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...America's Clinton hangover worsened. More allegations of influence peddling surrounding former President Bill Clinton's 11th-hour pardons came to light, this time involving the brothers of both Clinton and his wife, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hugh Rodham was paid $400,000 to petition the former President on behalf of convicted criminals seeking clemency, while the President's brother Roger Clinton pushed for pardons for 10 other petitioners, though he insisted he was not paid to do so. Rodham has returned the money, and Senator Clinton said she was unaware of her brother's actions. Nonetheless, scrutiny is bound...
...corrupt pardons didn't end with Rich. Clinton commuted the sentences of four orthodox Jews from New Square, N.Y. who were convicted of defrauding the government of $40 million in educational aid. The politically conservative sect of Jews from their hometown turned out in full force for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) in the 2000 Senate race, casting 1,359 votes for the former first lady and just 10 for her opponent Rick Lazio. Soon after the election, the local rabbi of the Skver sect was soon granted a personal meeting with the president to discuss the commutations...
...budget sales pitch - much better, a host of skeptics are griping, than the actual budget that accompanied it - and for a week his $1.96 trillion shopping list for 2002 (and the 10-year, $1.6 trillion tax cut that sprouts out of it) did fair battle with the Brothers Rodham for the hearts and minds of news editors across the land. Even if it was barely a draw...
...Dick Gephardt and Tom Daschle seemed niggling and churlish in their Democratic response. Although you have to feel sorry for them: the faux library of a House office is no match for the live action drama from the chamber floor. It was all there: the dramedy of Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, the swagger of Secretary of State Colin Powell, the vanquished Joe Lieberman and the absent Supreme Court. Like a party where you know people hate each other, you kept wondering who would bump into whom...
...PAYBACK TIME (2/22/01): Press reports link lobbying by Hugh Rodham, Hillary Clinton's brother, to successful pardons for well-connected drug trafficker Carlos Vignali and mail-order scam merchant Glenn Braswell. Rodham was paid a reported $400,000 (including a $200,000 "success fee") for his work. Bill and Hillary express "disappointment" and ask Hugh to return the money. He says he will...