Word: pardons
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...mastered PalmPilot, calling to justify himself to his friends. Clinton's red-faced rages over the Rich scandal have familiar themes: "setups," overzealous prosecutors, unfair legal cases that never should have gone to indictment. What is hard to figure out is whether he is playing out his reasons for pardoning a fugitive or working through his personal grudge against the legal system. Did he pardon Rich or himself by proxy? Either way, sighs a comrade who answered the phone recently to find the 42nd President of the U.S. on the other end of the line, "you get tired of listening...
Hillary Rodham Clinton's jowly brother Hugh faced a nation of raised eyebrows Thursday for his part in two successful pardon pleas. The sartorially impaired sometime golfing partner of the ex-president is taking heat for pocketing $400,000 in legal fees after two of his clients, Carlos Vignali Jr. and Almon Glenn Braswell, were granted last-minute pardons. Hugh's salad days were short; Bill and Hillary demanded that he return the cash, and he obliged quickly...
...while all this fuss about his potentially improper involvement in pardon-seeking has Hugh blinking like a none-too-swift deer caught in exceptionally bright headlights, this 50-year-old lawyer has weathered criticism - and, yes, even embarrassment - before. Chances are good he'll make it through this latest flap as well...
...Back in the present day, it doesn't look like Rodham did anything illegal, per se, when he got involved in the two pardon pleas. But according to research by TIME.com, Rodham does not appear in either the Federal Lobbyist Directory or in the registry on the Center for Responsive Politics site. And while the FLD and Open Secrets are not by any means an exhaustive listing of registered lobbyists, Rodham's absence from both lists indicates he might be eligible for civil charges as specified by federal law. After all, as a supporter of two pardon seekers, Rodham fits...
...MARC RICH." After touching base with his enforcement team, Levitt spoke again with the White House. He reported that the SEC had no jurisdiction over the pair because their business was commodities, not securities. Then Levitt says he took it upon himself to express a view about the proposed pardon. "I said I personally felt this was very wrong," Levitt told TIME. He says the White House official agreed completely. Word of the doubts got around fast--maybe a little too fast. Later that day, Rich's New York lawyer, ROBERT FINK, sent a worried e-mail to fellow members...