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Can Eric Holder's role in the Rich pardon be defended?
Power Line —
... 20. (Mr. Green won a pardon, too.) After the pardon was signed, Mr. Quinn has testified, Mr. Holder called him to commend him on "a very good job." Mr. Holder also asked Mr. Quinn to consider hiring two former aides, one of whom had already contacted Mr. Quinn on Jan. 2 "at Holder's suggestion."
Within a month of the pardon, Time was reporting that Rich's wife contributed some $400,000 to the Clinton presidential library (I believe the correct number was $450,000).
Seth refers to Clinton's own Times op-ed column defending the pardon. ...
NYT’s - Marc Rich Pardon Was The Right Thing To Do
Flopping Aces —
... Of course Seth fails to mention the 450 grand in contributions Denise Rich made to Hillary, and Bill’s library fund. He doesn’t like the fact that RICO was used in the prosecution but again fails to mention why a person who evaded his taxes should NOT be prosecuted at all. I mean were talking about 48 million dollars in tax evasion. ...
