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...Clinton's moral turpitude. Rich's ex-wife, New York City socialite Denise Rich, just happens to be a major Clinton donor and fund-raiser who has raked in millions of dollars for the Democratic party during the past eight years. Rich's lawyer in the pardon case, Jack Quinn, was once Clinton's general counsel. Quinn personally lobbied Clinton, and various dignitaries - including, sources tell TIME, Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak and King Juan Carlos of Spain - contacted Clinton on Rich's behalf...
...wonder, then, that in the fall of 1999, when Quinn contacted the U.S. attorney's office in New York about making a deal, he got, as he says, "the back of the hand" from U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White. In Quinn's view, the original criminal prosecution of Rich was flawed, making an example of him for an offense that other oil companies had simply been fined for. But the Justice Department wasn't buying it. Officials insisted that no negotiations could begin until Rich went home to face the music...
...Thanksgiving 2000, Quinn had started a new game. During a meeting at the Justice Department on Nov. 21, he notified Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder of his plan to file a pardon petition with the White House. He asked Holder if he wanted a copy. Holder, who assumed that the White House would forward the petition to the Justice Department's pardon attorney for review, as was customary, said he personally did not. On Dec. 11, Quinn delivered the massive document, about the size of a phone book, which TIME has seen, to the office of White House Counsel Beth...
...This time, for reasons that haven't been explained, the White House decided not to send the petition to Justice. While legal and not unprecedented, the decision added to the perception that Quinn and the White House weren't playing fair. On Jan. 5, worried about the approaching deadline, Quinn went straight to the top, sending a letter to Clinton that read, "I believe in this cause with all my heart." Five days later, he forwarded a copy of that missive to Holder, requesting his support. Curiously, because of an address mix-up, Holder didn't receive it until...
...called "reality" shows are, of course, big now. However, when I eavesdropped on a panel discussion on TV's future hosted by top Hollywood TV agent Pat Quinn, I heard several warnings from the industry experts. "Reality isn't what it used to be" said one producer. (I suspect that he's right. The just-released pictures of the new "Survivor" crew is suspiciously lacking the Rudys and Sonyas of the original...