Eric Holder Approved Marc Rich Pardon Under Clinton
Yes, that Marc Rich. The fugitive. Tax evader. Oil-for-food fraudster. Purchaser of Presidential pardons.
WASHINGTON — The last time Washington attorney Eric Holder participated in a high-profile vetting, it was for fugitive financier Marc Rich.
The episode in 2001 became the final scandal of the Clinton administration and landed Holder, at the time the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, in the middle of a congressional investigation. . . .
In the Clinton pardon scandal, Holder was deputy attorney general when his duties intersected with the efforts of Rich’s lawyer, Jack Quinn, who had been White House counsel earlier in the Clinton administration.
The entire matter was handled in an unorthodox manner - on a straight line from Rich’s lawyer to the White House, with a consulting role for Holder.
Hey America, is this the hope ‘n change you wanted?
