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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (72455)	2/27/2001 3:18:19 PM
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BOA has retail pardons as well...maybe DJ Bank Of Amer Donation Under Scrutiny;Possible Pardon Link 27 Feb 13:06 CHARLOTTE (AP)-A contribution made by Bank of America to former U.S. President Bill Clinton's presidential library has come under the scrutiny of congressional investigators who suspect a link to a pardon Clinton granted a Charlotte man weeks later. NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick pleaded guilty to mail fraud in 1997. He was pardoned Dec. 22, less than three weeks after the Bank of America Foundation pledged $500,000 to Clinton's library fund. Bank chairman Hugh McColl Jr. wrote a letter on behalf of Hendrick, who was on the board of directors of the bank's predecessor, NationsBank. A U.S. House committee investigating pardons Clinton made in his final weeks in office began looking into the possible link Monday, The Charlotte Observer reported. "No decisions have been made about whether to expand the investigation to look at this case," said Mark Corallo, a spokesman for the House Government Reform Committee. Bank officials denied any connection between the donation and McColl's recommendation for a pardon. "There is absolutely no connection between the contribution to the Clinton library and the reference for Mr. Hendrick," said bank spokesman Scott Scredon. "We have made contributions to all presidential libraries going back to President Carter." Bank officials declined to make McColl available for an interview; Hendrick couldn't be reached for comment. The House committee, headed by Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana, has been investigating whether Clinton's pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich was in exchange for donations to the library by Rich's ex-wife. The committee is trying to gain access to the full list of donors to the Clinton library. Hendrick, a Charlotte automobile dealer and head of Hendrick Motorsports, pleaded guilty for his role in the American Honda Motor Co. bribery and kickback scandal. Hendrick acknowledged giving hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash, BMWs and houses to Honda executives, but claims he received nothing in return. The sentencing judge didn't send him to prison because Hendrick had been diagnosed with leukemia. He was fined $250,000, ordered to stay in his Charlotte home, and avoid the car business and his race team for a year. (END) DOW JONES NEWS 02-27-01 01:06 PM