I thought her brother was in on some of them. Or maybe it was BillyJeffs brother? Who knows, there was so much corruption going on in the Clinton admin, trying to sort out one felonius intance, is like trying to find a penny in all the mud in Chesapeake Bay..
Both.
An accused tax swindler who is the former husband of a major Clinton donor; two felons who paid Clinton's brother-in-law $400,000 to lobby on their behalf; and the former president's own half-brother.
Sen. Hillary Clinton said that she herself had been unaware until the evening of February 19 that her brother, lawyer Hugh Rodham, received $400,000 to lobby for two wealthy felons.
Under pressure from his sister, Rodham said he would return the money he was rewarded after clemency was granted for Almon Glenn Brawell, who was convicted of mail fraud and perjury, and Carlos Vignali, a cocaine trafficker.
Sen. Clinton told a news conference that she was "disappointed" and "heartbroken" when she learned about the roles of her brother and husband in the commutations.
The new senator also had to deflect criticism over the disclosure that her campaign treasurer, William Cunningham III, helped obtain clemency for Robert Fain and James Manning, two tax felons from Arkansas.
Cunningham acknowledged at a news conference that he received $4,000 in legal fees to prepare Justice Department applications on behalf of Fain and Manning, restaurant operators from Little Rock. Cunningham's law partner is Harold Ickes, Clinton's former White House deputy chief of staff and an adviser to Hillary Clinton. Cunningham said that television producer Harry Thomason, a long- time Clinton friend from Arkansas, also played a role in seeking pardons for Fain and Manning.
Hillary Clinton's budding Senate career grew even more complicated after the Associated Press reported on February 23 that Manhattan U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White was expanding her probe of the Rich pardon and investigating whether Clinton commuted the sentences of four Hasidic Jews in exchange for votes for his wife.
Kalmen Stern, David Goldstein, Benjamin Berger and Jacob Elbaum were convicted of swindling more than $40 million in government money. Clinton reduced the jail terms of the men, who are members of the Hasidic New York community of New Square. The community voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton on November 7.
Hillary Clinton had acknowledged earlier that she sat in on a December meeting with supporters of clemency for the four men, but said she played no part in her husband's decision to commute their sentences.
Former President Clinton's younger half-brother, Roger Clinton, has also been questioned about his involvement in the presidential pardon process.
Julia Payne, an aide to Bill Clinton, acknowledged that Roger Clinton once made a personal appeal for clemency by handing his half brother a list of "about five or six" friends and acquaintances and asking the president to consider them.
But Roger Clinton was more successful on another front. His half brother pardoned him for a 1985 conviction on cocaine charges.