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Bush Revokes Pardon Of GOP Donors' Relative
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Bush wasn't aware of the contributions from the father of Isaac Robert Toussie, who had been convicted of mail fraud and of making false statements. ...
Bush Revokes Pardon Of GOP Donors' Relative
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... he issued just one day earlier.
The White House apparently was unaware that New York developer Isaac Toussie's father donated money to the RNC and John McCain this year. Toussie had pleaded guilty to fraud and making false statements.
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Flashback: Perino Pledged That Pardons Would Be Granted Through The Pardon Attorney
Think Progress —
... in the decision about Toussie.” The official reason given by the White House was that — because Toussie’s application “was filed less than five years after Toussie completed his sentence” — he was ineligible for a pardon ...
Bush previously indicated he would follow DOJ guidelines when issuing pardons.
Think Progress —
Yesterday President Bush abruptly revoked a pardon he gave New York real estate developer Isaac Toussie after reports disclosed that Toussie’s immediate family contributed nearly $40,000 to Republicans. The White House said the Justice Department did not review Toussi’s clemency application because it “was filed less than five years after Toussie completed his sentence,” thus making him ineligible for a pardon according to the department’s guidelines. Instead, the White House counsel’s office considered Toussie’s ...
Bush Reverses Presidential Pardon
Politics Daily —
... Real estate developer Isaac Robert Toussie got the Christmas gift he'd been hoping for on Tuesday -- a presidential pardon -- only to have it unceremoniously yanked away two days later. President Bush decided to reverse his pardon after learning that Toussie's father donated tens of thousands of dollars to the Republican Party a few months ago. Toussie, of Brooklyn, is convicted of mail fraud and making false statements to the Housing and Urban Development Department over falsified finances. In 2003 he was sentenced to five months in prison ...
Pardoned gambling executive contributed to Bush’s re-election campaign.
Think Progress —
... a pardon of a Brooklyn developer earlier this week after reports surfaced that the man’s father gave nearly $30,000 to the Republican Party. White House press secretary Dana Perino said Bush “decided not to go through with the pardon” because the contributions raise “the appearance of impropriety.” ...
Rove: Pardons And Commutations Are ‘Generally…Not Granted Within Five Years After The Offense’
Think Progress —
... of improprieties in the case. Attempting to explain the move, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said Toussie’s pardon had not been reviewed by the pardon attorney because “it was filed less than five years from completion of his sentence” and Bush wanted the attorney to “have an opportunity to review this case before a decision on clemency is made.”
In an interview with Fox News on Friday, former Bush adviser Karl Rove echoed Perino and claimed that the Toussie family’s hefty donations to the ...
Bush Met Father Of Pardoned Housing Scammer A Second Time, White House Pleads Ignorance
Think Progress —
... , media reports revealed that his father, Robert Toussie, was a major Republican party donor. In response, Bush took the unprecedented step of revoking Toussie’s pardon, citing “information that has subsequently come to light.” ...
Perino to press: ‘Talk to the hand when it comes to pardons.’
Think Progress —
... because a president always holds that power and that right, up until the time that they’re no longer president.
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Last month, Perino insisted that the White House would follow the Department of Justice guidelines for issuing pardons. However, the administration broke with protocol in pardoning predatory mortgage lender Issac Toussie — forcing Bush to revoke the pardon just weeks later. ...
