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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: combjelly who wrote (75147)	6/2/2018 7:45:44 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 364685

I had the amount wrong. On January 20, 2001, hours before leaving office, U.S. President Bill Clinton granted Rich a highly controversial presidential pardon. Several of Clinton's strongest supporters distanced themselves from the decision. [24] Former President Jimmy Carter, a fellow Democrat, said, "I don't think there is any doubt that some of the factors in his pardon were attributable to his large gifts. In my opinion, that was disgraceful." [25] Clinton himself later expressed regret for issuing the pardon, saying that "it wasn't worth the damage to my reputation." [8] Clinton's critics alleged that Rich's pardon had been bought, as Denise Rich had given more than $1 million [26] to Clinton's political party ( the Democratic Party), including more than $100,000 to the Senate campaign of the president's wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and $450,000 to the Clinton Library foundation during Clinton's time in office. [22