SocraticGadfly (Free subscription) | yesterday
Forget the MSLBs, and mainstream liberal magazines, too. You have to go to Counterpunch for all the juicy details about fugitive financier Marc Rich, and some of the details on how Obama's Attorney General nominee, Eric Holder, and Secretary of State nominee, Hillary Clinton, helped him get his pardon. The connection starts with Holder suggesting that Rich hire Jack Quinn as his...
Defending the Truth (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... at an end. "I'm done. Public life's over for me," Eric H. Holder Jr. told the Washington Post in March 2001. "I had a moment in time. That moment has passed." Would-be attorney general Eric Holder haunted by Marc Rich pardon - Los Angeles Times In 1983, financier Rich was indicted for evading more than $48 million in taxes, and charged with 51 counts of tax fraud, as...
Say Anything (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
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...
Pardon Power (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The Washington Times has a story on Eric Holder's involvement in the Marc Rich pardon. One interesting passage reads as follows: Eric H. Holder, Jr., then the deputy attorney general, worked with former White House Counsel Jack Quinn to ensure that department officials — particularly federal prosecutors in New York who handled the Rich case — "did not have the opportunity to express...
Vital Signs Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2008
The evidence that Barack Obama is looking to create Bill Clinton's third term just keeps coming. Here is a Washington Times story about Eric H. Holder Jr., Obama's pick to direct the Justice Department. Holder served as the deputy A.G. under Clinton and, in that role, was the key fellow in winning the extremely controversial pardon of billionaire fugitive financier Marc Rich. And from...
NewsBusters (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Last night, Larry King had four guests on his show to discuss the nomination of Eric Holder to become Attorney General. Even though Holder's role in the pardon of fugitive Marc Rich by Bill Clinton was highly controversial, not one of the guests had any real problem with that. Somehow Larry King couldn't find a single guest who would offer arguments against the appointment of Eric Holder....
TalkLeft (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Via Glenn Reynolds , the the Right's brief against Holder - it is the Marc Rich pardon. Interestingly, it does not focus on the Clintons, but on Holder himself: Holder's role is not in dispute. Without him this travesty would likely not have occurred, as described here : Mr. Holder, the [Congressional] report says, played a major role, steering Mr. Rich's lawyers toward Jack Quinn,...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
It's a controversy that Republicans refuse to forget: Bill Clinton's pardon eight years ago of fugitive financier Marc Rich. Just ask Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
WASHINGTON -- It's a controversy that Republicans refuse to forget: Bill Clinton's pardon eight years ago of fugitive financier Marc Rich. Just ask Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general.
Bradenton.com: Politics (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
It's a controversy that Republicans refuse to forget: Bill Clinton's pardon eight years ago of fugitive financier Marc Rich. Just ask Eric Holder, President-elect Barack Obama's top choice for attorney general.
Politico (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
As deputy attorney general, Holder famously let Rich's last-minute pardon move across his desk.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The role of the former deputy attorney general in the pardon of Rich opened Holder to strong criticism from Capitol Hill in a political uproar that Republicans refuse to forget nearly eight years later. The Republican National Committee is resurrecting the episode, circulating an e-mail Wednesday that asks, "Why does Obama want to appoint an attorney general with a long history of controversial...
aangirfan (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Marc Rich - Jewish financier alleged to have Mossad connections. Obama's attorney general will be Eric Holder , according to US media reports. In 2000, Holder advised President Clinton - on the last day of his administration - that he was "neutral, leaning towards favourable" about pardoning fugitive Jewish financier Marc Rich . - U.S. - Obama 'picks' US Attorney General...
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Holder, who was deputy attorney general during the Clinton administration, is in line for the attorney general job he long has wanted, but the 2001 episode with Rich still echoes. The Republican National Committee is resurrecting the incident, circulating an e-mail Wednesday that asks: "Why does Obama want to appoint an attorney general with a long history of controversial pardons?"
Law Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
With today’s news about Eric Holder (pictured, left) being candidate uno for the AG slot, it nearly guarantees we’ll soon be reacquainted with some names from the recent past, like Scooter Libby and Marc Rich. Back then, Holder, Rich and to a lesser degree, Libby (pictured, right), were at the center of one of the more controversial maneuvers of President Bill Clinton’s eight years,...
