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In July, [[Steven Rattner]], the czar for the auto industry, was forced to quit when it was discovered he was under investigation for paying million-dollar bribes to get state business in his previous job.

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[[Eric Holder]] was appointed Attorney General. As Deputy Attorney General in the final days of the [[Bill Clinton|Clinton administration]], Holder was responsible for the pardons [[Weather Underground]] (WUO) [[terrorists]] [[Linda Evans]] and Susan Rosenberg who were serving life sentences for their roles in the murder of two police officers and a Brinks armoured guard in 1981.<ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YmM1OGM4OGRiNTI5NTIzOTFkMDAwMTJiNGFlYWFiZGI= ''Confirming Fears''], Editorial, National Review Online, November 19, 2008.</ref> President Obama has been criticized for his personal friendship with WUO founder [[Bill Ayers]].<ref>[http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1278532,bill-ayers-barack-obama-book-111308.article Ayers: Obama was 'family friend'], Kara Spak and Abon Pallasch, Chicago SunTimes, November 13, 2008.</ref> Puerto Rican [[FALN]] terrorists likewise received pardons due to Holders efforts, as well as fugitive tax evader and Clinton donor, Mark Rich.<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/politics/2004457941_apholderobama.html?syndication=rss</ref> <ref>http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0102/14/se.04.html</ref>

===Senate Scandals===

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