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Line 205: − + − In preparation for her Senate bid, Bill Clinton offered clemency to members of the [[Armed Forces of National Liberation]] (FALN) [[terrorist]] group <ref>Multiple references: − *[http://web.archive.org/web/20080501015940/http://rpc.senate.gov/_files/92199CoddlingTerrorists.pdf "Coddling terrorists?"] (September 21, 1999). Senate Republican Policy Committee. Retrieved from May 1, 2008 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 the historic 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> −
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*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-04-30/pdf/CREC-1996-04-30-pt1-PgH4166-3.pdf#page=2 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: First Lady's fingerprints on billing records"] (April 30, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4167-8.
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-04-30/pdf/CREC-1996-04-30-pt1-PgH4166-3.pdf#page=2 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: First Lady's fingerprints on billing records"] (April 30, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4167-8.
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-05-10/pdf/CREC-1996-05-10-pt1-PgH4880-3.pdf#page=1 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints on billing records II"] (May 10, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4880-1.</ref>
*[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CREC-1996-05-10/pdf/CREC-1996-05-10-pt1-PgH4880-3.pdf#page=1 "Remarks by Congressman (Dan) Burton of Indiana: Mrs. Clinton's fingerprints on billing records II"] (May 10, 1996). ''Congressional Record'' (Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office), House of Representatives, 104th Congress, pp. H4880-1.</ref>
===Pardongate===
===Marc Rich===
Marc Rich is 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. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as Barack Obama's Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref> Rich's wife then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].
Marc Rich is 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. [[Eric Holder]], who later served as Barack Obama's Attorney General, arranged the pardons.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/16/holder.confirmation/ Former FBI director: Holder was 'used' in Rich pardon], [[CNN]]</ref> Former President [[Jimmy Carter]] publicly called it "disgraceful".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/news/carter-rich-pardon-disgraceful/ Carter: Rich Pardon 'Disgraceful'], CBSNews.com staff AP February 21, 2001</ref> Rich's wife then donated at least $450,000 to the [[Clinton Foundation]].