[jjotto]

Part of Bill Clinton’s ‘Pardongate’ that included Marc Rich. Third World grifting.

http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/wooing-hillary-clinton-pardons-mind-new-square-rabbi-article-1.902840

[BlackElk]

Thanks for the info. I had not remembered Bill Clinton actually showing limited clemency to the Satmars. OTOH, note from the article that the New Square Satmars (always by overwhelming margins) had often supported Democrats previously but sometimes Republicans as well. They display remarkable discipline as voters. Their overwhelming support for some Democrat leftists is not typical of Chassidic Jews.

Remember the election of a Republican successor to Congressman Anthony Weiner in one of their strongholds in Brooklyn and Queens. The New York General Assembly promptly abolished the district by carving it in pieces to be attached to reliably Democrat districts.