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Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich as soon as the check claered for his library...

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Love the Democrats...In 1983, Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted on 65 criminal counts, including income tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and trading with Iran during the oil embargo (at a time when Iranian revolutionaries were still holding American citizens hostage).[7][28] The charges would have led to a sentence of more than 300 years in prison had Rich been convicted on all counts.[28] The indictment was filed by then-U.S. Federal Prosecutor (and future mayor of New York City) Rudolph Giuliani. At the time, it was the biggest tax evasion case in U.S. history.[29]Learning of the plans for the indictment, Rich fled[12] to Switzerland and, always insisting that he was not guilty, never returned to the U.S. to answer the charges.[d] Rich's companies eventually pleaded guilty to 35 counts of tax evasion and paid $90 million in fines,[7] although Rich himself remained on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most-Wanted Fugitives List for many years,[31] narrowly evading capture in Britain, Germany, Finland, and Jamaica.[32] Fearing arrest, he did not even return to the United States to attend his daughter's funeral in 1996.[33]On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton granted Rich a controversial presidential pardon.
 

Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought, as Denise Rich had given more than $1 million[37] to Clinton's political party (the Democratic Party), including more than $100,000 to the Senate campaign of the president's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation during Clinton's time in office.[32]

 
 

AtticusFinch » 02 Dec 2024, 11:31 am » wrote: ↑

02 Dec 2024, 11:31 am

Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich as soon as the check claered for his library...

Ahh...
Love the Democrats...In 1983, Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted on 65 criminal counts, including income tax evasion, wire fraud, racketeering, and trading with Iran during the oil embargo (at a time when Iranian revolutionaries were still holding American citizens hostage).[7][28] The charges would have led to a sentence of more than 300 years in prison had Rich been convicted on all counts.[28] The indictment was filed by then-U.S. Federal Prosecutor (and future mayor of New York City) Rudolph Giuliani. At the time, it was the biggest tax evasion case in U.S. history.[29]Learning of the plans for the indictment, Rich fled[12] to Switzerland and, always insisting that he was not guilty, never returned to the U.S. to answer the charges.[d] Rich's companies eventually pleaded guilty to 35 counts of tax evasion and paid $90 million in fines,[7] although Rich himself remained on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Ten Most-Wanted Fugitives List for many years,[31] narrowly evading capture in Britain, Germany, Finland, and Jamaica.[32] Fearing arrest, he did not even return to the United States to attend his daughter's funeral in 1996.[33]On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton granted Rich a controversial presidential pardon.

https://content.time.com/time/specials/ ... 22,00.html



Former Defense Secretary Weinberger and six other defendants were criticized for participating in the transfer of U.S. anti-tank missiles to Iran in what became known as the Iran-Contra Affair. Weinberger was charged with lying to the independent counsel after he resigned in 1987. But the pardon by President George H.W. Bush essentially halted the legal proceedings against Weinberger and his fellow defendants, as well as against Bush himself, who could have been called to testify as a former member of the Reagan administration. Independent council Lawrence Walsh, who had been investigating the affair, disapproved of the pardon, saying: "The Iran-Contra coverup... has now been completed."

Blackvegetable » 02 Dec 2024, 11:49 am » wrote: ↑

02 Dec 2024, 11:49 am

https://content.time.com/time/specials/ ... 22,00.html

Former Defense Secretary Weinberger and six other defendants were criticized for participating in the transfer of U.S. anti-tank missiles to Iran in what became known as the Iran-Contra Affair. Weinberger was charged with lying to the independent counsel after he resigned in 1987. But the pardon by President George H.W. Bush essentially halted the legal proceedings against Weinberger and his fellow defendants, as well as against Bush himself, who could have been called to testify as a former member of the Reagan administration. Independent council Lawrence Walsh, who had been investigating the affair, disapproved of the pardon, saying: "The Iran-Contra coverup... has now been completed."

Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought, as Denise Rich had given more than $1 million[37] to Clinton's political party (the Democratic Party), including more than $100,000 to the Senate campaign of the president's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation during Clinton's time in office.[32]

AtticusFinch » 02 Dec 2024, 11:50 am » wrote: ↑

02 Dec 2024, 11:50 am

Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought, as Denise Rich had given more than $1 million[37] to Clinton's political party (the Democratic Party), including more than $100,000 to the Senate campaign of the president's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation during Clinton's time in office.[32]

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/19/politics ... index.html
Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office

Blackvegetable » 02 Dec 2024, 12:03 pm » wrote: ↑

02 Dec 2024, 12:03 pm

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Trump pardons Steve Bannon as one of his final acts in office

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