Clinton Pardons More Than 100

Published: 22 January 2001 y., Monday
In one of his final executive acts, President Clinton on Saturday pardoned more than 100 Americans, including former Whitewater business partner Susan McDougal, brother Roger Clinton and former CIA Director John Deutch. Deutch's pardon spares the one-time spy chief and top Pentagon official of facing criminal charges in connection with his mishandling of national secrets on a home computer. Clinton also pardoned a former Cabinet member, ex-Housing Secretary Henry Cisneros, who was convicted in a controversy over payments to an ex-mistress. President granted clemency to Patty Hearst, the 1970s kidnapping victim who later went to prison in connection with a bank robbery and former Navaho Nation chief Peter MacDonald. The list of 176 names, released less than two hours before Clinton turned over the White House to President-elect Bush, was also notable for the number of people seeking pardons it did not include. Among them: Webster Hubbell, a former law partner of Hillary Rodham Clinton; Jonathan Pollard, a former Navy analyst imprisoned for spying for Israel; one-time Wall Street financier Michael Milken; and Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing two FBI agents on an Indian reservation in 1975. Others who were pardoned included former GOP Gov. Fife Symington of Arizona, who was convicted in 1997 on six of counts of bank and wire fraud. The convictions were overturned on appeal but prosecutors asked for a rehearing. Since then, the former developer and politician has been reinventing himself, attending culinary school, working as a radio commentator and serving as a political adviser to some Arizona Republicans. Also on the clemency list were Linda Sue Evans and Susan Rosenberg, who were part of a conspiracy to stage a bombing at the U.S. Capitol in 1983 to protest the U.S. invasion of Grenada. McDougal's pardon came just one day after the Whitewater investigation was closed down under a deal in which Clinton gave up his law license and admitted make false testimony under oath in the Monica Lewinsky in return for prosecutor agreeing not to indict him.
Šaltinis: AP
Copying, publishing, announcing any information from the News.lt portal without written permission of News.lt editorial office is prohibited.

Facebook Comments

New comment


Captcha

Associated articles

The most popular articles

How should we help balance family and career?

Equal opportunities for men and women, equal pay for equal work, freedom from unfair discrimination: these are fundamental European values. more »

A celebration of... SPAM?

SPAM Museum in Austin, Minnesota, a.k.a. Spamtown USA gives you a sense of the cult SPAM ham. more »

Books by Bali bombers being sold

Even though the Indonesian government has tried to stop The Martyrs' Trilogy publication, some copies of are personal writings by each of the three executed Bali bombers are being sold quietly in small book shops and stalls. more »

The European ombudsman at your service

If you think the EU institutions have made a mistake or failed to follow their own rules, you can ask the European ombudsman to investigate on your behalf. more »

Indian gaming gets political

7Seas Technologies Limited the creators of the political games came up with the idea to raise political awareness ahead of the elections. more »

For sale: one English village

The charitable trust which owns the whole of Linkenholt in the southern county of Hampshire wants to sell up the archetypal English village and use its money elsewhere. more »

Butcher fest in Hungary

In the butcher's festival in a village in eastern Hungary, the best butchers in the land gather to compete in speedy cutting, slicing and meat processing. more »

Reality tv star's cancer ordeal

The world's most famous reality TV star Jade Goody is dying of cancer. more »

Would you help a Jew?, asks WW2 show

It looks like a relic from the second world war but 'The Bunker' is in fact a brand new museum. more »

How safe is your pension?

The financial crisis may force EU countries to adjust pension systems. more »