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law Hugh Rodham received nearly $400,000 in fees for lobbying for a
presidential pardon and a prison commutation for two wealthy felons.
On the following day, reports broke that Hillary Rodham Clinton's
Senate campaign treasurer, New York attorney William Cunningham III,
helped obtain from former President Clinton last-minute pardons for
two men convicted on tax felony charges in the '80s. The pardon of
two Jewish felons was linked to a block of votes from the Jewish
community for Hillary Clinton's senatorial bid, a news break to which
Hillary reacted with the statement that she was "shocked." Pardons
were also in order for Harvey Weinig, 53, who helped launder at least
$19 million for the Cali drug cartel; Edward Downe Jr., a publishing and
financial executive guilty of insider trading (who has contributed
$21,500 to Democrats since 1991, including $1,000 to Hillary's Senate
campaign); and William Fugazy, convicted of hiding $75 million from
creditors. He also pardoned Susan Rosenberg and Linda Sue Evans,
both convicted of carrying explosives and weapons for the Weather
Underground, and former Arizona governor John Fife Symington,
convicted of fraud. Symington once saved Clinton from drowning at
'60s beach party. Several of Jesse Jackson associates were on the
pardon list, in spite of convictions on sex crimes, fraud and
embezzlement. Clinton commuted the sentence of Carlos Vignali, 30,
who had been convicted of cocaine trafficking in 1994: Carlos' father
donated more than $150,000 to Democratic causes. The list goes on.
On 10/01/2001 the Supreme Court suspended former President Clinton
from practicing law before the high court and gave him 40 days to say
why he should not be permanently disbarred. The court did not explain
its reasons, but Supreme Court disbarment often follows disbarment in
lower courts. The court acted after it was notified by the Arkansas
Supreme Court that Clinton's Arkansas law license was suspended for
five years.
His mother, Virginia Dell Cassidy was born 6/06/1923, Sherman TX. His
father, William Jefferson Blythe III, was born 2/27/1918, Sherman, TX,
or on February 21, 1917, which he gave in his Army records. Bill's halfbrother, Roger, was born July 25, 1955 and his father, Bill's step-dad,
was born 7/25/1909. Virginia Kelley died of cancer in early January
1994.
His new book, "My Life," was released on June 22, 2004 with much
fanfare, putting Clinton back in the limelight. In an hour-long episode
of "60 Minutes" aired on June 20, 2004, a contrite and reflective Clinton
spoke to interviewer Dan Rather about the Lewinsky escapade and its
impact on his family, Ken Starr?s dogged pursuit of crimes that Clinton
claims never occurred, the impeachment trial and the former
president?s political, social and economic record.
The former President underwent coronary artery bypass surgery on the
morning of September 6, 2004 in New York, beginning at about 8 AM
and ending around noon according to a CNN report. He entered the