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(Newser) - Dick Cheney pursued a pardon for former aide Scooter Libby so doggedly in his final days in office that he pushed the bounds of his 9-year relationship with George Bush, reports Time. It wasn't so much a political issue as a moral "crusade" for Cheney, write Massimo Calabresi and... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • vice president • George W. Bush

 McCain Asks 
 Obama to Pardon 
 Boxing Champ 

Wants to overturn racially motivated conviction

Apr 2, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has introduced a resolution requesting a posthumous presidential pardon for Jack Johnson, the first black heavyweight champion of the world, the LA Times reports. Johnson suffered what McCain calls a “racially motivated conviction” in 1913 for dating a white woman. Prosecutors said he’d violated the... More »

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Cheney Furious at Bush
for Not Pardoning Libby

Ex-VP pushed prez for reprieve 'til he left DC

Feb 17, 09 9:26 AM CST
(Newser) - Dick Cheney is furious that President Bush wouldn’t listen when he repeatedly pushed for a last-minute pardon for Scooter Libby, the New York Daily News reports. The ex-VP “went to the mat and came back and back and back at Bush” for a full pardon, said one close... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • commutation • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush

Bush Rejected Pardons for Milken, Other 'High Rollers'

'He seems to go out of his way to deny the high rollers, the prominent people,' source says

Jan 27, 09 3:00 PM CST
(Newser) - George Bush formally denied pardons for several prominent politicians and businessmen on his last day in office, the Justice Department told the Los Angeles Times today. Among those whose pleas fell on deaf ears were Michael Milken, a businessman convicted of insider trading and stock evasion, and Randall Cunningham, a... More »

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presidential pardon • commutation • clemency • pardon • Michael Milken • President • George W. Bush • John Walker Lindh • Leonard Peltier • Randall Cunningham

(Newser) - Dick Cheney believes disgraced former chief of staff Scooter Libby, convicted in the CIA leak investigation, deserved a pardon, the Weekly Standard reports. “He was the victim of a serious miscarriage of justice,” the former vice president said. “Obviously, I disagree with President Bush.” Bush’... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • commutation • commute • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush • sentence

Sen. Murkowski Asked Bush for Stevens Pardon

Friends say former senator would rather clear name through courts anyway

Jan 21, 09 1:14 PM CST
(Newser) - Sen. Lisa Murkowski asked President Bush to pardon former Alaska Republican colleague Ted Stevens, the Anchorage Daily News reports. But Stevens would rather fight his corruption conviction in court, friends say, because he felt a pardon would taint his legacy. Murkowski wrote that she did not want to see Stevens,... More »

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Alaska • FBI • corruption • presidential pardon • Ted Stevens • pardon • George W. Bush • President Obama • Lisa Murkowski

Bush Commutes Sentences of Former US Border Agents

Pair was convicted of shooting drug dealer

Jan 19, 09 12:56 PM CST
(AP) - In his final acts of clemency, President Bush today commuted the prison sentences of two former US Border Patrol agents whose convictions for shooting a Mexican drug dealer ignited fierce debate about illegal immigration. Bush's decision to commute the sentences of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, who tried to cover... More »

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OPINION

Handicapping Last-Minute Bush Pardons

Scooter Libby? Alberto Gonzales? The entire CIA? Speculation swirls

Jan 19, 09 9:39 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has shown no inclination to go on a Clinton-esque pardon binge, but that won't stop Josh Gerstein of Politico from speculating. Here are the potential pardon/commutation prospects, and the odds:
  • All CIA and military interrogators: Bush could make a big splash with a blanket pardon to anyone
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Bush administration • Alberto Gonzales • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • pardon • harsh interrogation • George W. Bush

OPINION

 Libby Deserves 
 Bush Pardon 

Conviction a 'miscarriage of justice,' writes Fred Barnes

Jan 16, 09 4:16 PM CST
(Newser) - “Simple justice” should compel President Bush to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. “Libby has either been punished far too severely for a very small offense,” writes Barnes “or he is an innocent man.” Libby was convicted of perjury... More »

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CIA • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • Tim Russert • felon • George W. Bush • Richard Armitage

OPINION

Libby Hasn't Asked to Be Pardoned

Supporters look to Cheney to sway Bush
in final week

Jan 14, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush has less than a week to pardon Lewis “Scooter” Libby for his role in the CIA leak case, and at this point it’s unclear if he will, writes Byron York for the National Review. Dick Cheney's former chief of staff hasn't applied for one through the... More »

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Dick Cheney • Valerie Plame • CIA leak investigation • presidential pardon • Lewis Scooter Libby • pardon • George W. Bush

Former Fugitive Marc Rich Lost With Madoff

Disgraced financier's latest victim is a disgraced financier

Jan 9, 09 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Many of Bernard Madoff’s former clients are seeking legal recourse to recover their money, but onetime fugitive Marc Rich likely won’t be among them, Andrew Ross Sorkin writes in the New York Times. Rich, who lost $10 million to $15 million through a third party who invested with... More »

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Bill Clinton • presidential pardon • hedge funds • financial crisis • Marc Rich • Andrew Ross Sorkin • Bernard Madoff

Bush Retracts Pardon
for Son of Big GOP Donor

White House cites new information in halting process for developer Isaac Toussie

Dec 24, 08 4:55 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush withdrew a presidential pardon today after it emerged that the father of a convicted Brooklyn developer donated $28,500 to the Republican Party, CNN reports. The president’s counsel approved clemency for Isaac Toussie on charges of mail fraud and false statements to federal officials, White House spokeswoman... More »

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Bush administration • Brooklyn • presidential pardon • clemency • pardon • political donors • George W. Bush • home developer • Isaac Toussie • Robert Toussie

 Bush Pardons 19 More, 
 But Not Libby (Yet) 

President's tally still pales in comparison to Clinton, Reagan

Dec 23, 08 4:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Another round of presidential pardons today might not be the last, the Washington Post reports. “The president has maintained his authority to do that until his last day,” a spokesman said. No big names, such as Scooter Libby, were announced, but President Bush did issue a rare posthumous... More »

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fraud • presidential pardon • commutation • Lewis Scooter Libby • George W. Bush • drug charges • Charles Winters

Bush's Pardons
Favor Gun Lovers

President restores right to bear arms to convicted felons

Nov 29, 08 8:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Second Amendment enthusiasts seem to have a better-than-average chance of winning a presidential pardon as the Bush presidency nears its end, the Wall Street Journal reports. Of the 14 felons pardoned in the last week, seven are fans of hunting or shooting and five say they specifically mentioned their desire... More »

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Stevens Won't Rule Out Pursuing Prez Pardon

Convicted senator may seek clemency from Bush

Nov 27, 08 11:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Even as Ted Stevens appeals of his seven-count felony conviction, the disgraced senator isn't ruling outthe possibility of seeking a pardon from President Bush, the Anchorage Daily News reports. "If I were counsel to him, I would encourage him," says Alaska's former US attorney, a Stevens supporter. "... More »

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Congress • Alaska • Republican • corruption • presidential pardon • Ted Stevens • pardon • senator • George W. Bush

 NFL Star Seeks Prez Pardon for Pot-Seller Brother

Lawrence Tynes' sibling serving 27-year sentence in federal slammer

Nov 27, 08 3:12 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes is pleading with President Bush for a pardon for his pot-selling brother, who is serving a 27-year federal prison sentence in Arkansas, reports Newsday. Tynes' brother Mark, 31, was sentenced two years ago and has exhausted his appeals seeking a lighter sentence. Presidents leaving... More »

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(Newser) - President Bush granted 14 pardons and two reduced sentences today but helped none of the high-profile figures seeking reprieves, the AP reports. In his first pardons since March, Bush forgave criminals convicted on charges of wildlife violations, tax evasion, and drugs. His two commutations were for men found guilty of... More »

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USA Track Official Urges Bush: Don't Pardon Jones

Letting the disgraced track start out of prison early is wrong move, he says

Jul 22, 08 6:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The head of the US track and field program urged President Bush today not to pardon disgraced sprinter Marion Jones, the Daily News reports. Doing so would send a "horrible message" to young fans and to the international community getting ready to watch the Olympics, said Douglas Logan in... More »

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steroids • presidential pardon • track and field • Marion Jones • sports doping

Requests for Pardons Flood White House

Petitioners include the American Taliban, but not Scooter Libby

Jul 19, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Bush is nearing the end of his term, and felons are coming out of the woodwork in historic numbers to ask for pardons and reduced sentences, the New York Times reports. It is not unusual for there to be a spike in pardons granted by a president in... More »

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Bill Clinton • presidential pardon • commutation • Martha Stewart • felony • clemency • conviction • Marion Jones • George W. Bush

Sarkozy Dumps Bastille Day Pardons

Revolutionary tradition ends with new law-and-order prez

Jul 8, 07 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - They won't be celebrating Bastille Day in French prisons this year: Nicolas Sarkozy, the country's new law-and-order president, has declined to grant the traditional mass pardons, as his two predecessors did every year. The pardons—3,500 last year alone—have been used as a means of easing overcrowded French... More »

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prison • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • presidential pardon

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