Statement of Hillary Clinton on Libby Commutation

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[hole_n_one]

Statement of Hillary Clinton on Libby Commutation

Senator Clinton issued the following statement on President Bush’s decision to commute the sentence of Scooter Libby:

"Today's decision is yet another example that this Administration simply considers itself above the law. This case arose from the Administration's politicization of national security intelligence and its efforts to punish those who spoke out against its policies. Four years into the Iraq war, Americans are still living with the consequences of this White House's efforts to quell dissent. This commutation sends the clear signal that in this Administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice."

[cripplecreek]

Probably just amazed that Bush won’t get a huge donation out of it.

[Aliska]

What a disgusting hypocrite.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Hillary is still around ? : )

[Laverne]

Stunning!!!! I would hope that Rudy, Fred et al, just out right LAUGH OUT LOUD at Mrs. Clinton’s statement, especially since her husband commuted the sentences of REAL LIVE TERRORISTS so she could get some votes for her first run at the Senate.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I would love to ask Hillary about all of the pardons by her husband. Let’s compare and contrast those pardons, the criminal acts committed by those her husband pardoned, etc. compared to Libby.

you could almost swear she’s talking of the Clinton administration, when she talks about people feeling that they are above the law.

[kittymyrib]

How can this witch say such things when her brothers were SELLING pardons from her drug-sniffing husband before he left office?

[ArmyBratproud]

Isn’t she the bitch who is losing to Obama right now...

[Ditter]

I think clinton actually pardoned those terrorist not just commuted their sentences.

[Clintonfatigued]

“Today’s decision is yet another example that this Administration simply considers itself above the law.”

Talk about the pot calling the kettle black!

[ken21]

will some f’ing moron pubbie presidential candidate next fall point out her husband’s communtations?

[trimom]

The irony of hearing someone with the last name of Clinton use the term cronyism.......

[ChicagoConservative27]

Hillary the hypocrite ping.

[NCLaw441]

I am not sure how it is above the law for a president to exercise his constiutional pardon/clemency power...

[Mad_Tom_Rackham]

You forgot the Barf Alert!

[Today's decision is yet another example that this Administration simply considers itself above the law...in this Administration, cronyism and ideology trump competence and justice.]

Make that a Double Barf Alert. What a pile of excrement.

[stephenjohnbanker]

LOL!!!!

[Gay State Conservative]

The fact that she can make a statement like this on this particular subject with a straight face represents more proof that Mrs Clinton is a pure sociopath....absolutely and utterly devoid of conscience.

[BenLurkin]

"Sources: Ex-Wife of Pardoned Fugitive Gave $400,000 to Clinton Library Friday, Feb. 09, 2001 By MICHAEL WEISSKOPF

From another source: "Marc Rich (born Marc David Reich on December 18, 1934) is an international commodities trader. He fled the United States in 1983 to live in Switzerland while being prosecuted on charges of tax evasion and illegally making oil deals with Iran during the hostage crisis. He received a presidential pardon from United States President Bill Clinton in 2001."

Who does PIAPS think she is kidding?

[weegee]

She’ll have a blue Fitzmas without him...

[P-40]

I wonder if this rings any of Hilary's bells...

One of his biggest market coups came during the Arab oil embargo of 1973-74, when he used his Middle Eastern contacts to circumvent the embargo and buy crude oil from Iran and Iraq. After purchasing the crude for roughly $12 per bbl. Rich doubled the price and sold it to supply-starved U.S. oil companies. In 1974 he and Co-Worker Green set up their own company

His tutelage under Brothers afforded Rich opportunities to strike deals with various dictatorial regimes and embargoed nations, such as Iran, using a special relationship with Ayatollah Khomeini. His company Marc Rich Real Estate GmbH is involved in large developer projects (e.g. in Prague, Czech Republic [1]).

In 1983, Rich and partner Pincus Green were indicted by U.S. Attorney and future mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani, on charges of tax evasion and illegal trading with Iran. Both of them fled to Switzerland before a court appearance, and they remained on the FBI's Most Wanted List for many years. On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, President Bill Clinton granted Rich a presidential pardon. Since Rich's former wife and mother of his three children, socialite Denise Rich, had made large donations to the Democratic Party and the Clinton Library during Clinton's time in office, Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought. Clinton explained his decision by noting that similar situations were settled in civil, not criminal court, and cited clemency pleas from Israeli government officials, including Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Federal Prosecutor Mary Jo White was appointed to investigate. She stepped down before the investigation was finished and was replaced by James Comey. Though Comey was critical of Clinton's pardons, he could not find any grounds on which to indict him.

During hearings after Rich's pardon, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who had represented Rich from 1985 until the spring of 2000, denied that Rich had violated the tax laws, but criticized him for trading with Iran at a time when that country was holding U.S. hostages. In his letter to the New York Times, Bill Clinton explained why he pardoned Rich, noting that U.S. tax professors Bernard Wolfman of Harvard Law School and Martin Ginsburg of Georgetown University Law Center concluded that no crime was committed, and that the companies' tax reporting position was reasonable. [New York Times, February 18, 2001][2].

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Shut up, Hillary. Just. Shut. Up.

[JFC]

Isn’t she the bitch who is losing to Obama right now...

You got the ICH part right..... these libs are so full of b.s. that they make my plumber scream ...

[stephenjohnbanker]

If I had 2 billion 20 years ago, I could have hid from the IRS too : )

[weegee]

Hillary Clinton puts the Crow in Cronyism...

[potlatch]

this Administration simply considers itself above the law

[garyhope]

Why does this bitch always presume that anyone and everyone is interested in her opinions or statements?

Where does her deep, and all abiding narcissism and egotism come from that she thinks the world needs her opinion on everything.

Why aren’t the other 99 Senators making statements about every raindrop and phase of the moon or lost dog and child? What about the other 435 Congressmen?

Why don’t we have 535 statements everyday about every flea bit and ant fart that goes on in the world every day?

Why does the Hell da Beast get so much coverage?

Do you get in trouble if you wish bad things for some people?

[rbosque]

Hitlery opens her big mouth only to spill brains on floor...

News at 10.

[RC2]

Do these socialists know that President Bush isn’t running for office any more?

[weegee]

So Hillary wants jail time for perjury now?

Or did she conveniently forget some of the past again?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

List of commutations and pardons issued by Bill Clinton hours before leaving office

[outofsalt]

Hugh Edwin Rodham (not to be confused with Huge Rodham) is an American businessman and politician who is the brother of New York Senator and former First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. Hugh is a Democrat.

Rodham is the son of Hugh Rodham, Sr., a Chicago textile wholesaler, and Dorothy Emma Howell Rodham. He has one younger brother, Tony Rodham. Rodham attended Pennsylvania State University, graduating in 1972 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Health and Human Development. While attending Pennsylvania State University he joined the Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Rodham ran for the United States Senate in Florida in 1994, winning the Democratic Party nomination but losing by a wide margin to Republican Connie Mack in the general election.

Received around $400,000 for services regarding the pardon of Glenn Braswell and the commutation of Carlos Vignali [1] [2] In 1983, Braswell was convicted of mail fraud and perjury in relation to false claims about a baldness treatment and sentenced to three years in federal prison. He was later pardoned by Clinton in January 2001, on Clinton’s last day in office.

[edit] IRS and FTC investigations
In 2003, Braswell was arrested again and charged with owing the Internal Revenue Service $10.5 million in taxes. His company Gero Vita has also been taken to court by the Federal Trade Commission. His activities have been documented for many years by Stephen Barrett of Quackwatch.[1]

[edit] Death
Braswell (at age 63) was found dead Saturday, October 26, 2006 in his condo by his employees. The cause of Braswell’s death has been labeled “unclassified pending more tests,” according to the Miami-Dade medical examiner’s office.

Carlos Anibal Vignali had his federal prison sentence commuted by President of the United States Bill Clinton just prior to leaving office, as a part of a group of commutations and pardons. At the time, he was serving the 6th of 15 years in prison for organized cocaine trafficking.

And lets not forget Marc Rich!

[Aliska]

I wouldn't love to ask her about the FBI files, the firings, Vince Foster, Whitewater, Ron Paul, Socks Sandy, her husband's pardons, and a lot of other things because she wouldn't remember.

What is equally disgusting is that everybody on my favorite garden forum is sickened by what Bush did but one so far. I'm afraid to say anything. Almost the same on our local paper forum. I'm not totally read up on the case, but believe he was innocent from what I have read.

And it's only a commutation of the sentence, not a pardon; he still has to pay the fine. I'm only upset because Bush hasn't pardoned those two border patrol agents yet and fully pardoned Libby.

I do remember.

[popdonnelly]

Is this woman trying to be funny? When did the Clintons ever consider themselves subject to the law? We’d better hope and pray that those two ______s don’t get back in the White House.

[goldstategop]

Unlike Bubba's cronyism and pardons for sale. No wonder that woman waited so long to say something about the Scooter commutation!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[mass55th]

Hey Hillary! Who hired Craig Livingstone?

[DakotaRed]

"He is a good man," The President said. "He has worked his heart out for this country." Clinton on Sander Bergular

Hillary's silence on Sandy Bergular's wrist slap is deafening.

[doug from upland]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[doug from upland]

I want to hear Fred nail her right now. Right freaking now.

[zendari]

Susan McDougal, anyone?

[hole_n_one]

It's a real knee-slapper, isn't it?...........

[Cicero]

Yes, it’s disgusting. But it’s what her moonbat base wants her to say, and she knows it.

[doug from upland]

Bush was above the law when he had Pellicano threaten to break Sally Perdue’s legs. Oh, that’s right.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I knew her response would be beyond parody.

[TornadoAlley3]

[doug from upland]

HILLARY AND PELLICANO ON YOUTUBE - http://youtube.com/watch?v=NCko4imbfu4

[TennTuxedo]

Pefect place for Mia T to take down Hillary.

Wheres Mia T?

[grey_whiskers]

If (and I don't grant the point, except on illegal immigration) Bush is above the law, the Clintons were clearly *beneath* it.

Cheers!

[doug from upland]

She may have gotten into an argument over Rudy and was perhaps asked to leave. I’m not sure.

[GretchenM]

Uh, Mizz Hillary,
how many criminals did your spouse pardon?