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To: brutusdog who started this subject	2/15/2001 7:16:29 PM
From: Karin	of 10042

Specter: Rich Pardon Invalid, Came After Clinton Left Office NewsMax.com Thursday, Feb. 15, 2001 Sen. Arlen Specter dropped a bombshell Wednesday at the Senate hearing into the Marc Rich pardon: It might be illegal because it came after Bill Clinton ended his presidency. Specter, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, questioned the validity of the pardon because the paperwork executing it was completed after Jan. 20 and because it included language indicating it was conditioned on the completion of a sentence, the Associated Press reported. Rich never served a sentence. U.S. Pardon Attorney Roger Adams said his office used the ``boiler-plate'' language on the petition for clemency, which was applicable in most pardon cases but not this one. ``It was simply an error on our part,'' he said. He admitted the grant of clemency was completed and signed just last week, but said ``it certainly reflected the action of the president - then-President Clinton - taken on Jan. 20.'' Specter was not so certain. ``I have grave doubts that Mr. Rich has a valid pardon,'' he told reporters after the hearing.

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