was a big contributor and supporter of bill clinton's presidential campaigns marc rich was on the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list bill clinton on his last day in office pardons him a lot of people were shocked and surprised including his political allies even after marc rich died money from his estate continued flowing into hillary clinton's foundation and then there was an investigation that determined there was no foul play between marc rich and the clintons richard nixon stepped down after it was revealed that he had spied on his political. ponens and then obstructed justice in an attempt to cover it up now gerald ford who were placed in the oval office decided to let bygones be bygones he said it was an act of mercy all right your are for. the president of the united states granted and by these presidents to grant aid to free and absolute pardon under richard nixon the first presidential pardon in u.s. history was handed down by george washington the leaders of a rebellion that had taken place at the time the man dubbed the father of america hope that this act of forgiveness wou

of fair and balanced says don't forget about the biggest case of tax evasion in all of us history marc rich was convicted of defrauding the u.s. government of roughly forty eight million dollars rich was going to face three hundred years in prison until bill clinton stepped in to give him a second chance now it also happens that marc rich was a big contributor and supporter of bill clinton's presidential campaigns marc rich was on the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list bill clinton on his last day in office pardons him a lot of people were shocked and surprised including his political allies even after marc rich died money from his estate continued flowing into hillary clinton's foundation and then there was an investigation that determined there was no foul play between marc rich and the clintons richard nixon stepped down after it was revealed that he had spied on his political. opponents and then obstructed justice in an attempt to cover it up now gerald ford who were placed in the oval office decided to let bygones be bygones he said it was an act of mercy all right your are for. the preside

was a big contributor and supporter of bill clinton's presidential campaigns marc rich was on the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list bill clinton on his last day in office pardons him a lot of people were shocked and surprised including his political allies even after marc rich died money from his estate continued flowing into hillary clinton's foundation and then there was an investigation that determined there was no foul play between marc rich and the clintons richard nixon stepped down after it was revealed that he had spied on his political. ponens and then obstructed justice in an attempt to cover it up now gerald ford who were placed in the oval office decided to let bygones be bygones he said it was an act of mercy all right your own our lord. president of the united states granted and by these presidents to grant. a fool free and absolute pardon under richard nixon the first presidential pardon in u.s. history was handed down by george washington the leaders of a rebellion that had taken place at the time the man dubbed the father of america hoped that this act of forgiveness

was a big contributor and supporter of bill clinton's presidential campaigns marc rich was on the f.b.i.'s ten most wanted list bill clinton on his last day in office pardons him a lot of people were shocked and surprised including his political allies even after marc rich died money from his estate continued flowing into hillary clinton's foundation and then there was an investigation that determined there was no foul play between marc rich and the clintons richard nixon stepped down after it was revealed that he had spied on his political. ponens and then obstructed justice in an attempt to cover it up now gerald ford who were placed in the oval office decided to let bygones be bygones he said it was an act of mercy all right your own our lord. president of the united states granted and by these presidents to grant. a fool free and absolute pardon under richard nixon the first presidential pardon in u.s. history was handed down by george washington to leaders of a rebellion that had taken place at the time the man dubbed the father of america hope that this act of forgiveness wo

pardoning his half brother, pardoning marc rich. history doesn't shine a bright light on bill clinton, it's kind of the low ebb of presidency. clinton left not only doing pardons but stripping some things out of the white house. he didn't end his presidency in a good way. but bill clinton did have obstruction of justice charges against him, nixon had obstruction of justice charges. with the letter just released by rudy giuliani and his team, they're trying to say there is no such obstruction of justice for the president of the united states. so that letter is connected to the pardons of this past week, all part of the trump offensive strategy to smear the mueller report findings. >> douglas brinkley, thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> coming up, the envelope, please. the president's on again/off again summit with north korea is back on again after a dramatic photo in the oval office.

marc rich, ex-husband of a clinton donor, big huge donor, indicted for racketeering, mail and wire fraudlet's peel back the curtain. how are the decisions made when you're going to make a controversial pardon. >> there is a process not followed that involves the white house counsel. >> you mean not followed now? >> not being followed now. >> how can you tell? >> even the department of justice says it's not being followed. that's how you can tell. the difference between the ones with clinton, and you can defend or criticize however you want, was these were not done in the middle of an investigation. they were done with the investigation was over. these were not done to get him a get out of jail card free. >> but you could argue marc rich had benefited him. and this was a reward it. >> was done on the last day of his presidency. it is a very different argument from the argument that many people are properly making that trump is now trying to influence the investigation. he is in a way obstructing justice by issuing these pard s pardons. if you're michael cohen or paul manafort, what messag

he hasn't done a marc rich. you want to talk about pardons that stink up the whole system of justice, it's bill clinton's pardon of marc rich. >> good segue. >> id to be in charge of the pardon attorney's office. >> i know you did. >> and the reality is the pardons he's given so far are highly justifiable. >> rudy giuliani with a pardon -- let's talk about justifiable. we know he can do it, he can pardon a ham sandwich if he wants to. joe arpaio. scter libby. dinesh d'souza. maybe even martha stewart. rudy giuliani pardons these people? >> i recommended pardons in probably worse cases to ronald reagan. >> you would pardon these people? >> probably each one of them, yes. martha stewart's conviction was a damn game to get yourself in the newspapers, which may have been the beginning of the jim comey who eventually illegally leaked a memo. arpaio, i don't know the case that well except it seemed to me it was highly political, as was d'souza. scooter libby had already been commuted. the investigation existed for the

the big man they turn up to these two elements look at marc rich is a big player and he's. china that was his second gold and so want to add a second really good goes well this was one time but going there was a lot of lot of tension between the teams and not many icons in the first all but then they started develop as argentina became more frustrated and then we saw some pretty vindictive tackles going in and i think ultimately it should not have had a you know i think he should have been sent off. for the full shot. see back if he's on the field the referee has always known that with to do that you know that's that's really naughty and fortunately nothing happened and it might be one of these things that fifa would look back on retrospect and for i'm not completely sure about the rules in this tournament normally when the referee has always dealt with that meaning giving him a yellow card i don't think that's too much to do afterwards but hopefully they will because that tackle there was definitely out of order and it's dangerous anything could have happened fortunately n

the big players they turn up to these tournament's look at marc rich is a big player and he's turned out that was his second goal and so want to make a second really good goes well he was putting pressure on everyone all the time and he was he was playing well and his part in midfield i could teach he also scored he said the barcelona player also for me one of the best made few players in the world he's turned up so that's one and so this is just a contrast you know what i can tina didn't have that players playing are performing as we expect them to do. and that's why croatia wins today because the play is all the players perform fantastically well but when you need something to get big players steps up to the plate and they deliver and rackets edge and much that i think we can see that. racketed gold it was. right at the end of the game i have to say. ok we have it we don't have i guess you really haven't a thing on i just want to put in this point is the whole time we talked about that this was one hundred again there was a lot of lot of tension between the teams and not many icons

as well i think will particularly play a part i think it's time for other stars to shine i think marc rich what will be key here that the mini play maker the maestro for from real madrid i think it's croatia's time i say to one hundred times of winning the world cup when i was up appearances as many have said this could be the last appearance for now as for most uses a lot of belief is what thirty thirty games as it is getting on for qatar this is the last chance saloon is that for the major stars of a generation those ones you mentioned before really to make an impact and impact so make way for the new ones that messi you know judging from by the statistics you know he's had eleven shots last game against. against lost without scoring. and also it's against iceland as well yeah i mean in terms of looking at the quality of the opposition to the set of the other thought oh yes you can always obviously being an england fan underestimate iceland and what they can do you see but on the other hand if you really are going to be considered such a difference in terms of pedigree and in terms of th

when clinton pardoned marc rich.rm. we don't know the exact price tag for that. joining us, byron york, tammy bruce. rosenstein recusal. senator graham asked so nicely, do you think you ought to recuse yourself? he declared trump -- the man is a little bewildering to say the least. >> it's a politician's move. he's doing things that kind please everyone that artificially establish his own independence. but it to some degree has more impact when you have a guy with the background he has suggesting to rosen tine because of his role within this framework that maybe he should step away. that's a very good question. >> this is something people observing this case have been talking about for a long time. if the firing of james comey is a big thing. exhibit a. in a case of alleged obstruction of justice from the president. how can rod rosenstein investigate that investigation. he was up to his neck. he wrote a memo justifying it. the question is, how could he stay in control of the mueller investigation if that's a big thin

if you think about bill clinton pardoning marc rich after his wife gave him millions of dollars for whateverand he does it on his way out. this president has the fortitude or the chutzpah to say come at me, i'll tell you why. >> he has a constitutional right to do that. what has not been mentioned all week is president clinton also pardoned his brother roger clinton for cocaine trafficking. that's his constitutional right to do so. i'm proud of the president's moves. it's once again the disrupter-in-chief doing the things he thinks makes sense for the american people and it's to disrupt the swamp. trey gowdy you were talk about at the beginning of the show. when you spend to much time in that system you get swamp juice on you. he's parsing things in a way that trey gowdy two or three years ago wouldn't sounding the way he's sounding on the way out. i don't know what his future is, but it smells like he's going to be doing a lobbyist job or something along those lines to be talking the way he is. judge jeanine: it doesn't make sense. and i want to continue to talk about what is going on with

we have a great example of how it was done very, very poorly and that was marc rich.n the last day, approve by the attorney general at the time, the pardon attorney at the time under bill clinton, that was a bad example. another thing that people should keep in mind is, remember governor huckabee, he pardoned many people there in the state. unfortunately one of them committed a horrible crime. that's why you do need to be a little bit cautious. i'm excited to think the nfl players might come and have conversations with him because of he's going to be the disruptor and the force of change, that's the kind of thing you can do. if colin kaepernick comes to the white house and makes amends, then maybe he could play again. >> can you believe the eagles requested policy time? >> pick a new team. >> i do hope that natalie matthw charles is still on the list. >> so talk to me about the nfl players. a real opportunity here, and a unique method in terms of trying to reach across and, they will sit down together and give you the idea. >> i think it's a practical bold move and it

kadsic also had worked for governor dukakis, vice president walter mondale and was involved in the marc rich pardon. he asked the clinton campaign for a job for his 24-year-old son. while that job was request was pending, he sent mr. podesta a heads-up e-mail about the release of mrs. clinton's e-mails. is that -- is my understanding right? >> it is. >> did you look at mr. kadsic's telecommunication devices to see if he had other communications with mr. podesta? >> as i sit here, i don't recall. let me get become to you on that? >> would you do that? >> yes. >> did you look at mr. podesta's telecommunication devices to see if he got other communications from mr. kadsic? >> i don't believe we went to mr. podesta's communications devices as a third part. >> would you do that? >> let me talk to the team. i'll get back to you. >> my point, he already was giving inside information to the chairman of the hillary clinton campaign. he did it once. while his son's job request was pending. it would seem to be a reasonable possibility that he did it other teams as well. i'm not alleging it. i just want

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. >> neil: can i say that also though about marc rich.that famous pardon with bill clinton. you are right, depending on the time and place they can raise eyebrows. normally a lot of this sunked about up not all the time near the end of a presidency than the beginning. >> right. >> neil: the president has indicated this unique power that he has. he would like to address thousands of potential cases. even included muhammed ali but, of course, his family and the legal associates reminded him that the supreme court itself exonerated him. what do you make of that? >> right. well, what i make of it is this. we are in a day and time where everything our president does is being scrutinized. prior presidents since bill clinton basically since his administration and then through g.w. and obama's they have slowed their face they wait until like you said later in the presidency to start making these pardons because they are comfortably within their term. we are only 504 days in here. so you combine those factors and, yes, it seems like maybe this is

whereas not looking at them on the merits of it when we talk about marc rich or bradley manning or et deserved a pardon. what crime they have committed. we lost that discussion and set of partisan. wildly speculating what this might be mean and what we should be reading into all of this excepted for the fact that these individuals, the president feels as though they were treated unjustly or that they had served their time or a myriad of other reasons that he chose to pardon them. we lost the discussion about whether or not the person who has been pardoned was pardoned, you know, had paid their time. they were remorseful, et cetera, and goad on wild goose chases of speculation about what they may or may not mean in terms of something in the future. i think that's kind of what's been lost in this whole discussion. abby: sean, that never happens in our media landscape. >> crazy. abby: watching holder there though. i'm reminded i love your take on this. if he were to run for president who he has behind them as barack obama. two thick as thieves. calls them barack obama's wing man. makes m

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marc rich gets, financial benefactor of bill clinton gets pardoned at last moment. obama. we have serious, does it on the way out. bradley manning, gets a pardon, by obama, a traitor to this country, gets pardoned. brian: still angry about it. geraldo, do you feel the same way about the lawyer. >> i feel same about dinesh, who i don't know, and harshly treated and oversentenced, but i also agree 100%, if the president, he has alluded to this, if he follows through, martha stewart, what she did, did not merit the absolute humiliation press shown sentence she got. pete: by james comey. >> rod blagojevich governor of illinois, got 1years i didn't think was a crime. he should be pardoned immediately or sentence commuted would be more appropriate. furthermore i think my dear friends, bernard kerik, new york city police commissioner, who got three years for absolute bogus charges about a cheap paint job in his apartment, commissioner kerik should be marred doned as should michael grimm, the republican congressman in staten island. they went after him for campaign finance

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