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President Bill Clinton Pardons 140 Criminals on Last Day in Office
Thelma Raker CoffoneUpdated:
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Oct 12, 2022

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Bill Clinton’s Last Day in Office: Clemency Caper

On January 20, 2001, with only hours left in his term as president of the United States, Bill Clinton issued 140 presidential pardons and several commutations to people that had been convicted of federal criminal offenses. The granting of clemency to these criminals, some of whom were Clinton's relatives and friends, was met with much criticism from the American people, including an ex-president. These actions became known by some in Washington circles as "Pardongate" and the "Clemency Caper."

Some of the Most Controversial Clinton Presidential Pardons

During his tenure as president, Clinton granted clemency to 459 people including the 140 last-minute pardons that were issued during his final hours in office. Some were so controversial, a federal prosecutor was appointed to investigate. He found no wrongdoing on Clinton's part, however, some are still being debated today, including the following:

• The president's half-brother, Roger Clinton, Jr., was granted a pardon after serving his full sentence of one year in federal prison for cocaine possession.

• Susan McDougal, a business partner of Bill and Hilary Clinton, served 18 months in prison for her involvement in the Whitewater scandal. She was charged with contempt of court for refusing to testify about the Clintons' role in the scandal.

• Melvin Reynolds, a fellow Clinton Democrat, was a congressman from Illinois who was serving time in prison for sexual assault, obstruction of justice and solicitation of child pornography. Near the end of his 5-year sentence on those charges, he was convicted of bank fraud and received a sentence to serve 78 additional months. President Clinton commuted the bank fraud sentence...

• Harvey Weinig was a Manhattan lawyer who pleaded guilty to laundering $19 million made from illegal drug sales by Colombian drug traffickers.

• Another eleventh-hour pardon that ignited a firestorm of controversy was granted to Marc Rich, who was indicted for evading $48 million in taxes and illegal oil deals with Iran during the time Iran was holding US hostages. He had fled to Switzerland and was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.

Rich's attorney made the pardon application directly to the White House instead of going through the normal channels at the Office of the Pardon Attorney. Much of the controversy involves large donations made by Rich's ex-wife to the Clinton campaign and the Clinton Presidential Library. The pardon was met with outrage from both sides of the Congressional aisle.