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Pardon Is Back in Focus for the Justice Nominee.
- Source :
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New York Times . 12/2/2008, Vol. 158 Issue 54512, p1. 0p. - Publication Year :
- 2008
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Abstract
- In the much praised career of Eric H. Holder Jr., President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be attorney general, there is one notable blemish: Mr. Holder's complicated role in the 2001 pardon of Marc Rich, a billionaire financier who had fled the country rather than face federal tax evasion charges. Mr. Holder's supporters portray him as having been a relatively uninvolved bystander caught in a Clinton-era controversy, the remarkable granting of a last-minute pardon by President Bill Clinton to a fugitive from justice. But interviews and an examination of Congressional records show that Mr. Holder, who at the time of the pardon was the deputy attorney general, was more deeply involved in the Rich pardon than his supporters acknowledge. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- *TAX evasion
*TAX loopholes
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03624331
- Volume :
- 158
- Issue :
- 54512
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- New York Times
- Publication Type :
- News
- Accession number :
- 35500928