I know. Makes one wonder about people who would associate with Rich and Winnick, doesn't it? Is money that important? I can't see a major America charity accepting money from John Gotti or Bernard Ebbers.
Marc Rich was charged with over 50 counts of tax evasion, fraud, and conspiracy in 1983. He did business with Iran during the hostage crisis and made deals with South Africa, despite an apartheid-era embargo. Since fleeing the country, he has lived in Switzerland and has donated more than $200 million to charity over the last 20 years, particularly to organizations in Israel. Many of his Israeli benefactors wrote or called Clinton on Rich's behalf, including Prime Minister Ehud Barak, Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben-Ami, Zubin Mehta of the Israeli Philharmonic, several former mayors of Israeli cities, numerous museum directors, and former Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres.1