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Matt Lewis: Controversy Looming Over Obama's Picks?
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
... I'm not saying the honeymoon is over or anything, but I do think that as Obama is forced to actually make more and more governing decisions, we will begin to see more criticism of him. Here are just a couple of examples I've noted: ... Writing in the NYT, George Lardner, Jr. has ...
Holder and the Marc Rich Pardon
Political Punch —
Previous | Main Holder and the Marc Rich Pardon November 23, 2008 11:37 AM Former Washington Post reporter George Lardner Jr. writes an op-ed this weekend for the New York Times looking at the role in the scandalous pardon of Marc Rich -- "indicted along with his partner, Pincus Green, and their companies on 65 counts of defrauding the I.R.S., mail fraud, tax evasion, racketeering, defrauding the Treasury and trading with the enemy" -- and the role in the pardon played by PEBO's top choice to be attorney general, Eric Holder. "I think the issue is far more complicated and deserves more scrutiny if Mr. Holder is to become our top ...
Eric Holder Pushed the Marc Rich Special Treatment for Over a Year?
Firedoglake —
Fran Townsend has been peddling an alternate reality version of how Eric Holder came to OK the Marc Rich pardon.
Holder "got a last-minute phone call" from the Clinton White House to vet Rich, Townsend told CNN, where she is a contributor.
"He was put in a horrible position," Townsend ...
When The Time Comes For Eric Holder's Confirmation Hearings . . .
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
I certainly hope that George Lardner is asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee to give his opinion on whether Holder is qualified for the job, given his involvement in the Marc Rich pardon. In his testimony, Lardner can point out the following: Contrary to past statements, Holder was a lot more involved in the decision to pardon than he claimed to be, stating as early as 1999 that when it came to the charges against Marc Rich, "'the equities' were on Mr. Rich's side" and blaming U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White for refusing to have a meeting on the issue. Holder advised Jack Quinn, the former White House Counsel for the Clinton Administration and Rich's lawyer, ...
Eric Holder and the Marc Rich Pardon:
The Volokh Conspiracy —
I have been unsure whether Eric Holder's role in the controversial pardon of billionaire fugitive Marc Rich should raise concerns about his nomination to be Attorney General. George Lardner, who covered the pardon for the Washington Post at the time, makes the case suggests Holder has been less-than-fully forthcoming about his role, and that the pardon "deserves more scrutiny" before Holder is confirmed as the nation's top law-enforcement official. His article concludes: The precedent against pardons for fugitives was set more than 200 years ago by President John Adams. The ...
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: More on Eric Holder and the Marc Rich pardon. “Mr. Holder never came close t…
Instapundit —
IN THE NEW YORK TIMES: More on Eric Holder and the Marc Rich pardon. “Mr. Holder never came close to meeting that standard. He had the last word at Justice on clemency petitions and he saw to it that he had the only word. He brokered one of the most unjustifiable pardons that an American president has ever granted.”
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Yet Another Holder Holdup
Firedoglake —
In case you thought Chiquita and Marc Rich were Eric Holder's only stumbling blocks on his way to being nominated as Barack Obama's Attorney General, Stephanie Mencimer at Mother Jones revealed yet another reason why Senate GOPs might go to town on this nomination.
Her characterization of the Holder's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon as a "minor hiccup" may not hold up after George Gardner's New York Times op-ed column today, but she had this to say last week about Holder: ...
When The Time Comes For Eric Holder's Confirmation Hearings . . .
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
I certainly hope that
George Lardner is asked to appear before the Senate Judiciary
Committee to give his opinion on whether Holder is qualified for
the job, given his involvement in the Marc Rich pardon. In his
testimony, Lardner can point out the following:
Contrary to past statements, Holder was a lot more
involved in the decision to pardon than he claimed to be, stating
as early as 1999 that when it came to the charges against Marc
Rich, "'the equities' were on Mr. Rich's side" and blaming U.S.
Attorney Mary Jo White for refusing to have a meeting on the
issue.
Holder advised Jack Quinn, the former White House
Counsel for the Clinton ...
A Pardon to Remember
The New Editor —
Former Washington Post reporter George Lardner, Jr. has a New York Times op-ed on the history of the pardon for former fugitive Marc Rich, and the involvement in that controversial pardon of former Clinton Administration deputy attorney general, Eric Holder, Barack Obama's apparent nominee for Attorney General of the United States.
Remembering the Rich pardon
Power Line —
... George Lardner, Jr. is the former Washington Post reporter who covered the story of the Rich pardon. He now works as an associate at the Center for the Study of the Presidency. In a New York Times op-ed column this past Saturday, Lardner drily recalled the facts leading to the pardon of Marc Rich and Eric Holder's role in it. Lardner concludes: "[Holder] had the last word at Justice on clemency petitions and he saw to it that he had the only word. He brokered one of the most unjustifiable pardons that an American president has ever granted." ...
Can Eric Holder's role in the Rich pardon be defended?
Power Line —
Can Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich be defended on the merits? Seth Lipsky is a journalist whom I greatly respect, and he thinks that it can. In today's New York Times Seth makes the case for the pardon. Seth also thinks that the pardon should be defended on the merits in connection with Eric Holder's nomination to be Attorney General.
I don't find Seth's column persuasive. On the merits of the pardon, Seth omits any consideration of Rich's flight from prosecution and continuing fugitive status. Regardless of the merits of the pardon, Seth does not account for of Eric Holder's role in it. George Lardner, Jr. carefully recounted Holder's ...
