Some of you may not remember Clinton's Pardon of an obviously guilty <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,99302,00.html">Marc Rich</a> but it was a big deal and another payback to a donor by Bill Clinton.
An investigation into the Justice Departmentâs âFast and Furiousâ gunrunning probe, which allowed hundreds of weapons to be illegally âwalkedâ into Mexico, is not the first time Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.âs truthfulness has been challenged by members of Congress.
In 2001, the House Government Reform Committee questioned the accuracy of Mr. Holderâs depiction of what he did as deputy attorney general in the last-minute pardon by President Clinton of fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose former wife, Denise Rich, had donated $1.3 million to Democrats.
Two years earlier, Mr. Holder came under fire for refusing to tell a Senate committee whether the Justice Department had recommended against Mr. Clintonâs offer of clemency to 16 Puerto Rican nationalists a month after then-Attorney General Janet Reno said their release posed a national security threat.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/11/holders-honesty-before-congress-disputed-in-earlie/
An investigation into the Justice Departmentâs âFast and Furiousâ gunrunning probe, which allowed hundreds of weapons to be illegally âwalkedâ into Mexico, is not the first time Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr.âs truthfulness has been challenged by members of Congress.
In 2001, the House Government Reform Committee questioned the accuracy of Mr. Holderâs depiction of what he did as deputy attorney general in the last-minute pardon by President Clinton of fugitive financier Marc Rich, whose former wife, Denise Rich, had donated $1.3 million to Democrats.
Two years earlier, Mr. Holder came under fire for refusing to tell a Senate committee whether the Justice Department had recommended against Mr. Clintonâs offer of clemency to 16 Puerto Rican nationalists a month after then-Attorney General Janet Reno said their release posed a national security threat.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/oct/11/holders-honesty-before-congress-disputed-in-earlie/
