Libya when we had the embargo, he traded with Iran when we had U.S. hostages being held captive, and he traded with Iraq during the 12 years when we had our conflict." The ultimate backscratcher set free the ultimate traitor...
...soul-searching college student in the late '60s, Clinton once remarked that in the billion-page book of life, he wanted to make sure there was an asterisk next to his name. With Denise Rich recently pleading the fifth when questioned about the pardon and with the Justice Department and two congressional subcommittees holding hearings into the matter, there is no doubt that he will get his wish...
...presidency disappear under a freak mud slide. The debris hurtled by so fast that the New York Times editorial page seemed to run out of synonyms for disgust, revulsion and abuse. Jimmy Carter, the perfect ex-President, broke the cardinal rule of the brotherhood and called Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich "disgraceful." Even Terry McAuliffe, the former President's friend, said that decision had been wrong. Perhaps worst of all, there seemed to be no end to the bodies that might float down the swollen river. Congressional investigators subpoenaed another Clinton fund raiser, Beth Dozoretz, to tell...
...Losers NAOMI CAMPBELL No super models allowed. Staff at London boutique Voyage ban the notoriously petulant poser ROGER CLINTON How 'bout another pardon, bro? Former U.S. First Brother charged with drunk driving BULENT ECEVIT Turkish PM rows with Prez, spat triggers collapse of lira. Time to purchase that villa in Smyrna? Verbatim...