[Cincinatus' Wife]

"Marc Rich, a fugitive who had fled the U.S. during his prosecution, was residing in Switzerland. Rich owed $48 million in taxes and was charged with 51 counts of tax fraud, was pardoned of tax evasion. He was required to pay a $1 million fine and waive any use of the pardon as a defense against any future civil charges that were filed against him in the same case.

Critics complained that Denise Eisenberg Rich, his former wife, had made substantial donations to both the Clinton library and to Mrs. Clinton's senate campaign.

According to Paul Volcker's independent investigation of Iraqi Oil-for-Food kickback schemes, Marc Rich was a middleman for several suspect Iraqi oil deals involving over 4 million barrels (640,000 m3) of oil...."

[Liz]

This was a stealth pardon-—w/ Clinton wielding the pardon pen at midnight to avoid scrutiny-—facilitated by then-deputy AG Holder.

The DOJ was furious that Eric Holder had ignored protocol-—and had not informed them of the pardon.

(Course that was a long time ago-—when we had laws). (snix)