but Time is reporting that Denise Rich has struck an immunity deal.

-- J (Y2J@home.comm), April 14, 2001

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"It is time to mooove on. The American people want to put the past behind us (before the Dems start digging into mine!), and work toward building a better future. It is definitely time to moove on. Moo-mooo-mooooooooove on!"

-- Dumbya (forget clinton @ my closet. is full of skeletons), April 14, 2001.

-- Dumbya (dirty deeds @ done dirt. cheap), April 14, 2001.

New York Post

IT WAS SLIME TIME FOR GORE TEAM

By RICHARD JOHNSON with PAULA FROELICH and CHRIS WILSON

A NEW book confirms what PAGE SIX reported last December: A senior Al Gore adviser was spreading the false rumor accusing Florida Secretary of State Katherine Harris of having an extramarital affair with Gov. Jeb Bush.

The Gore campaign denied at the time any involvement with the smear campaign, but in a new book, "Down and Dirty: The Plot to Steal the Presidency," Salon's Washington correspondent Jake Tapper reveals it was a lie.

Tapper identifies the disinformer who spread the rumor to him and other reporters as a top Gore official who "dealt with the vice president on a regular basis," but concluded that it was "vile and despicable stuff, completely untrue.

"This is how a senior Gore adviser is spending his time, peddling this filth," Tapper notes, giving his source the name "Strep Throat."

Tapper, who had second thoughts about even mentioning the rumor again, says he'd love to reveal the liar's identity, but explains, "The only reason I don't tell you [his] name is that I made a solemn promise I wouldn't ever do so, and I, at least, consider my credibility to be a valuable asset - unlike Mr. Throat."

Meanwhile, Tapper writes that the Gore campaign's superstar lawyer David Boies scuttled their chances of winning a recount decision before the Florida Supreme Court by blabbing to the media instead of preparing his case "while Rome burned."

The day before the case was heard, Boies was interviewed by "60 Minutes" instead of getting ready, Tapper writes. Gore legal advisers Florida lawyer Ruce Rogow and Harvard Law School professor Lawrence Tribe were both troubled by Boies' lack of focus.

When Tapper expressed his concern to Boies himself, the lawyer confidently replied that he was fully capable of answering any of the Florida court's questions. But later on at a press conference, Boies admitted, "There were questions that I wasn't prepared entirely for."

The recount effort, Tapper establishes, was quietly funded by the likes of Jane Fonda and Denise Rich. Gore fund-raiser Peter Knight raised $3.5 million, including $100,000 from Fonda, and $25,000 from Rich, who was, of course, trying to get her fugitive husband, Marc Rich, a presidential pardon.

Other donations included $200,000 from Hollywood producer Stephen Bing, $500,000 from Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch, $100,000 from SlimFast founder S. Daniel Abraham, $25,000 from New Jersey Sen. Jon Corzine, and $5,000 from Las Vegas Sun editor/president Brian Greenspun.

-- Ain't Gonna's (nephew@col.lege), April 15, 2001.

MSNBC

Denise Rich is a songwriter and major Democratic fund-raiser. Denise Rich gets an immunity deal Clinton donor’s ex-wife may give evidence in pardon probe

NBC NEWS AND WIRE REPORTS

NEW YORK, April 14 — Democratic donor Denise Rich has struck an immunity deal with prosecutors investigating Bill Clinton’s pardon of her ex-husband, fugitive financier Marc Rich, NBC News confirmed Saturday.

Denise Rich has reportedly been bargaining with prosecutors for weeks in an attempt to work out a deal. IN ADDITION, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White has subpoenaed the former president’s brother, Roger Clinton, to appear before a grand jury this week to discuss his role in an alleged pardon swindle, a senior administration official told NBC. Time magazine on Saturday, citing one lawyer close to the investigation, originally reported that Denise Rich, who had argued in her ex-husband’s favor despite their divorce, has been bargaining with prosecutors for weeks in an attempt to work out an immunity deal. That means any information she gives authorities about the pardon could not be used to prosecute her. However, the offical would not discuss details of the precise deal, including whether it involves complete immunity, as her lawyers had insisted she would require before testifying. Marc Rich has been living in exile in Switzerland since a 1983 indictment charged him with tax evasion, racketeering and violating trade sanctions with Iran. He was pardoned by Clinton just before the president left office in January, despite objections from White House lawyers. Clinton’s pardons of Rich and others are being investigated by White, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan. GRAND JURY PLANNED Investigators have been questioning witnesses about whether Clinton pardoned Marc Rich in exchange for contributions from Denise Rich to the ex-president’s library in Arkansas, the Democratic Party or other political causes, and whether the money might have come from the financier. A spokesman for White’s office refused any comment to NBC News on the reported deal. Denise Rich’s lawyer, Martin Pollner, declined to comment to The Associated Press. Roger Clinton is expected to appear before a grand jury on Friday. He has denied that he received any money from people on whose behalf he requested clemency from his brother — who denied all the requests in question. Two Texans claim they were swindled after being asked to pay more than $200,000 to a group that included Roger Clinton; they say he promised to secure a pardon, but did not try to do so.

Roger Clinton’s attorney, Bart Williams, told Time he didn’t know whether his client would testify or claim his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.

Anatomy of a Pardon Rich is a billionaire commodities trader who fled the United States after he and his companies were indicted by federal prosecutors on numerous counts of fraud, tax evasion and making false statements. For the past 17 years, he has lived in Switzerland and has avoided extradition to face the U.S. charges. He claims to have renounced his U.S. citizenship, though the State Department says it has no formal record of a request. According to his attorney, he holds citizenship in Spain and Israel.

His lawyer claims Rich was prosecuted under federal racketeering statutes that are no longer used. He also says Rich faced criminal charges for what are generally considered to be civil penalties -- punishible by fines but not jail. The prosecutors who handled the case insist Rich could still be prosecuted today under a different set of laws.

President Clinton says he differentiated the original charges from civil fines, and points out he made Rich agree to retain liability for millions in potential fines as a condition of the pardon. Prosecutors say those fines can't be recovered. Rich hired lawyer Jack Quinn, a former Clinton White House counsel, to take up his case. In 1999, Quinn asked Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder to help facilitate a review of Rich's case. When the original prosecutors were not receptive, Quinn prepared a pardon application. Quinn says he fully informed the Justice Department of his actions, but Holder says he was only aware of Quinn's pardon efforts at the last minute. On Jan. 19, 2001, less than a day before Clinton issued the pardon and left office, Holder says, the White House finally called him for his opinion on the pardon. Critics insist he deliberately avoided scrutinizing the details.

Denise Rich, Marc Rich's ex-wife, is a major Democratic contributor. She gave over $1 million to the Democratic party, along with personal donations to the Clintons. Some critics believe the money was given in return for her ex-husband's pardon. Marc Rich's lawyer denies the allegations. Other have frowned upon the pardon because Rich is a fugitive and tried to give up his U.S. citizenship. They say he has shown no remorse for his infractions and is not deserving of presidential clemency.

No. Article II of the Constitution gives the president the absolute power to grant "Reprieves and Pardons" -- except in impeachment cases. Several lawmakers, including Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., who plans to push for legislation to this effect, hope to change the pardon process so that Congress has limited power to overturn presidential pardons.

-- Ain't Gonna's (friendly@bar.ber), April 15, 2001.

"Moove on. Moo-mooo-mooooooooove on!"

-- Dumbya (don't start looking @ the. past), April 15, 2001.

Thanks for all the letters of support Dennis, AKA J. I really appreciate it. Thanks to the support of patriots like you, the fedgov has failed in their attempt to hide the outrages of Waco and Ruby Ridge. Although I won't be around much longer, you and other brave supporters will keep my memory alive, and in so doing will make sure that no one will ever be allowed to forget that government attacks against innocent men, women, and children will be answered for in kind. I'll save you an MRE in that bunker in the sky.

-- Timmy the Patriot (timothy@mcveigh.org), April 15, 2001.