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Line 14: − + − The intervention happened after Vignali's Los Angeles real-estate developer father, Horacio, rounded up an array of powerful Democratic political and civic leaders to pressure Mayorkas to help the cause, a 2002 congressional investigative report concluded.+ − − Among those the senior Vignali enlisted was another Hillary Clinton brother, Hugh Rodham, who received $204,000 to successfully connect White House staff to Vignali's network of Democratic leaders in [[Los Angeles]]. − −
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==Pardongate==
==Pardongate==
Mayorkas was involved in the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Pardongate|Pardongate scandal]]. Mayorkas allegedly used the weight of his office and access to the Clinton White House to request commutation of a convicted drug dealer's federal prison sentence. President Clinton followed through with the commutation of a 15-year cocaine-trafficking sentence in 1994 for Carlos Vignali, Jr.
Mayorkas was involved in the [[Hillary_Clinton_First_Lady#Pardongate|Pardongate scandal]]. ''[[The Washington Post]]'' reported, "California Attorney General [[Xavier Becerra]], whom Biden has announced he intends to nominate as health and human services secretary, and Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s pick for homeland security secretary, were among several prominent [[Los Angeles]] figures who reached out to the White House about the sentence of Carlos Vignali Jr., whose father was a wealthy entrepreneur and major Democratic donor in California." On Bill Clinton’s last day in office in 2001, he commuted Vignali’s sentence — after being contacted by Becerra and Mayorkas and after Vignali’s father, Horacio, paid $204,000 to [[Hugh Rodham]], brother of Hillary Clinton.
"U.S. Attorney Alejandro Mayorkas provided critical support for the Vignali commutation that was inappropriate, given his position," a congressional investigation report stated. "Mayorkas, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, was asked by Horacio Vignali to call the White House in support of his son's clemency petition. Mayorkas then called the White House about the Vignali commutation" and later conceded that "his call conveyed support for the Vignali commutation ... despite his knowledge that the prosecutors responsible for the Vignali case opposed clemency."<ref>https://www.4conservative.com/</ref>
"U.S. Attorney Alejandro Mayorkas provided critical support for the Vignali commutation that was inappropriate, given his position," the congressional report stated. "Mayorkas, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, was asked by Horacio Vignali to call the White House in support of his son's clemency petition. Mayorkas then called the White House about the Vignali commutation" and later conceded that "his call conveyed support for the Vignali commutation ... despite his knowledge that the prosecutors responsible for the Vignali case opposed clemency."<ref>https://www.4conservative.com/</ref>
==See also==
==See also==