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...Bill Clinton calls Dozoretz in Aspen, Colo., and says he wants to grant the Rich pardon. According to an Azulay e-mail, Clinton told Dozoretz that he "is doing all possible to turn around the White House counsels"; Clinton "sounded very positive" but said, "We have to keep praying." It was Dozoretz who secured Denise's hefty donation to the Clinton library...
...copy of his "all my heart" memo to Holder. He adds, "Dear Eric, I hope you can say you agree with this letter. Your saying positive things, I'm told, would make this happen." Holder later testifies he never received the letter and that it didn't reach the pardon attorney until...
...last trip of his presidency, to Little Rock, Ark., Clinton banters with reporters. "You got anybody you want to pardon?" he asks. "Everybody in America either wants somebody pardoned or a national monument...
Quinn talks to Clinton. They cut a deal: Rich will get the pardon, but he won't use the statute of limitations to avoid civil prosecution. Quinn's notes from the conversation include a few inscrutable phrases: "stayed away--publicity," "defensible," "inequity," "bias--rich...
White House counsel Nolan calls Holder to ask for his opinion. Holder, aware that Barak is lobbying hard, says if there's a foreign policy benefit he's "neutral, leaning toward favorable." Quinn later testifies that Nolan told him in the days after the pardon that "if Mr. Holder hadn't participated in the process...this pardon wouldn't have happened...