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iPolitics.ca
April 30, 2018
Bill Clinton, on his last day in office, pardoned (among hundreds of others) Marc Rich, an international tax evasion fugitive whose wife just happened to have made substantial contributions to the president's library and Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign. Still for those facing possible prison terms if they optÃÂ ...
Yellowhammer News
April 27, 2018
Democrats, panicked that President Trump might pardon former associates who now find themselves in legal trouble, pressed Attorney General Jeff Sessions on that issue at a Senate hearing on Wednesday. “The President of the United States clearly has the constitutional power to pardon,” Sessions said;ÃÂ ...
The Week Magazine
April 16, 2018
In the interview, Comey comes across as a Forrest Gump figure with brains; he's careful to portray himself as someone who's worked with several administrations, and investigated everyone from the mafia and Martha Stewart to Whitewater and Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich and Pincus Green.
Axios
April 14, 2018
"The unreturned messages in early 2002 [may have been] due to the fact that my office was then supervising an investigation into Senator Clinton's husband's pardon of fugitive oil trader Marc Rich." For his initial announcement about Clinton's emails, "I was intentionally wearing a gold tie so I wasn't displaying either of theÃÂ ...
The Times
April 4, 2018
President Bill Clinton pardoned wealthy businessman Marc Rich in the waning days of his administration after Rich's ex-wife donated to Clinton's legal defense fund. President George H. W. Bush said “honor, decency and fairness” prompted the pardon of former Reagan Administration defense secretaryÃÂ ...
Brooklyn Rail
April 4, 2018
The following year, in addition to a teacher walkout, the United Steelworkers waged a 22-month battle against Marc Rich when his Ravenswood Aluminum Company locked out its 1700 workers. Union members picketed the plant and hounded Rich to his headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland, where theyÃÂ ...
St. James Plaindealer
March 31, 2018
President Bill Clinton pardoned wealthy businessman Marc Rich in the waning days of his administration after Rich's ex-wife donated to Clinton's legal defense fund. President George H. W. Bush said “honor, decency and fairness” prompted the pardon of former Reagan Administration defense secretaryÃÂ ...
CNN
March 31, 2018
When Bill Clinton pardoned the wealthy fugitive Marc Rich after Rich's ex-wife hosted a fundraiser for him and donated to his legal defense fund, it felt nothing less than icky. This Chicago Tribune long read is worth the time. The FBI, by the way, released new documents about its investigation days beforeÃÂ ...
Middletown Transcript
March 30, 2018
President Bill Clinton pardoned wealthy businessman Marc Rich in the waning days of his administration after Rich's ex-wife donated to Clinton's legal defense fund. President George H. W. Bush said “honor, decency and fairness” prompted the pardon of former Reagan Administration defense secretaryÃÂ ...
Advocate.com
March 27, 2018
While working for then-U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Rudy Giuliani from 1987 to 1993, Comey oversaw the case against Marc Rich, a financier who fled the country after indictment for tax evasion and illegal dealings with Iran. In 1996 he was deputy special counsel for the SenateÃÂ ...
Jewish Link of New Jersey
March 22, 2018
That resulted in the exodus of Marc Rich, Pinky Green and many other traders, who formed their own company to compete with PB. (They would later get into trouble with the US Government and were convicted of alleged tax evasion and for allegedly trading with Iran. They were pardoned by PresidentÃÂ ...
TIME
March 21, 2018
As negotiations continue with special counsel Robert Mueller on the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, the president has added a new lawyer and is considering making other changes. The newest addition to the legal team has garnered attention for burnishing Trump on cable TV.
The Federalist
March 18, 2018
... official or others improperly disclosed non-public information to both the Clinton and Trump campaigns; and whether the timing of the FBI's election eve Freedom of Information Act disclosures relating to Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of Marc Rich was based on inappropriate considerations,” Bromwich wrote.
The Daily Gazette
March 11, 2018
... Slick Willy's collusion with Loretta Lynch; stolen debate questions; deleting 30,000-plus e-mails; destroying relevant cell phones with hammers; a secret computer serve; her secret dealings with foreign countries who knew that she was for sale; $10 million hush payment received for pardoning Marc Rich,ÃÂ ...
CNN
March 10, 2018
The November 1, 2016, tweet from the previously dormant FBI account linked to 129 pages of heavily redacted, internal documents largely pertaining to the bureau's investigation of President Bill Clinton's controversial pardon of Democratic donor Marc Rich. William J. Clinton Foundation: This initial releaseÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
March 1, 2018
Glencore (OTCPK:GLNCY) is one of the largest natural resource companies on earth, and aside from being a major producer of commodities, the company also has a long history as a trader and merchant in the raw materials markets. Marc Rich and Co. AG was the predecessor company to Glencore, andÃÂ ...
The Ellsworth American
February 28, 2018
“I feel like we should be like cheerleaders for the students,” said Jane Langley, who came up with the idea for Monday's demonstration. Marc Rich agreed. “The children need to know that we've got their backs.” Organizer Dottie Vachon said she hoped the messages reminded passers-by “not to give up onÃÂ ...
Capital Research Center
February 28, 2018
Krasner previously worked as a senior executive with Marc Rich Investment Ltd. In 1983, the U.S. had sentenced Rich on 65 criminal counts, which included buying oil from Iran while it held U.S. hostages. President Bill Clinton controversially pardoned Rich on his last day in office, sparing the billionaire aÃÂ ...
The Mercury
February 27, 2018
In this file photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington. In a dramatic escalation of pressure and stakes, special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges against Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates. Susan Walsh — TheÃÂ ...
The Mercury
February 27, 2018
In this file photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington. In a dramatic escalation of pressure and stakes, special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges against Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates. Susan Walsh — TheÃÂ ...
The Ellsworth American
February 26, 2018
“The children need to know that we've got their backs,” said Marc Rich. “We love our students, teachers and parents and their community will be there for them,” said Rev. Sara Hayman of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Ellsworth. Vachon said she hoped the messages reminded passers-by “not to giveÃÂ ...
The American Conservative
February 21, 2018
Here's one vignette in Holder's career guaranteed to end up on the cutting room floor: as deputy attorney general at the end of the Clinton administration he made the official call behind the now-infamous Marc Rich pardon. Rich, a former fixture on the FBI's Most Wanted list, violated the Trading with theÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
Others, like President Gerald Ford's pre-emptive pardon of Richard Nixon or Bill Clinton's still unbelievable pardon of Marc Rich, the wealthy former husband of his political benefactor, rightly cause an uproar. Obama was more likely to use clemency, as he did for Chelsea Manning. But they feel differentÃÂ ...
The Hill
December 31, 1999
Chapters later, Comey casually mentions that when he was U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, Libby was a “prominent” lawyer for Marc Rich, who President Clinton pardoned after receiving from Rich's ex-wife $450,000 for the Clinton Library and $100,000 for Hillary's U.S. Senate campaignÃÂ ...
CNN
December 31, 1999
In 2002, Comey, then a federal prosecutor, took over an investigation into President Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of financier Marc Rich, who had been indicted on a laundry list of charges before fleeing the country. The decision set off a political firestorm focused on accusations that Rich's ex-wife DeniseÃÂ ...
WTVD-TV
December 31, 1999
While speculation swirls over whether President Donald Trump might pardon longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen, who's in the midst of a federal criminal probe into his handling of an array of matters, Attorney General Jeff Sessions refused Wednesday to say whether he has spoken with Trump orÃÂ ...
PBS NewsHour
December 31, 1999
That was likely a reference to the 2001 pardon of fugitive businessman Marc Rich, an act that later came under federal investigation. He defended Arpaio as a legitimate pardon candidate because of the former Arizona sheriff's advanced age of 85 and misdemeanor contempt-of-court conviction. He alsoÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
December 31, 1999
The company began operations in 1974 as Marc Rich and Company. The late Marc Rich was a legendary commodities trader who started his career at Philipp Brothers in the 1950s after a bonus dispute with management in the 1970s; Rich founded his namesake company with headquarters in ZugÃÂ ...
BloombergQuint
December 31, 1999
“Zug is a notorious haven for white-collar miscreants,” reads the complaint, citing the past example of Marc Rich, a commodities trader eventually pardoned by Bill Clinton. “The defendants admitted that they chose to use a foundation in Zug to conduct the ICO and collect investor funds because theyÃÂ ...
RealClearPolitics
December 31, 1999
But then, Comey goes on to talk about the Marc Rich case. Do you remember that? On his way out of office, Bill Clinton sold a presidential pardon to a wanted felon who had fled the county. Comey is unambiguous about that case. "I've never heard of another case where a fugitive from justice was pardonedÃÂ ...
The Trentonian
December 31, 1999
In this file photo, former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort arrives at federal court in Washington. In a dramatic escalation of pressure and stakes, special counsel Robert Mueller filed additional criminal charges against Manafort and his business associate, Rick Gates. Susan Walsh — TheÃÂ ...
The American Conservative
February 22, 2018
Here's one vignette in Holder's career guaranteed to end up on the cutting room floor: as deputy attorney general at the end of the Clinton administration he made the official call behind the now-infamous Marc Rich pardon. Rich, a former fixture on the FBI's Most Wanted list, violated the Trading with theÃÂ ...
Just Security
February 21, 2018
The Court might be especially inclined not to apply the presumption against extraterritoriality in light of a considerable body of case law – from Bank of Nova Scotia to Marc Rich — suggesting that it is now “well established” that production orders can compel domestic actors to produce evidence they storeÃÂ ...
Jamaica Observer
February 14, 2018
2001: A criminal investigation is conducted into outgoing US President Bill Clinton's last-minute pardon of fugitive commodities traders Marc Rich and Pincus Green, who had fled to Switzerland in 1983 to escape prosecution for tax evasion and violation of a trade embargo. 2006: The oldest son of PrimeÃÂ ...
The Hayride
February 7, 2018
That stake, valued at $19 billion, was ultimately purchased by Swiss firm Glencore PLC – a firm founded by Clinton donor Marc Rich, whose pardon at the end of the Clinton administration was one of the more ugly episodes in the history of American political corruption. We now know that Mike Flynn,ÃÂ ...
The Hayride
February 7, 2018
That stake, valued at $19 billion, was ultimately purchased by Swiss firm Glencore PLC – a firm founded by Clinton donor Marc Rich, whose pardon at the end of the Clinton administration was one of the more ugly episodes in the history of American political corruption. We now know that Mike Flynn,ÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com
January 29, 2018
Glencore, we may recall has some interesting connections to the Clintons, with Glencore founder Marc Rich receiving a pardon from Bill Clinton on his last day in office after being on the run as a fugitive from the FBI. Bill Clinton also is a friend of Rwandan president Paul Kagame, whose government hasÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
January 26, 2018
The saga of Donald Trump and Robert Mueller took a dramatic new turn on Thursday night when the New York Times first reported that the president had ordered the special counsel to be fired in June last year. But Mueller's investigation has ground on since then, after President Trump backed down whenÃÂ ...
Washington Examiner
January 23, 2018
For example, before leaving the White House, former President Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, whose ex-wife happened to donate $450,000 to his presidential library. The Obama Foundation may not have intentionally set out to save taxpayers' money. But under its current agreement with NARA,ÃÂ ...
Sputnik International
January 10, 2018
Commenting on why the exposure remained neglected, Ortel suggested that "starting in February 2001 (after the Marc Rich pardon triggered outrage) somehow questionable activities of the Clintons and their allies seem only to have been studied in what some might say have been fake investigations.".
theday.com
January 8, 2018
Marc Rich was indicted for evading $48 million in federal taxes and selling illegal oil to America's enemy, Iran. Rich bolted to Switzerland to escape a long prison term. Bill Clinton, in his last hours as president, pardoned Rich with no explanation. To add to this Denise Rich, the fugitive's former wife, gaveÃÂ ...
The Wilson Times
December 25, 2017
The Uranium One deal with Russia and the Marc Rich pardon are just two examples. There are numerous other pay-for-play schemes she has participated in. Do I hate Hillary Clinton? No! I do hate the actions she's committed that have negatively affected the United States. The U.S. is much better off nowÃÂ ...
Albany Times Union
December 21, 2017
In its worst, it reeks of politics and cronyism (as, for example, in Bill Clinton's pardon of Marc Rich, George W. Bush's commutation of Scooter Libby's sentence, and Donald Trump's pardon of Sheriff Joe Arpaio). Revisiting punishments doled out to yesterday's juvenile offenders — sentenced before science,ÃÂ ...
Elizabethtown Bladen Journal
December 18, 2017
The Uranium One deal with Russia and the Marc Rich pardon are just two examples. There are numerous other 'pay for play' schemes that she has participated in. These schemes have benefited her and her family. They have become wealthy because of these pay for play schemes. Do I hate HillaryÃÂ ...
Los Angeles Times
December 14, 2017
With revenue slumping, 20th Century Fox is bought by oil magnate Marvin H. Davis and commodities trader Marc Rich for $720 million. 1985. Australian media mogul Rupert Murdoch buys 20th Century Fox and makes it part of his company, News Corp. The same year, Murdoch acquires six big-cityÃÂ ...
Seeking Alpha
December 5, 2017
The two most political commodities in the world are wheat and crude oil. Wheat is the staple ingredient in bread, which feeds people all over the world. Crude oil, as Marc Rich once said, is the blood that flows through the veins of the earth and powers the world. Commodities are staples and essential rawÃÂ ...
The Guardian
November 5, 2017
It was founded in 1974 as Marc Rich and Co. Rich – a former child refugee who became a naturalised American citizen after fleeing Nazi-occupied Belgium with his family – led his eponymous firm for two decades. Glencore and its forerunner have been accused of sanctions-busting in Saddam Hussein'sÃÂ ...
The Guardian
August 25, 2017
Financier Marc Rich was pardoned by president Bill Clinton. Photograph: AP. The commodities trader fled to Switzerland in 1983, accused of evading $48m in taxes and illegally trading with Iran in oil. But Rich, whose ex-wife was a prominent fundraiser for the Democrats, was pardoned by Bill Clinton onÃÂ ...
Newsweek
November 1, 2016
While they offer some tantalizing tidbits, the documents are heavily redacted, and they don't seem to offer any substantial new information about the criminal inquiry launched by the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York after Bill Clinton pardoned Marc Rich in 2001. Long sought for extradition,ÃÂ ...
Politico
November 1, 2016
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign is raising questions about the timing of the FBI's release Tuesday of records on a 15-year-old investigation into President Bill Clinton's pardon to fugitive financier Marc Rich. The FBI posted the 129 pages of records in its online Freedom of Information Act reading roomÃÂ ...
