Should be Chamberlainbuff.
Posted on 02/24/2006 10:18:20 PM PST by churchillbuff
Here's an oldie but goodie, from February '01 - 5 years ago this month. It's more relevant than ever - because it reminds us of Libby's ties to MNEW YORK -- It is "utterly false" to suggest fugitive financier Marc Rich was pardoned in return for donations to the Clinton library, former President Clinton wrote in an Op-Ed piece in Sunday editions of The New York Times.
Clinton said he pardoned Rich, who allegedly evaded $48 million in U.S. taxes, for a number of reasons, and only after concluding that the case should have been handled in a civil rather than criminal court.
"The suggestion that I granted the pardons because Mr. Rich's former wife, Denise, made political contributions and contributed to the Clinton library foundation is utterly false," Clinton wrote.
The former president said he specifically fashioned the pardon to allow for the pursuit of possible civil charges against Rich.
"There was absolutely no quid pro quo. Indeed, other friends and financial supporters sought pardons in cases, which, after careful consideration based on the information available to me, I determined I could not grant," he wrote.
Furthermore, Clinton noted that under the terms of the pardon Rich was required to waive all legal defenses he might have planned to use in the event of civil litigation brought by the government after the pardon.
Clinton also wrote that "the case for the pardons was reviewed and advocated" by former White House counsel Jack Quinn and three Republican attorneys: Lewis Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff; Leonard Garment, a former Nixon White House official; and William Bradford Reynolds, a former official in the Reagan Justice Department.
All three of the Republican attorneys denied the claim.
"It is absolutely false that I knew about and endorsed the idea of a pardon," Garment said in a separate article in the Times.
Reynolds, a Washington lawyer who represented Rich in the early 1990s, told The Associated Press on Sunday he did not think the pardon was "appropriate," adding: "I was as surprised as everybody else was."
Reynolds said of Clinton's column: "I was astounded. I have had no communications with the Clinton administration or the president or Jack Quinn having to do with the effort to obtain the pardon at any time."
He said that while he was representing Rich, he had sought to have the charges reduced. "I do agree that the indictment was improperly brought and the charges were not well founded. There was a good reason to seek some type of a plea bargain."
Reynolds added: "When that failed, I had no more to do with it."
Juleanna Glover Weiss, spokeswoman for Cheney, told the AP that Libby was no longer Rich's attorney by spring 2000.
"The assertion that Mr. Libby had anything to do with President Clinton's pardon is nonsense," she said.
Clinton's last-minute pardon of the billionaire financier, who has lived in Switzerland since fleeing a 1983 indictment on tax evasion and other charges, has prompted an investigation by federal prosecutors in New York and congressional hearings in Washington.
arc Rich.
Libby was Marc Rich's lawyer - before Cheney made the mistake of bringing him into a Republican administration
How long does it take you to find articles that trash Bush and anybody associated with him, the military, and this country?
I mean, do you scroll passed thousands of threads to find these things to post?
Since this article is from 2001, I'd say you spent quite a bit of time looking for it.
And I'd say you went looking for it purposefully to trash Bush, Cheney, and anybody and anything associated with them; you're trolling FR again.
I've never seen any liberal hate this country as much as you do.
Yup, when I found out Libby was Rich's lawyer, and hailed Clinton's pardon of Rich, I lost any sympathy for this creep, whether the charges against him amounted to anything or not. Having to "cheer" for either Libby or his persecutors is like getting enthusiastic about choosing between, say, Iraq or Saudi Arabia.
I'll trash Marc Rich - and Clinton, and Libby - any day of the week. Rich should be in jail. Clinton should be in jail. If convicted, Libby should be in jail.
You trash everything in this country, including the United States military.
You're worse than MurryMom; at least she's honest in her statements. You do all this while pretending to be a conservative.
Disgusting.
Give it a rest already. You are making a fool of your self as usual
I'm sorry, MurryMom; I forgot to ping you to the above post.
And I meant what I said: even though I agree with virtually everything you say, at least you've never pretended to be anything other than what you are...
I'm going to have to appoligise ahead of time for this. And I really hate to use bad language in public. But .... I can't wait to shit on clinton's grave.
Of course, that should be:
even though I DISAGREE with virtually everything you say
But you knew that, right?
You'll have to take a number, I suspect. :-)
Sorry, but trashing Clinton, Marc Rich and Lewis slimey Libby isn't trashing the US Military. None of them has ever put on a uniform. None has served in the military. All three are unworthy of our military. You should be ashamed for standing up for these three creeps.
Why do you have such a thing for Clinton, Marc Rich and Lewis Libby, anyway? What has any one of these three lowlifes ever done for you - or for our country?
Should be Chamberlainbuff.
Don't you twist my posts, you little creep. I never said any such thing.
I think the fact that you went to five a five year old article speaks for itself.
None has served in the military.
Do you think the people on this web site are stupid? Everybody here knows you've done virtually nothing for the last five years except trash the military.
For criticizing Clinton, Marc Rich - and Lewis Libby? If that makes me a "traitor" in your eyes, then you must be a Clintonite/ (Libby worked for the Clinton administration in the 90s, between stints working for Clinton's butt-boy Marc Rich) Why you defend these creeps is an interesting question/
Oh, projection! Nice try at diversion, but it won't work.
People here know exactly how I feel about Clinton and Rich; I do support Scooter Libby.
And one of the new reasons I support him is because people like you trash decent people.
Fitting.
I'm not surprised, since you're not a conservative. Libby was Marc Rich's butt-boy. I'm not surprised you support him.
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