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*U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 15, 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416225221/http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm "Witness list (and transcribed statements): Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 'Clemency for FALN Members'"]. U.S. Senate website/Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved from April 16, 2000 archive at Internet Archive.
*U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary (September 15, 1999). [http://web.archive.org/web/20000416225221/http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/wl91599.htm "Witness list (and transcribed statements): Hearing before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, 'Clemency for FALN Members'"]. U.S. Senate website/Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved from April 16, 2000 archive at Internet Archive.
*U.S. Senate, 106th Congress (September 14, 1999). [http://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33 "S.J. Res. 106-33: A joint resolution deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency to FALN terrorists."] U.S. Congress website/Legislation/106th Congress/Senate joint resolutions. Passed 95-2.</ref> to curry favor with [[radical]] [[Puerto Rican]] voters among the New York electorate.<ref>[http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm "FALN clemency and NY Senate race"] (1999-2009). Justice for Jonathan Pollard website.</ref> The FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in [[Manhattan]], killing four people in 1975. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm "Clinton pardons terror"] (August 13, 1999). ''New York Post''. Reprinted at Latin American Studies website.</ref>
*U.S. Senate, 106th Congress (September 14, 1999). [http://www.congress.gov/bill/106th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/33 "S.J. Res. 106-33: A joint resolution deploring the actions of President Clinton regarding granting clemency to FALN terrorists."] U.S. Congress website/Legislation/106th Congress/Senate joint resolutions. Passed 95-2.</ref> to curry favor with [[radical]] [[Puerto Rican]] voters among the New York electorate.<ref>[http://www.jonathanpollard.org/senate.htm "FALN clemency and NY Senate race"] (1999-2009). Justice for Jonathan Pollard website.</ref> The FALN bombed Fraunces Tavern in [[Manhattan]], killing four people in 1975. Over a six-year period, the group claimed responsibility for more than 100 bombings that took six lives and injured some 130 people.<ref>[http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/puertorico/sep4.htm "Clinton pardons terror"] (August 13, 1999). ''New York Post''. Reprinted at Latin American Studies website.</ref>
While Deputy Attorney General in the [[Clinton Administration]], [[Eric Holder]] arranged the pardon of Marc Rich, the biggest tax cheat in American history. Rich fled the country. He was a big donor to the Clintons and the Democratic party, so [[Bill Clinton]] wanted to pardon him. Holder said that he was "leaning toward favorable" on the pardon. After Holder offered his opinion, Rich was pardoned.<ref>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122749145870752223.html</ref>
His wife Denise Rich then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].
==Senate campaign==
==Senate campaign==